Roy Challen
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Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.
Roy Challen replied to Leegsi's topic in DIY Astronomer
Don't tell your girlfriend this though -
Ahhhh! Boa! As in Boa constrictor! I get it now
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Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.
Roy Challen replied to Leegsi's topic in DIY Astronomer
If you have them, use them. They won't dry stuff out, but they certainly help with residual moisture. They come in all sorts of products these days from electronics to dried food. I'm surprised astro gear doesn't come supplied with them, Or does it? Haven't bought anything 'new' for quite a while! -
Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.
Roy Challen replied to Leegsi's topic in DIY Astronomer
Wow. Just Wow -
Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.
Roy Challen replied to Leegsi's topic in DIY Astronomer
My case has a rubbery foam type material - also salvaged from the works bin which cuts very well - I use a ruler and scalpel -
From the album: My Non Astro Album
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Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.
Roy Challen replied to Leegsi's topic in DIY Astronomer
The thread that goes on and on! I rescued my case from the works recycling bin - I could believe they were gonna chuck it, or that I spotted it before they did. I was home to a borescope, now houses something far nicer. The TV stuff is permanent, the MaxVision may have to give way to a Vixen SLV that is on its way to me, and there's room for one or two more goodies - you know how it is! -
From the album: My Non Astro Album
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From the album: My Non Astro Album
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Oops, forgot to say that the quality isn't great because its a scan of a paper print!
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This is a great thread, here's my effort Taken years ago with a meade etx 70 and a film slr (remember them ) Second time this pic has been in the public eye - a certain national astro mag put it in their readers photo section 10 years ago!
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From the album: My Album
M42, 90seconds, Meade ETX 70AT, Minolta Dynax 35mm, 2005 -
From the album: My Album
First attempt at using Star Tools. 12x120s, 30 darks, 30 flats, 30 bias, skywatcher lpr filter. -
From the album: My Album
Canon 60D, 100mm f2.8 @ f6.7, skywatcher lpr filter, 6 x 120s lights, stacked in DSS, finished in GIMP -
From the album: My Album
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From the album: My Album
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From the album: My Album
29x20s subs don't what the grey fog is- light pollution? thermal noise from camera? -
From the album: My Non Astro Album
Eiffel Tower, March 2013 -
From the album: My Non Astro Album
Spitfire, Santa Pod Sept 2014 -
From the album: My Non Astro Album
Engine blow-up, Top Fuel dragster race at the Euro finals, Santa Pod Sept 2014 -
From the album: My Album
L4 Panstarrs, -
From the album: My Album
M13, 60s, ISO 800 -
From the album: My Album
M31, 60seconds, ISO 800 -
HELP my eyepiece has fallen apart!
Roy Challen replied to kerrylewis's topic in Discussions - Eyepieces
Hi, Did you get this sorted in the end? If not, and you still have the parts and still want it fixed, I would be willing to try. I don't have that much experience with eyepieces but I'm an ex-TVR (if you can fix these, you can fix anything!), Lotus and Aston Martin mechanic, and currently work in a metrology lab. Roy -
From the album: My Album
