I confess ...... I'm an Ocularholic ..... !!!

[John]

I thought the collection deserved a decent case now - the Maplins £14.99 job - Highly recommended

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Top Row L-R: Nagler Type 1 4.8mm, Nagler Type 1 7mm, Nagler Type 6 9mm, Nagler Type 6 13mm, Ultima2x Barlow

Filter: Baader UHC-S

Bottom Row L-R: UWAN 16mm, Panoptic 24mm, Widescan III 30mm

Sorry if this is a bit self-indulgent - but I'm quite proud of this lot

Still room for a couple more as well .....

John

[anthony]

Impressive to say the least. I'd like a gander through a few of those.

Very tidy job on the foam cut outs too!

Anthony

[legion48]

That's a good price. Did it come with the foam?

[James]

Some nice eyepieces there John!

James

[John]

That's a good price. Did it come with the foam?

Yep - it's in 1cm x 1cm cut columns so it's relatively easy to cut to shape.

John

[James]

....

Still room for a couple more as well .....

....

I reckon you could fit three more in there John!

James

[thing]

I bought one of those cases last week for my eyepieces and bit and bobs. Excellent bit of kit for the price. Your eyepieces are probably worth more than my whole astronomical kit put together......... :shock:

[lunator]

John

Very nice set of eyepieces

Cheers

Ian

[barkis]

What a wonderful sight they are John, and all top class too.

Even when the weather is lousy, you can get these out just to look at them.

Better than the flippin television has been over the holiday anyhow.

Ron.

[Andrew*]

alright I s'pose...

There's definitely room for a 3-6mm Nagler zoom though...

How do you find the widescan III works at f/6.6, by the way? I know it's not that fast, but I thought the WS's work best in slow scopes.

Cheers

Andrew

[supernova]

Nice

Like the case, getting one tomorow

Bernie.

[tom.yates]

Great looking eyepieces

[John]

alright I s'pose...

There's definitely room for a 3-6mm Nagler zoom though...

How do you find the widescan III works at f/6.6, by the way? I know it's not that fast, but I thought the WS's work best in slow scopes.

Cheers

Andrew

The Nagler 3-6 zoom was great - I just prefer a wider field with my alt-az mounted scope

The Widescan III works nicely with my F6.5 refractor - some "seagulls" in the last 15% or so of the field but the light transmission of the eyepiece is fantastic - had my best views of M31 through this EP. I don't use a 2 inch eyepiece that often so I can't really justify a Nagler 31mm. Wouldn't mind trying a UWAN 28mm though

John

[A McEwan]

That's a great and uncluttered selection there! All bases covered. What's the word I'm looking for..."Efficient" I think!

Would one of those cases be big enough to hold a PST do you think?

AM

[supernova]

That's a great and uncluttered selection there! All bases covered. What's the word I'm looking for..."Efficient" I think!

Would one of those cases be big enough to hold a PST do you think?

AM

I am thinking the same thing hmmm

[Whippy]

some "seagulls" in the last 15% or so of the field

I was going to make a rubbish joke about not looking over the sea but I digress. Nice case John , can you you get me my coat and call me a cab?

Tony..

[John]

That's a great and uncluttered selection there! All bases covered. What's the word I'm looking for..."Efficient" I think!

Would one of those cases be big enough to hold a PST do you think?

AM

I am thinking the same thing hmmm

The interior size measures 43.5cm X 31.5cm if thats any help.

John

[John]

Impressive to say the least. I'd like a gander through a few of those.

Very tidy job on the foam cut outs too!

Anthony

Thanks Anthony,

I'd be happy to pop round sometime so we can have a play with them. I'd also be interested in seeing how my Vixen ED102SS fares alongside your ED100 visually.

Regards,

John

[Neon]

John, you have a problem. But the first step towards a cure comes from admitting you have one

But seriously, nice setup. That's the kind of collection I'd like to build up, but I've got a long way to go yet. BTW do you have any silica gel to go in the case with the eyepieces, or is that a bad idea?

[John]

But seriously, nice setup. That's the kind of collection I'd like to build up, but I've got a long way to go yet. BTW do you have any silica gel to go in the case with the eyepieces, or is that a bad idea?

I've got a couple of sachets of silica gel under the foam in the case but not adjacent to the eyepieces.

John

[Hugh]

That is a very nice set John and well presented. I've attached my humble collection in it's Maplins case. I do have the silica sachets under the ep's, do you think it is better to site them undet the foam ?

As you can see I have many Pentax/Televue sized gaps - I'm trying to convince the wife how silly and unbalanced the case looks without them .....

Anyway, from L to R; Pentax XL7, Televue 11mm plossl, Celestron e-lux 25mm, TAL Kellner 15m, next row, Parks Gold 3x barlow, Celestron diagonal, and tucked in the corner a moon filter (Astronomica).

I've yet to use the TAL as I got it with some colour filters for Christmas. (It was very reasonably priced so I'm not sure what to expect... but it's built like a tank..)

(I like the look of your foam more I must say, I can see all the cuts in mine)

Cheers

Hugh