What did the postman bring?

[Telescope40]

1 hour ago, Dean Hale said:

The book - Astronomical wonders and a diagonal in a nice box. It's tiny. The only Takahashi product i shall own for the foreseeable future. Funds are due to be diverted to the hospitality industry as i wish to see Family and Friends and be merry.

Hello @Dean HaleBeen looking at that book for a while. May have to pull the trigger. Seems comprehensive ??!! 
John 

[Dean Hale]

2 hours ago, Telescope40 said:

Hello @Dean HaleBeen looking at that book for a while. May have to pull the trigger. Seems comprehensive ??!! 
John 

@Telescope40Picked it up from Amazon for £12.51 although the price has crept back up - just pop it in your basket and it'll notify you of any changes in price. Very comprehensive at over 500 pages, and of importance - it 's easy to understand.

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[Mr Thingy]

A little package from FLO.

Expanding my narrowband capabilities from just Ha to now include OIII.

Now hoping for a clear night to add OIII data to my current target of IC 410 before Auriga goes out of view.

[HollyHound]

Quite a few bits arrived today... thanks @FLO 👍

Takahashi Camera Angle adjuster and Wide T Mount (EOS) to go with the 1.04x flattener I got earlier, so I can try some basic imaging with the FS-60C 🤞

[HollyHound]

Followed by...

More Blue Precision Focuser kit for the FS-60CB... I already have the FeatherTouch Pinion on the FC-76DCU, so this should even things up a bit 😃

Plus a More Blue Finder Base for the Tak 6x30 finder, so I can swap between it and my RACI as required (I’ve fitted a universal finder shoe to the FC-76CU already).

Edited April 7, 2021 by HollyHound

[HollyHound]

And finally, after seeing an earlier post (thanks 👍) got these two fantastic books from Amazon...

Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas and Guide... I love the details in these 😃

 

Edited April 7, 2021 by HollyHound
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[Nigella Bryant]

This arrived today, 100mm f9.8 achromatic for the new Lunt b1800 Ca-k line module. Really well packed. Sorry for the coming clouds.

[iapa]

That’s a long one

may be competition on that

see “mines longer” topic

 

[Dave61]

Delivered today off Flo is my Celestron Firstscope Signature series Moon, as just trying to get back in to sky watching.

[Nigella Bryant]

15 minutes ago, iapa said:

That’s a long one

may be competition on that

see “mines longer” topic

 

It is a long one, reminds me of the old fracs of yesteryear's. 

[Ags]

Today in the post: a true marmite item... i hope I like this Marmite!

[callisto]

4 hours ago, HollyHound said:

And finally, after seeing an earlier post (thanks 👍) got these two fantastic books from Amazon...

Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas and Guide... I love the details in these 😃

 

That Deep Sky Guide looks nice 👍....very tempted

[Commanderfish]

Alert all stations:

Prepare for heavy sustained cloud

[Marki]

1 hour ago, Ags said:

Today in the post: a true marmite item... i hope I like this Marmite!

I bought the turret set with the four orthos and the barlow. All the eyepieces are excellent pieces of kit, but oddly, I haven't got around to actually using the turret :).

[NigeB]

14 minutes ago, Commanderfish said:

Alert all stations:

Prepare for heavy sustained cloud

@Commanderfish Very nice! And don't worry about the heavy sustained cloud (which does seem to have arrived - thanks) - if you can't look through it, you can have almost as much fun looking at it...

[HollyHound]

52 minutes ago, callisto said:

That Deep Sky Guide looks nice 👍....very tempted

Just been looking through it, the red/blue colour plates of each object are amazing. The atlas is excellent too, I have quite a few now and this is up there with the best 👍

[HollyHound]

23 minutes ago, Commanderfish said:

Alert all stations:

Prepare for heavy sustained cloud

 

 

 

Congratulations on the FC-76DCU, you’ll love it... I have the 6”CC too 👍

Interested to bear how well the Feather Touch works on that, mine has the SteelTrack which is also decent.

Enjoy them both 😀

[callisto]

15 minutes ago, HollyHound said:

Just been looking through it, the red/blue colour plates of each object are amazing. The atlas is excellent too, I have quite a few now and this is up there with the best 👍

If you don't mind me asking How many pages is in the Deep Sky Guide?

 

Mark

[callisto]

2 minutes ago, callisto said:

If you don't mind me asking How many pages is in the Deep Sky Guide?

 

Mark

Sorry just noticed it has 264 pages

[HollyHound]

7 minutes ago, callisto said:

Sorry just noticed it has 264 pages

And most have around 8 colour plates on them 😀

[Commanderfish]

19 minutes ago, HollyHound said:

Congratulations on the FC-76DCU, you’ll love it... I have the 6”CC too 👍

Interested to bear how well the Feather Touch works on that, mine has the SteelTrack which is also decent.

Enjoy them both 😀

I haven't installed the Starlight yet as the adaptor is out of stock. I am impressed with the current focuser and have a Baader clicklock 2" coming on Friday along with a Nagler Zoom. As you know, the current focuser is only 30mm travel but Im sure I can make it work to.some degree. Feathertouch may go on the CC8, we'll see...

[AstroNebulee]

3 hours ago, Nigella Bryant said:

This arrived today, 100mm f9.8 achromatic for the new Lunt b1800 Ca-k line module. Really well packed. Sorry for the coming clouds.

That's mahoosive 👍

[Commanderfish]

35 minutes ago, NigeB said:

@Commanderfish Very nice! And don't worry about the heavy sustained cloud (which does seem to have arrived - thanks) - if you can't look through it, you can have almost as much fun looking at it...

Yeah sorry about that... And it's going to get worse. Manfrotto tripod coming tomorrow, Nagler Zoom and 2" Baader clicklock coming on Friday. Silver tube rings and dovetail at some point...

 

[PeterW]

Bit more filtration, shipped within 15mins, at my door within 19hrs... darn it FLO!

PEter

[Neil H]

Thanks to Jim I have my seagull adapter, top man Jim 

Edited April 9, 2021 by Neil H