What did the postman bring?

[JeremyS]

Christmas pressie 

[F15Rules]

14 hours ago, fozzybear said:

from my 3 year old grand daughter to Grandad 

As a present to her grandad your grand daughter's pressie Tak's some beating, Paul!! (Sorry..🤦😁).

Dave

[Knighty2112]

Well, Santa came down the chimney on Christmas Eve and delivered this little gem to me (I was a good boy all year, I promise!) Some nice photos of the earth and the moon in it, along with all the Apollo missions and earlier pre-Apollo test missions that led up to it too. Thanks Santa!  
 

 

[fozzybear]

this is a godsend as at a weekend me foraging in our local forest. From my second grandchild. Result as if unsure our local chemist checks if good or bad.

[Franklin]

The postal services over here could learn a thing or two from the Buyee team in Japan. This was posted from Japan on Boxing Day, arrived just now, speechless!

I've been hunting down one of these Vixen SSW 7mm for a long time, my wide-field collection is now complete.

Glamour shot with his new mates!

 

[Ian McCallum]

Some dew heater straps from Auntie @FLO, plus some heatshrink tubing from eBay for another astronomy gear related job. 😉

 

Edited December 28, 2022 by Ian McCallum

[Nakedgun]

5 hours ago, Franklin said:

The postal services over here could learn a thing or two from the Buyee team in Japan. This was posted from Japan on Boxing Day, arrived just now, speechless!

I've been hunting down one of these Vixen SSW 7mm for a long time, my wide-field collection is now complete.

Glamour shot with his new mates!

 

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Nothing like the feeling of having a completed collection.

 

 

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[josefk]

A bit slower than @Franklin EP post from Japan and these via Ely but still super happy to secure them nevertheless as they are discontinued and still hopeful of getting these onto Mars for a good period in January.

For binoviewer use  at 56x, 83x, 167x and 203x in various combinations and for cyclops stellar PNe hunting (alternating one with O-III fitted and one w/o) at 2.3mm, 1.4mm and 1.1mm exit pupil.

 

[JeremyS]

4 minutes ago, josefk said:

A bit slower than @Franklin EP post from Japan and these via Ely but still super happy to secure them nevertheless as they are discontinued and still hopeful of getting these onto Mars for a good period in January.

For binoviewer use  at 56x, 83x, 167x and 203x in various combinations and for cyclops stellar PNe hunting (alternating one with O-III fitted and one w/o) at 2.3mm, 1.4mm and 1.1mm exit pupil.

 

Lovely 👍🏻

[mikeDnight]

 I recieved an old book through the post this morning. Fauth's THE MOON. It's not of much scientific interest, but i love the history of lunar study, and of course the drawings made by these great observers of the past.

 

[AstroNebulee]

Well the new kitchen lino will have to wait 😉, probably my only big astro purchase I'll be doing for sometime. Arrived by the speed of light from @FLO & Dpd. It's really going to make my start back into my new visual sessions a lot easier a quickly set up. Just waiting on the 3/8 bolt to mount to my celestron 1.25inch tripod but even my SA mount unextended the Meade bazooka seems quite stable. Looking forward to some nice double star hunting soon. 

Lee 

[Knighty2112]

Some new reading material for the new year. One on the Mercury missions from Nasa, and the other on the mythology of the night sky. Bought the last one at the end of November, but due to delays it has just arrived this morning by RM, along with the other book delivery from the ‘A’ place too. 
 

[cajen2]

2 hours ago, Knighty2112 said:

Some new reading material for the new year. One on the Mercury missions from Nasa, and the other on the mythology of the night sky. Bought the last one at the end of November, but due to delays it has just arrived this morning by RM, along with the other book delivery from the ‘A’ place too. 
 

I have the Mythology one; it's a good read if you like both mythology and space.

[Telescope40]

Couple of arrivals today. 
Baader diagonal.  I have 2 now. One permanently attached to my Maxbright binoviewers and this one for cyclops. Baader clicklock eyepiece clamp arrived too - great timing. 
 

john 

Edited December 30, 2022 by Telescope40

[AstroNebulee]

Courtesy of fellow sgl member @beamer3.6m a new to me telrad and diy dew shield. Can't wait to use it now. Looking good on the scope.

Lee

 

Edited December 30, 2022 by AstroNebulee
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[Mr Spock]

Perfectly balanced... Dual use for astro, and in this configuration, birding.

[F15Rules]

2 hours ago, Mr Spock said:

Perfectly balanced... Dual use for astro, and in this configuration, birding.

Me like the little Tak...

Me LOVE the gorgeous LVW22!!😍😂

Dave

[jock1958]

3 hours ago, AstroNebulee said:

Courtesy of fellow sgl member @beamer3.6m a new to me telrad and diy dew shield. Can't wait to use it now. Looking good on the scope.

Lee

 

I’ve tried all sorts of red dot finders but for me the Telrad does it best!! just wish someone would improve the design & looks. PS like the dew shield, made mine out of a cardboard tube and painted it black 🤣

[Mr Spock]

2 hours ago, F15Rules said:

Me like the little Tak...

Me LOVE the gorgeous LVW22!!😍😂

The view through both together is incredible. So sharp and clear 👍

[AstroNebulee]

3 hours ago, jock1958 said:

I’ve tried all sorts of red dot finders but for me the Telrad does it best!! just wish someone would improve the design & looks. PS like the dew shield, made mine out of a cardboard tube and painted it black 🤣

I couldn't resist this telrad and read all the reviews on it. What I particularly like is the 3 circles instead of one dot, which could cover the intended target. I agree on the design or bulk of it, you'd think it could be squished in a bit. It's super light and hoping to try on Monday if reports are correct. Luke did a good job on the dew shield with foam board. As long as the villagers here don't think I'm carrying an armed weapon around to my viewing area behind the flats where I live 😂. 

Lee

Edited December 30, 2022 by AstroNebulee

[HollyHound]

7 hours ago, Mr Spock said:

Perfectly balanced... Dual use for astro, and in this configuration, birding.

What a beautiful little Tak 🤔🤣😍

[mcrowle]

A delivery Friday afternoon from Auntie FLO via DPD: an Orion Dynamo Pro power pack to power my mount and laptop, and a Sky-Watcher EvoGuide 50ED that I plan to use for autoguiding my 12" Newtonian.

Re. the latter, I've used an off-axis guider to guide (manually) with the Newt for the last decade - but more often than not I gave up trying to find a guide star and instead resorted to unguided short exposures! Hopefully the guide scope (and an existing ZWO camera) will be a better alternative, though I've not tried it yet.

Regards, and happy New Year! Mike

[RobertI]

I was so impressed with the first one, I just had to buy another ……..

[Franklin]

Robert, I think your lad wants to be Spiderman, not Catwoman!🤣

[bomberbaz]

12 hours ago, mcrowle said:

A delivery Friday afternoon from Auntie FLO via DPD: an Orion Dynamo Pro power pack to power my mount and laptop, and a Sky-Watcher EvoGuide 50ED that I plan to use for autoguiding my 12" Newtonian.

Re. the latter, I've used an off-axis guider to guide (manually) with the Newt for the last decade - but more often than not I gave up trying to find a guide star and instead resorted to unguided short exposures! Hopefully the guide scope (and an existing ZWO camera) will be a better alternative, though I've not tried it yet.

Regards, and happy New Year! Mike

I image with the evoguide, it's a very accomplished bit of kit.