The Fluorite Floosies?

[nfotis]

Nice collection.

To add some perspective, I feel that a coke soft drink (a 330ml) or a one liter bottle would be quite helpful in giving a feel of scale?

Cheers,

NF

[Stu]

Oh, and I came up with names for all the fluorite scopes, just because it seems to be the thing to do!

FS-60Q       Freddie 

FC-76DC    Felicity

FC-100DC  Geoffrey

Genesis       Phil

Vixen           Florence

FS-128        Phyllis

There’s some form of twisted logic behind each one which may or may not be obvious/guessable 🤪. It just means two of my floosies are boys!

[Stu]

3 minutes ago, nfotis said:

Nice collection.

To add some perspective, I feel that a coke soft drink (a 330ml) or a one liter bottle would be quite helpful in giving a feel of scale?

Cheers,

NF

I shall add that in next time 👍

[Telescope40]

32 minutes ago, Stu said:

Some definitely need to go!! But which ones 🤪🤪

Stu. I’ll leave those decisions in your capable hands. 
GLWT 😂👍

John 

[Stu]

5 minutes ago, Telescope40 said:

Stu. I’ll leave those decisions in your capable hands. 
GLWT 😂👍

John 

It’s that kind of help that leaves me with the mess I’m in!! 🤣🤣

[DirkSteele]

2 hours ago, Stu said:

Actually that makes life easy, thanks!

Now updated 👍

 

The Light Thimble and Peashooters

TAL Alkor 65mm f7.7

Zeiss Telementor 63mm f13.3

Takahashi FS-60Q f10

Takahashi FC-76DC f7.5

Skywatcher ST80 f5

The Four Inch Fleet

Televue Genesis f5

Takahashi FC100DC f7.4

Vixen FL102S f8.8

The Frac pack

Celestron Omni 120 XLT f8.3

Takahashi FS-128 f8.1

APM LZOS 130mm f6

Meet the Dobs

Orion Optics 8” f8 1/10th wave

12” f4.8 Truss Dobsonian (project!) (still!)

16” f4.2 Truss Dobsonian

The Sun Worshippers

Vixen 102mm f10 PST Mod

150mm f10 PST Mod project - aka The Beast

😱😱

Some definitely need to go!! But which ones 🤪🤪

I might save this list so the next time my wife tells me I have too many scopes, I can demonstrate it could be far, far worse.

 

[RobertI]

3 hours ago, Stu said:

Genesis       Phil

Brilliant! 😂

[The Lapwing]

On 09/06/2023 at 22:21, RobertI said:

Brilliant! 😂

Phil, er I think not, Peter surly?  
 

Watcher of the skies!

Edited June 11, 2023 by The Lapwing

[bosun21]

On 09/06/2023 at 19:17, Stu said:

. It just means two of my floosies are boys!

Three by my my count. Phil, Geoffrey and Freddie. How long did it take you to amass your collection Stu?

[Stu]

18 minutes ago, bosun21 said:

Three by my my count. Phil, Geoffrey and Freddie. How long did it take you to amass your collection Stu?

Shows how good my maths is, doesn’t it! 🤣🤣

I’ve been observing for about 23 years and it has built up over that time, although none of these scopes are originals. The FC100DC may well be one of the longest owned, bought from new. The others come and go although most of the ones I have now are quite ‘sticky’! Phil and Florence don’t get much use but they are both excellent examples and would be very hard to replace.

[Deadlake]

How many people have picked up good deals due to wife/partner requesting telescope fleet reduction in number?

[The Lapwing]

1 hour ago, Deadlake said:

How many people have picked up good deals due to wife/partner requesting telescope fleet reduction in number?

Well that’s how I got mine…

[Space Hopper]

2 hours ago, Deadlake said:

How many people have picked up good deals due to wife/partner requesting telescope fleet reduction in number?

Well you can't really argue you have too many scopes if you only have the one.

If something new comes along, its a 'society scope'

Like your SXP2. (I have my own mount : a DM6) The Vixen is a 'society mount' that i'm looking after for a while.....😉

[Franklin]

On 09/06/2023 at 19:13, Stu said:

Some definitely need to go!! But which ones 🤪🤪

I could give Florence a good home?

[Stu]

29 minutes ago, Franklin said:

I could give Florence a good home?

Nice try 😉 Florence is a keeper I’m afraid. Actually most of them are. The silly thing is, I could sell the Telementor for example but in the grand scheme of things it’s not a huge amount of money and it takes up little space. That’s why I end up keeping them!

[Saganite]

On 09/06/2023 at 19:13, Stu said:

Actually that makes life easy, thanks!

Now updated 👍

 

The Light Thimble and Peashooters

TAL Alkor 65mm f7.7

Zeiss Telementor 63mm f13.3

Takahashi FS-60Q f10

Takahashi FC-76DC f7.5

Skywatcher ST80 f5

The Four Inch Fleet

Televue Genesis f5

Takahashi FC100DC f7.4

Vixen FL102S f8.8

The Frac pack

Celestron Omni 120 XLT f8.3

Takahashi FS-128 f8.1

APM LZOS 130mm f6

Meet the Dobs

Orion Optics 8” f8 1/10th wave

12” f4.8 Truss Dobsonian (project!) (still!)

16” f4.2 Truss Dobsonian

The Sun Worshippers

Vixen 102mm f10 PST Mod

150mm f10 PST Mod project - aka The Beast

😱😱

Some definitely need to go!! But which ones 🤪🤪

Teaser !...

Edited June 11, 2023 by Saganite

[The Lapwing]

1 hour ago, Space Hopper said:

Well you can't really argue you have too many scopes if you only have the one.

If something new comes along, its a 'society scope'

Like your SXP2. (I have my own mount : a DM6) The Vixen is a 'society mount' that i'm looking after for a while.....😉

I only have one myself, I rarely if ever have two.

If there are two scopes in my house it means one hasn't sold yet. 

But if owning lots of scopes floats your boat, go sailing I say.

Edited June 11, 2023 by The Lapwing

[The Lapwing]

3 minutes ago, The Lapwing said:

I only have one myself, I rarely if ever have two.

If there are two scopes in my house it means one hasn't sold yet. I live in a tiny 300 year old cottage, I haven't the room, and anyway it not my bag. 

But if owning lots of scopes floats your boat, go sailing I say.

Oh I see....

Sorry, it takes me a bit of time to work stuff like that out, slow on the uptake...

[Deadlake]

2 hours ago, Space Hopper said:

Well you can't really argue you have too many scopes if you only have the one.

If something new comes along, its a 'society scope'

Like your SXP2. (I have my own mount : a DM6) The Vixen is a 'society mount' that i'm looking after for a while.....😉

I thought you where quoted 12-18 months for a SXP2 to turn up.

Since then it's had

• A new Phenolic tube
• Custom printed rings 
• and I need a 1 kg weight o balance it on an AZ100, roll on the Y saddle..

Note: I actual rate the performance of the printed rings as better then the Starlight rings I have on another scope, lighter (100 grams each) and better thermally than metal.. 

I was thinking about someone who has every AP up to 130 mm, most Takahashi flat field APO's made, the list goes on...

Edited June 11, 2023 by Deadlake

[Highburymark]

On 09/06/2023 at 19:17, Stu said:

Oh, and I came up with names for all the fluorite scopes, just because it seems to be the thing to do!

FS-60Q       Freddie 

FC-76DC    Felicity

FC-100DC  Geoffrey

Genesis       Phil

Vixen           Florence

FS-128        Phyllis

There’s some form of twisted logic behind each one which may or may not be obvious/guessable 🤪. It just means two of my floosies are boys!

Can I suggest ‘Liz’ as a name for your 16”Truss Stu?

I can imagine such a big scope nearly wrecked the Stu family economy.

[Stu]

7 minutes ago, Highburymark said:

Can I suggest ‘Liz’ as a name for your 16”Truss Stu?

I can imagine such a big scope nearly wrecked the Stu family economy.

🤣🤣 Actually that honour goes to the LZOS, the 16” was something of a bargain really.

[Sunshine]

Wow what an amazing lineup of refractors! I must admit, from an esthetic POV it’s the Vixen that catches my eye the most. I’m blown away at how close it is in size to the 128 yet it’s a 102, I feel it would give my 102 some stiff competition based on it’s appearance, alone.

Edited June 12, 2023 by Sunshine