Big sock for the 200P...

[emadmoussa]

Not quite a sock just wondering if anybody found a common everyday object that can be used as a cover for the OTA..? Kinda tube case...

Currently I use a big plastic bag which my wife thinks is painfully eyesoring So in order to keep her happy and subsequently my flow of astro equipment, there's an urgent need for a solution for this dilemma.

[knobby]

Garden furniture covers... Sleeping bag...

[Lee M]

?

http://www.allfancydress.com/childs-penguin-costume~P888058.aspx?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=shoppingfeed&variant_id=79108&gclid=CKP_tpv81LUCFePHtAodxxwAwA

Lee

[jimmyjamjoejoe]

Maybe make your own? Get a big bit of lycra, sew it into a tube shape and cut out holes for focuser etc...

[Peter Drew]

Shower cap, lots of lovely designs to please your wife.

[Kropster]

I second that... shower caps... buy a multipack in Tesco... dirt cheap, elasticated.....perfect!

[emadmoussa]

Humm..shower caps? I'm not trying to cover the telescope end, it's for the whole tube. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't be too small a cap for a 200mm telescope?

[emadmoussa]

I actually came across golf bags, yet to find a suitable one to fit.

[Kropster]

Ahhh... now I understand. Binliners? Cheap as chips.

[Stargazer_00]

I second that... shower caps... buy a multipack in Tesco... dirt cheap, elasticated.....perfect!

Just on this, I had to buy a couple of packs as they have variable sizes and I got 3 that just wouldnt stretch. Had to buy 5 in the end to get 2 that would fit. Mines a 10 inch though they probably would al fit a 8 inch.

Definitely these arent an option for 12 inch+

[bendiddley]

i bought a pizza oven cover for my 200p but its a dob so not sure how it will work on your set-up, they come in different sizes though and there are ones for chineas too, see link below for the pizza oven one...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cover-The-Castmaster-Pizza-Oven/dp/B00382F0G6/ref=sr_1_7 s=outdoors&ie=UTF8&qid=1362084420&sr=1-7

[emadmoussa]

i bought a pizza oven cover for my 200p but its a dob so not sure how it will work on your set-up, they come in different sizes though and there are ones for chineas too, see link below for the pizza oven one...

http://www.amazon.co...F0G6/ref=sr_1_7 s=outdoors&ie=UTF8&qid=1362084420&sr=1-7

Not a bad idea, like it. It will look like a ghost in the living room.

[Kropster]

You have ghosts in your living room?

[emadmoussa]

You have ghosts in your living room?

Lol, no I meant this cover standing in the middle of the living room will look like a ghost.

[IanC11]

I just made up an MDF box to store mine indoors ( OTA only ). For outdoors I use a camping toilet tent and just open the door and slide it over, if its going to be out for a while I peg the guy ropes as well, totally weather proof and provided I peg it down correctly it can withstand strong winds as well.

Ian

[emadmoussa]

I just made up an MDF box to store mine indoors ( OTA only ). For outdoors I use a camping toilet tent and just open the door and slide it over, if its going to be out for a while I peg the guy ropes as well, totally weather proof and provided I peg it down correctly it can withstand strong winds as well.

Ian

Mmm...that's intriguing, Ian. Any photos at all?

[yesteryeargames]

Good Idea could do with a tent or cover , I left my scope outside for half an hour once, to cool I took off the moon cover on the lid , , when I returned I found a huge bird Rubbish from a seagul all over the end of the scope it's a miracle it didn't go in the moon cap hole and down the mirror,