What did the postman bring?

[Zeta Reticulan]

7 minutes ago, Pixies said:

Looks pretty similar!

SvB do the whole range, but without the twist-up eyeguards. The coatings look different to the Vixen, but I don't see any difference in use. I'd say they are both made by the same manufacturer. 

Edited September 2, 2022 by Zeta Reticulan

[OK Apricot]

Some more goodies to complete the 30th birthday rig 😁

[Astro_Dad]

Just arrived - longish story but switched to this ASI224 (thanks to Zoltan at 355 Astronomy). Inspired in part by some recent images posted by @sorrimen, I’m looking forward to having another go at some planetary in the coming days… 

[Swoop1]

No picture but I received one of the missing pieces for my Lunar Lander from  Lego yesterday.

Only one piece to come and the Eagle will have wings!

[Mandy D]

My new Evoguide 50ED, purchased from a member on here, arrived this morning, beautifully packed and in one piece.

[Dave scutt]

Postman brought me this today with thanks to @Pitch Black Skies.

[Saganite]

1 minute ago, Dave scutt said:

Postman brought me this today with thanks to @Pitch Black Skies.

I have one of these Dave, very useful.

[Davesellars]

Can't wait to try these out in the binoviewers!  Also a great focal length mono for my refractors for DSO observations between my 18mm BCO and the 10mm BCO.

 

 

[Pixies]

Christmas came early! Used from Japan, incl both motors.

 

[mcrowle]

Hot off the press and received this afternoon - a signed copy of Alyn Wallace's "Photographing the Night Sky".

Not a cheap book, but looks fittingly spectacular!

Regards, Mike.

[Ratlet]

My Tair 3 has astigmatism.  Testing with an artificial star has also been interesting.  Airy rings at F8 and F22, but nothing at faster ratios.  Going to attempt to fix that this evening (hopefully just the retaining ring is too tight).

Or I'm about to put an epic scratch on it.

[ED Splitter]

On 02/09/2022 at 07:22, OK Apricot said:

Some more goodies to complete the 30th birthday rig 😁

Nice. How did you mount the 50ed to the rings? I have the 100ed and need to move the finder further up to make it easier to search deep sky objects. 

[OK Apricot]

1 hour ago, ED Splitter said:

Nice. How did you mount the 50ed to the rings? I have the 100ed and need to move the finder further up to make it easier to search deep sky objects. 

Thanks 🙂. There are a couple configurations of the pre-drilled 80ED dovetail holes that line up with the 50ED dovetail holes. With that you can get a couple 1/4" UNC countersink bolts for the top of the 80ED tube rings, slide the 50ED dovetail over and lock it with wing nuts. It's not as elegant a solution as a proper ADM clamp but it works 😅. 

[Alan White]

On 01/09/2022 at 13:30, Franklin said:

A few more for the Vixen eyepiece collection.

 

Sadly a contagious affliction, once you touch Vixen kit, well …..

Same with Takahashi kit as well!

 

[Alan White]

On 02/09/2022 at 15:23, Pixies said:

Christmas came early! Used from Japan, incl both motors.

 

See!

[Rob]

Took a punt and bought my first Aliexpress item. Really like it too. Nice long handle for my Bresser 127L.

aluminium fully anodised. 
 

 

[Ratlet]

15 minutes ago, Rob said:

Took a punt and bought my first Aliexpress item. Really like it too. Nice long handle for my Bresser 127L.

aluminium fully anodised. 
 

 

There's some good gear on AliExpress.  Often get some stuff that is hard to find elsewhere (I'm currently waiting on some M54 Extenders for my 130PDS) and some stuff that is just cheaper all round.  My biggest complaint is the prices are like a rollercoaster on some of the shops.  SVBONY, I'm looking at you.

[markse68]

Another “pseudo astroplan”

 

[Saganite]

Top class optic Mark !

[Ags]

AZ-GTI polar scope holder.

Edited September 5, 2022 by Ags

[Nigella Bryant]

New Canon for my solar imaging. Going to fit electric focus. Opticstar 127mm. Bigger than I thought it would be. Going to be for white light with the Hershel wedge. It's only an Achromatic but that's all one needs for imaging in Continuum. 

[Dave scutt]

37 minutes ago, Nigella Bryant said:

New Canon for my solar imaging. Going to fit electric focus. Opticstar 127mm. Bigger than I thought it would be. Going to be for white light with the Hershel wedge. It's only an Achromatic but that's all one needs for imaging in Continuum. 

Nice scope , I thought the same alot bigger then i was expecting, I get some nice views of the sun through mine

[Mandy D]

My new Quechua rechargeable lantern from Decathlon. Red, white, bright white. Comes with a USB charging lead, but no mains charger. Also has a nice soft-start feature so your retinas don't suddenly get hit with full brightness when dark-adapted. The white is actually much brighter than the red, even on dim.

[markse68]

6 hours ago, Saganite said:

Top class optic Mark !

I have been building up a nice ragtag selection of them- so far I think my favourite with the 6" f5 is the tiny celestron 5mm but not sure if that's a 5 element or just standard plossl but it's great on the planets. I even have a "genuine masuyama"! Its a 20mm but the lens cement is a bit hazy as is common on the older ones. At some point I plan to rejuvenate it

Mark

[OK Apricot]

She delivered this rather nice Anker 521 power pack 😎