What did the postman bring?

[johninderby]

Must have a dig around Amazon to see what bargain astro books there might be today. 🤔🙂

[johninderby]

Picked up a copy of Features of the Near Side Moon by John Moore for £4.88 plus postage from Amazon. 👍🏻

[Deadlake]

On 16/07/2021 at 11:37, Merak said:

Postman Pat brought me this today:

For the current production run they are already sold out, I managed to get the last one in the current shipment. A miracle of an EP...

[Arneb]

A Tak CQ 1.7 extender to turn my FC-76DCU into an FC-76Q. Very much looking forward to trying this combination! 

[chrispj]

On 16/07/2021 at 12:15, Alan White said:

Post person been to me with a new EP, courtessy of AB&S and Mike Baccanin.

Now have 10, 7 and 5 in the XW range 😃

Well done! I hesitated overnight and it was gone, won't make that mistake again!

[John]

On 15/07/2021 at 20:02, rob_r said:

Arrived this morning, a new Powermate 2.5x. Will be interesting to see how it compares against my Celestron 2x Barlow on the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn over the coming months. Courtesy of @FLO 

Excellent devices - totally transparent apart from the magnification boost

 

[John]

On 16/07/2021 at 12:15, Alan White said:

Post person been to me with a new EP, courtessy of AB&S and Mike Baccanin.

Now have 10, 7 and 5 in the XW range 😃

Great eyepiece !

My favourite lunar eyepiece with my 12 inch dobsonian I reckon

[JeremyS]

Takahashi Extender ED 1.5x.

Turns the Tak TSA 120 into an f/11.3 scope

[Stardaze]

On 16/07/2021 at 12:15, Alan White said:

Post person been to me with a new EP, courtessy of AB&S and Mike Baccanin.

Now have 10, 7 and 5 in the XW range 😃

I have the 7 and 5, love them both.

[Stu1smartcookie]

So yesterday I WAS the postman as I collected my Star Discovery mount from @Cirrus… ( Thanks Paul ) … First use last night brought me M57 for the very first time , using my celestron 102 Mak . Also Saturn was a great sight . All in all a great first night 

[Paul M]

19 minutes ago, Stu1smartcookie said:

So yesterday I WAS the postman as I collected my Star Discovery mount from @Cirrus… ( Thanks Paul ) … First use last night brought me M57 for the very first time , using my celestron 102 Mak . Also Saturn was a great sight . All in all a great first night 

I've taken some nice images of M57 using that exact same....

....extension reel! 

Enjoy 😍

[Cirrus]

1 hour ago, Stu1smartcookie said:

So yesterday I WAS the postman as I collected my Star Discovery mount from @Cirrus… ( Thanks Paul ) … First use last night brought me M57 for the very first time , using my celestron 102 Mak . Also Saturn was a great sight . All in all a great first night 

Glad you had a good night Stu!  All the best mate,

Paul

[Merak]

20 hours ago, Deadlake said:

For the current production run they are already sold out, I managed to get the last one in the current shipment. A miracle of an EP...

I was looking for a 24mm wideish angle 1.25" eyepiece and it seemed I had 3 choices - The ES 68 degree one(out of stock everywhere), the 24 panoptic(rather expensive) or this.  As I'd seen positive reviews elsewhere and found somewhere it was in stock, I thought I'd go for it.

 First impression is that it gives a brighter and sharper image than the 26mm Meade series 4000 ep that it replaces.

 

 

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Added more.

[Anonymous Astronomer]

I will finally get rid of halos 😆 (hopefully)

 

Clear skies,
Vlad

[markse68]

One for the collection- apparently new old stock. What happened to all the XLs? they don’t seem to turn up very often 

[JeremyS]

2 hours ago, markse68 said:

One for the collection- apparently new old stock. What happened to all the XLs? they don’t seem to turn up very often 

The Pentax XLs came before the current XWs. They get great reviews and some prefer the XLs. The XWs have a marginally wider field.

I’ve had a set of the 1.25 inch XLs for about 20 years and I still love them in my Tak scopes.

I think the  XL28 is quite rare.

[markse68]

4 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

They get great reviews and some prefer the XLs.

The XWs seem a nicer quality in terms of build- a nice improvement in the adjustable eyecups but this 28 seemed exquisitely sharp last night (it arrived yesterday) and looking forward to taking it for a more thorough spin tonight. I think i’m only missing one to complete the set now

 

[JeremyS]

Yup, you just need the XL7, Mark. That’s actually my favourite.

They do come up from time to time. Might be worth a Wanted ad?
 

Here’s my set:

[markse68]

7 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Yup, you just need the XL7, Mark. That’s actually my favourite.

that’s funny Jeremy- the XW7 is my favourite  It’ll turn up - no hurry

Mark

[Deadlake]

On 17/07/2021 at 20:06, JeremyS said:

Takahashi Extender ED 1.5x.

Turns the Tak TSA 120 into an f/11.3 scope

Good for the planet season, interested to hear how well it works!

[xvariablestarx]

A binoculars adapter (didn't like, didn't secure binos very well), photographic head (I like) and a Celestron Starpointer pro

[lenscap]

Just a Skywatcher 6 x 30 RACI Finderscope for my 150p.

Been looking for one of these for months but everywhere has been sold out. And FLO don't seem to stock the RACI version at all.

Noticed stock at Bristol Cameras. Ordered Wednesday, delivered Friday by RM. They're still showing "in stock" as I type.

 

[Knighty2112]

47 minutes ago, lenscap said:

Just a Skywatcher 6 x 30 RACI Finderscope for my 150p.

Been looking for one of these for months but everywhere has been sold out. And FLO don't seem to stock the RACI version at all.

Noticed stock at Bristol Cameras. Ordered Wednesday, delivered Friday by RM. They're still showing "in stock" as I type.

 

Yep, I ordered one up too today as the only place I could see one too.

[AdeKing]

An Oklop bag to protect my AZ100 when I take it out to dark sites and (especially for @JeremyS) a pan handle for said mount to stop me grabbing the drawtube when moving rapidly between targets.

I won't post a photo of the pan handle just in case it raises Jeremy's blood pressure a bit too much 'cos you know what he's like where handles are concerned 😂.

 

[JeremyS]

34 minutes ago, AdeKing said:

An Oklop bag to protect my AZ100 when I take it out to dark sites and (especially for @JeremyS) a pan handle for said mount to stop me grabbing the drawtube when moving rapidly between targets.

I won't post a photo of the pan handle just in case it raises Jeremy's blood pressure a bit too much 'cos you know what he's like where handles are concerned 😂.

 

Just thinking about it is enough to raise my blood pressure, Ade 😊