What did the postman bring?

[Ratlet]

5 hours ago, JeremyS said:

Tiny Tak part. Finderscope Illuminator 

Finally, a Tak I can afford.

[Whistlin Bob]

10 hours ago, Ratlet said:

the lenses are also coated which the 3A wasn't.

Might help with the CA? I know mine isn't, so perhaps yours will be better 🤞

[josefk]

Since September i've started on a considered survey of the so called Herschel 400 list and i'm using Steve O'Meara's observing guide to structure target lists for the month. However I'm not big on following lists slavishly AND the H400 list itself is a modern construct AND the H400 is only a small subset of Sir William Herschel's observations and sister Caroline's cataloguing efforts. If you're observing an NGC there's a 1/3 chance they found it or catalogued it for the first time. in short its easier (and more fun) to collect observations for any (i hesitate to say "all") Herschel in a given area even if you are ostensibly chasing and recording the H400 subset in that locale. This should keep me occupied...

[Greymouser]

Having seen this on here, thought one would look good on my wall, now to decide if I will frame it...

Along with a little 12v hairdryer, to help with dew.

 

[Captain Scarlet]

Finally, thanks to my somewhat slow Sister-in-Law network, arrival of a Vixen HR 1.6mm, courtesy of @HollyHound .

Magnus

[badhex]

More bits for the 50ED Travelscope project - Bresser T2 spacers in a variety of sizes from 5mm to 30mm which seemed to be the best value for money. Bit shiny though!

Also has a connector for SCT which could come in at some point. 

[JeremyS]

50 minutes ago, Captain Scarlet said:

Finally, thanks to my somewhat slow Sister-in-Law network, arrival of a Vixen HR 1.6mm, courtesy of @HollyHound .

Magnus

These are superb eyepieces Magnus, though I’ve only used mine on a few occasions. Really glad I got the whole set.

[Captain Scarlet]

26 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

These are superb eyepieces Magnus, though I’ve only used mine on a few occasions. Really glad I got the whole set.

I’ve read somewhere the 1.6 is the shortest available eyepiece anywhere. I’m looking forward to trying it on my Kowa spotting scope (510mm => 318x) and my LZOS 105 (650 => 406x), both of which are supposedly superbly figured so should be able to support the magnification. I don’t suffer from floaters AFAIK but we’ll see… I’ll report as soon as I can get to use it

[Telescope40]

22 hours ago, JeremyS said:

Tiny Tak part. Finderscope Illuminator 

Ah. This is the illuminator I was looking for. LOL. 

John 

[JeremyS]

7 minutes ago, Telescope40 said:

Ah. This is the illuminator I was looking for. LOL. 

John 

Oops 🫣

[Greymouser]

DPD arrival, courtesy of FLO. Thank you.

Have to say, I am surprised the Tak diagonal doesn't come with dust caps...

[JeremyS]

7 minutes ago, Greymouser said:

 

Have to say, I am surprised the Tak diagonal doesn't come with dust caps...

The zen of Tak is appreciating minimalismm🀄

But indeed it’s a bit surprising.

Super diagonals, though

Edited October 25, 2022 by JeremyS

[Pixies]

On 24/10/2022 at 16:37, cajen2 said:

Didn't know you were an imager, Neil!

Dipping my toes in a little EEA/EEVA (or whatever it's called). Don't panic, visual is my first love.... (queue John Miles)

[cajen2]

9 hours ago, Pixies said:

Dipping my toes in a little EEA/EEVA (or whatever it's called). Don't panic, visual is my first love.... (queue John Miles)

Ah, yes, I remember. A sort of DIY Intelliscope project..

[Alex Mac]

I've had the Celestial Objects volume 2 (Dover edition) for many years, but took a notion to have the Solar System volume at last. It's out of date of course, but I wanted it for the descriptive writing, which is rather charming and engaging. The cover design is truly awful. Appears to be a facsimile made from a physical copy in the library of the University of California, but legible and serviceable, though looks to be missing a map of the Moon, which may have been a fold-out in the original volume, as there's an index to the map with nearly five hundred features listed, and two blank pages in the Moon chapter.

[Chaz2b]

Doesn’t your best deserve the best? Bagged this from Harrisons, £133 all in.

Fitted in seconds! I said..seconds!!

lovely bit of engineering. Takahashi MEF3.

chaz

[bosun21]

Just bought myself back two eyepieces that I foolishly sold being the Nirvanas 16mm and 7mm. I have also ordered another two. the 13mm and 4mm. I am also waiting on the 10mm being delivered as I recently bought it from an SGL member. Has anyone else bought an eyepiece that they had previously sold?

 

[Chaz2b]

2 minutes ago, bosun21 said:

Just bought myself back two eyepieces that I foolishly sold being the Nirvanas 16mm and 7mm. I have also ordered another two. the 13mm and 4mm. I am also waiting on the 10mm being delivered as I recently bought it from an SGL member. Has anyone else bought an eyepiece that they had previously sold?

 

Oh! Yes. Televues and Vixen. But mustn’t look back…only up. Lol

chaz

[Stu1smartcookie]

1 hour ago, bosun21 said:

Has anyone else bought an eyepiece that they had previously sold?

Not only EPs but scopes as well ... i reckon its an illness , albeit an enjoyable one  🤣

[Alex Mac]

I haven't sold an eyepiece then regretted it, but I have sold a telescope and regretted it. Not for the telescope, which was an average performer, but the Charles Frank equatorial mount that went with it. A beast of a thing, solid, weighty, and with the optional thrust races fitted, smooth in operation. I think it might have withstood a small nuclear explosion.

[F15Rules]

1 hour ago, Chaz2b said:

Doesn’t your best deserve the best? Bagged this from Harrisons, £133 all in.

Fitted in seconds! I said..seconds!!

lovely bit of engineering. Takahashi MEF3.

chaz

Lovely addition to a lovely old FS78 👍..looks like yours is a 1994 build, Chaz?

I installed one a couple of years ago on my 1999 FS128, great bit of kit. You got a bargain, I paid more than that used!🤦😊

Dave

 

[Chaz2b]

2 hours ago, F15Rules said:

Lovely addition to a lovely old FS78 👍..looks like yours is a 1994 build, Chaz?

I installed one a couple of years ago on my 1999 FS128, great bit of kit. You got a bargain, I paid more than that used!🤦😊

Dave

 

Wow! Lock ‘n load!

I haven't got round to figuring out the date of manufacture, but I can give my serial number, sv0:047 if that gives a clue. 
She’s a beauty and hopefully, for life, all the other scopes I have I can live without, including the TV101NP!

 My next goal is my ep collection, lots to consider there. And then there’s the 2” diagonal!

[bosun21]

8 hours ago, bosun21 said:

Just bought myself back two eyepieces that I foolishly sold being the Nirvanas 16mm and 7mm. I have also ordered another two. the 13mm and 4mm. I am also waiting on the 10mm being delivered as I recently bought it from an SGL member. Has anyone else bought an eyepiece that they had previously sold?

 

I will need to buy another case now to accommodate the five Nirvanas. You tend to overlook these things until they arrive.

[HollyHound]

8 hours ago, bosun21 said:

Has anyone else bought an eyepiece that they had previously sold?

Yep… just bought the DeLite 13mm, having sold one two years ago… go figure 😬🤣

[F15Rules]

3 hours ago, Chaz2b said:

Wow! Lock ‘n load!

I haven't got round to figuring out the date of manufacture, but I can give my serial number, sv0:047 if that gives a clue. 
 

The serial number is shown on the stamped blue plate with silver script on the top right of the focuser, see photo..

On my scope, shown above, the stamped 5 digit number shows the year of manufacture (first two characters "99" ie 1999), and the number scope that scope was, of that  type, made in that year (008). So, my scope was number 99008 , ie the eighth FS128 scope made in 1999.

HTH,

Dave