What did the postman bring?

[F15Rules]

On 20/08/2022 at 09:22, JeremyS said:

 

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

Beautiful looking eyepiece Jeremy, but I'd be scared to handle it😱..

I must say, those foam thumb gaps in the box look a bit of a tight fit..will you be fitting a handle ?

Enjoy!!👍

Dave

[badhex]

7 hours ago, cajen2 said:

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:

 

I actually laughed out loud when I saw this, awesome 😂

[JeremyS]

Used bargain at £7. Looks almost new and has plastic cover courtesy of previous owner, Dublin City Libraries 

[DaveL59]

22 hours ago, cajen2 said:

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:

 

brilliant bit of economy buying, easy enough to add some pluck foam too if you need it. Would chuck in a couple silica gel sachets tho to keep those little tendrils that like optical glass away 😉 

[cajen2]

34 minutes ago, DaveL59 said:

brilliant bit of economy buying, easy enough to add some pluck foam too if you need it. Would chuck in a couple silica gel sachets tho to keep those little tendrils that like optical glass away 😉 

Yes, indeed : already done👍

[Dave scutt]

A new filter to try out on the planets. 

With thanks to @mark at Beaufort 

[Alan White]

Not the post person, but me taking a drive to collect.

A nice original Vixen GP mount, weights, pillar and a bonus Astro Systems 6” f6 scope as well.

All is good for Lunar going forwards as well as planet season.

 

it has an original polar scope as well

[Mandy D]

1 hour ago, Alan White said:

Not the post person, but me taking a drive to collect.

A nice original Vixen GP mount, weights, pillar and a bonus Astro Systems 6” f6 scope as well.

All is good for Lunar going forwards as well as planet season.

 

 

it has an original polar scope as well

 

Looks very nice! Is that a tupperware lid on the scope?

[Alan White]

3 hours ago, Mandy D said:

Looks very nice! Is that a tupperware lid on the scope?

Thank you, yes it is very nice condition.

The lid looks like one from a coffee catering tin perhaps, made me chuckle, but it does the job,
perhap @Peter Drew will chime in at some point, I was wondering if Astro Systems fitted this, they maybe drank a lot of coffee? 

 

[Telescope40]

Hello.  Via ABS website. Baader Skysurfer V RDF.  Great condition. Already had one. Why not have two - for each of my refractors. 
nicely sat now on my Stellarvue 102 ED 

Thx John 

 

[Peter Drew]

3 hours ago, Alan White said:

Thank you, yes it is very nice condition.

The lid looks like one from a coffee catering tin perhaps, made me chuckle, but it does the job,
perhap @Peter Drew will chime in at some point, I was wondering if Astro Systems fitted this, they maybe drank a lot of coffee? 

 

We had them specially made to fit 7" diameter seamless aluminium tubing.    🙂

[globular]

4 minutes ago, Peter Drew said:

We had them specially made to fit 7" diameter seamless aluminium tubing.    🙂

Do you mean you made the tubing specially to fit your coffee tub lids? 😁

[Peter Drew]

That was my first idea but I got overruled.     🤣

[RobertI]

9 hours ago, Alan White said:

Not the post person, but me taking a drive to collect.

A nice original Vixen GP mount, weights, pillar and a bonus Astro Systems 6” f6 scope as well.

All is good for Lunar going forwards as well as planet season.

 

it has an original polar scope as well

Vintage Vixen heaven in matching hammered green livery. Lovely stuff,  should be a joy to use 🙂

[F15Rules]

On 22/08/2022 at 11:53, JeremyS said:

Used bargain at £7. Looks almost new and has plastic cover courtesy of previous owner, Dublin City Libraries 

A great way for beginners to get a handle on the sky, Jeremy!👍

Dave

[F15Rules]

9 hours ago, Alan White said:

Not the post person, but me taking a drive to collect.

A nice original Vixen GP mount, weights, pillar and a bonus Astro Systems 6” f6 scope as well.

All is good for Lunar going forwards as well as planet season.

 

it has an original polar scope as well

Lovely, Alan. I love these old Vixen mounts..look great, brilliant engineering and they just work!👍

Just been getting SP and 102m frac fettled and all ready for our Scottish Islands trip in September..just hope the weather up there improves, it's been atrocious for weeks apparently 🤦🤞..

Enjoy your new toy!

Dave

[Swoop1]

Ordered from FLO last thing Friday, deliverd this mornig. Stellar service as usual.

HEQ5PRO Roawn belt mod kit, 4mm puller and all 3 volumes of Luna Cognita

[Ian McCallum]

11 hours ago, Alan White said:

Not the post person, but me taking a drive to collect.

A nice original Vixen GP mount, weights, pillar and a bonus Astro Systems 6” f6 scope as well.

All is good for Lunar going forwards as well as planet season.

 

it has an original polar scope as well

Gotta love that classic Hammerite finish.

[Miguel1983]

This came yesterday, my first TV eyepiece.

This one was on my wishlist for a long time, as I observe mostly with SCT's, finally pushed the button.

As it happend there was a 16mm Nagler on sale second hand, so bought that too, this will arrive today.

So a few more to go to complete the line-up 😅

 

[JeremyS]

4 hours ago, Miguel1983 said:

This came yesterday, my first TV eyepiece.

This one was on my wishlist for a long time, as I observe mostly with SCT's, finally pushed the button.

As it happend there was a 16mm Nagler on sale second hand, so bought that too, this will arrive today.

So a few more to go to complete the line-up 😅

 

I like your style Miguel: diving in with the biggest Nagler first 👍🏻

[HollyHound]

First major astro purchase for a while… thought I’d try this as my “grab and go” mount 😃

Not sure it would replace the ScopeTech Zero, but probably supplement it 🤔

First impression… it’s super light compared to the AZ100… almost effortless to pickup by comparison 👍

Edited August 24, 2022 by HollyHound

[JeremyS]

32 minutes ago, HollyHound said:

First major astro purchase for a while… thought I’d try this as my “grab and go” mount 😃

Not sure it would replace the ScopeTech Zero, but probably supplement it 🤔

First impression… it’s super light compared to the AZ100… almost effortless to pickup by comparison 👍

Excellent. Interested to hear how you find it compared to the ScopeTech (especially without the X-Y movey things 😊)

[HollyHound]

10 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Excellent. Interested to hear how you find it compared to the ScopeTech (especially without the X-Y movey things 😊)

Indeed, and I will advise. It's double the weight (approximately) of the ScopeTech, but still significantly lighter than the AZ100 (which is a rock solid beast, mounted on the iOptron Tri-Pier). I'm really looking to see if I will get on without the "you know what" (sorry @Stu) things , and whether I might even pop the FS-60CB on in a "grab and go" dual scope setup 🤔🤞

Edited August 24, 2022 by HollyHound

[powerlord]

My new precious...

[markse68]

Now I can use my Starsense plus other finders on my Tal scopes (didn’t want to drill holes to mount a synta shoe) 

Mark