What did the postman bring?

[JeremyS]

20 hours ago, johninderby said:

If it proves to be usable on the moon will think about getting a Nagler 3-6 zoom. 🤔

Go on John: you know it makes sense!

[johninderby]

The ES 3mm worked well on the moon last night even though it as a bit hazy. Here’s a smartphone image taken using the 3mm and the StellaMira 80mm f10.. Would be a lot better without the haze. 🙂

Maybe the Nagler Zoom next month. 🤔

Edited February 11, 2020 by johninderby

[Chaz2b]

Now that I’ve restarted my enthusiasm for astronomy, I’ve splashed out on a TS-optics 130 APO, NEQ6 pro mount, Celestron C80ED-R, Baader 2” clicklock diagonal, William Optics binoviewer, Televue plossls 15mm 20mm and a 32mm, what else.....?

Clear skies are in the post apparently.

chaz2b

Edited February 11, 2020 by Chaz2b

[discardedastro]

Nothing exciting optically, but as I'm making a spherometer I need something to calibrate against, so a small-but-highly-accurate surface plate arrived today! Good within a micron across the surface, so can't argue with that.

[Alan White]

17 hours ago, discardedastro said:

I'm making a spherometer

If I had a clue what one of those was and did, I would not be posting this line.
Give us a clue?
Thanks 

[Alan White]

Hermes person has been and gone.
I now have a used riser to join the one I cut down to 9" a few years ago, so have flexibility with mount heights.
Thanks @Grumpy Martian.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Alan White said:

Hermes person has been and gone.
I now have a used riser to join the one I cut down to 9" a few years ago, so have flexibility with mount heights.
Thanks @Grumpy Martian.

Nice paper weight on your desk. 

[Alan White]

Just now, Grumpy Martian said:

Nice paper weight on your desk. 

In this wind, probably best use for it today.

[andrew s]

5 minutes ago, Alan White said:

If I had a clue what one of those was and did, I would not be posting this line.
Give us a clue?
Thanks 

Google is your friend.  

Regards Andrew 

[Alan White]

1 minute ago, andrew s said:

Google is your friend.  

Regards Andrew 

Indeed it is, now going ahhh, dats wot it iz!.

[Telescope40]

Just landed. Quick few photos for now. 
Can confirm was packed to within an inch of its life. 
slywatcher have learned their lesson with the poor earlier attempts. 
Initial thoughts are weight wise, it does not seem all that more than the Meade 5000 127 apo I recently passed on.  It is however weighted towards the business end.  Lol 

Delivered to my parents house. Need to get home shortly and start playing with it. 

Queue the clouds now.  Hey ho 

[Dave Lloyd]

Are the parents going to let it go? 😁 

[Mick H]

All scopes should be in a case like that when you buy one for the money they want.

I wish my Nexstar had came in a case like that.

Telescope40, I hope you get a lot of pleasure from your new scope.

[Alan White]

Very nice ED150 👍👍
I look forward to the first light report.

 

[Telescope40]

3 hours ago, Dave Lloyd said:

Are the parents going to let it go? 😁 

Escape from from the parents done. Pretty much filled up the front room in their terraced house. 
As said. The packaging was first class. The flight case took some pulling out of the foam. 

First light when I can but we all know the drill, don’t we. Hhmm 

John 

[Fozzie]

Finally an update on the computer front.. 8th gen i7, ssd drive, 8gb ram.. should speed up the processing, relevant to the old Celeron core 2gb ram thing in the corner! 

[paul mc c]

Just picked these up, Meade 8.8mm smooth side uwa, in perfect condition, always wanted one of these and a 6.3 reducer......not the best photo but..

Edited February 12, 2020 by paul mc c

[SnakeyJ]

All the way from Sweden and deposited on my door step by the courier three days earlier than expected - As it was palleted and weighed almost 70kg, it was left out in the rain until I got home from work!

The box was a little soggy, but it was well packed and wrapped in polythene, so no problems (other than a long explanation to my wife) - Fair to say it is a bit of a beast and I shall look forward to hoovering up some stray photons once I can get it mounted and balanced in my obs.

[Gina]

I want one  🤣

[johninderby]

Pick’n’pluck foam. 🙂

[Raph-in-the-sky]

17 minutes ago, johninderby said:

Pick’n’pluck foam. 🙂

Where did you get it?

[johninderby]

52 minutes ago, Raph-in-the-sky said:

Where did you get it?

They have loads of different sizes.

https://www.cases-and-enclosures.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=cubed+foam+block

[John]

Nice ADM dual Vixen / Losmandy clamp for my T-Rex Alt-AZ mount. Really substantial piece of kit so I wasted no time in fitting it to the mount

 

[Gina]

Superb pieces of kit.

[Raph-in-the-sky]

Yay no more neck breaking!

Thank you @MimasDeathStar