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I am now using 1.25" eyepieces only in my scopes (may be just another phase I'm going through).

Here's my case.

On 17 March 2017 at 18:40, Highburymark said:

Very nice Avtar - keep hearing great things about SLVs but haven't had the chance to look through one yet. 

I bought these after reading Johns review.

I wanted light weight eyepieces with good eye relief and high quality views and these fulfill all the criteria.

I thought the 50 degree AFOV would not be to my liking having been used to 82 and 72 AFOV with my other eyepieces but the view through these is so good I don't seem to notice that I'm looking through a 50 afov eyepiece.

The 30mm NPL is also a very good eyepiece that goes very well with the SLVs

These are now my most used eyepieces. I'm feeling a bit guilty as the Delos and Nagler don't get any scope time.

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My latest 1.25" eyepieces. 

NPL - 30mm

SLV - 25mm  20mm  15mm  10mm  6mm

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The little crossbar that holds the front altitude bolt had to be filed to make it fit under the flange that holds the head in place.

At the moment I've just taped the crossbar, I will need to file it down a little more for the screws to fit.

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I've been wanting to mount my ED120 on an AZ mount with slow motion controls but didn't want to spend anymore as I've already overspent my budget. So I converted (with a little filing) my EQ5 to work in AZ mode.

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My other travel kit for holidays in the UK is the ZS 71 ed with Hyperion 24mm and Baader Zoom 8-24 mounted on the Skywatcher AZ goto.

The 90 Mak in my previous post I use when going abroad.

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My travel kit : Mak 90, Plossls - 32, 25, 17, 10, 9, 7.5 , Photo tripod.

OMC 140

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Your baby Mak has grown since May.

I was so impressed with the views through the baby Mak that I just had to get a bigger one that would also fit on the AZ goto.

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My latest aquisition a Skymax 127

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Revelation 20x100

Helios Q4 15x70, Praktica 10x42 Roof Prism, Asahi Pentax 8x40 wide angle 9.5*

Japanese made 7x35 extra wide angle 11*

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I have now managed to put my most used eyepieces into one case.

The Binoviewers and related eyepieces have their own case but these don't get much use these days.

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WO ZenithStar ZS71ed and SW Evostar 120ed DS pro.

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My one and only little baby Mak.

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Here are my 6" and 12" Newts, I decided to put the 12" on a Dob mount (easier on my back).

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I know it's only a 12" Revelation but I love it.

At home in the summer house.

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Came across this interesting little asterism while unsuccessfully searching for NGC 188.

It reminded me of the Big Dipper so I just had to sketch it.

It's in the region of the Seven Sisters of the Pole about 4 to 5 degrees from Polaris in the Constellation of Cepheus.

I think there's just too much light polution for me to see NGC 188 from my location.

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I would be very happy with just the Baader Zoom + 2.25 Barlow and the Panaview 38mm but I'm not getting rid of the Delos and Nagler eyepieces.

Nice pod (& collection) Avtar I may well have to try one of those for my Quantum 15x70....costly?

Steve

My 'astro' bins are:

Helios Quantum 4 as above

Helios Aquila 10x50

Strathspey Marine 7x50

I bought them from Amazon - 7dayshop neck tripod £8.71

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The latest and final addition to my Binocular collection, Revelation 20x100 with filters.

Just need a tripod to mount them, any suggestions would be welcomed.

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Very nice range of binos there Avtar

Chris

Thanks Chris, I think you may recognise one particular pair in the picture.

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Helios Q4 15x70 FOV 4.4*

Praktica 10x42 roof prism FOV 6*

Asahi Pentax 8x40 wide angle FOV 9.5*

7x35 extra wide angle FOV 11*

I use this neck mono pod thingy for mounting the binoculars rather than a tripod, I find it more convenient.

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Avtar,

I spy with my little eye an eyepiece that used to live with me.

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My updated eyepiece case. everything in the case gets used on a regular basis.

Other pieces in my signature seem to have taken a back seat for the time being.

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Nice case full Stu

Using a Giro-type mount does make you focus on scope balance that bit more.

I acquired an Altair Astro AZ mount recently and realised very quickly that I had to tighten the altitude knob every time I changed eyepieces.

The mount is so smooth and intuitive to use I just love it.

I have the following focal lengths:

3.5 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 10 - 14 - 15 - 17 - 20 - 24 - 28 - 30 - 38

8 to 24 Zoom

1.6X - 2X - 2.25X Barlows

I think thats all bases covered for focal lengths but as far as quality is concerned, thats another matter.

Avtar