What did the postman bring?

[LukeSkywatcher]

7 minutes ago, StaceStar said:

more clouds....

For 6 months at least. 

[Alan White]

1 hour ago, StaceStar said:

more clouds....

Very nice indeed, nice colour too.
Do you have very small hands or is that quite a large camera?
 

[nicoscy]

Well, postman didn’t drop it off exactly - I picked it up from DHL offices

 

[Gina]

A replacement ball bearing for the extruder on my Giant 3D printer.

[emadmoussa]

8 minutes ago, nicoscy said:

Well, postman didn’t drop it off exactly - I picked it up from DHL offices

 

Looks like a bank account crasher. Pretty neat!

[GavStar]

9 minutes ago, nicoscy said:

Well, postman didn’t drop it off exactly - I picked it up from DHL offices

 

Lovely Nicos! Your initial thoughts??

[Jojo204]

A t-ring and adapter

[Thalestris24]

11 minutes ago, Jojo204 said:

A t-ring and adapter

The Proposition 65 cancer and reproductive health warning seems a bit ott….

Louise

[Victor Boesen]

Now I know why it's so cloudy at the moment! Everyone is buying new equipment!!!!

[Gina]

I've stocked up on 3D printer filament but I doubt if that counts unless I use it to make astro gear like I have in the past.

[R26 oldtimer]

Clouds result to buying equipment, and new equipment results to more clouds, aka "avalanche effect"

☃️

[Highburymark]

4 hours ago, nicoscy said:

Well, postman didn’t drop it off exactly - I picked it up from DHL offices

 

Lovely! Look forward to reading your impressions.

[djpaul]

On 18/12/2018 at 11:16, R26 oldtimer said:

The ED120 has arrived!

It was a nice surprise to find out that it comes with a RACI finder instead of a straight through one.

Now I need for the sky to clear so I can test it side by side on the AZeq5, with my bresser 127L.

Enjoy the 120 ed. I've owned one for almost  4 years. And love it. 

Later on you may consider an upgrade for the focuser to a moonlite. 

 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

Not long now to receive parcels under the guise of doing your Christmas shopping...

 

18 hours ago, LukeSkywatcher said:

8 Yr old. About 50 euros. I'll have some of that please. 

 

50 euros! Cripes you could get a special bottle a Glenfiddich or Laphroaig for far less than that!

[Danjc]

5 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Not long now to receive parcels under the guise of doing your Christmas shopping...

 

 

Hmmmm hopefully my wife won’t question the fact that she has 4 Christmas presents but the post girl has delivered around 10 parcels over the last fortnight ! 

[John]

Nice little telextender from Uncle Al

 

[nicoscy]

18 hours ago, GavStar said:

Lovely Nicos! Your initial thoughts??

I’ll do first light tonight and start a thread. Speaking in terms of the product (not the quality of views) mostly impressed, but with a couple of things that I feel could be done differently. 

Above all, I am a visual observer, so my needs regarding some aspects are different to an imager’s needs. More in a separate thread. 

For the time being, wishes for a Merry Christmas to everybody and keep the posts coming - this is a very enjoyable thread!

[nicoscy]

18 hours ago, emadmoussa said:

Looks like a bank account crasher. Pretty neat!

It is indeed, but cry once as they say

Postman is delivering on Monday all necessary adapters for imaging

[JeremyS]

1 hour ago, John said:

Nice little telextender from Uncle Al

 

Is that a display case for all your astro kit behind you, John? ?

 

[John]

1 hour ago, JeremyS said:

Is that a display case for all your astro kit behind you, John? ?

 

Unfortunately not - I have to make do with aluminum cases. Moy other half seems to have crammed the cabinets with bric-a-brac !

 

[cloudsweeper]

.......another marvellous Sky & Telescope's Field Map of the Moon.

I already have the Mirror Image version, for use with the frac and SCT, but it's a little awkward when using the Dob since that gives 180deg of rotation.  This latest one doesn't give that rotation - it's non-inverting, i.e. for binocular use, so has to be turned upside down to match the view in a reflector.

Pics attached, including a shot of the NE quadrant, ready for use!

Doug.

Edited December 23, 2018 by cloudsweeper

[geordie85]

4 new bearings for my moonlite focuser. Hopefully it'll start running smoothly again. Not that I need it at the moment with this weather 

[Danjc]

Ducks Back breathable waterproof cover for the mount. Predominantly for storage in the garage but choose a bigger one for the times if the weather catches me out and I can throw it over and get it back inside. 

Size 6 which is, length 75cm/width 45cm/height 75cm. 

Its on a HEQ5. 

 

 

[FenlandPaul]

Well I was genuinely surprised by this delivery, given I’ve only received about 3 over the last 12 months! 

 

[LukeSkywatcher]

On 22/12/2018 at 12:00, John said:

Nice little telextender from Uncle Al

 

Don't look so perplexed.