What did the postman bring?

[JeremyS]

29 minutes ago, CraigT82 said:

Postie brought the final piece of kit that I needed -EQ6 pro mother board- to perform open heart surgery on my ~18yr old EQ6. 

Bought motors and the m/b from an eq6 pro along with a lynx astro eqdir cable and 5a power supply. Also bought the rail kit upgrade for the polar alt adjustment from dark frame (works beautifully but still hugely overpriced). Now I can let firecapture do the hard work of keeping the planet centred on the chip! 

It had a strip down and relube a couple of weeks ago and with these upgrades this old beast has a new lease of life. Looking forwards to maybe getting another 18 years out of it.

It's a bit weird seeing it slew around at x800 when all I had was x16 max previously! 

Next on the list at some point in the future will be belt drive kit and a bit of tuning - already got the delrin shims in various thicknesses for that. 

Looking good Craig! 👍

You can now change your auto signature From “non-GoTo” 🙂

 

[CraigT82]

22 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Looking good Craig! 👍

You can now change your auto signature From “non-GoTo” 🙂

 

Thanks Jeremy, Signature changed!

[Guest]

A late delivery this evening, began thinking it wouldn't come today. My EQ6-R Pro.

Edited August 13, 2020 by Guest

[Bobby1970]

Not delivered by the postie. But collected from a fellow SGL member. 

Celestron Astromaster 90. For use with my Herschel Wedge. 

 

[Geordie mc]

Got my asiair pro and asi 120 mm mini today. Everything connected and running fine! Took 60 3 minute darks at minus 10 degrees cooling ready for imaging the triad nebula tomorrow night but it’s the only clear night forecast for the next 10 days. Why does the weather always turn bad when we get new kit? 

[RT65CB-SWL]

Jeff Wayne's musical version of 'The War of the Worlds - The New Generation' on vinyl LP to accompany the 'original'.

  

[-philip-]

My first refractor 😍

[Helen]

I tried some quick planetary imaging while away last week.  Getting the planet on a small chip planetary cam using the Tak 100 was a bit challenging and I ended up juggling an eyepiece and camera.  So when this popped up on FLO's front page I thought it could save some faffing (and lower risk of dropping something!).

Typical Baader design and build quality.  It is lighter and small than I thought it might be, although at the moment its the bare box and will need attachments for connecting eyepieces, cameras etc.

It is of course raining... so it might be some time before it sees first light 🥺

Helen

 

[Dean Hale]

2 new items to added to the scope i purchased a couple of weeks ago.
Replaced the plastic items with a StellaMira diagonal from FLO and thought i'd give the SVBony SV165 finder scope a try £50 from amazon. Looks the part. Cannot be any worse than what it replaced.

[Dantooine]

5 hours ago, -philip- said:

My first refractor 😍

Very nice. You will love it. I have the Ed-r version and love mine. Can set up in 10 minutes flat so you can jump outside at a moments notice. 

[AdeKing]

7 hours ago, Philip R said:

Jeff Wayne's musical version of 'The War of the Worlds - The New Generation' on vinyl LP to accompany the 'original'.

  

Wonderful, I really like The New Generation version.

Those opening three boom, boom, booms still make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

A pair of albums that I will not part with.

Hope you enjoy.

Ade

[iPeace]

4 hours ago, Dean Hale said:

thought i'd give the SVBony SV165 finder scope a try

Would like to read how you get on with this in due course.

[johninderby]

The only problem with the Svbony finder is that I have read that it has to be used straight though only as it won’t come to focus with a diagonal. Are you going to try a diagonal? 🤔

Edited August 14, 2020 by johninderby

[HollyHound]

1 hour ago, AdeKing said:

Wonderful, I really like The New Generation version.

Those opening three boom, boom, booms still make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

A pair of albums that I will not part with.

Hope you enjoy.

Ade

You've inspired me to listen again to this album, first time in years 😀👍

Edited August 14, 2020 by HollyHound

[AdeKing]

4 minutes ago, HollyHound said:

You've inspired me to listen again to this album, first time in years 😀👍

Seeing the @Philip R post made me dig it out of storage and listen again too.

Glad my post had the same effect on you @HollyHound

[-philip-]

18 hours ago, Philip R said:

Jeff Wayne's musical version of 'The War of the Worlds - The New Generation' on vinyl LP to accompany the 'original'.

  

I’ve got the original LP my dad bought me in the 80s.  Managed to see it live in Cardiff about 18 months ago. Incredible!! 

[-philip-]

14 hours ago, Dantooine said:

Very nice. You will love it. I have the Ed-r version and love mine. Can set up in 10 minutes flat so you can jump outside at a moments notice. 

Looking forward to getting it out, clouds seem to be forecast for at least the next week of course! 

I also got this from the Birthday pixies, it and the OTA both from recommendations on here 👌

[JeremyS]

A few of life's little essentials courtesy of FLO

[Dean Hale]

16 hours ago, johninderby said:

The only problem with the Svbony finder is that I have read that it has to be used straight though only as it won’t come to focus with a diagonal. Are you going to try a diagonal? 🤔

Hi just had a quick try between golf and the pub and no luck with the diagonal.

[Dean Hale]

16 hours ago, iPeace said:

Would like to read how you get on with this in due course.

Will add a review once the clouds lift probably around November at this rate.

[johninderby]

3 minutes ago, Dean Hale said:

Hi just had a quick try between golf and the pub and no luck with the diagonal.

Oh well that confirms it then. Still looks like a really nice straight through finder though. 👍🏻

[PaulM]

Taken delivery of some castors for the dob base50mm x 4 and a 2" Baader Neodymium moon and skyglow filter

 

[Dantooine]

8 hours ago, -philip- said:

Looking forward to getting it out, clouds seem to be forecast for at least the next week of course! 

I also got this from the Birthday pixies, it and the OTA both from recommendations on here 👌

I think that will give you 33-100x in that scope. Nice range. 

[Guest]

On 14/08/2020 at 12:55, Philip R said:

Jeff Wayne's musical version of 'The War of the Worlds - The New Generation' on vinyl LP to accompany the 'original'.

  

I hadn't even realised a new generation version was available. I have my parents first edition, purchased  when it was released, and it's one of the most played albums on my play list digitally as well, usually a 3am favourite when I drive from Devon to London to the office 2 days a week (pre CV19 of course).

Thanks for the heads up, I will order immediately!

[Padraic M]

28 minutes ago, Chris Wright said:

I hadn't even realised a new generation version was available. I have my parents first edition, purchased  when it was released, and it's one of the most played albums on my play list digitally as well, usually a 3am favourite when I drive from Devon to London to the office 2 days a week (pre CV19 of course).

Thanks for the heads up, I will order immediately!

If it ain't broke.... much as I like Liam Neeson, no one could possibly match Richard Burton. This one is 'for the new generation'. I don't see this on my wish list!