What did the postman bring?

[The Lazy Astronomer]

Today has been a good day. Teaser:

 

[HollyHound]

4 hours ago, Dean Hale said:

Thanks, too good a price to not give it a try. Good to know it's been very useful too.

Nice find 👍

Getting an adjustable observing chair transformed my sessions, whether sitting at the dob or using the refractors 😃

[blameTECHIE]

Early start from the postie - and an exciting day for me with another (and possibly final for this year) two items:

Can now mount my PoleMaster onto the EQ6-R:

and, thanks to a darn fine deal from @Mark1489, I've a new camera as well:

these things really are bigger than you expect (and it came with the PSU for the Thermo Electric Cooling)

[Mark1489]

17 minutes ago, blameTECHIE said:

Early start from the postie - and an exciting day for me with another (and possibly final for this year) two items:

Can now mount my PoleMaster onto the EQ6-R:

and, thanks to a darn fine deal from @Mark1489, I've a new camera as well:

these things really are bigger than you expect (and it came with the PSU for the Thermo Electric Cooling)

Glad it’s there in one piece! Looking forward to the images you take using the camera! 
 

Mark

[Dave61]

Only put in the order yesterday at FLO and just delivered now, all I can say is... WOW what a thing of beauty this is.

 

 

[iapa]

14 minutes ago, Dave61 said:

Only put in the order yesterday at FLO and just delivered now, all I can say is... WOW what a thing of beauty this is.

 

 

Pretty

[PeterW]

Rapid filter swap capability, now need to make a holder to hold the cartridges not in use.

 

[PeterW]

Card spacer will be replaced as the e c-adapter screws on a tiny bit too far at the moment.

Peter

[Ags]

Is it a finder? Is it an auxiliary telescope? Is it a monocular? Is it an RFT? NO, it's superman!

I needed to dive deep into my bits box for some tube rings to create room between the finder EP and the scope EP, but now I think it looks awesome!

Edited May 1, 2021 by Ags

[Dean Hale]

1 hour ago, Dave61 said:

WOW what a thing of beauty this is.t

Very nice. Resisting at the moment from buying one too.

[Dave61]

5 minutes ago, Dean Hale said:

Very nice. Resisting at the moment from buying one too.

 

Just quickly tried it on my EQ5 Deluxe mount, and I really do like it.  Funny thing is, when ever I buy a camera or new lens the weather goes to pot.  This beauty gets delivered and it's now raining and very cloudy, but I can't wait to try it out on a clear night.  I just have to find the right Finder for it now.

[teoria_del_big_bang]

1 minute ago, Dave61 said:

Funny thing is, when ever I buy a camera or new lens the weather goes to pot.

And whats funny about that ?

All perfectly normal, FLO even put a "May contain clouds" warning label on the box 🙂 
 

Steve

[johninderby]

14 minutes ago, Dave61 said:

 

Just quickly tried it on my EQ5 Deluxe mount, and I really do like it.  Funny thing is, when ever I buy a camera or new lens the weather goes to pot.  This beauty gets delivered and it's now raining and very cloudy, but I can't wait to try it out on a clear night.  I just have to find the right Finder for it now.

6x30 RACI finder and a laser pointer bracket to replace the stock tall bracket. Replace the screws in the laser pointer bracket with nylon ones. You can also remove the centre section to make a really low profile bracket.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yosoo-Health-Gear-Adjustable-Astronomical-default/dp/B08CR6H9N4/ref=sr_1_12?dchild=1&keywords=laser+pointer+bracket&qid=1619875101&sr=8-12

 

Edited May 1, 2021 by johninderby

[F15Rules]

On 30/04/2021 at 13:42, Dean Hale said:

Quite rare for me to stumble across a bargain. £43 from amazon warehouse. A couple of very small marks on the side. No doubt i shall shortly add my own when clambering around in the dark.

Nice find Dean, a genuine bargain!👏👍.

Just a tip, something that I've found useful.. try turning the chair around "back to front", (see photos below) and then sit astride the chair, like on horseback.

I find this helpful and more comfortable sometimes, particularly when viewing tight doubles, or teasing out faint details on planets etc..why? Because it's important to be comfortable in order to get the best out of your scope, and by sitting this way, you feel secure, you can lean into the chair back and hold onto it for support, rather than being tempted to grab the tripod and quite possibly knock it, cause vibrations and even lose your target from the field of view!

Try it, you might be pleasantly surprised!☺️

Dave

[F15Rules]

Postie arrived at lunchtime and dropped off this lovely 9mm Morpheus..thanks to Steve (@saganite)😉.

This will go nicely with my 17.5mm Morph and 12mm Nagler T2. These will all work really well with my Baader 2.5x barlow to give me a mag range on the Tak between 33x up to 260x, plenty for most nights. I might add later one more high power ep such as a 6.5mm Morpheus or a Vixen HR 3.4mm for special nights😉.

I also have a Celestron Axiom 23mm en route to join my 31mm "beast", to give me a set of 76 deg -82 deg eps👍.

I'll post a picture of the full set when the 23mm arrives..

Dave

Edited May 1, 2021 by F15Rules

[Dave61]

25 minutes ago, johninderby said:

6x30 RACI finder and a laser pointer bracket to replace the stock tall bracket. Replace the screws in the laser pointer bracket with nylon ones. You can also remove the centre section to make a really low profile bracket.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yosoo-Health-Gear-Adjustable-Astronomical-default/dp/B08CR6H9N4/ref=sr_1_12?dchild=1&keywords=laser+pointer+bracket&qid=1619875101&sr=8-12

 

 

 

Great one, thank you very much will order one now.

[johninderby]

You can find the brackets cheaper usually on eBay. When I bought one on Amazon it was £10.99 but has now doubled in price. 🙀

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

Opticron Adventurer T WP 10x50 binoculars. 

 

They look and feel very well made. Off into the garden now to find something to look at!

 

[Dean Hale]

3 hours ago, F15Rules said:

Try it, you might be pleasantly surprised

@F15Rules thank you I will try using it as you have suggested. Always a useful tip or two at SGL.

[JeremyS]

2 hours ago, F15Rules said:

Postie arrived at lunchtime and dropped off this lovely 9mm Morpheus..thanks to Steve (@saganite)😉.

This will go nicely with my 17.5mm Morph and 12mm Nagler T2. These will all work really well with my Baader 2.5x barlow to give me a mag range on the Tak between 33x up to 260x, plenty for most nights. I might add later one more high power ep such as a 6.5mm Morpheus or a Vixen HR 3.4mm for special nights😉.

I also have a Celestron Axiom 23mm en route to join my 31mm "beast", to give me a set of 76 deg -82 deg eps👍.

I'll post a picture of the full set when the 23mm arrives..

Dave

Trying to sneak this little accessory past me, eh Dave?
 

[Neil27]

Not necessarily what the postman brought, more like ‘what Bernard brought’.

As the CFO said upon viewing my prized Mesu e200 mount, ‘it’s looks like a few boxes of scrap metal’ 😂

Its good to finally have it come home though.

[Captain Scarlet]

A monster arrived in the post this morning:

 

… and by way of comparison with a Pan 24:

[callisto]

47 minutes ago, Captain Magenta said:

A monster arrived in the post this morning:

Make sure the pin doesn't fall out 😁

[Captain Scarlet]

It’ll make a very interesting comparison with the panoptic 35. The Nagler has smaller focal length hence greater magnification, but wider FoV. I’ll do the comparison and report back in due course.

Sadly thereafter the Pan 35 will likely be released to help fund this.

[PeterW]

Seems like 1:0 to the Terminagler. Honey I shrunk my Panoptic??!

Peter