Show me your eyepiece/accessories case, please.

[DRT]

4 minutes ago, 25585 said:

Have you considered a coma corrector? GSO make a reasonably priced one. 

The Dob is fitted with a SIPS coma corrector inside the FeatherTouch focuser but I think these might struggle in a few way other than just Coma.

I'll just have to put up with it until the day when I can splash out on some green and black again  

[DRT]

16 minutes ago, Louis D said:

Some my reactions to your news:    

That just about sums it up!  

[25585]

4 minutes ago, DRT said:

The Dob is fitted with a SIPS coma corrector inside the FeatherTouch focuser but I think these might struggle in a few way other than just Coma.

I'll just have to put up with it until the day when I can splash out on some green and black again  

Are your Celestron eps Luminos? 

Pre-owned TV eps are always on the market. And there are now equally good competitors for less money if you want to buy new. 

Edited April 20, 2018 by 25585

[DRT]

1 hour ago, 25585 said:

Are your Celestron eps Luminos? 

Pre-owned TV eps are always on the market. And there are now equally good competitors for less money if you want to buy new. 

Yes, they are Luminos, mostly pre-owned so the whole set for around 65% of retail price, which is good enough for me. 

Believe me, I have bought and sold more eyepieces than any man should in the past few years (scroll back through this entire thread to see all of them ?) - all I'm doing at the moment is owning a whole set of wide-fields for the price of one Ethos until I'm able to claw back some Green and black ?

[Alan White]

2 hours ago, Louis D said:

Some my reactions to your news:    

A sad day when you have to sell off fine kit Derek.
Hope the Celestron's still provide enough of a view for your pleasure.

[DRT]

Thanks, Alan. I'm sure I'll cope. Very much a First World Problem ?

[Alan White]

3 minutes ago, DRT said:

Thanks, Alan. I'm sure I'll cope. Very much a First World Problem ?

Yes indeed, we are truly lucky really.

[25585]

Better to have & keep a few good ones..

Goes for telescopes too!

Trouble is deciding what goes when some need to be sold. 

 

[DRT]

4 minutes ago, 25585 said:

Better to have & keep a few good ones..

Goes for telescopes too!

Trouble is deciding what goes when some need to be sold. 

 

As I type this I am ending a session of solar observing with an ED120, an Altair 152, a Quark, a Badder Herschel Wedge, a Lunt50Ha and a full set of eyepieces. I don't feel deprived ?

Letting go is simply a function of what you need versus what you want ?

[25585]

I get emotionally attached to most of my optics, but have 10 keepers; Vixen 32mm Erfle, 20mm Erfle, TV 35mm Panoptic, Vixen 10mm LV, LVW 13 & 22, TV 32mm & 40 Plossls & Baader Eudiascopic 35mm, Brandon 48mm. 

Only forever scope is Televue Genesis.  

[25585]

This is my Vixen LVW collection in a Maplin case. 

[Chris]

On 20/04/2018 at 15:00, DRT said:

The Dob is fitted with a SIPS coma corrector inside the FeatherTouch focuser but I think these might struggle in a few way other than just Coma.

I'll just have to put up with it until the day when I can splash out on some green and black again  

The Luminos might not be as bad as you think  

[F15Rules]

I owned a 7mm Luminos a couple of years back and it was a very good ep. It got top marks in a Sky at Night review, but despite that it was actually a really nice eyepiece!

Big, heavy , and well screwed together ☺.

Dave

[F15Rules]

Parks Gold set (3.8mm to 30mm except the 5mm), now joined by a pair of Celestron Ultimas in 7.5mm and 30mm.

All in a nice new Ali case☺..

Dave

 

Edited April 21, 2018 by F15Rules

[25585]

26 minutes ago, F15Rules said:

Parks Gold set (3.8mm to 30mm except the 5mm), now joined by a pair of Celestron Ultimas in 7.5mm and 30mm.

All in a nice new Ali case☺..

Dave

 

Space left for the 35mm 

[RiponJas]

My lowly starting collection. As I get more used to what I'm looking at I'll probably start upgrading. 

Like to keep things neat though. 

[xvariablestarx]

[RiponJas]

After a couple of new bits arriving in the post I thought I'd update the picture 

[melsmore]

On 24/04/2018 at 12:15, xvariablestarx said:

Neat layout, but what do you have in there? I can't tell from the photo.

[xvariablestarx]

23 minutes ago, melsmore said:

Neat layout, but what do you have in there? I can't tell from the photo.

Top row, left to right: UHC filter, a red and blue filters, Celestron 9mm Kellner eyepiece, Orion  2x shorty barlow, Celestron 25mm SMA eyepiece.

Middle, left to right:  Celestron 10mm SMA eyepiece,  a moon filter.

Bottom, left to right:  Agena 7mm-21mm zoom eyepiece, Celestron omni 32mm plossl eyepiece, box of 4 Orion color filters,Orion Sirus  25mm Plossl eyepiece and a small credit card shaped red light flashlight.

[25585]

On 22 April 2018 at 00:14, F15Rules said:

Parks Gold set (3.8mm to 30mm except the 5mm), now joined by a pair of Celestron Ultimas in 7.5mm and 30mm.

All in a nice new Ali case☺..

Dave

 

Any difference in use between your Parks & Ultima 30mm eps? As the same optically, potentially a good bino pair. 

[F15Rules]

21 minutes ago, 25585 said:

Any difference in use between your Parks & Ultima 30mm eps? As the same optically, potentially a good bino pair. 

I've tested them briefly in daytime (and the 7.5mm as I have the Parks and Ultima in that size too), and they are almost exactly partial -certainly a fraction of a mm difference if any, so well within the reach of individual binoviewer eyepiece adjustments☺?.

Dave

[Saganite]

On 4/21/2018 at 14:23, 25585 said:

This is my Vixen LVW collection in a Maplin case. 

That is a lovely sight Richard. I just wish I could binoview with a pair of 22mm LVW's.

[Merak]

I haven't got a case yet for my modest collection of eyepieces, though a well-known electronics chain have a large flight case, with foam for £20.99 so I may get one as it sounds like decent value for money.

[25585]

What mine is. Good construction for the price.