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Let's see your grab n go lightweight setups.


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1 hour ago, stafford_stargazer said:

The scope you pickup when there's a gap in the clouds....

This is mine, works well, reliable and gives good views and inexpensive.

Really lightweight on pretty descent camera tripod.

 

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I recognise that telescope! Here's my other one, on an Altair mini AZ and Horizon tripod. It lives abroad at the moment.IMG_20220210_191736306.thumb.jpg.fcf01b3aeac29755ed976ce8df9fa10e.jpg

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Not the big, black, Celestron, but the little guy in the case down below…

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50mm f/5 Astro Tech finder, SvBony 7-21 zoom, Manfrotto 190 tripod, Manfrotto 128LP fluid head.  
 

Fits in a child’s lunch box, one finger carry and splits Castor at 36x magnification.

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Various different options, mostly based around a ScopeTech Zero mount and Taks of various sizes 60mm up to 100m

The lightweight tripod is pretty wobbly, much prefer the Gitzo. Even with FC100 on it it is a single hand carry into the garden.

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For a light grab and go setup mine is a 72mm refractor on a skinny tripod. At home the whole set up it can be lifted outside with one hand, going anywhere else it's a small tripod bag and a small scope bag to carry the lot. Here's a solar observing permutation of it...

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36 minutes ago, MalcolmM said:

The second picture (76DCUQ?) looks absolutely gorgeous in that guise @Stu

Malcolm 

Yes, lovely isn’t it? I think it’s called an FC76Q, even though I ought it as separate components ie the DCU then added the Extender Q.

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I also have a number of portable scopes and mounts, probably the most portable is the Zenithstar 66mm on the Mini-Giro mount and tripod, followed by the Heritage 130P on the same mount. My everyday scope, the 102ED on an AZ4 is also very quick and easy to set up, being easy to carry ready assembled. 

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11 hours ago, MalcolmM said:

It's a Manfrotto 500 Pro Video Head on a Gitzo Traveller tripod. I love it, and it copes with the 76DCU I think you have?

Malcolm 

Yes, that’s just what I was thinking of! It would be even lighter than my current travel setup. Thank you 😊

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