Show us your Astro pressies, lol.

[Nigella Bryant]

Well I haven't opened mine yet but I know Santa left some astro stuff, lol. 

[LongJohn54]

Something warm and fluffy for my head and neck on those cold nights.

[johninderby]

Do nice warm socks count? 🤔.  😁

[alan potts]

1 hour ago, johninderby said:

Do nice warm socks count? 🤔.  😁

If it does my oh my there's going to be some cloud about.

Alan

[Paul M]

No picture of it yet but somehow the mother in law knew i needed a 35mm x 2in extension tube to make a tidier job of getting my camera focussed.

Middle child, 11, got a microscope and telescope set. So she's already declared she'll be out on my next observing session.

She's very eccentric and I get some of the blame for that even though we aren't related. I call her the mad German rocket scientist.

[Adam1234]

Sounds about right!!

[Moonshed]

My grandson bought me this mug, it gives details about the solar system when holding a hot brew. Gotta love it!

Cheers!

 

Edited December 25, 2020 by Moonshed

[Ags]

Some bowls and a wall clock definitely don't  count. But I also have this on the way...

Edited December 25, 2020 by Ags

[MercianDabbler]

Amazing how my Mrs knows exactly what I want and where to order it

[kerrylewis]

😀😀

 

[Nigella Bryant]

Finally got around to unwrapping the pressies, lol. One Revelation 80mm Semi Apo to use with white light and Ca-K wavelengths. Neck warmer, fingerless warm gloves and a 2021 stargazing guide. Feeling blessed. 

[johninderby]

Used to have one of the Revelation 80 f/6.8 FPL51 ED. Very nice visual scope.  

Not to be confused with the  Revalation 80 f/6 semi-apo. Lot of people don’t realise that there were two different spec 80mm Revelation scopes. One an FPL51 ED f6.8 doublet and the other an 80mm f/6 achromat called the semi-apo and assume all the 80mm scopes were the semi-apo.

Edited December 25, 2020 by johninderby

[Dark Vader]

Did quite well this year....

Edited December 25, 2020 by Dark Vader

[Nigella Bryant]

1 hour ago, johninderby said:

Used to have one of the Revelation 80 f/6.8 FPL51 ED. Very nice visual scope.  

Not to be confused with the  Revalation 80 f/6 semi-apo. Lot of people don’t realise that there were two different spec 80mm Revelation scopes. One an FPL51 ED f6.8 doublet and the other an 80mm f/6 achromat called the semi-apo and assume all the 80mm scopes were the semi-apo.

Thanks, mine is the Revelation 80 f/6.8 FPL51 ED. Don't know much about it, it came up for sale second hand and my partner bought it for me for Christmas. It looks and feels good, the focuser seems good too. 

Edited December 25, 2020 by Nigella Bryant

[johninderby]

Very similar to the SW 80ED for visual but not quite as good for regular AP but will be fine for solar. I liked mine. 👍🏻

Edited December 25, 2020 by johninderby

[Mr Thingy]

My wife bought me a 72ED... No idea how she knew to buy me that... 🤭

The mount was an unexpected Xmas gift to myself (unexpected as I thought it would arrive weeks ago, but turned up Xmas Eve).

[John]

I had a couple of very nice astro related pressies from my lovely daughter and both complete surprises. The moon image was one of mine taken using my mobile phone at the eyepiece of my Tak 100 refractor. How she got hold of it I'll never know but it has made a lovely canvas type enlargement to go on my astro wall

It's such a nice feeling when someone you love goes to that much trouble 

 

[Dean Hale]

1 little book. Only had a thumb through but a nice grab and go read. One for a nip on the cold nights the other to sip when cloudy. 

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

Nice pressies. 😀

The missus gave me lunar phase print for my office wall as a stocking filler...

 

Please excuse the wobbly photo. I've had well deserved bevvy. 👍

Edited December 25, 2020 by ScouseSpaceCadet

[Kimboman]

Great presents ,my daughter bought me a 20 mm eyepiece and a copy of the night sky almanac 2021 edition.

I did ask Santa for an automatic cloud disperser but he had sold out

[Nigella Bryant]

Well, it's lovely to see such an array of pressies and how our loved one's know us so well and the love that shows. Have a blessed day tomorrow and a happy New Year. 

[Nigella Bryant]

1 hour ago, John said:

I had a couple of very nice astro related pressies from my lovely daughter and both complete surprises. The moon image was one of mine taken using my mobile phone at the eyepiece of my Tak 100 refractor. How she got hold of it I'll never know but it has made a lovely canvas type enlargement to go on my astro wall

It's such a nice feeling when someone you love goes to that much trouble 

 

I love the moon canvas, brilliant.

[johninderby]

I was hoping for a cloud filter but wrong time of the year I suppose. 😁

[Luke]

17 hours ago, Nigella Bryant said:

Finally got around to unwrapping the pressies, lol. One Revelation 80mm Semi Apo to use with white light and Ca-K wavelengths.

I had and may still have a Revelation 66mm - it was a sweet telescope with a nice build quality, and a very decent dual speed focuser. I was surprised by how nice it was for the price. I hope we still have it, your post reminded me I have not seen it for a while!

As for me, I got cash and am tempted to buy a right-angle finder for the dob, though I should try a Rigel QuikFinder on it first as I have one spare. I struggle a bit with the supplied staight-through finder!

Edited December 26, 2020 by Luke

[Victor Boesen]

My Tecnosky 102 F/7 refractor and eyepieces will have a new home in the Peli air 1605 case and a new diagonal, the WO dielectric 2".

Really excited to try the diagonal in both my fracs together with my 24mm 82 degree ES eyepiece. Will give a very wide FOV in the Evostar 72ED! The caliper will be very useful for designing accurate 3D prints for scopes and other stuff!

Merry Christmas everyone!