hobsey

Probably a good plan.

Yep thats the way! I decided against the dob on the way home whilst driving.

Autumn has been a write off so far, praying for some cold crisp winter nights

Going by some clear skies I've seen at 5:30am, when it gets here it should be good! I hope....

lol :D

Happy endings :)

Fair enough mate, I just know how annoying it is.

Have a lovely time down there, great part of the world.

I learnt to keep a trolly bag in effect for each scope, although one supply would do two scopes I bought 2 supplies. Means grab scope, grab bag (check bag) and everything should be in the bag but also everything is in one place for checking. Bit OTT but has made life easier.

Hope you get better skies than I did the other week. It kinda blew.

hope you have a good time, and good luck with the weather.

Cheers, I will report back.

I will also be popping down to FLO to pick up a Tracer power pack.

Best avoid the Wiveliscombe area, some shady characters around there ;-))

I've been putting off doing it, I hate it that much.

Need to fit them tonight so I can fit the new underlay tomorrow evening as the new carpet is being fitted friday. :(

sorry, clear skies :-)

powered cross-cut saw & no more nails.....

No you won't :)

Use the C8 for planetary imaging, and see what you think.

C8 doesn't fit on the Star Adventurer though. Plus I also have a 127mak that I can do planetary with.

Yeah, cheers for giving me the heads up about it. More expensive than the scope but will work out better for me in the long run.

Works well with the 1.4 and 2.0x extenders as well... and extension tubes for macro...

:)

Yeah, been looking at them. I think the 1.4 will be next years purchase.

I've been waiting for one to come up on the used market but I think I may have to buy new as they very rarely come up.

The new Williams with field flattener built in looks good the ZS71 has a bit of blue bloat to deal with.

Yeah, I just don't have that sort of money though.

Thats a strange idea for a shop that makes most of its sales to a hobby market

Isn't it just. Going to email them to see if its permanent. It maybe the terms to the lease on their new premises.

I was having a play with the APT demo and couldn't get the hang of it so that's why I thought I would try EOS Utility. Glad I did.

APT really is a great program, just need to use it a couple of times to get your head around the settings and plans :)

Speak to Yoddha (on SGL) Ivo is the author - he was very helpful and the tool is far better than EOS utility once you have that initial learning curve complete.

You two are like kids in a candy store :)

Yep. Maybe getting on towards middle age but still young at heart.

oh yes! :D

Hope you enjoy it, what have you gone for please?

Thank you, so do I. I went for the Tokina 11-16mm 2.8

tell me about it