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  1. Luke

    Wohoo, 3.5mm, 4.5mm and 6mm Delos eyepieces have arrived. Hopefully, that's the eyepiece collection complete! For the third or fourth time!!

    1. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      That's what they all say ;)

    2. Luke

      Luke

      :D Much more eyepiece messing around and I will probably be buying some of the ones I already sold! :D Zoom eyepiece - must resist!

  2. Luke

    Yikes, BBC weather is showing rain for every single hour for the next 48 hours our way :-o

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    2. David Smith

      David Smith

      Sounds like summer has arrived then :-p

    3. Luke

      Luke

      Ah, that's what it is! :D I have to say, the drive in was embarrassingly swift, I wonder if kids are off school?

    4. David Smith

      David Smith

      Mine are home for half term this week. Was like driving through a ghost town this morning!

  3. Luke

    Wohoo, new toys have arrived: Tele Vue Mars Type B filter and TV Planetary filter. I might even carry on observing thru Summer! :-o

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    2. Luke

      Luke

      Will do, Shaun, I wonder if there will be a few gaps tonight.

    3. Pig

      Pig

      Its pouring down here at the moment Luke, I am soaked to the skin :-) The forecast does show gaps so we may be lucky.

    4. jabeoo1

      jabeoo1

      Please be sure to review the Planetary filter when you clock some hours in Luke, I am sure Pig & me won't be the only grateful ones. Clear skies !

  4. Luke
    Thanks for all your work doing this fantastic review, Alan, it was a good read. I have got the feeling from many comments on the two ranges that they probably run each other pretty close but can't recall having seen a big shoot out like this. Hmmm, I think I may go for a 3.5mm Delos, just to be boring and stick with Delos as I have a few of those and am very happy with them. I could do with something shorter than my 5mm Radian to go with my 85mm refractor. I used a 2.5x Powermate and 8mm Delos on the Moon with it the other night, and it looked cracking despite the Moon being so low. I think that worked out equivalent to about a 3.2mm eyepiece. There's a slight temptation to go for a cheaper eyepiece like a BST, TS HR Planetary or go half way-ish with a 3mm Radian. Hmmm, I feel the pull to the Delos, though might have to wait for Autumn to pull the trigger. Very tempting to pay the extra bucks to try and squeeze a fraction more out of my 85mm frac on planets.
  5. Luke

    First proper test tonight of Baader Sky Surfer V red dot finder. Very nice bit of kit! :))

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    2. emadmoussa

      emadmoussa

      Yes indeed. One thing though, I found it perfect for my fracs, but on the Dobs where you try to reduce weight on the front and use both RDF and optical finders it wasn't ideal.

    3. Luke

      Luke

      Good point, we're using our Sky Surfer on a frac and as you say, the Rigel keeps the weight down on dobs. It's so light!

    4. emadmoussa

      emadmoussa

      I've used the Rigel on 12" Flextube, now I'm buying a 14" and determined to use a Telrad. It might be heavier, but it's much better I found.

  6. Luke

    Rain, rain, go away, come again, when I visit my in-laws

  7. Luke

    A dream came true today: Sarah and my Tele Vue 85 has arrived. It is love at first sight! Hope to see the Moon through it tonight, hopefully the clouds are held up in customs.

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    2. Pig

      Pig

      Should the need arise Luke I am going to the show and I could always collect it for you.

    3. Luke

      Luke

      Shaun, you are such a gent! Most kind of you. As ever, Lee at Green Witch is literally on the case. I should have a shiny new case and replacement screw on Tuesday. Awesome service as usual! :) They are such nice folk at Green Witch.

    4. Pig

      Pig

      That's great news Luke :-)and great customer service.

  8. Luke

    Hooray! Replacement part for my 400P dob is on its way via the folks at Teleskop Service. Thanks, TS! :)))

  9. Luke

    Very excited, Sarah and I should get our Tele Vue 85 this week :)

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    2. Pig

      Pig

      What colour are you Getting guys ?

    3. Sarah

      Sarah

      Ivory. Thought that might be better for solar viewing! :)

    4. Pig

      Pig

      Great choice, Ivory is my favourite :-) mind you they are all great

  10. Luke

    Some clear sky at last, out looking at Jupiter, and fireworks going off down the road! :D

  11. Luke

    Today we received a lovely William Optics 1.25 inch diagonal in the post. About one year after selling a lovely William Optics 1.25 inch diagonal! :D

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    2. Luke

      Luke

      Martin, we thought we didn't need a 1.25 inch diagonal. Now I realise they are handy for a grab and go setup or even with a scope that has a 1.25 inch only connector! :D Shaun, I am glad I am not the only one. Earl, your Tak looks lovely, have you had it long?

    3. Earl

      Earl

      Thanks it arrived just after x-mas from New Zealand

    4. Luke

      Luke

      Oooh, lovely, Earl :) Hope it serves you well. And I think you are using it for imaging? I'd love to own a Tak one day and see what they are like. Sarah and I are hoping to get a Tele Vue 76 soon, which we're really excited about, mainly for white light solar and as a grab-and-go scope.

  12. Luke

    Well last night was very interesting. I got out to image the Moon and gave up soon as thin cloud / fog sucked up most of the brightness of the view. Was about to pack away when I thought I'd try a 7nm H-a filter. WOW! It certainly cut through the fog a bit. Will be interesting to see how the images come up. I slowed the frame rate down to just 5FPS at one point.

    1. Spikey

      Spikey

      I've done that before Luke, pointed the CCD at the moon with a Ha filter on when I was waiting for an object to rise. Makes quite a nice, effective moon filter :)

    2. Luke

      Luke

      Interesting! I have used it before a few times and found it seemed to help contrast with a daytime Moon. But I was staggered by how half decent the Moon looked on the lappy screen last night with the H-a filter, it was really quite foggy! :-o

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