What did the postman bring?

[Heids]

Do we need a clicklock appreciation thread all of it’s own? 

[Knighty2112]

Nice wee ‘frac addition to the family curtesy of Dragon_Astro arrived earlier on via DPD. Tis’ small but very cute! An SW Equinox 66ED!

[Dragon_Astro]

18 minutes ago, Knighty2112 said:

Nice wee ‘frac addition to the family curtesy of Dragon_Astro arrived earlier on via DPD. Tis’ small but very cute! An SW Equinox 66ED!

She’s a lil beaut in the sun like that 😁

[badhex]

2 hours ago, bosun21 said:

It’s those clouds in the way again, otherwise I would be out tonight enjoying the sky. I’ve mounted it on the Starfield and using a standard compression ring reducer until the clicklock arrives tomorrow.

Fingers crossed that it clears up! Sometimes I just use my Morpheus' in 2" mode and keep the reducer just on my Pentax 10mm so there are fewer things to swap out, but it does mean quite a large refocus is needed which can also maybe change the balance of the scope. Still, good to have options, really glad the Morphs have that 2" fitting. I have heard of some scenarios where people don't have enough infocus for 1.25" mode, but I only have that issue with my APM superzoom.

[badhex]

2 hours ago, Knighty2112 said:

Nice wee ‘frac addition to the family curtesy of Dragon_Astro arrived earlier on via DPD. Tis’ small but very cute! An SW Equinox 66ED!

Wow! This is a sheer delight to look at - I hear they are the same to look through as well.

[Knighty2112]

2 minutes ago, badhex said:

Wow! This is a sheer delight to look at - I hear they are the same to look through as well.

Daytime views were great, so can’t wait for the views under the stars! 🔭😀

[bosun21]

2 minutes ago, badhex said:

Fingers crossed that it clears up! Sometimes I just use my Morpheus' in 2" mode and keep the reducer just on my Pentax 10mm so there are fewer things to swap out, but it does mean quite a large refocus is needed which can also maybe change the balance of the scope. Still, good to have options, really glad the Morphs have that 2" fitting. I have heard of some scenarios where people don't have enough infocus for 1.25" mode, but I only have that issue with my APM superzoom.

I am the other way around. I predominantly just use my Morpheus range for the majority of my observing. If I need less magnification then I also have the 24mm ES 68 degree. If less again then I have the 32 & 40mm plossl’s. If wide field is desired then the 2” EP’s come out only then.

[josefk]

Super excited!

 

 

I've just been messing about on pylon tops through the kitchen window (checking spacer arrangements) and i'm pretty sure I know already that i'm going to seriously get on with these! 

Gives me 102x / 38' / 1.8 (1.3) pupil native and when the 1.7 GPC comes (it's on back order) will give me 150x ish and less than 1mm exit pupil so less overwhelming brightness on Jupiter while still at middling magnification hopefully.

Less than 24hr turnaround on an order from The Widescreen Center again. Happy days.

Edited August 17, 2022 by josefk
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[Knighty2112]

3 minutes ago, josefk said:

Super excited!

 

 

I've just been messing about on pylon tops through the kitchen window (checking spacer arrangements) and i'm pretty sure I know already that i'm going to seriously get on with these! 

Gives me 102x / 38' / 1.8 (1.3) pupil native and when the 1.7 GPC comes (it's on back order) will give me 150x ish and less than 1mm exit pupil so less overwhelming brightness on Jupiter while still at middling magnification hopefully.

Less than 24hr turnaround on an order from The Widescreen Center again. Happy days.

Yeah, Friday is looking good here too fingers crossed! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[bosun21]

My 2” - 1.25” Baader clicklock arrived today along with a new Oklop bag for my Starfield.

 

[ED Splitter]

Well this thread has had a flurry of activity. I hope you’re all proud of the clouds you brought along… 🤣

[Davesellars]

Sorry, going to add to the clouds (probably)...  Two 18mm Baader Classic Orthos just delivered fresh from FLO for the binoviewers...   Hopefully it will stay clear long enough tonight to try them out on some planetary and perhaps lunar (although it's getting rather late for that now...

[Rob]

23 hours ago, bosun21 said:

My 2” - 1.25” Baader clicklock arrived today along with a new Oklop bag for my Starfield.

 

I grabbed one of these bags from FLO for my ED102.. really nice

Rob

[markse68]

Good timing- forecast is clear tonight and i’m itching to get first light with my “new”  Tal-150p. This will enable mounting it to my alt-az

Mark

 

[Knighty2112]

58 minutes ago, markse68 said:

Good timing- forecast is clear tonight and i’m itching to get first light with my “new”  Tal-150p. This will enable mounting it to my alt-az

Mark

 

Great, but if it clouds over we know who to blame!  

 

Enjoy the new scope! 👍🏻

[Rob]

On 17/08/2022 at 16:01, Knighty2112 said:

Nice wee ‘frac addition to the family curtesy of Dragon_Astro arrived earlier on via DPD. Tis’ small but very cute! An SW Equinox 66ED!

Good fun scope. Enjoy!. Loved the 66

[JeremyS]

 

As a child of the Apollo era, it had to be done

Edited August 20, 2022 by JeremyS

[Franklin]

My new mini travel scope arrived today, a Vixen FL55ss.

Small but perfectly formed.

 

[markse68]

1 hour ago, JeremyS said:

 

As a child of the Apollo era, it had to be done

That looks nice Jeremy. Will you be getting another for binoviewing?

Mark

[Rob]

1 hour ago, JeremyS said:

 

As a child of the Apollo era, it had to be done

Very nice indeed!. Very jealous 😊.. ditto for me as born January 1969, and christened on moon landing day!!

Rob

[JeremyS]

40 minutes ago, markse68 said:

That looks nice Jeremy. Will you be getting another for binoviewing?

Mark

Well 11mm FL length EP work well on planets in my Binoviewers. Unfortunately, I don’t think any more Apollos are available from the limited edition 😊

[bosun21]

A Baader aspheric 31mm courtesy of the classifieds. I bought this for 2” wide field views with my Starfield.

 

[cajen2]

If you want a small, aluminium case as a grab and go EP and accessory holder, Asda sold me one for BBQ accessories for £13. Take out the spatulas, etc.

Then add the bits you need:

and you have a small lightweight case:

 

[Sunshine]

On 20/08/2022 at 04:22, JeremyS said:

it had to be done

I love this attitude, we only live once.

[Ratlet]

Wanted a sky atlas but saw this second hand for £15 and thought it would be rude not to.

Older edition, but hopefully the sky won't have changed too much. 

Also picked up a decent wee sketching book and pencils.  It's nice thick paper so it won't tear at night when it's dewy