What did the postman bring?

[bosun21]

15 minutes ago, markse68 said:

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

How are you going to mount this to your Tal? 

[AstroGS]

Finally got it on my hands - thanks @FLO  

 

Will be opening it over the weekend 😀

 

 

[markse68]

3 minutes ago, bosun21 said:

How are you going to mount this to your Tal? 

with the 3d printed adapter- I'll take pics later

Mark

[JeremyS]

The year seems to be marching on….

 

[Sunshine]

12 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

The year seems to be marching on….

 

Specific to Britain and Ireland, nice!

[JeremyS]

5 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

Specific to Britain and Ireland, nice!

Yes: most of the pages are missing due to cloud and rain 😊

[Stu1smartcookie]

So the postman was very busy 

A nice celestron 8se with mount , an evolution mount , Atik camera and a QHY cam, oh and a starsense camera 

What a lovely day 

[bosun21]

Almost forgot to include my little Japanese wide field binoculars. I bought this great pair of Tasco circa 1972 8x40. They are in great condition considering their age. The views are crystal clear and mostly aberration free. I needed these to complement my Pentax 20x60.

 

[Franklin]

39 minutes ago, bosun21 said:

I bought this great pair of Tasco circa 1972 8x40.

The older "Made in Japan" Tasco binoculars are excellent, my first ever pair were Tasco 7x35's back in the late 70's when I was a kid. I'll never forget how sharp they seemed or maybe it was my young eyes????

[callisto]

1 hour ago, Franklin said:

The older "Made in Japan" Tasco binoculars are excellent, my first ever pair were Tasco 7x35's back in the late 70's when I was a kid. I'll never forget how sharp they seemed or maybe it was my young eyes????

Snap!...I had the same as a kid and used them for birdwatching...as you say,. tack Sharp 

[FrenchyArnaud]

Sorry guys, that cloudy spell is on me : ASI120MM-mini. 

I used to have a touptek gpcam GP0130Mono but following the self destruction of my mount, after which I thought I had avoided any major damage, it turns out it actually did not survive and needed a replacement. Shoutout to @FLO for the great deal, superb com (Thanks Chris) and super fast delivery - also known as a normal  Tuesday for FLO. 


 

[markse68]

6 hours ago, bosun21 said:

How are you going to mount this to your Tal? 

Should have mentioned it’s an adapter for the Tal 8x50 finder shoe so Tal-2, Tal-200k etc and my new Tal-150p. I’m trying it out with raci and starsense but the Tal finder is so nice i may switch back. This is going to revolutionise my city observing

Mark

[bosun21]

3 hours ago, Franklin said:

The older "Made in Japan" Tasco binoculars are excellent, my first ever pair were Tasco 7x35's back in the late 70's when I was a kid. I'll never forget how sharp they seemed or maybe it was my young eyes????

They are still tack sharp with my old eyes! I was literally taken aback by just how clear and sharp they are.

[TheycallmeRiver]

Nagler 3-6 zoom courtesy of FLO! 

I'm not too well at the moment and as a result i'm often in bed long before it gets dark.  Can't wait for the nights to start drawing in as I have so much new stuff to try out.

[Dave scutt]

Nice Postman just delivered this altair 80mm finderscope. 

Thanks to @Mark at Beaufort.

Can't wait to give it a try.

[DrMike]

Don’t throw away any packaging. It’ll come in useful for fuel when the energy bills are delivered! 
What a world we live in. Utter madness.

[josefk]

Baader 1.7x GPC delivered today so i don't need to mess about with spacers in the dark unless i really want to use the native magnification/FOV of the binoviewer. It's definitely not 1.7x though. I can tell from another eyepiece it's more than 1.4x but can't really estimate with what's available to view in the daylight where between 1.4x and 1.7x it is - i think the received wisdom on the net at 1.5x is about right.

[josefk]

i'm slightly relieved my IPD will prevent the temptation to double up on Delos so now to pick some 18mm ortho's i think...

Edited August 26, 2022 by josefk

[JeremyS]

6 hours ago, josefk said:

i'm slightly relieved my IPD will prevent the temptation to double up on Delos so now to pick some 18mm ortho's i think...

I thought I’d stumbled into @ollypenrice’s thread again 🤔🤣

 

Edited August 26, 2022 by JeremyS

[UKDiver]

8 hours ago, DrMike said:

Don’t throw away any packaging. It’ll come in useful for fuel when the energy bills are delivered! 
What a world we live in. Utter madness.

Second hand paperbacks will probably go up in price for fuel too.

[F15Rules]

18 hours ago, josefk said:

i'm slightly relieved my IPD will prevent the temptation to double up on Delos so now to pick some 18mm ortho's i think...

Maybe Morpheus 17.5's would work? I used a pair successfully 👍.

But if you do decide on orthos, the Baader Classic Ortho 18mm's are also excellent condition 😊

Dave

[Rustang]

Some ha Solar gear! Very exciting! 😊 Just waiting on a Bresser 102, 460fl to turn up so using my Z73 for now. Today was my first ever Ha Solar session, hopefully I've captured something half decent but it went fairly well once focused. I was going to go Lunt 50 and the 178m but a last minute decision change was made when I saw a Quark, 174m and the Bresser scope for sale so went for it, no regrets. 

Edited August 27, 2022 by Rustang

[Zermelo]

I should have bought a variable moon filter the first time around, but didn't.

This one caught my eye on the bay as it was £2.49, presumably a mistake. It's since been changed to £29.99, and I've been feeling smug all morning.

[Mr Spock]

Thanks to the post strike, this arrived today, when I was in, instead of yesterday, when I was out!

 

[StevieDvd]

21 minutes ago, Mr Spock said:

Thanks to the post strike, this arrived today, when I was in, instead of yesterday, when I was out!

 

Are these better than a standard barlow or better for certain tasks?