What did the postman bring?

[badhex]

19 hours ago, AstroNebulee said:

This little beauty of an upgrade for my az gti mount arrived today from Auntie @FLO.

I have the same upgrade - soooo much better! 

[badhex]

More bits for the travel setup; TS-Optics AZT6 manual alt-az and C255FMO carbon fibre tripod:

 

 

 

 

[AstroNebulee]

25 minutes ago, badhex said:

I have the same upgrade - soooo much better! 

It's so much better, not tried it in anger yet but hoping to tonight. The scope feels much more solid and stable now. 

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

While waiting for the Amazon refund for the  totally misscollimated binoculars above, the pair ordered direct from Opticron UK arrived. £89 inc. next day Parcelforce delivery. 

[Ags]

Another eyepiece for my turret!

I am one eyepiece away from a full rotation!

[Andy ES]

Very excited to be embarking on a new facet of this hobby with this new camera, may have a few questions later ! 😁

 

[mog3768]

New Star Adventure Mount  yesterday from FLO

[HollyHound]

Arrived yesterday and in perfect condition, from a fellow SGL member (thank you @Size9Hex)... an ES 6.7mm 82 😃

This will sit alongside the ES 4.7, in my grab and go set 👍

Edited May 8, 2021 by HollyHound

[blameTECHIE]

After a lovely few days away in North Somerset, picked this up on the way home (coincidence we were away and just happened to be a large hunk of metal nearby for £50 that was collection only )

Now to figure out an adapter for an EQ6-R mount and then I can break out the pre-mix concrete.

[Neil H]

6 hours ago, Andy ES said:

Very excited to be embarking on a new facet of this hobby with this new camera, may have a few questions later ! 😁

 

Great little camera I have the same one , still playing with it on sharp Cap

[HollyHound]

Another arrival today, thanks @FLO... a Lunt 1.25” Herschel Solar Wedge... thought it’s about time I tried some solar viewing 😃

Edited May 7, 2021 by HollyHound

[Chaz2b]

The dream machine has arrived! I’m very happy now after a near year of health scares, I’m alright, I had a mri scan to prove it!

so along with my Lunt HW 1.25”…c’mon ye sun!

This now means my Celestron C80 ED R is up for grabs, will place it in the ads tomorrow.

chaz

Edited May 7, 2021 by Chaz2b

[Dantooine]

27 minutes ago, HollyHound said:

Another arrival today, thanks @FLO... a Lunt 1.25” Herschel Solar Wedge... thought it’s about time I tried some solar viewing 😃

Nice to see your Astro budgeting is non existent 🤣

[Dantooine]

2 hours ago, HollyHound said:

Arrived yesterday and in perfect condition, from a fellow SGL member (thank you)... an ES 6.7mm 82 😃

This will sit alongside the ES 4.7, in my grab and go set 👍

A nice little piece. I had one a couple of years ago before I started silly spending. Nice and light too. 

[HollyHound]

4 minutes ago, Dantooine said:

Nice to see your Astro budgeting is non existent 🤣

Well this is the “daytime” budget, so doesn’t count 👍🤣

[Andy ES]

2 hours ago, Neil H said:

Great little camera I have the same one , still playing with it on sharp Cap

Yes , did a fair bit of research before splashing out.

Also been practicing on all the different software recommend by SGL members.

Going to be a great learning experience! 😁

[Helical]

I am now the proud owner of an iOptron AZ Pro mount on a 1.75 inch tripod. Thanks Auntie @FLO for superb service again.

Probably won't be able to get a proper go with it due to the free clouds in every box. Had a quick setup and play and it aligned perfectly with the (filtered) Sun. So far so good!

I think me and this beast are going to be friends. No more finderscope yoga, no more frustrating faint fuzzy hunting . Just need to put on some muscle, cos it's quite chunky.

[HollyHound]

2 hours ago, Helical said:

Had a quick setup and play and it aligned perfectly with the (filtered) Sun. So far so good!

I’ve had one of these for a year now and it’s never let me down with alignment... just make sure it’s as level as you can get it and align to one object, then you’re pretty much good to go.

As you observe you can keep updating the alignment using each new object (align to object), but even with just the initial (single) object align it is eerily accurate 👍

It is quite heavy (lighter than the AZ100 though), but it’s got good stability and if you make sure the clutch is nice and tight, keep a counterweight on the other side, it will be effortless to use. You can also change eyepieces easily and it will hold.

For nights when I just want the effortless ease of finding stuff to view (syncs with SkySafari too BTW), it’s fantastic... enjoy 😃

Here’s mine with the Mak150 I had last summer, just prior to switching on for alignment (and yes the scope is upside down with dewshield on top, as I was letting all the hot air escape out for 30mins before use 🤣).

Edited May 7, 2021 by HollyHound

[Crackabarrel]

Moving up in the world with my new ASI2600MC, not a great time of year to get it though I admit with astrodark set to leave in the next week or two.

Plenty of time to build the dark and bias library though.

[Dave61]

Fantastic service off @FLO yet again, put in my order yesterday for these 10x50 binoculars yesterday, and just delivered now.

 

 

[Sky-searcher]

Happy birthday to me 🥳. ES 4.7 82 from fellow SGL’er @Size9Hex arrived safe yesterday, thank you Paul. Atlas of the Moon book, looking forward to reading more about my favourite target & a Sega flux planetarium from the wife so I can still stargaze on wet, cloudy & windy days, just like today.

[HollyHound]

Just arrived from fellow SGL member (thanks @Dantooine ) and excellent as always 😃

A Nagler 22mm T4, which should be a good fit for the FC100, in place of the Panoptic 24mm 👍

[PeterW]

2”-1.25” adapter rings so I can use 1.25” filters in the filter slide i recently picked up. 

Peter

[SuburbanMak]

Clamp and manual panning upgrades for an AZGTI mount + a security upgrade for all that glass hanging out the back of my Mak 127. 

[badhex]

1 hour ago, SuburbanMak said:

Clamp and manual panning upgrades for an AZGTI mount + a security upgrade for all that glass hanging out the back of my Mak 127. 

Very interested to hear about the manual panning upgrade - is it for AZ axis? Is the intention just to use the mount completely unpowered in this scenario?