Show Us Your Dob.....

[estwing]

90mm!....I'm strapping the Zeiss on!!

[spaceboy]

My dob actually sits gathering dust more than it does light from stars but here it is actually getting used for once at SGLX.

[-Aldebaran-]

All you fellas with ya big guns!!!

Someone should start a topic for the little dobs of the family, poor 8"ers feeling left out!

[niallk]

Come on quaoar where's that huge 28" Webster. We're all waiting to see it again

...Add that iPhone pic of Saturn too

Stunning!!!

SGLX looks fantastic - looking forward to going to my first ever star party in Ballinskelligs in August

Edited May 27, 2015 by niallk

[swamp thing]

My home made  20" Dob

[RikM]

Here's my youngest with an 8" Meade Starfinder we had on loan for a while.

And this is my 250PX

[steppenwolf]

Blimey Matthew, that is a monster .........

Now would be a good time for me to thank Moonshane again for the excellent advice he gave me as I was planning my Dob base build - thanks mate!

[niallk]

My 10" & 15" Dobs - luv 'em both

[Moonshane]

here are mine

6" f11 Orion Optics UK on home made equatorial platform

12" f4 Orion Optics UK on home made base

16" f4 Orion Optics UK on home made base

12" truss system just bought on ebay - yet to collect.

Yes I like dobs!

[Stu]

My home made 20" Dob

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Looks even bigger in that picture Steve. Gorgeous scope, shame I didn't manage a peek at SGLX :-(

[spaceboy]

How much did you get it for in the end Shane? I'd got my eye on it as a lighter alternative to my 300P with traditional Chinese flat pack kitchen chip board weigh the earth base.

[swamp thing]

 Gorgeous scope, shame I didn't manage a peek at SGLX :-(

Yeah sorry about that mate. I really need to sort the anti dew kit. One of the other dob mob (Mike) is going to help me sort that. Electrickery isn't really my thing.

[Uplooker]

Well, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. SW300PDS on a self built Dob base.

Sent from my Fone

[Piero]

From eyepieces case to dobs.. 

Nice (and scary) thread this one! 

I'm in for a 'Show us your Refr...' if someone starts it (not me!) 

[Scooot]

I expect mine will stay like this for a while now.

[Moonshane]

By the time I drive to Cambridge to collect next week about 230 quid so pretty good.

[faulksy]

weres that 28" webster

[alan potts]

Mike,

Don't forget the time difference and other problems, those being to get it all on one photo he will have to go out and buy a sub 20mm camera lens..

Swampthing,

I see yours is house trained.

Alan.

[cotterless45]

In transport mode , to

Clear Skies ! The sticker reads "90% inspiration 10% collimation "

Nick.

[mdstuart]

16 inch scope with high Tec counter balance weight ready for action..

[Stu]

From eyepieces case to dobs..

Nice (and scary) thread this one!

I'm in for a 'Show us your Refr...' if someone starts it (not me!)

I'll do it soon Piero [emoji3], I think I'm brave enough [emoji14]

[Paul73]

16 inch scope with high Tec counter balance weight ready for action..

Mark

A first public outing for the new base? Looks like it should do the job.

How is it working and did you save much weight?

Paul

[osbourne one-nil]

Soon to go back to the US for a refurb, here's my little Portaball. It's only 8" but what a mirror (Zambutto) it has and it's an utter joy to use. All parts of the sky are equally accessible, it tracks smoothly, stops when you stop pushing and can be carried around with one hand without any bother. You can also twist the whole thing to get the eyepiece exactly where you want it. 

Who says size matters (except when it comes to putting up wallpaper)?

Edited May 28, 2015 by osbourne one-nil

[alan potts]

Now that's cute! Never seen one before.

alan

[quaoar]

My 18" Plettstone .....    20" Ultralight  .....     and 28" Webster with puddy for scale. Also an iphone 6 snap of Saturn through the 28 from the other night ( the seeing was really good ). I think I have a thing for dobs