Naemeth

Supreme Commander? Not really the same game though :(.

That's the one !

No, it wasn't as good as TA - used to have many a happy evening playing TA over a LAN.

I was master of the stealth jet !

Love TA, used to spend more hours than I care to admit playing skirmish after skirmish. The AI really were pushovers.

For this aperture...just get a refractor.

If I were to get a 5" refractor, it would either be too long in FL to be truly widefield (wanting an ~F/5 with more aperture than my ST80, less than my 10" dob) or would have more CA than I'd care for at F5, and if it was apochromatic the cost would be prohibitive. AFAIK, a 5" refractor is always going to be more than a 5" reflector (hence the choice to go for the latter) :).

OK, I'll shut up :D

Alternatively you could open one !!

Not enough capital ;). Don't want to compete with FLO either ;).

LoL

Excellent news :-)

Nice one, Naemeth. I truely believe your holiday with Olly will be one of the most significant and life inspiring events in your life.

how lucky are you it was cloudy here last night, what 0iii filter have you got ?

Astronomik 2", think I might need a 1.25" though as most of my eyepieces are 1.25".....

Or Cobra...

I also believe he is in the early stages of buying a new scope or 2 !!

Skymax 180 Pro and C14, so yeah, two.

We should of started tonight, the kids even fell asleep early but we didn't take advantage of it. It's going to be a mess tomorrow.

Indeed. Lucky I only needed to wrap 3 presents, my siblings don't want theirs wrapping (suits me!)

I know how good that feels. I serviced my MTB last week and feel the same way.

So I am not the only one. Found that having some one come to visit is a great incentive to pick things up. Amazing how easy it is to just step over the piles of stuff until they do.

see im lucky that mine is in the garage so its always out of the way

You might as well write your will.... :D :D

Yeah, would have been £1486 (not including bag and postal charges) to convert to http://www.firstlightoptics.com/astrotrac/astrotrac-travel-system.html, which would be £1 cheaper brand new!

Surely a small driven EQ mount will do just that...

Probably, but to get a proper polarscope I'd have to get an EQ3-2, which is still pretty expensive (and it's still quite heavy!). Anyway, now I can go back to saving :).

Yes only 7k not a bad deal :-)

That's practically a years' salary...

Well you are quite young, so you have many years salaries in the post :-)

Vixen I'd guessed, but which one?

Vixen 80M, F/11.375

Glad we cleared that up then.

I had a frame made for mine back in 1993. Still got it hanging in the study. Worth every penny!!!

Yeah :). Binoculars and possibly another OTA.

That's more like it, two kinds of things :-). Still though...

Until March too. I might have to block off my access to ABS....

10 inch or 80mm. it's a no brainer :0) unless some aperture less hungry targets.

Decided on the 10" :D. Spent about 1h 30m outside and loved every minute of it. Really must get an observing stool though, back starting to hurt...

I know exactly what you mean, with the Heritage on ground or table no issue, but it is one of my most wanted additions right now for the 10 inch. I can observe for long with the 10 inch, but every few minutes having to stretch and stand back from the eyepiece for a few seconds when observing for a while.

Great picture and a beautuful sun. The illustrator has a fantastic imagination.

Nice one Jonathan :)

She does indeed :).