What did the postman bring?

[johninderby]

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5 minutes ago, John said:

Well, all the other fittings are black.

They both look the same with the tray fitted anyway. 😁. 🙂

[John]

I wanted it to save having to use the tray.

 

[Telescope40]

1 hour ago, John said:

My delivery was actually yesterday but I thought a picture of it fitted was more interesting than the box !

Berlebach "spreader stopper" for my Uni 28 tripod:

Hhmm. Looks familiar. Let me think ! 
John 

[Stu]

2 hours ago, markse68 said:

Hi Stu, yes I believe so- it says Telementor 2 on the box. I bought it unseen and am umming  and ahhing whether to keep or return it as it has a few issues. It’s obviously been stored in a loft for decades and all the optics had crusted on dust- it cleaned off fairly ok but there’s a few specs in the coatings of the objective. Hoping for a gap in the clouds tonight to give it first light before deciding. But it is a gorgeous thing and I totally get now why some become Telementalists having actually seen and held  one in the flesh 😉

I had a previous one which actually had some slight damage to the coatings but that had no noticeable effect on the performance. Point it at some doubles and enjoy those star shapes! I sold one before but missed it so have one back again now, great fun little scopes.

[Dave1]

Well this is what the postman bought to me this morning. A Carl Zeiss Jena O-10, Orthoscopic 10mm eyepiece. This is actually my first premium 10mm eyepiece ever. 

Look forward to trying this baby out,

David

[carastro]

I got one of these today from Amazon.

I have been toying with a dual bracket for ages, as I use my finder as a finderguider and sometime finding an alignment star is easier with a visual finder and have even had to swap them out on some occasions.

Then with the suggestion on another thread that I add more weight to the camera end of my ED120 so I can push the scope further up to avoid tripod/pier clash, this was the deciding factor.  So I will now put both finderscopes on and add to the weight at the camera end.

Hope it won't affect the guiding.

Carole 

Edited May 1, 2020 by carastro

[Alan White]

2 hours ago, Dave1 said:

Well this is what the postman bought to me this morning. A Carl Zeiss Jena O-10, Orthoscopic 10mm eyepiece. This is actually my first premium 10mm eyepiece ever. 

Look forward to trying this baby out,

David

Looks great Dave, look forward to your first light report with it.
Is that another .965" sized one?

[Dave1]

@Alan White Hi Alan, yes indeed it is another 0.965" eyepiece. I'm thinking there might be another early morning, so that I can look at Jupiter and Saturn with the CZJ O-10 for first light. 

David

[Alan White]

2 minutes ago, Dave1 said:

@Alan White Hi Alan, yes indeed it is another 0.965" eyepiece. I'm thinking there might be another early morning, so that I can look at Jupiter and Saturn with the CZJ O-10 for first light. 

David

You will be up early tomorrow then I expect.
I look out early on my way to the bathroom, nature calls about 3am.
Get tempted, but, so does my pillow too.
Good luck.

Alan

[BlueStinger]

Hi. My first post here, but I'm sure it won't be my last in this awesome thread! Had the dslr nearly a month now and wanted one of these little 50mm F1.8 lenses since. Looking forward to comparing it to the kit lenses I have been using. I'm getting a Star Adventurer or similar at the end of this month, then a 14mm f2.8 lens then maybe get the camera modded, and then some other things I guess haha.

Anyway here's the new addition! Now I did order a lens hood (and for my other 2 lenses) mainly for protection and there was no mention of this coming with one. I wasn't going to pay for a Canon one so ordered a cheap one for 1/3 of the price. Then I open this and there's a Canon one included, typical!

 

Lined up next to my other lenses.

A selfie

I love the stubby looks.

Edited May 1, 2020 by BlueStinger

[DaveS]

IP65 extension lead so I can jury-rig power to the obsy until the sparks can get here, don't know when that will be, when lockdown is eased probably, and after he's dealt with the real urgent jobs.

[BlueStinger]

Second and final delivery of the day. Three aftermarket lens hoods (inc the one I didn't know I wouldn't need) and a cheap intervalometer.

[Guest]

Light pollution filter, focal reducer and a dew shield that has shrunk in the post (or perhaps a novice ordered the wrong size!!)

Looking forward to getting some full shots of the moon tonight with skies looking very promising in South Devon!

[Barry-W-Fenner]

Waiting on a couple of items to improve the little 76p, Alas nothing today though. Maybe tomorrow? !

[Barry-W-Fenner]

This seriously smart little right angle finder

3.2mm BST eye piece

Both from sky's the limit. Excellent polite, fast service 👍

flocking from fleebay

These bits will hopefully enhance the performance of the little 76p not to mention the eye piece giving a high mag in the 200p 🙂

[Stub Mandrel]

On 29/04/2020 at 19:36, L8-Nite said:

About 1mm on my Telementor-2 optical tube. The aluminium clamp and base is nicely made.

Hmm a 1mm layer of extra felt shoudl make it a firm fit on the ASI1600.

[Stu]

I’m hopeless, no sooner had I bought the previous helical adaptor then I spotted the click lock version and had to have that too! I’m sure I can use the other one somewhere else. This version has the T2 connection too which is handy.

[AstroFin]

Here's my new wide-field setup for next season! 😎 Finally managed to get a Samyang 135mm f/2. After a few test shots I can confirm that this lens is a keeper, it's super sharp. Now the only thing I need is a CLS-CCD clip filter for my self-modified Canon 60D. Probably need to modify and sell my 1100D to fund that though... It's not easy being a student! 😂

Clear skies!

Tomi

[johninderby]

WO saddle for the photo tripod setup. Nice shade of red. 🙂

[Sky-searcher]

4 minutes ago, johninderby said:

WO saddle for the photo tripod setup. Nice shade of red. 🙂

Nice colour match 👍 i also like when the setup is as pleasing on the eye as the view through the eyepiece. Looking at that setup is definitely a pleasure John. 

[TerryMcK]

I have a shiny new William Optics ZS103 with a few more bits and pieces coming soon from FLO . I'll have to wait until the dark nights comes back to try it out though

[Guest]

On 02/05/2020 at 14:03, Barry-W-Fenner said:

This seriously smart little right angle finder

3.2mm BST eye piece

Both from sky's the limit. Excellent polite, fast service 👍

flocking from fleebay

These bits will hopefully enhance the performance of the little 76p not to mention the eye piece giving a high mag in the 200p 🙂

 

Have you managed to use the new eyepiece yet?

[markse68]

Quicker than expected a weird thread die 

[markse68]

And half of my cheapskate m44-T2 adapter for the Telementor

[MarkAR]

2 minutes ago, markse68 said:

a weird thread die 

You have my interest peaked, would it be for something like pen making?