Chaz2b

Are you using a tripod? Then I would recommend Orion Resolux 15x70 moderately priced, the reason I ask of a tripod is that they weigh around 2.5 kg, built to last though. I had a pair 15 years ago but had no tripod so sold them, I now have the 7x50 and I love them, such a crisp image with individual focusing. chaz

For the past year I have been wanting to try out roof prisms as I have far to many porro prism binos. I did buy one pair, found that the objectives and oculars had not been blackened around their edges, and once seen can never be unseen! That pair I’ve since given to my young nephew. Now, Temu came along and offered a pair of waterproof 10x42 roofs for only £16 ( discounted) and I bought them. They arrived this morning and…well, those white bands are there too! Damn and blast! I do have a confession to make, I recently got to try out a pair of Swarovski’s 8x42 and hahahahaha! Why did I even bother with those cheapies? So there you have it, if you want a real good pair of roof prism binos, the Swarovski is the goal to aim for, sell them kidneys if you have too! Mine are on going on eBay shortly! Lol

And, we no longer have potholes, they’re now sink holes! chaz

Us zummerzet folk find that foreigners do Arf tork proper queer lyke. chaz

This is getting silly, okay the mounts I’ve placed it on are not ideal for looking up so I’ve had to place it on my AZ-GTI mount, luckily I had 3D printed a dovetail bar last year so it fitted a treat. The moon is quite high up hence the change of mount and I’m getting a very good view, the optics are really good on this little scope! I’m glad I bought it. The seeing is quite steady considering there’s blustery winds about, producing very crisp views of the craters and mares even though it’s still day light. Much to look forward to with this little Ranger, how’s your viewing going then? chaz

Would you believe I had a nagler zoom, sold it! Damn damn.... Unless I find another in a lucky bag, it's the svbony for now. Chaz

Oh!please stop it! I sold my pronto and now I wish I hadn’t. It’s not top notch optics but still a damn well built scope that is as good to look at as to look through. I’ ve yet to have a decent viewing with any of my scopes, I even have a brand new Newtonian daring me to haul it outside. My main aims for this year is to build up an eyepiece collection to set me into retirement. There’s not much more I could want in terms of refractors, maybe a Tak fs102 but I’ll never be able to afford that even with a pension or three! So a nagler zoom, a Delos or two but a 9mm delite is a must for planets. I have a pair of 18.2 delites plus a tv 3x barlow but I fear that would be a bit too much power so will look for a tv 2x barlow, the skies round here aren’t the best, I will need to venture over to Exmoor where there’s proper dark skies. In the mean time, the Ranger is a great spotting scope.🤩 chaz

Sure. The first was on the Manfrotto trigger grip, but when you touched it it jitters toooo much so I changed it for the Manfrotto 029, much better. chaz

Can’t help myself, I just love Televue products😍 Tell me, you have both the Tv zoom and a SvBONY zoom, what is the difference in viewing please? It looks very much like SvBONY has copied the nagler zoom, in style anyway. chaz

This is my first time in ages I’ve been out to see..well, anything! The moon is first quarter and there’s a few stars, but then the jets are also out leaving big, fat contrails! It’s bad enough with the council fitting loads of massive construction lights to our flats! This is surely a conspiracy against me! Just because I’ve spent a few lately, the clouds stuck around longer than usual bringing with them more than enough rain, now, contrails!. I guess it was only around eight minutes of viewing, but I couldn’t take it any longer, so I will continue to stay indoors and look out of my windows. As for the Ranger, she’s a beaut! Only occasionally letting me know she’s not an APO at the moons outer edges only when I viewed at the delites edges, I knew that from having a Pronto so I’m not bothered. Lets hope it can only get better, I’ve still the TV85, Vixen 80 binos, apogee binos…..to first light properly. chaz

Currently at this time, all the planets are between east and south in a line, with the sun middle-ish, yes, my astrological gibberish at its finest. Saturn and Mars are in conjunction, even the plaides is coming up close behind. So can someone kindly switch off the Sun and pull the clouds apart? It’s not like this happens everyday and I can only watch it presently on my iPad via Starynight. Oh! The frustration of it all. chaz

I’ve seen a nice pair for sale, I currently have a 16x70 set so I know the quality. There is one thing that’s holding me back and I need someone who has a pair of 10x42 to confirm this. When I’m looking at the objectives and oculars I see a white band which suggests that the edges of the glass is not blackened. Is this true? If yes can I remove the glass and blacken it myself? Does it show when viewing? I bought my first roof prism binos last year, at first they looked good but as soon as I saw the white bands I couldn’t Unsee it! I have since given them to my nephews son who loves them, but then, he’s only ten, lol. Most other binos I’ve had I can access the objectives and blacken the edges, it may not always improve the contrast but I no longer feel bugged by those white bands. chaz

5000 posts you say? I wonder if you have any time for astronomy!🤣 I don’t think John above me has, how many posts John??

Questar 3.5”…can’t afford it but I can dream in the same way I dream of looking through what I have already! chaz