What did the postman bring? V2

[bosun21]

46 minutes ago, Alan White said:

Postie Pete has just visited with a little purchase from @FLO.

Having had days of sun and solar observing, I burnt my head or boiled under my night monks hood.

So another one but white this time.

R-Sky are now made in USA and not Russia, I am sure because of certain 'Special Operations'.

I will report back in due course, 

parcel arrived with the promised clouds.

Interested to hear how you get on with it. I am thinking of getting a black one for night observing.

[robbie c]

Decided it was time to trade in my old canon  1100d for a 6d it’s the first time I’ve used MPB got to say great service from them and a good price for my old canon. Just fitted the Samyang 14mm lens I got a couple of weeks ago can’t wait to try then both out 

Edited May 14 by robbie c

[JeremyS]

3 hours ago, Alan White said:

Postie Pete has just visited with a little purchase from @FLO.

Having had days of sun and solar observing, I burnt my head or boiled under my night monks hood.

So another one but white this time.

R-Sky are now made in USA and not Russia, I am sure because of certain 'Special Operations'.

I will report back in due course, 

parcel arrived with the promised clouds.

Looks smart, Alan.

You’ve definitely got to cover your R-Sky 🤣👍🏻

[Alan White]

4 hours ago, bosun21 said:

Interested to hear how you get on with it. I am thinking of getting a black one for night observing.

I already have the black one for night and its super, if you look in the reviews section Richard Hather reviewed one some time ago.
Highly recommend it to keep stray light from the peripheral vision.

[crush]

Today the postman has been very good to me. Starfield 102, Starfield Herschel wedge, Baader 2 inch clicklock star diagonal and 2 inch to 1.25 adapter. Still a bit giddy. How do you get rid of the clouds?

[inedible_hulk]

31 minutes ago, crush said:

How do you get rid of the clouds?

With that lot, wait six months 🤣

[crush]

So it is relative to what you get! 🤣

[Alan White]

14 hours ago, crush said:

So it is relative to what you get! 🤣

Oh very much so, a small filter maybe 1 days worth, an eyepiece a week, but a scope and parts welllll................

[Vroobel]

On 13/05/2024 at 18:24, Vroobel said:

Thanks for the info, I will look at the soldering iron too. 👍

I also work on my project, hopefully finished now. I got 2GT pulley and timing belt to drive a focusing ring of my Sigma 40mm F/1.4 Art lens. 

 

 

Finally satisfied. 😁

 

 

[Vroobel]

Well, I changed mind and rearranged it again, but nothing significant. 🙂

The postman left my another parcel at wrong address. Anyway, thanks to @paul mc c I have 5th setup equipped with a Losmandy plate, now it's my 102ED F/11 planet killer. I had to enlarge two holes to adapt the plate to M6 thread at tube rings.

 

 

[Ratlet]

8 hours ago, Vroobel said:

 

Finally satisfied. 😁

 

 

There is something incredibly satisfying about the lens arrangement.  There's a late 80's/early 90's anime mech aesthetic.

[ED Splitter]

14 hours ago, Ratlet said:

There is something incredibly satisfying about the lens arrangement.  There's a late 80's/early 90's anime mech aesthetic.

Reminds me of Johnny 5!

[Pixies]

That's the Summer nights sorted! 

[bosun21]

DPD and the postie deliveries today. A 24mm UFF eyepiece, a Baader SkySurfer III and a finder shoe.

 

[PatientObserver]

I might be crazy, but I liked my Takahashi Turret so much, I bought a 2" Turret from 2047Studio. As Masuyama eyepieces are relatively low mass compared to other 2" eyepieces, and I was interested in trying them anyway, I bought the MOP 20, 26, and 32 mm eyepieces. The eyepieces arrived today.

Here they are populating the turret. Not sure what I want for the fourth slot yet.

[ST_Steve]

A couple of deliveries today 

2” BBHS mirror diagonal and 2” to 1.25” ClickLock reducer, plus an APM 30mm UFF and 60mm finderscope.

[Vroobel]

Thanks to @astro_al and the RM finally I have a nice pair of Baader Genuine Ortho 18mm which I can compare with another pair - Baader Classic Ortho 18mm. 🙂

 

 

[Mr_Cat]

Post day
An observing vest with a hood - I didn't know these were a thing until I saw a classified for one! and a shiny new Bahtinov mask

 

[Mr Spock]

Yet another scope for my collection... SL 6" CC.

[ST_Steve]

Mr DPD just dropped off this nice Geoptik padded telescope bag. Perfect for my 8”CC and I can even leave the finder attached! There’s a strap for securing the tube and also included was a small accessory bag (not padded).

Excellent service from RVO ordered 15:45 yesterday and delivered 13:40 today.

 

Edited Friday at 14:41 by ST_Steve

[ST_Steve]

3 minutes ago, Mr Spock said:

Yet another scope for my collection... SL 6" CC.

Nice Michael, I hope this scope will help with your doubles observations.😀

[M40]

A really nice gimbal tripod head landed today from K&F concept. It's designed for cameras but works perfectly for the binoculars 

 

 

[Dave scutt]

Going to have some fun making this.

[Dave scutt]

Took just under a day to make.

Don't try to make it if you have a bad back as mine is broken now.

No beans so had to use soup

[wesdon1]

On 14/05/2024 at 12:38, robbie c said:

Decided it was time to trade in my old canon  1100d for a 6d it’s the first time I’ve used MPB got to say great service from them and a good price for my old canon. Just fitted the Samyang 14mm lens I got a couple of weeks ago can’t wait to try then both out 

@robbie c Rob I have used MPB for the last few years and I absolutely love them! Their prices are brilliant and I literally cannot fathom why anyone would spend £100's or even £1k+ on a brand new camera when for less than half the money you can get a brilliant condition, low shutter count Camera that will do the EXACT same job and last you years if needed!? I never buy new since finding them! ( as a side note, their packaging they send your camera/gear in is lovely too! ) 

Edited Monday at 12:59 by wesdon1
missed a bit