What did the postman bring?

[Saganite]

20 hours ago, callisto said:

Water, Gas & Electric bills 

Very good Callisto, made me smile 

[david_taurus83]

The snow finally melted enough to let the postman in our road. Also a shiny new heavy duty steel tripod to mount it all. As has been said previously, It's been cloudy since!!

[bottletopburly]

Three books off Amazon all used in great condition for less than £40 the cost of one book new , Best Buy was The Caldwell objects £8.94 bargain ?

 

 

Edited December 15, 2017 by bottletopburly

[Stu]

Moved to the 'Postman' thread.

Nice books, have had the first two for a long time, not the third. Great to read and reference.

[Paul73]

I agree. He writes well. Although his vast experience, Hawaiian sky and owl like eye-sight make me feel a bit rubbish as an observer. Best multiply his specified aperture requirements by 2 to get to ‘normal chap under UK sky’ territory.

Paul

 

Edited December 15, 2017 by Paul73

[Hertford Stargazer]

This is what Royal Mail delivered today -

[niallk]

9 hours ago, bottletopburly said:

Three books off Amazon all used in great condition for less than £40 the cost of one book new , Best Buy was The Caldwell objects £8.94 bargain ?

 

 

Nice - books I'm interested in picking up too!

[callisto]

On 3/18/2017 at 23:49, laudropb said:

The nice postie brought me a 14 mm ES 82 degree eyepiece to play with. If only it would stop raining.

Sorry.......I was looking at the book you have 

Edited December 18, 2017 by callisto
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[Mognet]

On 12/15/2017 at 16:20, Stu said:

Moved to the 'Postman' thread.

Looks like the thread title got changed in the move. Confused me after not logging in for a week!

[Mognet]

Treated myself to an Imakr Startt 3D printer as a Christmas present to myself. Felt like I was playing with Meccano for the first few hours as it arrives in kit form

Doesn't seem too bad for a £99 printer

[Stu]

46 minutes ago, Mognet said:

Looks like the thread title got changed in the move. Confused me after not logging in for a week!

How bizarre, no idea how that happened. Will try to sort. Thanks for pointing it out.

[Hertford Stargazer]

37 minutes ago, Mognet said:

Treated myself to an Imakr Startt 3D printer as a Christmas present to myself. Felt like I was playing with Meccano for the first few hours as it arrives in kit form

Doesn't seem too bad for a £99 printer

Wow, that looks like alot of printer for £99. I'm trying to resist the world of 3d printing, I'm wanting to simplify my life but Astronomy has other ideas 

[Mognet]

3 minutes ago, Hertford Stargazer said:

Wow, that looks like alot of printer for £99. I'm trying to resist the world of 3d printing, I'm wanting to simplify my life but Astronomy has other ideas 

It only has a small print volume, 120x140x130mm but it can be rebuilt for larger volumes apparently

[Hertford Stargazer]

2 minutes ago, Mognet said:

It only has a small print volume, 120x140x130mm but it can be rebuilt for larger volumes apparently

If my wife hadn't just dropped and smashed a bottle of red wine on the living room carpet I'd be very tempted 

[Stu]

58 minutes ago, Hertford Stargazer said:

If my wife hadn't just dropped and smashed a bottle of red wine on the living room carpet I'd be very tempted 

Insurance?

[gtis]

Not Astro related 

 

[Peter Drew]

A S/H 4" F10 Vixen OTA.  

[Hertford Stargazer]

19 minutes ago, Stu said:

Insurance?

Yes we are covered, just waiting for it to dry to see how bad the stain is. Thankfully the carpet is terracotta-ish in colour so it might live to see another day. It was a bottle her employers gave her and it smelt awful so probably best we didn't try drinking it.

20 minutes ago, gtis said:

Not Astro related 

 

Brilliant, had one as a kid, great fun. My son still has one that belonged to my father.

[L8-Nite]

The post man arrived !  

What is it  ?

 

[Helen]

6 minutes ago, L8-Nite said:

The post man arrived !  

What is it  ?

 

A new toy for the telementor??

[spillage]

On 12/15/2017 at 18:21, Hertford Stargazer said:

This is what Royal Mail delivered today -

Your postman must be a giant!!! Let alone the size of your letter box.

[Moonshane]

A new tripod bag today plus a used WO wide dovetail yesterday and a Moonlite extension courtesy of John and Stu.

[L8-Nite]

45 minutes ago, Helen said:

A new toy for the telementor??

Hi Helen,

Wow, that was quick,   in 8 minutes ! 

Yes, its an original Zeiss diagonal. I have been searching for one for a long time for our Telementor-1 with the helical focuser. We have a turret on the Telementor-2 model, but its just too much weight to use on the T-1 in my opinion. Now my Wife & I can have a choice of instruments to use without straining our necks. 

 

[Helen]

1 minute ago, L8-Nite said:

Hi Helen,

Wow, that was quick,   in 8 minutes ! 

Yes, its an original Zeiss diagonal. I have been searching for one for a long time for our Telementor-1 with the helical focuser. We have a turret on the Telementor-2 model, but its just too much weight to use on the T-1 in my opinion. Now my Wife & I can have a choice of instruments to use without straining our necks. 

 

Envious? me? never....well perhaps just a bit   My Telementor hasn't seen skies for quite a while - that's what comes of buying a Tak100   But it is such an iconic piece I can't imagine selling it!

Helen 

[L8-Nite]

I agree with you Helen, these scopes are keepers for life. Our scopes haven't seen starlight since .......   Hmmm, I can't recall, lol.

Looking for Zeiss accessories is like fishing without bait on the hook, you just have to get lucky to snag one once in awhile.