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LukeSkywatcher

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  1. I gave up bringing astro gear on holiday with me because it doesnt get used. At most now all id take is a set of 10x50 bins.
  2. I had my solar gear outside today for the 1st time since maybe June 2015. Not a lot going on up there but it was great to be out again with a BIT of winter sun heat hitting my face.
  3. The weather has been dry and clear the last couple of days. I know there aint much solar activity right now but i think this weekend if it remains dry and clear i will have to take the solar gear out and have a look.
  4. I hope both your finderscope and RDF are properly filtered also. I should add that my solar set up also contains an ND3.0 filter for safety.
  5. Here's my solar set-up: 70mm Refractor Hershel Wedge Hyperion 8-24mm zoom Horizon 8115 Tripod
  6. Have to leave my bins behind cuz they just wont fit in my already stuffed suitcase.

    1. Dom1961

      Dom1961

      Where you going? When I was in Turkey as soon as I took my binoculars out of the air conditioned room they fogged up and as soon as I wiped them they fogged up again xD

    2. T-J

      T-J

      Sorry to hear that Luke. A suggestion would be to try and find some smaller ones, even if they are not as good as the ones you have and were thinking of bringing with you. Not as good, I know...however, I brought a pair of weak ones (8x21) wityh me when I was going to South Africa. While not as strong as I would have liked they still did a pretty good job. Certainly better than not bringing any. However, you probably have thought of this alternative. Another suggestion would be to try and fi...

  7. I bet the finderscope on that big boy is even bigger than my 70mm frac.
  8. I didnt mean right now over the summer. I'll work through them as the seasons roll by. Off hand, i only know the location of about 6 galaxies without having to use a reference chart etc. They are the ones i have spotted so far over the yrs: Leo Trio,Andromeda,Black Eye and the other one eludes me right now. Your summer list tickles me pink. Sadly i really dont do much summer observing mainly because of the time it gets dark and im too comfy infront of tv and/or ready for bed. I'll do my best this summer but i will be away for most of August with only 10x50 bins.
  9. I dont know how ive never seen this before. Absolutely brilliant stuff,Rob. Hopefully i'll be ticking off some of the galaxies you have listed quick smart.
  10. As much as i love the look of the Moonrakers, i could never own one because i'm a bit OCD about fingerprints and i'd spend more time cleaning one then using it.
  11. I used to drool at the sight of sumerian scopes. Lately though i tend to drool at the sight of Moonraker scopes. Stunning.
  12. Here's my little 70mm taking a rest from solar observing (Hershel wedge and Hyperion 8-24mm zoom on the business end).
  13. Is it wrong to be in lust with those Vixens?. How much for the whole rig in the image?.
  14. She'll be grand. I hope she already hasnt sold the other one.
  15. I was looking at the moonraker site last week. Some stunning scopes there.
  16. These tripods look really sturdy and not very expensive: http://redsnapperuk.com/camera-accessories/RedSnapper_Tripods.html I use a Horizon 8115 tripod for mounting my 20x90 bins on and also for my solar observing 70mm scope etc. Its a really good tripod but there is better out there. One day i will upgrade to a red snapper.
  17. Love the eye cups on those 20x100's. I'm wondering how hard it would be to replace the rubber flip-up ones on my 20x90's with a pair of those.
  18. OK enough about scopes already!!!!!!!!. I know most of us have at least one set of bins which we keep by our side while out observing (usually 10x50). Binocular astronomy is and always has been my 1st love. I always end each scope observing session with a bin session. Here are my main bins: Strathspey 20x90 and Strathspey 10x50: To be honest i cant remember why i started buying Strathspey bins (maybe someone online said have a look, and i liked the price). I do know why i still buy Strathspey bins (bought my 10x50 a couple of months back) and its because John who owns the company is such a great guy to deal with. Each time i bought from him, he sent me an email a few weeks later asking me how i am getting on with the bins, and he even shipped out the 20x90 to me when i bought them even though i owed him an extra 20 quid for P&P (which i did send him). That to me is top quality service and after sales customer care. TH did the same when i bought my 8115 tripod. FLO are just as great. Most of my gear is from FLO. I digress.................. Show us your bins.
  19. Just saw this and noticed 2 things wrong: 1/ He is observing during the day 2/ If he is observing the Sun, there are no safety filters in place. I can only assume that he is bird watching.
  20. I've often wondered but never looked it up. I assume the 9.25 is the scope aperture?. They do seem to be one of the most popular and most often mentioned scopes. Most ive seen online are mounted on the dual fork mount.
  21. Thats a beast. Even the OTA looks a lot bigger then 8". I'm sure i wouldnt know what to do with a tripod like that. The biggest scope ive ever seen in the flesh was a C14. It was on its tripod (fully extended). It was a MONSTER, but the slewing noise of it was like a little kitty purring. Pretty much the same noise mine makes when slewing. I never thought i'd be able to own an 8" scope because in my mind they were too big and too heavy for me to be able to handle (being in a wheelchair). Then Michael Wilkinson (with the 2 middle initials in his name), pointed me in the direction of the 8SE. I have named mine Mick in his honour. I digress, but its nice to hear stories behind why people buy the scopes they buy. Usually my story is because i'm a skinflint.
  22. I was (just for fun) thinking of starting a "Show us your SCT", but this seems a fitting place to post. My SCT is a Celestron 8SE. To say i love it is an understatement.
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