Littleguy80

Yes! A great day. This completes a hat trick of StuPODs for me. However, like my wife, I can never be satisfied and shall therefore continue to strive for further awards!

You should have seen the size of these pigeons, man. They had these weird eyes so you never quite knew if they were looking at you or not.

Agreed, John. The prize for today has been awarded PREMATURELY! I’m here to present my rather brilliantly overexposed and totally unprocessed Lunar X and Lunar V picture. Took this bad boy last week. Totally handheld. There were a couple of pigeons that kept looking at me funny while I took it. I could’ve been pecked to death but that didn’t stop me. I’m ready to die for my art. Anyway enough of my heroics. I present today’s clear winner:

Looks great. Am tempted to get this myself at some point!

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I found myself thinking that an award such as the StuPod needs a prize. There are strict rules and winning takes real dedication! I've created the following image that can be added to your signature. I should say that this image is in no way endorsed or approved by the judge of StuPod!

Christmas has come early in the form of an original Lumicon OIII filter! Looking forward to a shoot out between this and my Astronomik OIII

Thanks Philip. How did the Circle T compare? I have a 4mm Circle T Ortho which I really like

Good work. I lasted a week before getting another eyepiece after declaring I had all my planned purchases. This time...this time it’s different.... I will be strong

I don’t have the 18mm yet. You’re welcome to my second born child and whatever major organs Dave doesn’t want in exchange for it

Thank you, Dave. I was only kidding about the packing. Completely agree. Keep it safe and sound It’s a shame you couldn’t get a pair of the 12.5mm BGOs but I’m sure the Fujiyama’s will keep you happy. Fingers crossed one turns up soon. Thank you again for passing the BGO onto me. I promise it’s gone to a good home! Clear skies! Neil

A great big thank you to Dave,@F15Rulesfor allowing me to persuade him to part with his 12.5mm Baader Genuine Ortho! For a small cash sum, my first born child and first option on my major organs in the event of my death, Dave agreed to part with this lovely eyepiece. I’m not saying it was hard for Dave to let this eyepiece go but it was so tightly packaged that I had to call a locksmith out to get it open. But in all seriousness, thank you, Dave! Can’t wait to try it

Do post a comparison of the two please. I’ve never used an Ethos but I do have the APM 13mm. Great eyepiece in my opinion. My scope is F4.7 and I notice the coma but am yet to try a coma corrector to see how much difference it makes.

I’ve had a lot of fun building up this collection of eyepieces for my dob. All I need now is clear skies to enjoy them with.

I’ve had quite a year for purchases so will need to be good for a bit. I’d like a widefield frac. Ideally something that could be used as a nice light travel setup. I’m really chuffed with my dob setup though. I feel very lucky to have the equipment that I do!

Haha I nearly added words to the effect myself! It’s the last of my planned purchases

The final piece in my eyepiece puzzle, an ES82 30mm. It’s a big boy. Can’t wait to get this on the NAN and Veil. A quick test suggests I may need a long extension tube to reach focus though

Another good post day

Thanks, Mark! Spent quite awhile trying it out on Jupiter this evening. I’m going to need a longer extension tube! My 47mm click lock tube needed to be hung out around 60mm to get enough back focus. I had to be careful to secure it properly and make sure it was square on. Adjusting the Barlow to get diff multipliers was easy enough. It worked well with the 9mm Lunt (in 1.25” mode) and the 9mm BGO. Optically the 9mm BGO barlowed at 1.5x seemed much the same as the 6mm BGO without the Barlow. Should be equivalent focal length if my calculations are correct! Only caveat is that the seeing was quite poor so not a good test of sharpness. Looks promising though.

Thanks, Doug! Just gave the 13mm a fun test run. Played chase the ISS very successfully. No denying it’s a space station at that magnification! Took a look at M57 too. All looked very sharp. I notice the coma in the 20mm but not with the 13mm. At least on first impressions. Nice sharp image. Off to a good start!

The postie has been giving Santa Claus a run for his money this week. 13mm APM HDC, Baader VIP Barlow and 9mm Baader Genuine Ortho!

Anniversary gift from my wife. A depiction of the night sky on the day we got married. Just needs framing

I’ve had Instellarium for a couple of months now and really like it. I hope your shoulder heals soon. Must really suck to have lots of new toys and not be able to try them

I’m seeing it up close in sections right now using my 10” dob and APM HDC 20mm. As Stu said, to see the whole thing you need a short frac. Have a look at the link below. It shows all the different features you can look for with your dob. Pickering’s triangle is a good challenge once you’ve seen the main Eastern and Western sections. http://www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/Dissecting the Veil Nebula.html