latest buys.. the S.W.V.G :P

[garethmob]

Just got a skywatcher field flattner:)

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[Mr Flibble]

Better late than never, I picked up a new 2" castell UHC filter for 45 squid at the astronomy show a few weeks ago.

Out of interest I compared it to the 1.25" TV Nebustar UHC that I've had for a few years and I couldn't tell any difference between them.

[stevetynant]

Nice one David - noticed your running out of Messiers to observe- whats the chances of getting up to the full quota this year?

[Mr Flibble]

Probably finish next spring Steve because 11 of them are the galaxies in the virgo cluster which has passed for this year. Funnily enough I have actually observed them before but that was before I officially started my count Just got a few other random ones dotted about and then it'll be done. Once I've finished the Caldwell list I'm toying with the idea of starting again and sketching each one!!

[stevetynant]

Pretty impressive stuff I have to say - I think I'll have to adopt a different targetted approach when I start up again in the Autumn to get my numbers moving in the right direction.

[bingevader]

Better late than never, I picked up a new 2" castell UHC filter for 45 squid at the astronomy show a few weeks ago.

Out of interest I compared it to the 1.25" TV Nebustar UHC that I've had for a few years and I couldn't tell any difference between them.

That was a good deal!

I've been on the look out for a 2" filter.

The problem with constantly looking at the Classifieds here and ABS is you tend to pick up something else instead!

I now have a 5mm Celestron X-Cel LX from here, thanks PIG!

And a 14mm Meade 5000 UWA!

Cheers

[Psychobilly]

77mm Hutech IDAS Filter, 52-77 , 67-77 , 72-77 Step up rings to use it on all my lenses except the 300/2.8 and a 6000mAH external Lipo battery pack for the 7D and 5D mk III....

[Psychobilly]

Canon 600mm f4 L IS USM mk 1...

Aka the great white... But wearing a camo coat and raincoat...

Peter...

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[Psychobilly]

Looks like Photosbykev's Solar scope may be heading my way as well... I guess that's why it's started raining

Peter...

[Ganymede12]

My HOTech SCA Laser Collimator just arrived! It should make collimating the dob much faster (and hopefully my dad will stop complaining).

[valleyman]

I have a cunning plan

I have noticed that every time I buy something new, within days a good second hand one comes available.

Been looking for a Atik 320 for weeks now with not a sniff.

So If I post on here I have bought one, can guarantee one will appear in days.

So Just bought a NEW Atik 320..............fingers crossed now

[Daddystu]

I've noticed that too. Or I buy one second hand and then one comes up for cheaper. I couldn't get an LP filter second hand so I went for the skywatcher offering from FLO.

[L8-Nite]

I have a cunning plan

I have noticed that every time I buy something new, within days a good second hand one comes available.

Been looking for a Atik 320 for weeks now with not a sniff.

So If I post on here I have bought one, can guarantee one will appear in days.

So Just bought a NEW Atik 320..............fingers crossed now

Sounds good, we'll keep this plan a secret.

[L8-Nite]

An Atik 320E just sold on the CN site.

Edit: $730. / £482.

[dean069]

one question where to i look for second hand lens

Dean

[lennylovit]

http://www.astrobuysell.com/uk/ is a good place to look , you need 250 posts to see the buy and sell on SGL

[Psychobilly]

Gitzo GT5542LS Carbon Fibre tripod and Induro GHB2 Gimbal head... just what I needed to control the 600/f4....

Kata Backpack for the lens cameras ant tripod, BG-11 for the 5D mk III and 3 canon batteries...

Peter..

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[dean069]

Cheers Lenny will have to start posting

[dean069]

For my birthday i am going to get Skywatcher 2x Deluxe Achromatic 1.25" Barlow

Any thought on it good bad or ugly

Dean

[L8-Nite]

Last week while trolling a local market / boot sale for a flat of cherries, I came across an older, and large video camera tripod. It seemed complete, and everything worked, but it did look like it needed a cleaning and some TLC. Well the price was right, so I ended up lugging 20+ pounds of metal all the way back to the car.

The tripod cleaned up nice, and where the paint was scratched, I touched it up with a "Sharpie"marker ; good as new.

It's labled as a Manfrotto # 132 professional tripod, and has a Model 116 Mark II Fluid Head.

I think this will be a good tripod for a variety of scopes. Will post a photo when I locate my camera.

[Freff]

Nice find Mike. Was that the one you had at Blaenavon last week. That was a pricey piece of kit in it's day.

[lennylovit]

picked up 2 more Velcro straps if anybody need any Lenny

[Psychobilly]

EQ-6 and Associated goodies form PBK... picking it on Saturday... Need something more meaty than my EQ-3 Pro to handle the 102mm f/11 Solarscope and the 600/f4...

That's it then no more... well not for a while...

Peter....

[L8-Nite]

Nice find Mike. Was that the one you had at Blaenavon last week. That was a pricey piece of kit in it's day.

Yes, that was it. Sure would have been nice if the rotating ball adjusted to 52*, unfortunately only tilts to about 20*, so slow motion tracking is not an option this far North; but then, this tripod wasn't designed with Astronomy in mind. One thing about the UK weather, it gives you time to tinker with stuff. I'll have to see what other gear we have will work with this.

[valleyman]

100ah Battery and 3-1 cig lighter connector, plus battery charger. Got enough juice now for about 15 hours shooting. Oh and a QHY8L CCD. that's the year after next birthday present.