More green and black ....

[Jarvo]

This beautifully crafted item arrived in the post today. All part of the gearing up for Mars season. 
 

Apologies if it’s started to rain....

[Louis D]

You'll really enjoy the Delos 10mm.  I've had mine since it was introduced almost a decade ago.  It's super sharp across the field and easy to view through.

[Paz]

Nice eyepiece, you should have lots of good times with this.

I notice they have changed the cap - they didn't used to look like that!

[John]

1 hour ago, Paz said:

..I notice they have changed the cap - they didn't used to look like that!

That's a good point. The cap on this 10mm Delos looks like the one that TV use on the 2 inch Powermate.

In the past they used a hybrid cap on their eyepieces - 2 inch one side and a touch more on the other to accommodate the eye cup.

Perhaps they have moved over to the Powermate type caps now ?

[Louis D]

Indeed, my 2011 vintage Delos 10mm arrived with the traditional dual sided cap.

[Don Pensack]

The new caps started with recent Delites, but seems to be spreading into the other eyepieces now.

 

[Jarvo]

Thanks for the comments Guys. Yeah all my other caps from televue are black with the company moniker embossed on the bottom. 
 

Looks like even TV are looking at cutting costs. 
 

 

Edited July 14, 2020 by Jarvo

[JeremyS]

We love a bit of green & black, @Jarvo 🙂

Thanks for posting 

[Guest]

On 07/07/2020 at 22:00, Jarvo said:

This beautifully crafted item arrived in the post today. All part of the gearing up for Mars season. 
 

Apologies if it’s started to rain....

Looks like it would give you a hernia, just trying to lift it off the table!😲

[John]

The Delos are not too bad - the 10mm weighs 408 grams / .90 lb

They are quite tall though especially as the focal length gets shorter. In some circles I've seen them nicknamed "turkey legs" !

 

 

 

[Don Pensack]

On 14/07/2020 at 14:45, Jarvo said:

Thanks for the comments Guys. Yeah all my other caps from televue are black with the company moniker embossed on the bottom. 
 

Looks like even TV are looking at cutting costs. 
 

 

The new caps are VASTLY superior--they stay on.  The older 2-sided caps slowly creep off the eyepieces.

[Jarvo]

On 14/07/2020 at 22:59, merlin100 said:

Looks like it would give you a hernia, just trying to lift it off the table!😲

I does make a surprising difference to the overall balance of the set up. I am also paranoid it going to drop out of the diagonal due to the height of the new OTA. I keep checking the tightness 😊