What did the postman bring?

[HollyHound]

13 minutes ago, Dean Hale said:

Initially wanted the natural colour however none have been in stock an age

FWIW, I ordered my Report (the 372 model) directly from Germany back last summer, because at the time FLO only stocked the Uni 28/18 and Planet... I like that colour and it still has that feel and smell I bet 😊

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

2 hours ago, LeeHore7 said:

This specimen of beauty arrived today courtesy of fellow member @mikemabel and parcel force. Thank you Mike for the smooth sale. So chuffed with the purchase of the scope and extras, I'm hoping to get the scope out tonight on my az gti mount, even if it is to see the moon between the clouds for a quick test, I'm sure I'll have many questions to ask about this scope, though thoroughly researched it on here and YouTube. Clear skies everyone. (though I've probably blighted the whole of Cornwall with clouds now) 😉

Lee is this you diving head first into that deep astrophotography rabbit hole? Say goodbye to your wallet (and sanity!). 😉

Enjoy. 👍

 

[JeremyS]

1 hour ago, HollyHound said:

It’s lovely isn’t it... does this happen when you acquire a Tak, suddenly start admiring other similar scopes too 😬🤣🤣 

‘Fraid so! On Cloudy Nights it’s called Takitis

No cure.

Edited March 24, 2021 by JeremyS

[AstroNebulee]

21 minutes ago, ScouseSpaceCadet said:

Lee is this you diving head first into that deep astrophotography rabbit hole? Say goodbye to your wallet (and sanity!). 😉

Enjoy. 👍

 

I've dived head first without even looking 😂, also said goodbye to my wallet and bank ages ago, not even got my star adventurer that's on order yet, then that'll be the last purchase 🤫😬, my sanity went a long way before my wallet too, I thoroughly enjoyed my first session with it out of the box so to speak and looking forward to learning more about it, so amazed I even got 2 subs of M81 at 15 secs on this setup, pure fluke I think, I'm definitely going to enjoy this ride 🔭🌌

[Budgie1]

New (to me) Crayford focuser for my Evostar 100ED DS Pro arrived this morning from @Stu1smartcookie , another SGL smooth transaction and Stu didn't skimp on the packing.

Fitted this evening and put the original SkyWatcher Crayford onto my Celestron 102 Wide View Achromatic to make that more usable.

Lovely and smooth with the added rotator.

I also cleaned the 100ED's lenses while I was at it, they needed it! 

[Stu1smartcookie]

Looks a great fit .. I’m going into the packing business lol 

[Spongey]

My filter wheel is finally full! 

Replacement Antlia 3nm came in today, and Chroma LRGB and Oiii yesterday.

[iapa]

Some BAADER filters arrived this am. Thanks Francis.

 

[johninderby]

1.25” dielectric diagonal. Picked it up dirt cheap in an Amazon promotion the other day.....£15.88 delivered. 🙀

Now back to the regular price.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07WCQ3C1G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Decent build quality with aluminium construction and a compression band for the eyepiece. Replaced the steel side panels with carbon fibre plate and now looks pretty good I think. Tried it last night on the moon with the ScopeTech 80 and was able to use 353x mag so performs very well indeed. Pleased with my bargain and good enough to leave permanently in the ScopeTech. 🙂🙂🙂

Edited March 27, 2021 by johninderby

[callisto]

5 minutes ago, johninderby said:

1.25” dielectric diagonal. Picked it up dirt cheap in an Amazon promotion the other day.....£15.88 delivered. 🙀

Now back to the regular price.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07WCQ3C1G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Decent build quality with aluminium construction and a compression band for the eyepiece. Replaced the steel side panels with carbon fibre plate and now looks pretty good I think. Tried it last night on the moon with the ScopeTech 80 and was able to use 353x mag so performs very well indeed. Pleased with my bargain and good enough to leave permanently in the ScopeTech. 🙂🙂🙂

Why can't I find these deals 😉

[JemC]

He brought me this 😁

my new to me (2nd hand ) telescope 

 

which contained this little beauty  

A ioptron Photron RC6 

looking forward to getting it all set up and ready for it’s 1st light with me 

Edited March 27, 2021 by JemC
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[Daf1983]

Eqmod cable for my heq5 which is probably stuck on the suez canal somewhere😭 

Edited March 27, 2021 by Daf1983

[Oldfort]

Looks like there's someone crushed underneath the table.

[Andy ES]

Got some new bathroom reading books 😂

[Andy ES]

On 27/03/2021 at 20:28, Oldfort said:

Looks like there's someone crushed underneath the table.

Wicked witch of the west maybe 😂

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

Succumbing to fashion, I ditched my trusty £1.87 Amazon AZGTI power cable for a Lynx Astro job... Accompanied by an OVL 1.25" UHC filter.

 

[nephilim]

Finally it's arrived 😁

[Commanderfish]

For my grab & go set up...

Daytime tests in a TS Photoline 115 Triplet are very sharp edge to edge, I'm very impressed being used to Ethos and ES82s.

Just waiting for first light, tonight looks good.

[Rustang]

An external USB port, thanks Jesper 👍 I've now fitted it to my homemade external power box 😊

[F15Rules]

Nicely packed parcel today brought me this very nicely built (think WO build) Long Perng 80mm F6 widefield refractor.

It's 15 years old but hardly used, and came with a nice carry case lined with foam, retracting dewshield with metal dewcap, about 15 internal baffles (literally!), very smooth 2" Crayford with 1.25" reducer and integrated dovetail which also fits on a standard photo tripod. No finder needed as my low power eps can act as finders!

This should give me lovely low power widefield views such as x16 (Aero 30mm) and x40 (Nagler T2 12mm).

Not a high power scope but that's not why I bought it, and on my test object this morning in bright sunlight there was virtually no CA at x16 and just a tad at x40. I'm expecting it to be a non issue at night..

Well chuffed at first sight😊.

Dave

Edited March 30, 2021 by F15Rules
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[AstroNebulee]

All delivered today, thank you to @mikemabelfor the 48mm t ring to connect my FF to my dslr. Then two other purchases a concertina type travel stool to fit in my backpack when walking to a couple of good viewing spots (very sturdy it is too) and care of 3dashtronomy a batinov mask for my 72ed with matching colour to dovetail livery (bit ocd I know) hoping it stays clear this evening to try it all out, for a later session now clocks gone forward. Clear skies 

Edited March 29, 2021 by LeeHore7
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[Nigella Bryant]

Really excited my Lunt b1800 Ca-K module arrived today. Lovely solid piece of equipment even if it's expensive. 

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[wulfrun]

Nothing expensive but postie brought me a 32mm plossl for low-power views in my 150PL. Might be speaking too soon but the skies here are clear, has to be a first if it stays that way...and I may also have jinxed it now!

[AllanK]

Replaced this embarrassing, wobbly photo tripod head. With something which will hopefully be more stable. Plus an eyepiece storage box. Can’t say I’ve been terribly good lately, but I can’t have been terribly bad either. Fingers crossed for some clear skies.

 

Edited March 30, 2021 by AllanK

[AstroNebulee]

My dslr upgrade arrived today a used Canon 600d with only a shutter count of 4112, which is pretty good I think. Nice clean and with 2 batteries, charger, strap and kit lens. The rotating lcd screen will be a godsend now and save my knees from having to kneel down and also craning my neck to see the image on screen as I used to do with my 450d. I'll get the 600d modded in the future when funds allow and I start climbing back up the slippery slope of astrophotography and keep the 450d for general use. 

Edited March 30, 2021 by LeeHore7
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