Littleguy80 Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Must be a day for tripods. Berlebach Uni-18 for the 4” Tak. Based on a quick test it’s way more stable than the carbon fibre tripod I have been using. I have to put it away now until Santa can deliver it a second time 🎅🏼 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cjg Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 1 minute ago, Littleguy80 said: Must be a day for tripods. Berlebach Uni-18 for the 4” Tak. Based on a quick test it’s way more stable than the carbon fibre tripod I have been using. I have to put it away now until Santa can deliver it a second time 🎅🏼 Great set up, Neil! Love my Berlebach, perfect on the freezing cold nights too. Only what, 70 days until Christmas too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosun21 Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 34 minutes ago, RobertI said: Feel free to start a thread documenting your EAA journey. 🙂 Interested to see how you get on. I will do just that as soon as my other bits arrives this week. Oh and a clear night! Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleguy80 Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 13 minutes ago, Cjg said: Great set up, Neil! Love my Berlebach, perfect on the freezing cold nights too. Only what, 70 days until Christmas too! Thanks Chris. Hadn’t thought about the wood being good for the cold too. Yep, the kids and I are excited for it now 😂 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Another big box delivered from Japan. 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosun21 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 DPD dropped off a few more bits and pieces from FLO for my new endeavor. An Asiair plus, finder shoe and a couple of cables. Wish me luck 🤞. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhb1966 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 A quick release clamp and finder shoe for my new mount connector plus a special cable from pierro astro for directly connecting an atlas eqg mount with a pc, removing the mount's handheld controller .... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerlord Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Little and large! Though tbh side by side there's not as big a difference in size as I thought. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Neal Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 £56 Xcel lx 25mm arrived today via Aliexpress. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Raven Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Altair Ha Sii Oiii DualBand ULTRA 4nm Filter COMBO 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkSteele Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Decided to get the Baader 2” click lock adaptor for my Takahashi FC-100DC. Also decided to pick up an OIII filter as well. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badhex Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Ordered a cheap Mak > SCT adaptor from a business on ebay which was supposed to arrive aeons ago but never did, so the seller gave me a refund. Adaptor has now turned up! It's actually decent quality too which is good; since it was pretty cheap it was always a bit of a gamble as I've heard quite a lot of reports of the internal threads not fitting the Mak threading correctly. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 After a very extended multi-leg boomerang journey through most of the British Isles, this finally arrived courtesy of @Stu (and NOT courtesy of An Post 🤬) Magnus 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badhex Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 The first issue of my astronomy now subscription came with a coupon code for £5 off this special on Saturn making it only £7 delivered, so I couldn't resist. Only had a quick flick through so far but looks great! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosun21 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 (edited) On 27/10/2023 at 15:16, badhex said: Ordered a cheap Mak > SCT adaptor from a business on ebay which was supposed to arrive aeons ago but never did, so the seller gave me a refund. Adaptor has now turned up! It's actually decent quality too which is good; since it was pretty cheap it was always a bit of a gamble as I've heard quite a lot of reports of the internal threads not fitting the Mak threading correctly. I bought one of those from eBay when I owned a 127 but found that the threads were wrong on the telescope side. I ended up buying one from FLO. I still have it. Why I know not 🙄. I hope you have better luck than me. Edited October 30, 2023 by bosun21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Captain Scarlet said: After a very extended multi-leg boomerang journey through most of the British Isles, this finally arrived courtesy of @Stu (and NOT courtesy of An Post 🤬) Magnus Thank goodness for that Magnus! Finally..... Just have to wait for Storm Ciaran to clear off now and hope for some sun! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 9 minutes ago, Stu said: Thank goodness for that Magnus! Finally..... Just have to wait for Storm Ciaran to clear off now and hope for some sun! Actually today is just such a day! Amazing views, far better than with solar film. Sun getting a bit low now but this is a whole new dimension. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badhex Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 2 hours ago, bosun21 said: I bought one of those from eBay when I owned a 127 but found that the threads were wrong on the telescope side. I ended up buying one from FLO. I still have it. Why I know not 🙄. I hope you have better luck than me. To be honest, I would much rather buy from and support a real astro supplier like FLO, and have a guaranteed high quality product and the high quality service that goes with it! That said, I'm pretty skint at the moment so I'm making do with cheaper bits and bobs for now until I'm flush again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badhex Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Captain Scarlet said: Actually today is just such a day! Amazing views, far better than with solar film. Sun getting a bit low now but this is a whole new dimension. Magnus I can't be the only one who looks at your outrageously good horizons and becomes instantly and insanely jealous each and every time 😂 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosun21 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Just now, badhex said: To be honest, I would much rather buy from and support a real astro supplier like FLO, and have a guaranteed high quality product and the high quality service that goes with it! That said, I'm pretty skint at the moment so I'm making do with cheaper bits and bobs for now until I'm flush again. I know the feeling very well as this hobby gets expensive fast. Have you tried it yet to see if it screws on to your 127?. I'll keep my fingers crossed that it does 🤞. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badhex Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, bosun21 said: I know the feeling very well as this hobby gets expensive fast. Have you tried it yet to see if it screws on to your 127?. I'll keep my fingers crossed that it does 🤞. Cheers, yes, thankfully it works! It's actually a surprisingly nice adaptor, complete with lens spanner holes. Ironically, perhaps, it's not the only adaptor I now need. I'm actually changing the visual back on my Skymax 102 since the stock one is a bit rubbish. I have a two part SCT > T2 adaptor already which came as part of a Bresser T2 extension set, however it turns out that it has some lateral wiggle prior to clamping it down, meaning that can easily end up uncentred. @globular has the same adaptor, and they measured it at 0.5mm off. Not a lot, but still not ideal. The upshot is that I have now made another cheapo ebay adaptor purchase of an SCT > T2 adaptor - so you can keep your fingers crossed until that one arrives 😂 Edited October 30, 2023 by badhex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zermelo Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1 hour ago, badhex said: Magnus I can't be the only one who looks at your outrageously good horizons and becomes instantly and insanely jealous each and every time 😂 Horizon Envy is perhaps worse even than Aperture Fever. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badhex Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 9 minutes ago, Zermelo said: Horizon Envy is perhaps worse even than Aperture Fever. Definitely! At least you can always buy a bigger scope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glafnazur Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 2 hours ago, badhex said: Magnus I can't be the only one who looks at your outrageously good horizons and becomes instantly and insanely jealous each and every time 😂 I was thinking the same thing, way better than all the trees and houses that surround me 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zermelo Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Courtesy of @Moonshed , this nice little diagonal. I already had its bigger brother, which I like, but this one is much lighter. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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