What did the postman bring?

[LukeSkywatcher]

I love the way astro gear is moving away from boring colours. I still refuse to buy a pink scope though. 

[Gina]

Why?  Colour doesn't matter - how well it works does ?

[LukeSkywatcher]

Nah, it's all about the colour. 

[johninderby]

So this isn’t on your wish list then.  ?

https://www.ioptron.com/product-p/9501.htm

[Gina]

Nice ?

[LukeSkywatcher]

2 hours ago, johninderby said:

So this isn’t on your wish list then.  ?

https://www.ioptron.com/product-p/9501.htm

Nope. The R&P looks like a 6 month old child could snap it off. 

[laudropb]

My post man has been rather busy this week. Inspired by Jeremy S I decided I needed a light weight set up to view Saturn and Mars. They are just too low from my back garden, but a 15 minutes walk takes me to the local park and a observing site with lovely clear horizons to the East and South.

I purchased a Neewer carbon fibre 65 tripod and a TS travel mount to go with it. Can’t afford Jeremy ‘s Tak 65 but will use a wee SW Mak instead. I am also going bird watching to Mallorca in September and I hope to take this set up with me.  I also got a Omegon 90 degree diagonal for this purpose.Set it up this afternoon and it seems very stable and usable. Hope to get a first light tonight.

[RiponJas]

Just a bit of light reading today from nice Mr amazon. Thoroughly enjoyed the moon so here's the next one. 

[Red Dwarfer]

My new lens from @Paul73 Thanks , Paul 

Will hopefully get first light in the Sagittarius star cloud tonight ?

[R26 oldtimer]

On 07/07/2018 at 22:16, LukeSkywatcher said:

Nope. The R&P looks like a 6 month old child could snap it off. 

It may surprise you, how many really robust things, a 6 month old child can easily snap off...??

[25585]

34 minutes ago, R26 oldtimer said:

It may surprise you, how many really robust things, a 6 month old child can easily snap off...??

Or a 6 day old puppy ?

[RiponJas]

Courtesy of Starflyer a cracking condition Revelation Barlow. Many thanks. 

[25585]

Interstellarum atlas - I like it's presentation. "Pac Man Nebula", "Muscle Man (open) cluster"

ES 2 inch 2x extender. Heavy! Weighs as much as a 35mm Panoptic, maybe a bit more. Certainly no Barlow & will require balancing compensation. 

Couple of Astro Zap tube end covers for my VX10L. 

Edited July 10, 2018 by 25585

[Littleguy80]

15 minutes ago, 25585 said:

Interstellarum atlas - I like it's presentation. "Pac Man Nebula", "Muscle Man (open) cluster"

ES 2 inch 2x extender. Heavy! Weighs as much as a 35mm Panoptic, maybe a bit more. Certainly no Barlow & will require balancing compensation. 

Couple of Astro Zap tube end covers for my VX10L. 

I’ve had Instellarium for a couple of months now and really like it. I hope your shoulder heals soon. Must really suck to have lots of new toys and not be able to try them  

[johninderby]

Explore Scientific 2x Focal Extender and a Batinov mask.

Sold the 3x Fri aft and the 2x replacement arrived promptly from FLO.

 

Edited July 10, 2018 by johninderby

[RiponJas]

Courtesy of djpaul I received this excellent condition EP. Looking forward to using it now. Slowly venturing into improving my collection funds allowing. 

[25585]

7 hours ago, johninderby said:

Explore Scientific 2x Focal Extender and a Batinov mask.

Sold the 3x Fri aft and the 2x replacement arrived promptly from FLO.

 

Snap with the extender ?, almost. SN : 2×2001520. Mine is a 50.8mm with a 31.7mm adapter. Heavy!  

Edited July 10, 2018 by 25585

[johninderby]

The 2x is a bit lighter than the 3x. Just. ?

Edited July 10, 2018 by johninderby

[JeremyS]

Vixen HR3.4 just arrived

 

[Rob]

1 hour ago, JeremyS said:

Vixen HR3.4 just arrived

 

Now that's very nice!.. how/where did you source this?

[Chris]

Congratulations Jeremy, you won't be disappointed  

[25585]

On 07/07/2018 at 18:05, LukeSkywatcher said:

Nah, it's all about the colour 

 

[25585]

"New telescope arrived today"

Baby Equinox brought by Parcelstork this afternoon. (Whole family photos to appear soon.) 

Bit of worry about its focuser tube being stuck, but all OK now. 

Like all Equinoxes, baby has a sliding retractable lens hood, rotatable 11:1 scaled Crayford focuser, ED lenses and beautiful black CNC tube with chrome trim. Metal slip over lens lid. 

Only takes 1.25 inch eyepieces. Fairly heavy but noticably less than my 80 Equinox. The tube feels robust in a Tele Vue way, apart from the focuser, which I may replace with a Baader Steeltrack. 

 

[DRT]

56 minutes ago, 25585 said:

Baby Equinox brought by Parcelstork this afternoon. (Whole family photos to appear soon.) 

Tradition says you must now post a family photograph now that baby has arrived safely ? 

[johninderby]

Altair Astro Premium LRGB Filter Set & IR Pass filter.  ?

 

Edited July 12, 2018 by johninderby