What did the postman bring?

[Ian McCallum]

A recipe for raspberry pie, but it tastes a bit plasticky. 🤣. I'm hoping this will be my AP workhorse. 🤞

[Astro_Dad]

Some bargains around at the moment - these arrived today 😀- spotted the Almanac on here earlier in this thread - love the “old style” traditional format. 

[Dave scutt]

Just found this for €3.00.

My wife thought it was for my lunch

I had a different idea looks nice with a few ep's 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JeremyS]

2 minutes ago, Dave scutt said:

Just found this for €3.00.

My wife thought it was for my lunch

I had a different idea looks nice with a few ep's 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those eyepieces certainly look better in there than desiccated beef and astronaut ice cream 

[Ian McCallum]

3 hours ago, JeremyS said:

Those eyepieces certainly look better in there than desiccated beef and astronaut ice cream 

Or Pizza through a straw!😂

[Sunshine]

13 hours ago, Dave scutt said:

Just found this for €3.00.

My wife thought it was for my lunch

I had a different idea looks nice with a few ep's 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now this I would definitely use for lunch at work, where did you get it? you are brave as there is no padding under the lid, unless you can fabricate some.

[Dave scutt]

My wife works in a charity shop a couple of days a week it came in new still in its packaging , just waiting for a Tak to come in next.

[Telescope40]

Hello. Upgrade for my “big gun” !!  My SW Evostar 150ED frac. 
Primaluce Losmandy 350 mm dovetail plate. Rock solid now on my AZ100. Quality kit the Primaluce 👍👍

John 

Edited January 20, 2022 by Telescope40

[Ags]

Some bits for me camera - an Astronomik L-3 filter, T2-1.25 adapter, and SCT-T2 adapter.

[markse68]

My XL set is complete

 

[rob_r]

A brand new SW Evostar 72ED OTA. This is to complement my SW long focal Mak127. It will hopefully be quite comfortable on my AZ-GTI and EQ5 mounts. I’m wanting to try more widefield photography this year and to actually fit those larger DSOs in frame. Next, will be a field flattener then perhaps move on to a the EvoGuide 50 / ASI120M pairing to start guiding. The case is decent too, all quickly delivered via FLO. 

[JDF]

 

Replacement for AZ5, look out for the recommend me a second scope thread 😀

 

[johninderby]

What replacement saddles are you going to get? 😁

[JDF]

2 minutes ago, johninderby said:

What replacement saddles are you going to get? 😁

😁 There was a link posted recently for some very solid looking ones from China, either those or ADM.

[johninderby]

7 minutes ago, JDF said:

😁 There was a link posted recently for some very solid looking ones from China, either those or ADM.

The cheap ones are no longer on Amazon. 😢 Looks like ordering from China or the ADM ones.

[Highburymark]

1 hour ago, JDF said:

😁 There was a link posted recently for some very solid looking ones from China, either those or ADM.

Actually the supplied Skytee clamps aren’t that bad these days - I think they’ve been upgraded in recent years. Fine for a light scope, though ADM and other alternatives obv much better

[JeremyS]

6 hours ago, markse68 said:

My XL set is complete

 

Ah! Another XL fan 👍🏻
Have you got the 28mm? Quite rare I believe 

[markse68]

2 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Ah! Another XL fan 👍🏻
Have you got the 28mm? Quite rare I believe 

Got them all now Jeremy  

[Stu]

An ADM clamp for the Scopetech Zero so it doesn’t mark my lovely new MoreBlue dovetails! I don’t need the Losmandy format obviously but it was a return so a good price 👍

Not exactly delivered, rather collected from my son’s house as it was a Christmas present. To be fitted this weekend.

[Stardaze]

Bought a cheap power pack and hairdryer to hopefully solve the occasional issue. Only needed for dew bands and the occasional blast.

Edited January 22, 2022 by Stardaze

[Greymouser]

Thought I would jump on the bandwagon, as so many have got them recently and I was tired of cold feet:

As suggested, got a size bigger, which was good job as they are on the small side. They were only £ 16.99 from Lidl and are surprisingly comfortable.

[Greymouser]

It must be Christmas again! After returning something that did not quite work out, I put the money towards this. Thank you FLO.

Looks good, doesn't seem to be any real wobble, as some predict and seems very stable. I got the adapter that @johninderby suggested and whilst it works, it is only going to have to be temporary, it just looks too much like a bodge job. The holes are just not quite in the right place. Just got to wait for the proper ones to come back in stock and for me to sort the money to buy them! 

Of course it is solid wall to wall cloud now!

[jacko61]

Had a bunch of deliveries over the weekend - no pictures yet though.  EQ8 polemaster adaptor and a William Optics 40cm gold Losmandy plate from RVO and a Nevada power supply and EQ8R lynx astro cable from FLO. The cable has had to be returned though - somehow it's been constructed with rings at one end and a cigar lighter adaptor (instead of an eq8r plug) at the other. Not to worry, the correct one is already on it's way. 

Anyway, the most exciting thing was a phone call from a courier in Coatbridge who have another package from FLO but it's so heavy it's on a pallet!! I've arranged delivery for wednesday so there'll be an update then.  No prizes for anyone who guesses what's coming - there's plenty clues above

Graeme

 

[SuburbanMak]

Another fruitful browse in the Oxfam shop, should see me through this cloudy spell. 
 

The Collins guide has a really nice month-per-page & constellation per page charts format that I can see using at the eyepiece. 

[Pixies]

Oh! Japanese boxes! Exciting!

 

Nothing that exciting, I'm afraid! One, rather splendiferous Vixen OTA bag:

 

and some Vixen Super Polaris spares: