What did the postman bring? V2

[LondonNeil]

6 hours ago, SuburbanMak said:

I was the postman today - great to meet up with @LondonNeil to pass on the Skymax 127.  
The pang of regret at parting with a much loved ‘scope eased by knowing its going to a good home and by the excitement of heading over to meet up with @astro_al to pick up his lovely Takahashi FS60-Q, complete with Feathertouch focuser. 
Inevitably cloudy tonight but it’s all looking good on the mount! 

Yes great to meet you Mark, a gent!  I'm very pleased to have your Mak127 ... the weather forecast is annoying though!

That set up looks good now Mark!  SuburbanTak indeed!

[astro_al]

7 hours ago, SuburbanMak said:

I was the postman today - great to meet up with @LondonNeil to pass on the Skymax 127.  
The pang of regret at parting with a much loved ‘scope eased by knowing its going to a good home and by the excitement of heading over to meet up with @astro_al to pick up his lovely Takahashi FS60-Q, complete with Feathertouch focuser. 
Inevitably cloudy tonight but it’s all looking good on the mount! 

Great to meet you too @SuburbanMak! That set up looks very nice indeed. I bet that 30mm UFF will be good in the FS60Q  👍

[SuburbanMak]

1 hour ago, LondonNeil said:

Yes great to meet you Mark, a gent!  I'm very pleased to have your Mak127 ... the weather forecast is annoying though!

That set up looks good now Mark!  SuburbanTak indeed!

Likewise great to meet you Neil - look forward to reading of your adventures with the mighty Mak! 
With all these new telescopes though we have pretty much guaranteed cloud for the foreseeable! 

[SuburbanMak]

1 hour ago, astro_al said:

Great to meet you too @SuburbanMak! That set up looks very nice indeed. I bet that 30mm UFF will be good in the FS60Q  👍

Thanks Al - it’s been a very enjoyable transaction and great to meet up in person (& see all your fab ‘scopes!). 
The 30mm should give me 3.5 degrees in Q mode and just under 6 degree field in CB, widefields all round! 

I’ve lots of exciting options to test out once the sky clears, hadn’t registered with me that the Feathertouch will fit on the DC  so thanks for that nugget too. 

[MalcolmP]

On 01/02/2024 at 13:56, MalcolmP said:

A very modest little investment - 20m active USB cable.
Now I will be able to stay in the warm while my DSLR+lens continues its EAA experiment outside
assuming I can find some software that will work on my old win7,
NINA wants win 10 or 11,  and Sharpcap protests that my processor lacks an instruction set ( that's a new one, never had that before ! )

 

Starting with when I ordered it the Metoffice has reported

 

 

and is continuing like this for the next week at least.
What I want to know is : how did the cloudgods know that a humble usb cable was going to be used for Astro? I blame them for dabbling in AI ??!
 

[LondonNeil]

3 hours ago, SuburbanMak said:

Likewise great to meet you Neil - look forward to reading of your adventures with the mighty Mak! 
With all these new telescopes though we have pretty much guaranteed cloud for the foreseeable! 

Oh I expect CNs for a looooong while!  I've got the Hyperion I mentioned on its way ... in fact along with several others!  All bought from another member. 

I'm also waiting on FLO having ordered the gtix and decent tripod, extension tube and dovetail...... hopefully all the bits needed for the new double set up (st120 and mak127), although I'm sure to have forgotten some screws or something that will have me even more frustrated!

While spending far too much at FLO I pushed the boat and added a 1.25" X 32mm plossl for some low mag searching with the Mak.  Just an astro essentials so not costly but judging by the reviews they seem well regarded, even bargain category.  From what I read 30-32mm in a 1.25" is the longest FL before the FOV gets restricted,  otherwise I'd have looked for a 40mm.

With all that on the way it'll be cloudy for quite a while! 😂

[DirkSteele]

Technically I was the postman as I picked these bad boys up at AstroFest yesterday. Looking forward to trying them out.

[DirkSteele]

Actually forgot to add these to the thread last week. Two books and a tripod riser (that was very expensive for what it is but wasn’t prepared to sacrifice any stability) because the Sightron mount impacts the top of the Gitzo tripods due to  their triangular top surface (apparently for extra rigidity) so I needed an inch of extra clearance. Seems like a bit of a design oversight really.

 

 

Edited February 4 by DirkSteele
Typo, what else?

[Highburymark]

1 hour ago, DirkSteele said:

Technically I was the postman as I picked these bad boys up at AstroFest yesterday. Looking forward to trying them out.

Very nice Matthew. Similarly inspired, I picked up these two in the past week.

[JeremyS]

1 hour ago, DirkSteele said:

Technically I was the postman as I picked these bad boys up at AstroFest yesterday. Looking forward to trying them out.

Lovely 👍🏻

But must have cost an 💪🏻 and a 🦵🏻

🤣

[DirkSteele]

5 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Lovely 👍🏻

But must have cost an 💪🏻 and a 🦵🏻

🤣

Certainly not cheap, but there was about a 5% discount from the list price.

[DirkSteele]

29 minutes ago, Highburymark said:

Very nice Matthew. Similarly inspired, I picked up these two in the past week.

Good choices. I certainly see the 6mm in my future.

[JeremyS]

1 minute ago, DirkSteele said:

Certainly not cheap, but there was about a 5% discount from the list price.

I tried that argument on my wife: the more I buy, the more I save 😊

[Greymouser]

Got this a few days ago, only posting now because I have been so busy.

F5 Newtonian, bought to test myself regarding collimation, as I have been considering going large! ( Aperture fever... ) I have had a F5 newt in the past, a Skywatcher 150p, but it came perfectly collimated and stayed that way, so I was never tested. I also got a Cheshire and a cap to aid things. I will probably be seeking advice, when I finally get to try it out!

Of course, my plans may now be changed, after seeing various peoples results with the Seestar!

[F15Rules]

On 04/02/2024 at 16:48, DirkSteele said:

Technically I was the postman as I picked these bad boys up at AstroFest yesterday. Looking forward to trying them out.

Did you pick them up with a Fork Lift, Matthew??😄

Dave

[F15Rules]

Not THE Postman..but huge thanks to Tim (@Franklin) for personally delivering this beautiful scope and case of LVW eyepieces on Sunday.

Great to meet Tim, and a real nice gent!👍

With grateful thanks!

Dave

Edited February 13 by F15Rules
Typo

[mikeDnight]

The postman brought me something this afternoon, a Vixen APZ. And although I haven't used it in anger as yet, it certainly appears to be very nice both mechanically and aesthetically. 

 

The instruction manual says "This Way Up!" in Japanese.

Edited February 9 by mikeDnight

[glafnazur]

That's a beautiful mount 🤤

[F15Rules]

17 minutes ago, mikeDnight said:

The postman brought me something this afternoon, a Vixen APZ. And although I haven't used it in anger as yet, it certainly appears to be very nice both mechanically and aesthetically. 

 

The instruction manual says "This Way Up!" in Japanese.

Lovely Mike..

That mount looks as if it was made for that Tak!👍

Dave

[JeremyS]

16 minutes ago, F15Rules said:

Lovely Mike..

That mount looks as if it was made for that Tak!👍

Dave

Either that or he’s whistling loudly while he sneaks a white Vixen tube in past his wife 🤔

[Telescope40]

2 hours ago, F15Rules said:

Lovely Mike..

That mount looks as if it was made for that Tak!👍

Dave

Dave. Made for a Vixen 115 too.  Just saying  🤣

John 

[mikeDnight]

2 hours ago, Telescope40 said:

Dave. Made for a Vixen 115 too.  Just saying  🤣

John 

I think I could be tempted to exchange it with F15Rules (Dave) for his rusty - sorry - trusty old EM mount. 😂

[Ags]

A huge astroday for me. FLO's courier brought me a HEM15, ASI120MM and an AsiAir Mini - so tiny!

[callisto]

28 minutes ago, Ags said:

A huge astroday for me. FLO's courier brought me a HEM15, ASI120MM and an AsiAir Mini - so tiny!

Enjoy  

Mark.

[mikeDnight]

Anyone else fed-up with these postmen leaving rubbish in your porch?