JeremyS

Open the box then, David! 🤣🤣🤣

IMO it’s not needed especially on a minor planet chart.

Well, one can always arrange and rearrange eyepieces 😊

Nothing wrong with window shopping 🤣

+1 for lenscoat. I have used on on my FS 102 in place of its manhole cover.

Whoa that’s quite a haul Nigella. Nice work 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Heads up on an event next March 15 to April 5 at Cheadle in Staffordshire. It also commemorates Mary Adela Blagg, one of the first women to be admitted FRAS, whose work on lunar nomenclature is much celebrated.

Excellent 👍🏻

I think it’s a standard size, but better check with your vendor/ADM to be sure. I ordered mine from FLO here in the UK at the same time as my TSA 120 package with clamshell.

So where’s the Volvo meteor camera? Should be much more sedate 🤔

Yes I think our friend @Sunshine will find this very gratifying reading.

All sounds very promising @johnturley 👍🏻

For my TSA 120 which has the Tak cradle, I use an ADM D series dovetail. This is made for Tak cradles. I think it is this: https://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/adm-7-d-series-losmandy-style-bar-to-suit-takahashi-clamshell.html?gclid=CjwKCAiA98WrBhAYEiwA2WvhOvUWb5-Wume-PoiyVAA6p6f70fI6by5TEJpUmoD1OlWMQSwE9PSm8RoCE8wQAvD_BwE This of course assumes your mount accepts Losmandy D series dovetails

Brilliant news! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Quality

Lovely pics - both 😊

Has anyone licked that OG yet? 🤔

Are you preparing to observe The Dark Side of the Moon?

Surprisingly it’s been clear here all evening. Doing VS photometry. Seeing not brilliant, so not doing any visual observing. Come in to warm up.

Many happy returns of the day Nigella!

The TSA 120 is a step up from the FC 100 and not that much bulkier. A lot depends on your mount. The FC 100 just about works on a ScopeTech Zero.

Delurking…. I’m sure the WO is a very fine scope. But it is not a Tak. I think you’d always be hankering after a Tak. So the (WO + TSA) vs FS is a false dichotomy. If you really can’t go for both Taks then the FS 128 is the answer. But I’m glad I’m not the one that would have to let one of the worlds greatest triplets go - the TSA 102 is a dream scope.

Newly published. Looks an interesting read

Interesting, John. Maybe I’ll spend an evening when there’s something good on tv sitting down and constantly zooming it to see if it loosens up. They also reported needing to lock the EP tightly in the focuser. I found that easier said than done with the Tak diagonal as the side of the EP is quite tapered. I see they had the loose cap problem. Though the 1.25-inch cap on mine was fine.