What did the postman bring?

[rojay]

The FedEx man brought me a box full of boxes...

and inside one of them is..

An ST102!  I thought I'd give wide-field a go. The other boxes contain an AZ5 and tripod, plus bits and bobs. I took it outside for a brief first light, but it's too cold out there for fidgeting with new equipment!

Edited January 31, 2023 by rojay
Mount is AZ5 not EQ5

[CraigT82]

Baader T2 Zeiss BBHS prism + 2” T2 clicklock, and StellaLyra 3mm LER (55deg) EP. Not pictured is Baader Sky surfer RDF that arrived today too. All for the Starfield 102.

Just waiting on the StellaLyra 30mm UFF to round off this latest period of self-indulgent and slightly reckless spending 😬😂

Edited January 26, 2023 by CraigT82

[F15Rules]

I too have the T2 Zeiss BBHS prism..it's a fabulous piece of kit, and with your 30mm 2" eyepiece will deliver fabulous low power vistas.. Congratulations! 👏

Dave

[markse68]

A 3D printed brackety thing for my new balancing system  

[Kon]

This calendar came unexpectedly from a friend and colleague in Japan who has been in USA several times to meet the astronauts and to send experiments to ISS. I was told that my last ISS image I posted had her experiment on it 😲!

[Littleguy80]

Been quite awhile since I last bought anything astro related. Finally succumbed to Clicklock for my refractor. I’ve been using it on my Dob for years now and love it.

[Mr Spock]

A new drive for my EQ platform. The old one has some play in the spindle so I thought I'd retire it from active duty.

[Alan White]

Postie has been and delivered a Baader t2 to 1.25" EP short adapter for my Ha Scope and
a set of Astro Essential 1.25" parfocalising rings.

All fro FLO and swiftly sent and delivered.

Of course its clouded out to see what difference this makes to easy focus for the Ha Scopes Helical focuser.



 

[wulfrun]

Postie brought me this, I succumbed to temptation:

 

EDIT: the cloud-gods, have of course, exacted payment. I'll post my thoughts in the ongoing eyepiece thread...when I've used it!

Edited January 27, 2023 by wulfrun

[jfrijhoff]

Some basic stuff, but good to keep me imaging and guiding throughout the night:

- vixen clamp for SWSA 2i

- vixen dovetail bar

- dummy battery for my canon 550D

- hex bolts

Now just to get familiar with NINA control.

[Ratlet]

40 minutes ago, wulfrun said:

Postie brought me this, I succumbed to temptation:

 

EDIT: the cloud-gods, have of course, exacted payment. I'll post my thoughts in the ongoing eyepiece thread...when I've used it!

You're in for a treat! 

[RT65CB-SWL]

A couple of padded Tenwish tripod bags, via the online warehouse in the far-east.

One will be for my Meade 2102-AT and the other is for my Photax/Paragon 400mm telephoto camera lens.

[Stu1smartcookie]

A couple of Baader Classic Orthos courtesy of @PeterC65. Excellent condition and packed really well . Looking forward to trying them out . 

[Littleguy80]

28 minutes ago, Stu1smartcookie said:

A couple of Baader Classic Orthos courtesy of @PeterC65. Excellent condition and packed really well . Looking forward to trying them out . 

Looking forward forward to your report on the 10mm. I thought about that one myself but I have a 9mm BGO. There are just so many reports from top DSO observers on how good the 10mm is though….

[DSviewer]

Nice

[Franklin]

1 hour ago, Stu1smartcookie said:

A couple of Baader Classic Orthos courtesy of @PeterC65. Excellent condition and packed really well . Looking forward to trying them out

Excellent eyepieces especially for the money, if you haven't already got one the BCO18mm is a cracker.

[R26 oldtimer]

This little box arrived today (teaser? 🤩). Another bigger box is expected on Tuesday.

 

[LukeSkywatcher]

On 11/01/2023 at 17:08, Sunshine said:

Yes, he seems to love the scope!

That's a Goose. 

[Sunshine]

On 26/01/2023 at 08:50, CraigT82 said:

Baader T2 Zeiss BBHS prism + 2” T2 clicklock, and StellaLyra 3mm LER (55deg) EP. Not pictured is Baader Sky surfer RDF that arrived today too. All for the Starfield 102.

Just waiting on the StellaLyra 30mm UFF to round off this latest period of self-indulgent and slightly reckless spending 😬😂

Wow, you really know how to please a refractor, all that at fine kit in one delivery is almost too much for any refractor 😂

[Stu1smartcookie]

21 hours ago, Franklin said:

Excellent eyepieces especially for the money, if you haven't already got one the BCO18mm is a cracker.

I am certainly buying the 18mm  …   

mod course I was clouded out last night and it looks the same for tonight too , so , the curse strikes again. 😕 

[Franklin]

1 hour ago, Stu1smartcookie said:

I was clouded out last night and it looks the same for tonight too , so , the curse strikes again. 😕

Stop buying astro-kit and it may clear up!😄

[Stu1smartcookie]

10 minutes ago, Franklin said:

Stop buying astro-kit and it may clear up!😄

lol ok , … for one day only 

[SuburbanMak]

Mine has been a very busy postman, bringing me an AZGTiX mount to realise my long held ambition to run the widefield ST80 alongside my Mak 127, a Berlebach Charon observing chair and (incredibly excitingly!) a pair of Canon 10x42 IS Binoculars. 
All of which pretty much guaranteed a cloudy weekend, sorry about that guys. Fingers crossed for a window tomorrow night however…

[IB20]

A bargain £4.99 from Amazon.

 

[Stu1smartcookie]

A couple of “almost “ essential  accessories from FLO . I feel I have shares in Bobs Knobs lol and a collimation cap .