Sssssssh….I won’t tell if you don’t.

[Stu]

Normally I get a gentle instruction from the lovely Mrs Stu to clear my kit away if it remains anywhere outside it’s normal habitat for longer than a few days.

This handsome fella has been loitering in a far and generally unused corner of the lounge for a few weeks without comment. I think it looks rather grand, although a wooden tripod would be better I agree.

Let’s see how long I get away with it for 🤣

[UKDiver]

Yes, replacing that table and pot with a tripod would be smart.  More stable on stone. 😀

[Alien 13]

Not sure a wooden tripod would be better, I cant stop stroking my carbon fiber one, its so smooth.

Alan

P.S. Have to ask what tripod is it..

 

[Stu]

36 minutes ago, Alien 13 said:

P.S. Have to ask what tripod is it..

It’s my Gitzo GT5542LS, bought it off eBay for a decent price a number of years ago and have never regretted it. It gets a lot of use.

[MalcolmM]

The whole setup is a thing of beauty!

Malcolm

[Alien 13]

7 minutes ago, Stu said:

It’s my Gitzo GT5542LS, bought it off eBay for a decent price a number of years ago and have never regretted it. It gets a lot of use.

Looks similar to my Artcise 80..

Alan

[callisto]

Very nice Stu....I'm talking about the floor BTW 🤣

 

Mark.

[Stu]

12 minutes ago, Alien 13 said:

Looks similar to my Artcise 80..

Alan

Not heard of that brand, sounds like you are pleased with yours? The Gitzo has a 40kg load capacity and has served me very well over the years. I think the C925 and FC100DC was the most I put on it.

[Stu]

11 minutes ago, callisto said:

Very nice Stu....I'm talking about the floor BTW 🤣

 

Mark.

Thanks Mark. I do quite like our floor  

[Highburymark]

Ditto Stu - sitting room turned into optics testing studio for past few days. I’ll give it a couple more days max before enforced return to normal use 

[skyhog]

A thing of beauty... To be sure. 

[LukeSkywatcher]

The simplest way to hide a scope is to hang a coat on it. SWMBO will never know.

[JeremyS]

1 hour ago, LukeSkywatcher said:

The simplest way to hide a scope is to hang a coat on it. SWMBO will never know.

Doesn’t work

[LukeSkywatcher]

34 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Doesn’t work

Looks good to me. Just a coat hangin out in the corner.

[StarryEyed]

Theres something elegant about Stu's slim Takahashi almost ballerina or bird like. 

Cant work it out but the colour of the Tak paint is part of it. 

Edited February 13, 2022 by StarryEyed

[HollyHound]

Very nice indeed @Stu 👍

Mine’s been happily sitting out in plain sight for almost a year now too… ok, it’s just inside my office door, but Mrs H has commented she finds it “quite elegant” 😮😃

Maybe it’s a Tak thing 🤔🤣

Edited February 13, 2022 by HollyHound

[JeremyS]

21 minutes ago, HollyHound said:

Very nice indeed @Stu 👍

Mine’s been happily sitting out in plain sight for almost a year now too… ok, it’s just inside my office door, but Mrs H has commented she finds it “quite elegant” 😮😃

Maybe it’s a Tak thing 🤔🤣

I can see four of those Berlebach observing chairs around my kitchen table, Gary 🤔

[HollyHound]

1 minute ago, JeremyS said:

I can see four of those Berlebach observing chairs around my kitchen table, Gary 🤔

You should... they're great... super comfortable (especially with the footrest) and why should they be consigned to night time observing use only 😁

[Sunshine]

A telescope should be out in the open where it can be admired and spark curiosity in those visiting ones home, whether our partners buy that or not is another matter. when I try to sell that no matter how humble I sound it is always met with arms folded and one eye half shut as though I was a child telling a fib.

[Stu]

53 minutes ago, HollyHound said:

Very nice indeed @Stu 👍

Mine’s been happily sitting out in plain sight for almost a year now too… ok, it’s just inside my office door, but Mrs H has commented she finds it “quite elegant” 😮😃

Maybe it’s a Tak thing 🤔🤣

Looks very classy with the Berlebach tripod 👍👍

[Fegato]

I put a throw on it...   but it's not really big enough

[Pixies]

Surely, this is the point of Berlebach tripods?

[Fegato]

1 minute ago, Pixies said:

Surely, this is the point of Berlebach tripods?

Yes, I bought it to match the table. There's just a bit too much of the "gubbins" showing...

[LukeSkywatcher]

2 hours ago, Fegato said:

I put a throw on it...   but it's not really big enough

Perfect.

[F15Rules]

5 hours ago, HollyHound said:

Very nice indeed @Stu 👍

Mine’s been happily sitting out in plain sight for almost a year now too… ok, it’s just inside my office door, but Mrs H has commented she finds it “quite elegant” 😮😃

Maybe it’s a Tak thing 🤔🤣

Nah.. it's the chair she's admiring..you could offer to use it for ironing once a week if she lets the scope stay put too?🙃

Dave