Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.

[iPeace]

It feels so coincidental that I have recently been conducting thought experiments on how to split up my eyepiece case into two smaller ones to improve my grab-and-go capability. Then, were I to find that I only ever used the one case...

...but the evidence would have to be pretty compelling.

[Floater]

26 minutes ago, DRT said:

Oi!

I'm currently getting some sympathy from Mrs T for having to sell the children - I don't need you lot persuading her that could sell some more!

Excellent! The present Mrs Floater and I folded up over that!

Hang on in ... and watch out for that Timebandit! He's after one of your kids! ?

[John]

15 minutes ago, iPeace said:

It feels so coincidental that I have recently been conducting thought experiments on how to split up my eyepiece case into two smaller ones to improve my grab-and-go capability. Then, were I to find that I only ever used the one case...

...but the evidence would have to be pretty compelling.

I'm onto my 3rd case now

So much for rationalising my eyepieces ......

[DRT]

3 minutes ago, Floater said:

Excellent! The present Mrs Floater and I folded up over that!

Hang on in ... and watch out for that Timebandit! He's after one of your kids! ?

I've got that covered, Gordon. Monty (half black Lab half Rottweiler) has been trained to go nuts every time a white van pulls up outside the house. To be fair, it happens daily due to the number of deliveries from FLO and ABS UK so I'm not sure he will spot the difference between a delivery and a collection 

[Highburymark]

3 hours ago, Floater said:

we could remind ourselves that Mr Nagler (no less) suggests we should need no more than three or four eyepieces.

 

What the hell does he know?

[Louis D]

4 hours ago, John said:

I'm onto my 3rd case now

Don't feel bad.  I have four cases now.  A-team, B-team, binoviewer and eyepiece pairs and OCS, and starter eyepieces not worth selling but kept for sentimental purposes and to compare with how far I've come in 19 years of observing.  Then there's the large tool box of odds and ends like T-mounts, extension tubes, Tamrac folding filter wallet, 45 and 90 degree erect image diagonals for spotting scope duty, single vision infinity corrected observing glasses, etc.  Sometimes I wonder if I'm an amateur astronomer hoarder.

[John]

5 hours ago, Louis D said:

......  Sometimes I wonder if I'm an amateur astronomer hoarder.

I can certainly empathise with that

 

[Pig]

Here is my latest offering ....thanks to the Dr

 

Edited February 4, 2017 by Pig

[Highburymark]

23 hours ago, Pig said:

Here is my latest offering ....thanks to the Dr

 

Not so much a grab and go case as a grab and pull ?

[Pig]

LoL .... they do grab every last photon and pull the stars in  

Edited February 5, 2017 by Pig

[popeye85]

I've gone for the gold ol' flight case aswell! Oops, I'm in danger of looking like I know what I'm doing when I go out with this!

Not the most high end of ep's but hopefully that will change over time.

[Uplooker]

1 hour ago, popeye85 said:

I've gone for the gold ol' flight case aswell! Oops, I'm in danger of looking like I know what I'm doing when I go out with this!

Not the most high end of ep's but hopefully that will change over time.

Don't do yourself or your case down, everyone starts somewhere and then goes on to discover what suits them and buys accordingly. You will some cases that just one espouse £££££. That is not the norm, just the nice to have ?

[balzer]

looking for 1 more Low power Ep. maybe 36mm hyperion to finished my case

[Alan White]

13 minutes ago, balzer said:

looking for 1 more Low power Ep. maybe 36mm hyperion to finished my case

Something tells me you like Hyperions.

[balzer]

1 hour ago, Alan White said:

Something tells me you like Hyperions.

It's average and cheaper than televue Ep's . I wear glasses as well. 

Any other good suggestions for a low power Ep around that range with good eye relief that will fit my last empty space in my case

Edited February 12, 2017 by balzer

[Alan White]

I only go to 22mm Vixen LVW at the minute with my ED100, what scope are you using?

[DRT]

39 minutes ago, balzer said:

It's average and cheaper than televue Ep's . I wear glasses as well. 

Any other good suggestions for a low power Ep around that range with good eye relief that will fit my last empty space in my case

You could try to find one of these...

I'm not sure whether or not Baader still make them but they would be a nice match to your Hyperions.

 

[balzer]

19 minutes ago, DRT said:

You could try to find one of these...

I'm not sure whether or not Baader still make them but they would be a nice match to your Hyperions.

 

They do look good. Tried to google them not much comes up. Look very hard to find.

[DRT]

I think they were replaced by these: http://www.tringastro.co.uk/baader-planetarium-hyperion-aspheric-modular-36mm-eyepiece-1182-p.asp

Much smaller than the Scopos, which was the size of a small car

That price at Tring looks excellent

 

[John]

I think the Skywatcher Aero ED's are better corrected than the Hyperion Aspherics, for what it's worth.

[nicoscy]

Here's my 1.25" kit eyepiece bag. Celestron 40mm Kellner for maximum exit pupil in 1.25" format, a Pan 24mm, 13mm and 7mm Nagler T6 and a Nagler Zoom 3-6mm.

The finderscope is a 50mm with interchangeable eyepieces and the finderstalk is the only one in the market available for these type of finderscopes (sold under the Teleskop Service, William Optics and Stellarvue names among many) - a Vixen finderstalk. I wanted to avoid using rings for this. Comes with a  23mm cross hair eyepiece.

Also a Baader 1.25" Sital BBHS diagonal (I LOVE the click lock mechanism) and a Celestron Starsense RDF.

The top of the camera bag houses an anti-dew heater that runs on a 9V battery (Tech2000 brand) and UHC, O III, Hb, #21, #80A, Tele Vue Planetary Filter, Baader Moon & Skyglow, Baader Solar Continuum and Lumicon Comet Filter, as well as a single prism ADC.

Only upgrade left to this kit is getting Lumicon UHC and OIII filters - on the list of things to get in the next month or so. All very compact and easy to carry. On the side of the bag there is a led light torch as well 

Edited February 12, 2017 by nicoscy

[John]

Very neatly done Nicos. It's nice to see something other than the foam lined aluminum cases (like I use )

 

[balzer]

4 hours ago, Alan White said:

I only go to 22mm Vixen LVW at the minute with my ED100, what scope are you using?

Iam using a WO Megrez 90

 

[Alan White]

8 minutes ago, balzer said:

Iam using a WO Megrez 90

Balzer, is that 24mm at x24 ish not low powered enough?
I would think it would be fine and need no further purchases,
but I am sure someone else who knows this scope will be along soon.

[John]

I think the 24mm Hyperion shows as much sky as a 1.25" eyepiece can. If balzer wants to go wider still, the 2" format will need to be considered. He does already have a very fine 2" diagonal

Edited February 12, 2017 by John