cajen2 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 2 hours ago, Zermelo said: DHL delivered the Bresser 10" that I bought on sale: I'm glad I didn't go for a 12" ! This will be quite enough to handle. I've not used a Dob before, but I'm quite happy with the build and finish of this one, in the lounge at least. I'll be replacing the Bresser finder shoes with some Synta-type ones that I have already. I'll be using one of my RACIs instead of the supplied finder, and I need to decide whether to pair it with a red dot or fit a Telrad base. I already have a magnetic inclinometer, and I'll investigate some sort of printed setting circles. The Hexafoc focuser is decent enough, and will probably be sufficient, but I might swap in the fine focus kit from my Bresser frac. Nice job, Z! I think with the RACI, the RDF will be fine but I know others are addicted to Telrads.... Suck it and see. Fine focus is so good to have....😉 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Challen Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) On 19/01/2024 at 19:36, Stu said: A SvBony 3 to 8mm zoom for me. Having borrowed Paul’s and been very impressed by it, I ordered one and it came very quickly. Been viewing Jupiter with it tonight, though the seeing is not great. On 19/01/2024 at 19:49, glafnazur said: These keep getting great write ups so I have gone ahead and ordered one. Check that the barrel doesn't contact the mirror/prism in your diagonals. The barrel is quite long, and does make contact with the diagonal I use. A parfocal ring/s solves this, PM me if you want one or both, I have two spare. Edited January 22 by Roy Challen 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, Roy Challen said: Check that the barrel doesn't contact the mirror/prism in your diagonals. The barrel is quite long, and does make contact with the diagonal I use. A parfocal ring/s solves this, PM me if you want one or both, I have two spare. Thanks Roy. It’s not an issue normally for me, as I use a 2” Clicklock for binoviewing then put a 1.25” in to use 1.25” eyepieces, that gives enough distance for it not to be an issue. I’ll be mindful though if I use it in my T2 prism with just a 1.25” Clicklock on it. I have a parfocal ring on my Nag Zoom for that reason. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan White Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Postie has been with a little bundle of joy this morning. Adding to my slowly returning and growing DeLite collection, thanks to @Stridor for this one. and sat with its friends in my Oklop eyepiece bag, that I highly recommend for flexibility and price. and yesterday a little gift from my friend up north to put my Vixen Porta and tripod in 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 7 hours ago, Alan White said: Postie has been with a little bundle of joy this morning. Adding to my slowly returning and growing DeLite collection, thanks to @Stridor for this one. and sat with its friends in my Oklop eyepiece bag, that I highly recommend for flexibility and price. and yesterday a little gift from my friend up north to put my Vixen Porta and tripod in Good to see my 13-&-7 siblings getting on with new cousins 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigella Bryant Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) Just had these two short cables for powering my focuser's from the new Cq350 mount hub. Sooo disappointed it didn't contain snow. They shouldn't say, " may contain snow" if there's not a chance, but I guess their get out clause is, "May." Edited January 24 by Nigella Bryant 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongJohn54 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Last March I was looking for a new scope/camera combination and had pretty much decided on the Askar 107PDQ and a ZWO cmos camera. However, I saw the Askar 130PDQ and spotted a review at the bottom of the page by someone called Lee who I discovered was @Lee_P I had a read (excellent review) and looked for images here and on Astrobin. I found some great images and most (at the time) were taken with the ZWO 2600MC camera. So, a change of plan. I bought the bigger scope and priced up the camera, OAG and guide camera and set about getting the extra cash needed. Whilst saving I noticed ZWO had released a new camera, the ZWO 2600MC Duo with a built in guide camera. Wooo, interesting. 😁 Another change of plan. The only problem was there were none available. FLO showed out of stock all summer and into the autumn. Then FLO/ZWO had a black friday sale. £250(ish) off. Can't ignore that so I hit the buy button and sat back and waited. And waited. On 8th January I emailed FLO asking for an update and within the hour had a reply from Grant. (Excellent response as usual). There were manufacturing delays on anything with the 2600 imaging chip but the camera should be arriving soon. No snow 🤣 but hiding underneath was a very smart box. Inside the box was (after carefully opening and unpacking) Am I excited? 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_P Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, LongJohn54 said: Last March I was looking for a new scope/camera combination and had pretty much decided on the Askar 107PDQ and a ZWO cmos camera. However, I saw the Askar 130PDQ and spotted a review at the bottom of the page by someone called Lee who I discovered was @Lee_P I had a read (excellent review) and looked for images here and on Astrobin. I found some great images and most (at the time) were taken with the ZWO 2600MC camera. So, a change of plan. I bought the bigger scope and priced up the camera, OAG and guide camera and set about getting the extra cash needed. Whilst saving I noticed ZWO had released a new camera, the ZWO 2600MC Duo with a built in guide camera. Wooo, interesting. 😁 Another change of plan. The only problem was there were none available. FLO showed out of stock all summer and into the autumn. Then FLO/ZWO had a black friday sale. £250(ish) off. Can't ignore that so I hit the buy button and sat back and waited. And waited. On 8th January I emailed FLO asking for an update and within the hour had a reply from Grant. (Excellent response as usual). There were manufacturing delays on anything with the 2600 imaging chip but the camera should be arriving soon. No snow 🤣 but hiding underneath was a very smart box. Inside the box was (after carefully opening and unpacking) Am I excited? This is great to hear, you're going to have a brilliant time with the 130PHQ and 2600MC Duo! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan White Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 3 hours ago, Nigella Bryant said: Sooo disappointed it didn't contain snow. They shouldn't say, " may contain snow" if there's not a chance, but I guess their get out clause is, "May." Nigella, I fully understand, but how would you feel if the snow had melted and made all the new kit wet through? Always a positive outcome 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigella Bryant Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 27 minutes ago, Alan White said: Nigella, I fully understand, but how would you feel if the snow had melted and made all the new kit wet through? Always a positive outcome 😉 I thought of that to Alan, 😆 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu1smartcookie Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Enough of this snow talk ! ( although I do prefer it to rain … hey, I’m talking about it now zzz) Anyway back to business. The parcel butchers that are DHL or as they will now be known as DropHideLose your parcel ! Slung my new scope off the van as witnessed by a colleague , but luckily everything survived, including my new 180 Maksutov from FLO . Already tried it out in the moon , which is all but full . And I was indoors , the views were predictably brilliant . However , a couple of gripes … why do we still get the 2” visual back without a compression ring ? Why include the two pathetic EPs ( you know the ones you get with an st80, and why do we have to suffer the cheapo 2”diagonal which seems to be thrown together using a couple of pieces of old iron? sort it out Sky-Watcher ! especially as the scope looks so beautiful 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy D Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 7 minutes ago, Stu1smartcookie said: Why include the two pathetic EPs ( you know the ones you get with an st80, and why do we have to suffer the cheapo 2”diagonal which seems to be thrown together using a couple of pieces of old iron? What? You get eyepieces and a diagonal thrown in for 'free'? 😁 I'm surprised, on a scope of this calibre, that you get any of that. My iOptron RC6 had none of that and not even a finder of any type. I actually prefer that they do not supply me with these cheap accessories, so I can put the money saved towards quality ones. I understand supplying the complete kit when it is a beginner scope, but this really isn't. Hopefully, you will enjoy it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu1smartcookie Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 10 minutes ago, Mandy D said: What? You get eyepieces and a diagonal thrown in for 'free'? 😁 I'm surprised, on a scope of this calibre, that you get any of that. My iOptron RC6 had none of that and not even a finder of any type. I actually prefer that they do not supply me with these cheap accessories, so I can put the money saved towards quality ones. I understand supplying the complete kit when it is a beginner scope, but this really isn't. Hopefully, you will enjoy it. Absolutely, this scope isn’t aimed at beginners so just lower the price and let us choose the accessories. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosun21 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 10 hours ago, Stu1smartcookie said: Enough of this snow talk ! ( although I do prefer it to rain … hey, I’m talking about it now zzz) Anyway back to business. The parcel butchers that are DHL or as they will now be known as DropHideLose your parcel ! Slung my new scope off the van as witnessed by a colleague , but luckily everything survived, including my new 180 Maksutov from FLO . Already tried it out in the moon , which is all but full . And I was indoors , the views were predictably brilliant . However , a couple of gripes … why do we still get the 2” visual back without a compression ring ? Why include the two pathetic EPs ( you know the ones you get with an st80, and why do we have to suffer the cheapo 2”diagonal which seems to be thrown together using a couple of pieces of old iron? sort it out Sky-Watcher ! especially as the scope looks so beautiful Lovely scope Stu. I am considering buying one for myself for the planets next apparition. What are you going to mount it on? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu1smartcookie Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) 2 hours ago, bosun21 said: Lovely scope Stu. I am considering buying one for myself for the planets next apparition. What are you going to mount it on? This is my next project Ian , as I don’t have a tracking mount . At present I am using the sabre mount which is brilliant for visual and holds both the 200 newt and the Mak . I need a quiet mount . The AVX I had was far too noisy and would have disturbed the neighbours kids especially on those late summer evenings . I also want something light in weight . My mate has an AM5 and I was looking at the AM3 , maybe the option equivalent? .. a bit too expensive at present so I thought about an EQ5 with motors as I am not into AP . I have the staresense unit so I can manually slew to the target and then start tracking .Anyway enough to ponder Stu Edited January 25 by Stu1smartcookie Spelling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleguy80 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Pack of grub screws to replace a missing one from my Tak MEF3 microfocuser. If anyone else is missing one then give me a shout as I have spares 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuburbanMak Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Joining the SV Bony 3-8mm Zoom club… 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glafnazur Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 On 25/01/2024 at 22:22, SuburbanMak said: Joining the SV Bony 3-8mm Zoom club… Used mine for the first time tonight on Jupiter and I was well impressed with how it performed. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Oddities Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Le postier delivered this nice ASI533MM Pro camera this morning. Courtesy of a French gentleman who is sadly stopping the hobby due to health problems. I can't help but feel a bit like a vulture, when someone sells their equipment due to health issues... At least the camera will be put to good use. I wasn't planning on getting this camera yet, but the seller was offering a fair price, and I figured I could sell my ASI1600MM for the same price. So it's more of a swap, really. Somehow I still consider this an upgrade over the venerable ASI1600MM. The sensor is slightly smaller and square, but with a much better tech inside: no amp glow, better sensitivity, better dynamic range... And less vignette with my 1.25" filters. And easier rotations since it's a square sensor. Oh and farewell, microlensing effect! You won't be missed! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu1smartcookie Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 33 minutes ago, Space Oddities said: I can't help but feel a bit like a vulture, when someone sells their equipment due to health issues... At least the camera will be put to good use. No need to feel like that ( although understandable in the circumstances ) , i'm sure the seller is very happy that you will get the use from the camera 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kon Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Not the post man but me doing a 5hr round trip to Essex to collect an almost brand new 12" goto. 8" next to it for comparison. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saganite Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Very nice ! Hope you enjoy that . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saganite Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 This beauty arrived a short while ago, the only one of the range I have not tried before. I also have the Pentax XW 3.5mm so maybe a comparison is on the cards, though I know which one I am keeping already.... 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saganite Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) This Lyra Optic 102mm f11 was collected a week ago but had first light last night. Edited January 31 by Saganite 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu1smartcookie Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 14 minutes ago, Saganite said: This Lyra Optic 102mm f11 was collected a week ago but had first light last night. I recognise that scope ... its certainly found a wonderful home 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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