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20mm also arrived

On 4 May 2017 at 10:26, TheLookingGlass said:

Nice collections !!!

Here's mine. I just bought them.

Very nice! I love my 8x56s have fun!

Main Astro bins. Fujinons 16x70 could be sold to fund Helios 20x100s. 

36 minutes ago, Louis D said:

I've got a 20 year old 9mm Vixen LV that I still use occasionally.  Very comfortable and sharp to the edge.  I'm sure you'll enjoy your 15mm version.  They're vastly undervalued on the used market, often going for $50 to $70 here in the states.  Mine was $90+ when new 20 years ago.

This cost about £35 on ebay. I have a 10mm and 6mm already. 20mm in the mail. With my 32mm TV Plossl, they are my travel kit, all good eye relief and fit in a flak vest's pockets. 

Only dust and fluff. Always in the air with pets around!

I will give it a try!

Thank you Paz. For comparison this is the original LV.

Surprised FLO do not sell those (or Tele Vue).

On 18/09/2017 at 14:56, John said:

Sometimes also known as "paralysis by analysis"

Shifted to a 40mm LV wish, a fl I don't own, than can be Barlowed to a 20, albeit with narrow field. 

John (as you know) eye relief is my #1 consideration. How much er is lost on current LVs when the eye cups are screwed fully down, compared to the up-or-down folding cups of original LVs? My 10 and 6 allow whole fov with glasses and less exact eye placement to achieve that.

32mm is covered by the excellent TV Plossl, a LV 40mm 31.7mm would complete my travelling set and fit in an ep bandolier.

On 2 June 2015 at 14:27, swamp thing said:

Come on and post. All dob's are cool matey.

Here's my baby Dob

Steve Job's dob?

On 27 May 2015 at 20:54, -Aldebaran- said:

All you fellas with ya big guns!!!

Someone should start a topic for the little dobs of the family, poor 8"ers feeling left out!

Wish I kept my 8" back along, but moved to a smaller house at the time so went 8" SCT. 

14 hours ago, John said:

Sorry for the late reply - I've been away on holiday.

The SLV would be sharper across the whole field of view than the Erfle even in faster scopes and the light transmission and light scatter control is likely to be improved by the latest glass and coating types used in the SLV design.

I realise that you have probably made another choice now but I thought I'd respond to this question all the same

Hope it was a great holiday! I am still wanting a modern 20-ish ep, but trapped in the dream v reality spiral!

On 08/06/2015 at 21:11, LukeSkywatcher said:

Is it wrong to be in lust with those Vixens?. How much for the whole rig in the image?.

Not wrong. binoc porn!

Thinking about the 20mm, but have an Erfle of same fl. Would the SLV be signifigantly better?

23 minutes ago, John said:

I do remember Dark Star - I have a brochure of theirs somewhere I'm sure

About the only affordable big aperture scopes a couple of decades back.

www.darkstartelescopes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/dark-star-html?m=1

Mine is hammerite blue

I have a Dark Star (remember them?) 12" which when I moved house became less useable as street and neighbours' lighting made moving it around necessary and handling precarious. Still have it & dream of a dark site of my own.

Bought a C8 to replace it about 20 years ago, but there is no replacement for displacement! Much more portable though.

Yesterday I bought a 10" F5 1270mm Bresser Messier dob which I hope will be my new DSO eye to the sky, due tomorrow (wanted to stay with solid tubes. ?