What did the postman bring?

[wookie1965]

Got a nice TS optics 4mm for £50 should be good splitting the doubles with this. 

[johnturley]

On 05/10/2022 at 13:20, sorrimen said:

Asi462 from @Knighty2112 (thanks again!). Going to test against the 224 as I’ll be more properly sampled.

 

Would be interested to see how they compare, I purchased an ASI 462, and wondered after viewing some comments, whether I would have been better off with the 224 due to the larger pixel size, and resultant longer optimum focal ratio.

John 

[bosun21]

Postie dropped off a couple of BST Starguider 15mm that I want to try in my binoviewer. I also bought a dew heater for my Telrad. At present I have 2x 26mm Vixen silvertop plossl’s, 2x Morpheus 17.5mm, 2x BCO’s 18mm and now the Starguiders. I am unsure how short of a focal length would be best for the planets. I guess it’s trial and error.

 

[cajen2]

8 minutes ago, bosun21 said:

Postie dropped off a couple of BST Starguider 15mm that I want to try in my binoviewer. I also bought a dew heater for my Telrad. At present I have 2x 26mm Vixen silvertop plossl’s, 2x Morpheus 17.5mm, 2x BCO’s 18mm and now the Starguiders. I am unsure how short of a focal length would be best for the planets. I guess it’s trial and error.

 

Wow, two Morpheus 17.5s! That should give you a fantastic view.

You can always mess around with Barlows to find your ideal mag.

[wookie1965]

11 minutes ago, bosun21 said:

Postie dropped off a couple of BST Starguider 15mm that I want to try in my binoviewer. I also bought a dew heater for my Telrad. At present I have 2x 26mm Vixen silvertop plossl’s, 2x Morpheus 17.5mm, 2x BCO’s 18mm and now the Starguiders. I am unsure how short of a focal length would be best for the planets. I guess it’s trial and error.

 

Hi where did you get the Telrad heater please.

[Mr Spock]

2 hours ago, wookie1965 said:

Got a nice TS optics 4mm for £50 should be good splitting the doubles with this. 

Looks suspiciously like my 4mm Nirvana. Likewise my Nirvana set is for doubles (in the 102) 👍

[wookie1965]

10 minutes ago, Mr Spock said:

Looks suspiciously like my 4mm Nirvana. Likewise my Nirvana set is for doubles (in the 102) 👍

I have read that maybe its the same eyepiece under a different name I do hope it performs good in my scopes.

Edited October 6, 2022 by wookie1965

[Mr Spock]

Just now, wookie1965 said:

I has read that maybe its the same eyepiece under a different name I do hope it performs good in my scopes.

It will. Other than the 16mm having some field curvature and astigmatism they are very sharp, especially in the centre where you need it for doubles.

[F15Rules]

3 hours ago, LukeSkywatcher said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Baader 8-24 zoom come with both 1.25 and 2" adapter?. Mine did.

Yes, Luke, you're correct, they do. However, mine came in great used condition, but without its' original 2" nosepiece..the price reflected that so I was happy to look for one and fortunate to find one quite quickly.

Dave

[bosun21]

1 hour ago, wookie1965 said:

Hi where did you get the Telrad heater please.

Hi, I bought it from Dew Control 👇

 

 

[Astro_Dad]

A couple of books courtesy of Octopus Publishing - prize wins for a S@N letter of the month. 😀 They also kindly included a giant road atlas of Britain, so many thanks to Octopus for that extra!

[scitmon]

Apologies for the upcoming clouds 

 

 

[Ratlet]

bits continue to beget bits...

Starwave side by side mount arrived today.  This should help minimise issues with trying to mount a guide camera to my various lens setups.  Also got a 12V male to male cable so I can power the camera off the GEM28 mount and reduce the number of sockets/cables.  After lunch I'm going to print up an enclosure to hold my NUC on the middle and that should help tidy everything up a fair bit!

[Davesellars]

New toys....   A ZWO ASI 178MM mono camera together with a 4" dewshield and Lynx dew strip for the 102ED or the 80ED.

[josefk]

I may live to regret getting this O-III filter as a 1.25" - time will tell. Rationale for the 1.25" is to try and use this in one side of a binoviewer to "wink" small star like PN. Searching here and Cloudy Nights i see a few posts where this way to "blink" a nebula filter is proposed but i haven't really found any success stories from actually doing it. I didn't want to get into a filter slide and i don't want to hold a filter in my hand so we'll see. If its too dim in one side of a BV i can use it mono at 1.55 degrees and 3mm exit pupil later this year so will get two goes at getting use from it.

 

[Zermelo]

23 hours ago, bosun21 said:

2x Morpheus 17.5mm

Having just been outbid for a 17.5 Morph on the bay, I think there should be a law that no-one can own two until everyone else gets to have one.

[josefk]

2 hours ago, Zermelo said:

Having just been outbid for a 17.5 Morph on the bay, I think there should be a law that no-one can own two until everyone else gets to have one.

Morphi’s law?

[bosun21]

It wasn’t me that outbid you  @Zermelo . I was looking at the 12.5mm on eBay from the same seller though, but decided not to bother. 

Edited October 7, 2022 by bosun21
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[Nakedgun]

Why I did not buy one of these when they could be had new is a mystery to me. I bought all the other Type 6 models new, and have been waiting (and missing a few classified ads) for someone to part with theirs for some time, now. Collection finally complete. 

 

 

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[TheThing]

A CG-5 GT mount. Not new but as good as.  And it works unlike any of the previous goto I've had.  Senn here with my OO 8" newt.

[JeremyS]

Ethos 8mm

[Davesellars]

Astronomik Ha 12nm CCD filter and also an Astronomik IR-Block (both 1.25") for using with the newly acquired ZWO ASI178MM

[Borderline Bob]

QHY5111462C Camera and Expansion kit but we need to keep it quiet.

[bosun21]

2 hours ago, JeremyS said:

Ethos 8mm

NICE!

[JeremyS]

15 hours ago, Nakedgun said:

Why I did not buy one of these when they could be had new is a mystery to me. I bought all the other Type 6 models new, and have been waiting (and missing a few classified ads) for someone to part with theirs for some time, now. Collection finally complete. 

 

 

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The Nagler 11 is a very nice EP.
I was using mine in the Mu 210 last night observing Saturn