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Nice one Gerry, they seem pretty cost effective on amazon... do you have an image of one so I can make sure I am looking at the right thing  I need a high power around 3mm.

Here is the 2.4mm Shaun, they are very good...

Cheers Gerry

You didn't hang around Gerry! Hope it is as good as expected, should be great!

I've been looking at them for a while Stu, it will test the refractors...

No doubt great performers.  Shame they don't cover 3.5-5.5mm range. 

Ahh yes, the cold... it fluctuates between 40f and 20 below f now.... it was near 40f

LoL that is some crazy temperature. You should ask the mods to make some  blue monkey emoticons available so you can express just how cold it gets out there

Not good, those are serious collisions... Our HWY is bad, a head on yesterday a few miles from here. I slow right down in this and find the Fusions low CG helps, along with the Blizzaks.

I hope those tides don't reach you there.

I think I would cry if it got that cold over here Gerry.... The UK would come to a complete standstill

The eyes do leak in these temps lol! All the snow does help things in the cold though- one year with little snow the frost was driven 9 ft below the town roads... not good for waterlines.

You guys have worse things anyway...those crazy winds must wreak havok on everything.

Yet more snow Gerry, expect that you will be continuing to ploughing your road access, unless a snowmobile has become the only means of getting around. Perhaps a settled period of clear skies will follow. Strengthening winds and snow forecast here for at least northern UK.

and the weather is coming from your neck of the woods gerry

Your welcome for the weather guys

Yes I just got done ploughing with the ATV, its fun actually. The lake is a big slush hole so no fishing yet.

the xw is great gerry, as goo as a good ortho

Gerry, you are about in the right place to pick one up, I haven't seen one for sale here for years.

I would love to find one Alan, and hope one comes up from a reputable seller. I have had chances on ZAOI's but passed. I think the 5mm XO just might be a uniquely good eyepiece, have you ever thought of one Alan?

That sounds a bit brisk Gerry! Brrrrrrrrr.  

Sounds like it is helping the seeing though, have fun out there!

I'm yet to experience that cold in my lift up here in lat 57°

This is a bit early for this after very warm late fall, it should be interesting in Jan and Feb. This cold blast was from air spilling out of the -80c deg polar vortex or polar cyclone.  It was only -27c without the wind so far, I remember -42F (no wind) as a child and with the wind...

i was snowboarding in lake louise in 2011...-35...still had fun tho!

sounds ace gerry, nice stable skys

The base is now in Kentucky!

Prompt service is rewarded by customer loyalty!

Calvin, yes the cold can be a lot of fun, what a great clear day right now.

LoL ... and how was it Gerry ?

Unbelievable views Shaun! The binos give such good low power views I generally stay there, under 230x roughly. The ability to get great views at low power makes the scope less sensitive to seeing so to speak- the view at 70x in the binos still reveals piles of fine detail.

All my scopes respond very well to the Binotron 27's

I bet they were great views Gerry, 230x is pretty high mag and proceedings can get a bit wobbly at times
I have viewed the Moon a few times with binos and I must agree they are pretty impressive, after all two eyes are better than one

and seeing more iain

nice one gerry

Not too long to wait then my friend.... how are the seeing conditions over there at this time of year Gerry ?

Well..... clouds and rain for the past couple of weeks with a few clear breaks. Not much observing happening lol!

Great, will be ready in good time for the winter constellations.

nice one gerry

Fall it is then

when are we going shaun, are you taking your new dob

I been thinkin...

You know what?fall? no way, UH UH, forget it! Everyone should experience this place in the middle of January

I mean , theres braggin rights involved with observing in -30c

LoL Gerry  it sounds like you have to cherry pick ...... or you could point each scope at different objects.

We did good Shaun... 2 scopes, richfield and some great 15" views. Pickerings Triangle showed a great black hole in the middle of it with great tendrils off to the sides...

Power was out here for 11 hours, they are getting the lines ready for winter lol!

nice one gerry, get ready for some cracking views

Sounds very, very interesting.

I see Mr Stream  How much more inward travel do you have spare ? plenty enough I'm sure  

I compared to the LZ which is my most in focus loving eyepiece and it had - by eye- about 1/4" left, the ZZ about 3/8". I'm not sure if infinity is reached at 1500 yds in this scope though. Still the relation ship stays- the LZ focuses on the stars and the ZZ needs more out focus than the LZ, so it should focus.

Excellent news then :-)

Great, I believe you'd been considering this for some time, are you planning on using the same mount as your ED120?

The mount- I'm not sure what mount to use- I wonder if a HEQ5 will work? I was also thinking of a DiskMount...any suggestions welcome Iain!

A question for the forum perhaps Gerry, plenty of time to consider I expect. 

Jealous? Me? You bet ya I am!

Enjoy!

well of course what else is a lawn chair for if not for that, enjoy more of the same Gerry . Lawn chair aside, hope to be able to appreciate the Milky Way by the turn of the month.

F7 should be good, to me fast starts less than f6... Does The Eudiascopic have PC or is it neutral?

No PC at all, I thought the name had a link with Euclidean...IE flat geometry

Very good to know.....thanks

Make sure you don't get frost bite and sun burn at the same time

Another great one liner!!

again tonight.....

You are teasing us Gerry. I was out last night and the sight of the streetlights reflecting off the clouds was just beautiful....... ?????????

Good one Stu!

I hope that society can realize the damage that is done from all this energy use and sky wrecking.

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Rain clouds.... maybe mixed with snow, hopefully I get a chance to try them soon. The look good anyway.

they are even better to look through

Way to go Gerry  I hope you get a break with the weather very soon.

Cool stuff Gerry! Also here there were festoons, but above our heads!

Nothing but puddles here Gerry

That thing must be dim! Are you using any filters or does it not respond well?

It likes the OIII Pip, but for some reason I had a hard time with it- I expected a bigger nebula- this only shows as a faint steak in my 15" - give it a try! Keeping Propus out of the FOV helps..... and it wants largish exit pupil...your 24mm is perfect!