My new old PST

[mikeDnight]

I took my eldest son's best friend to the Chiropodist this afternoon. The Chiropodist is a long term friend of mine who after performing a little minor nail surgery, removing an ingrowing toe nail, and only charging £20, he gave me this.

I initially mounted it on a cheap camera tripod I had lying around but it wasn't up to much. So then I rummaged around in my garage and found a small EQ mount, which turns out to be ideal for the PST. 

I used a cheap 25mm Chinese plossl with a 2X barlow which showed plenty of detail on the solar disk and a nice prominence on the limb, so I'm happy with the scope. All in all its not been a bad day, paying only £20 for my son's friend's nail removing, (I felt no pain at all), and he paid me back, and finally to be given a PST and finding a mount to put it on. 

Edited August 24, 2020 by mikeDnight

[GazOC]

Result!

[barkis]

On 24/08/2020 at 17:39, mikeDnight said:

I took my eldest son's best friend to the Chiropodist this afternoon. The Chiropodist is a long term friend of mine who after performing a little minor nail surgery, removing an ingrowing toe nail, and only charging £20, he gave me this.

I initially mounted it on a cheap camera tripod I had lying around but it wasn't up to much. So then I rummaged around in my garage and found a small EQ mount, which turns out to be ideal for the PST. 

I used a cheap 25mm Chinese plossl with a 2X barlow which showed plenty of detail on the solar disk and a nice prominence on the limb, so I'm happy with the scope. All in all its not been a bad day, paying only £20 for my son's friend's nail removing, (I felt no pain at all), and he paid me back, and finally to be given a PST and finding a mount to put it on. 

Christmas came early for you Mike. You really nailed it having a friend that generous. 
It Looks quite splendid too.
Ron.