what's the best accessory you've got this year?

[Bart]

a twistlock EP holder. Great. Also thermals and snood + handwarmers , weather .....Ha! Can't touch me!

Barry

[Grunthos]

Blazewear heated fleece

[rory]

turn left at orion. or thick socks. can i choose both ?

[Mike Hawtin]

Gerd Neumann EL light panel, bliss.

[Muphrid]

Canon 5D Mkll

[RikM]

Not sure an NEQ6 and finderguider really counts as an accessory?

If not then my Pentax XW 7mm.

[Steve 1962]

A Baader Steeltrack focusser for my C9.25 SCT - a beautiful piece of kit

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

A Baader Steeltrack focusser for my C9.25 SCT - a beautiful piece of kit

Sounds like a good idea to put on my (still growing) wish-list.

[Stu]

Giro II mount for me. Has meant much more observing because it's so quick to set up, and is very stable.

[swag72]

Home made obsy - What a fab thing to have!!

[gfletcher]

Baader MPCC and a HoTech Laser Collimator

And a Canon 550D.

[Spikey]

From an imaging point of view I bought a Bahtinov mask for each scope, why didn't I just buy one at the same time as the scope ?? - it makes the whole process so much easier.

I'd agree with the light panel as well, brilliant piece of equipment and flats aren't as daunting now.

For visual, the Baader hyperion zoom EP, it's relegated all apart from one of my previous EP's to not being used.

[Quatermass]

Second hand cannon 350D brilliant camera and my home made polar scope light

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[JAllen]

Visually, my UHC filter, as I finally got to see the Veil Nebula this summer.

Overall though, it is hard to beat my webcam - So much more detail is visible on Jupiter and my Mum doesn't have to ask which bit to look through and then end up holding the eyepiece.

[Catanonia]

TS Off Axis Guider to save me from having 2 scopes on the mount.

[smudgeball]

My secondhand f6.3 reducer (purchased when the for sale section was running)

Bargain and gives me an entirely "different" viewing experience out of my SCT.

If I can add a sub-category of worst accessory...... it has to be the spirit level supplied with the Nexstar SE ! How I've not lost it yet ???

Neil

[Hypernova]

My 28mm UWAN, although I haven't had much time to use it.

[Moonshane]

mine was a used TV Paracorr for my big dob. Makes an unbelieveable difference to the view.

[LeeB]

Best thing this year happened by accident when telrads were out of stock, so set about building my own finder to a slightly different design, better optics, different reticule (use dotting rings) and an extra layer for better sharper image rings, rings are also dimmer-able separately. Works great and the improved version is nearly finished with a number of improvements and additions. Add the that it only cost me £13.

[Tyr]

hmm well since everything is new I'd say the planisphere, because it's educational helping me learn the constellations and very useful for choosing alignment starts to get my scopes goto setup at the start of each session. Even if I now find I prefer navigating without the goto as much as possible.

[Alma]

Baader Sky Surfer V red dot finder. Better than any other finder I've used, and I've used most of them.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Best thing this year happened by accident when telrads were out of stock, so set about building my own finder to a slightly different design, better optics, different reticule (use dotting rings) and an extra layer for better sharper image rings, rings are also dimmer-able separately. Works great and the improved version is nearly finished with a number of improvements and additions. Add the that it only cost me £13.

Sounds very interesting. Did you post the design somewhere?

[BigTfromNotts]

My Thermal underwear and my Furry, Fur Trapper's Hat. Wearing those certainly helps in the cold.

I am Thinking of wearing other clothes as well, which may keeep me even warmer.

[swamp thing]

My Thermal underwear and my Furry, Fur Trapper's Hat. Wearing those certainly helps in the cold.

I am Thinking of wearing other clothes as well, which may keeep me even warmer.

:DLol:D

Fool!

[pilkinn]

I'm glad I asked now. So many things to think about. Telrads seem popular - I don't actually have a finder of any sort at the moment. That and various clothing items.!

I'd like to add another vote for the Gerd Nuemann flat panel I bought this year. Not cheap but I bought a biggish one that can be used on a number of scopes.