Tony Acorn Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 8 minutes ago, JeremyS said: Bedtime reading for cloudy nights? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Delivered this morning. Not astronomy-related, except that the third more normal-sized book of his that I’m currently already halfway through does describe the night sky quite often. My reading sorted out for a while! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn87 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 On 15/07/2024 at 12:36, Martyn87 said: An AVX Mount that was supposed to include a tripod... Tripod is currently MIA 😭 It turned up! Now just waiting on a power supply and I'll hopefully be in action by the weekend. No doubt the weather will have other plans... 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave scutt Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 (edited) A nice few items thanks @Emperor!Takahashi! Edited July 17 by Dave scutt 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie c Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Just delivered my new (new to me) Sigma 85mm f1.4 lens, seems to be in nice condition hope to try it out later when I get back from work 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zermelo Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 A birthday present from Mrs. Z I've had a quick play with it in the daytime and it works a treat. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratlet Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 1 hour ago, Zermelo said: A birthday present from Mrs. Z I've had a quick play with it in the daytime and it works a treat. It's cracking. Did it come with the Bluetooth shutter control for the phone? They're like £2 if not. My favourite is video calling people to show them a tour of the moon. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zermelo Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 1 hour ago, Ratlet said: It's cracking. Did it come with the Bluetooth shutter control for the phone? They're like £2 if not. My favourite is video calling people to show them a tour of the moon. No, I couldn't think of a use case for the Bluetooth option. I hadn't thought of that one 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosun21 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Finally got myself a grab and go setup. Delivered today a new (to me) small refractor and lightweight alt/az mount. A Williams Optics Zenithstar II ED80mm and a Vixen Porta mount. It also came with a WO 2" dielectric diagonal and RDF. This is what I needed for those breaks in the cloud. 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterStudz Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 @bosun21 that looks ideal and far more suitable than my rather rudimentary (I mean cheap) garb-and-go setup. And man size slow motion controls too. They must be at least 3 feet long 😀 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josefk Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 On 16/07/2024 at 10:57, JeremyS said: Do you intend to build the whole set @JeremyS or will you cherry pick? I'm interested in your opinion of how worthwhile you find these are as "standalone volumes". I like the idea of a shelf full TBH but it bothers me that the series might just stop half way through and half a shelf would (for me) feel like an expensive half built folly...i will probably facilate till the set is fully published and the current volumes 1 to 9 or whatever are impossible to get hold of... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 A new (to me) Giro-WR alt-az mount arrived yesterday from the classifieds, kindly posted by @Littleguy80 and formerly of @Stu. Lovely thing and lets me get my C5 back into regular rotation. Thank you very much indeed for a quick and easy purchase. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleguy80 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 34 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said: A new (to me) Giro-WR alt-az mount arrived yesterday from the classifieds, kindly posted by @Littleguy80 and formerly of @Stu. Lovely thing and lets me get my C5 back into regular rotation. Thank you very much indeed for a quick and easy purchase. Looks great! Very pleased that it’s found a happy new home 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greymouser Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 15 hours ago, PeterStudz said: @bosun21 garb-and-go setup. Please tell me this isn't fancy dress you need for a quick observing session? My imagination is running wild! 😉 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 1 hour ago, GrumpiusMaximus said: A new (to me) Giro-WR alt-az mount arrived yesterday from the classifieds, kindly posted by @Littleguy80 and formerly of @Stu. Lovely thing and lets me get my C5 back into regular rotation. Thank you very much indeed for a quick and easy purchase. It’s a lovely little mount, highly capable and one that I used a lot. Glad that it is still getting good use 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Stu said: It’s a lovely little mount, highly capable and one that I used a lot. Glad that it is still getting good use 👍 The problem now of course is that it has given me the payload capacity for a 4" refractor. Please pray for my bank balance. Edited July 18 by GrumpiusMaximus 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 Not exactly posted, rather collected from a mutually convenient meeting point: a pair of Nikon Astroluxe 18x70, hilariously huge; and a Gitzo fluid head plus Leofoto tripod. All thanks to @Emperor!Takahashi!. I’ve tried out the binoculars terrestrially very quickly (very nice) but that’s not what they’re for. They have individual focus. It’ll be fascinating to compare them to my Zeiss 15x56 which has been until now my go-to astro binocular. Photos (with my little Zeiss 10x32s for comparison): 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 23 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said: The problem now of course is that it has given me the payload capacity for a 4" refractor. Please pray for my bank balance. Tee hee. Plenty of capacity there for you now. The limit actually tends to be the tripod and just ensuring good balance all round. This is a 5.5kg 106mm triplet, a 60mm Tak and TV85 👍 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookie1965 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 I have just got one of the these and it's brilliant. https://www.firstlightoptics.com/tripods/astro-essentials-2-tripod-leg-grips.html?_gl=1*lrqb1t*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTUwMTk5MzU2LjE3MjEzMTA4Nzg.*_ga_F6VGWQ0MW9*MTcyMTMxMDg3OC4xLjAuMTcyMTMxMDg3OC4wLjAuMA.. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn87 Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 7 minutes ago, wookie1965 said: I have just got one of the these and it's brilliant. https://www.firstlightoptics.com/tripods/astro-essentials-2-tripod-leg-grips.html?_gl=1*lrqb1t*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTUwMTk5MzU2LjE3MjEzMTA4Nzg.*_ga_F6VGWQ0MW9*MTcyMTMxMDg3OC4xLjAuMTcyMTMxMDg3OC4wLjAuMA.. I tried to print one of these but my printers waaaay too small, that might be the next upgrade! Unfortunately holding my tripod legs together might be least of my mount issues... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyS Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 5 hours ago, josefk said: Do you intend to build the whole set @JeremyS or will you cherry pick? I'm interested in your opinion of how worthwhile you find these are as "standalone volumes". I like the idea of a shelf full TBH but it bothers me that the series might just stop half way through and half a shelf would (for me) feel like an expensive half built folly...i will probably facilate till the set is fully published and the current volumes 1 to 9 or whatever are impossible to get hold of... I’m just cherry picking. Eg there is a volume just on Magellanic Clouds and another that (by alphabetical chance) is mainly southern constellations. I think there is a could chance the the series remains incomplete. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor!Takahashi! Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 1 hour ago, Captain Scarlet said: a pair of Nikon Astroluxe 18x70, hilariously huge Would you like a svelte and feathery Astroluxe? It is possible. All you need to do is hold the WX for a few minutes 😄 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor!Takahashi! Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 3 minutes ago, Emperor!Takahashi! said: Would you like a svelte and feathery Astroluxe? It is possible. All you need to do is hold the WX for a few minutes 😄 One of these binoculars is 50mm, and the other is 70mm 🤔 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroobel Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 29 minutes ago, wookie1965 said: I have just got one of the these and it's brilliant. https://www.firstlightoptics.com/tripods/astro-essentials-2-tripod-leg-grips.html?_gl=1*lrqb1t*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTUwMTk5MzU2LjE3MjEzMTA4Nzg.*_ga_F6VGWQ0MW9*MTcyMTMxMDg3OC4xLjAuMTcyMTMxMDg3OC4wLjAuMA.. That's clever, I have to print a similar set. 🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffsAndAstro Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 So excited I forgot to take photo: 2 x 5/8th 1/4 unc 20 countersunk bolts. Because I previously ordered 3/8th 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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