F15Rules Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 30 minutes ago, JeremyS said: Glad Mrs F15Rules let you out, Dave. You must have been well and truly baffled 😮 Not Mrs F15Rules, Jeremy.. It was actually hordes of wretched Thunderflies..they can get everywhere, including into scope optics! I've had them get into and behind a laptop screen, and there's no way to remove them. The thought of the critters getting in behind that Fluorite front element gave me the shudders😱😂!! So the scope went into her holdall in the house and, thanks to life and weather issues, there she has stayed still today ☺️👍 Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lapwing Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 40 minutes ago, F15Rules said: I think you have it all mixed up.. This is a "Show us your Tak" thread. If you don't like it, why don't you start a "Show us your TEC/StellaRvue/Borg/Televue" thread instead? 😊 Dave The irony of those last two posts is frankly staggering. Anyway…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15Rules Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 31 minutes ago, The Lapwing said: The irony of those last two posts is frankly staggering. Anyway…. I think you'd feel far more at home on the USA Forum! 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted November 19, 2023 Author Share Posted November 19, 2023 35 minutes ago, The Lapwing said: The irony of those last two posts is frankly staggering. Anyway…. I won’t ask again, please drop this topic and stop causing antagonism between members. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plyscope Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 It is 15 years since I bought my first Takahashi, a nice TSA 102S. It was a fantastic scope and I only let it go to trade for a TSA 120. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartianHill Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 On 19/11/2023 at 21:25, plyscope said: It is 15 years since I bought my first Takahashi, a nice TSA 102S. It was a fantastic scope and I only let it go to trade for a TSA 120. That’s a great scope Andy, which mount are you using ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plyscope Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 In the photo its a Vixen GPD2 on a Berlebach Uni 18 tripod. There is also the Rowan AZ100 on a Berlebach Planet. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosun21 Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 On 19/11/2023 at 17:38, F15Rules said: No stranger to this thread but not recently, having been in storage literally since August..🤦♂️😏. But... ..My Precious is back! All fettled and ready for the winter season, complete with MBII's and Tak Equatorial😊. Dave PS I hadn't realised before..the focuser alone has 5 internal, blackened baffles! (try saying that without your teeth in!)😂 My Starfield 102 has 8 or 9 baffles in the focuser tube as well as the main tube being baffled. I kept going cross eyed trying to count them 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 26 minutes ago, bosun21 said: My Starfield 102 has 8 or 9 baffles in the focuser tube as well as the main tube being baffled. I kept going cross eyed trying to count them Baffled by baffles 😁 My Vixen has quite few in the focuser drawtube as well plus 4 in the main tube. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Hopper Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Quite baffling really...... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeDnight Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 On 07/11/2023 at 22:28, JeremyS said: Finally we've got a look at what's really inside you're observatory! 😂😂😂 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josefk Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 i am loving this scope not only for its big strength (flat and wide) but also for its ability to bring me a nice planetary view from a tiny package. Out last night observing the GRS transit on Jupiter at about minus three degrees... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josefk Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 i wouldn't ordinarily post two in a row being the shy and retiring type but this was unusual in my home office this morning - no idea what had caught the rising sun to create this dispersion of sunlight in the (darker) western side of my house just now but i like it... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 11 minutes ago, josefk said: I thought Takahashi's were supposed to be free of false colour😁. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josefk Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 i was going to make that comment myself @Franklin - i can honestly say i've never seen those colours in the dark! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Whoah dude, with that level of CA I'd send it back 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyS Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 4 hours ago, josefk said: i wouldn't ordinarily post two in a row being the shy and retiring type but this was unusual in my home office this morning - no idea what had caught the rising sun to create this dispersion of sunlight in the (darker) western side of my house just now but i like it... Are you preparing to observe The Dark Side of the Moon? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josefk Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 I could have staged it with the album cover if i were a quicker thinker (and a bit sad). "There is no dark side of the moon..." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedgun Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 4 hours ago, josefk said: I could have staged it with the album cover if i were a quicker thinker (and a bit sad). "There is no dark side of the moon..." ~ "...as a matter of fact, it's all dark." . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz2b Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 On 25/11/2023 at 19:52, Space Hopper said: Quite baffling really...... Blimey it’s the Time Tunnel again! chaz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedgun Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 20 hours ago, Chaz2b said: Blimey it’s the Time Tunnel again! chaz ~ Wow, I hadn't thought about that TV series since I watched my last episode during the initial run when I was age 10. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merak Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I use the Skywatcher 6x30 finder and Tak diagonals with mine. On the other side of the cradle on the photo thread screw is a smartphone holder so I can use Astrohopper - this works quite well on a manual altaz mount. I had to add a washer to get the holder at the right angle. I use it on a az4 at the moment but in the future, a mount with slo-mo controls would be nice. I wouldn't mind a microfocuser and the baader clicklock back but I'm in no rush for those. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuklop Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 A FC-100 Classic. Its a superb luxury item. The standard by which I judge all other telescopes that come and go. I have the matching original focal reducer to go with it if I ever want to take photos. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyS Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 That is beautiful @yuklop 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyS Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Video of a Takahashi TOA 150 that I saw on another chat site: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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