Whats in Santa's sack?

[amateur-astro]

What in Santa's sack? 

[LandyJon]

Santa's nuts !

someone had to 🤣

New curtains for my lads bedroom ...

[RimuRidgeRakiura]

My daughter was given this. I think Dad is going to enjoy bed time stories even more than normal!

[wookie1965]

Not all astronomy related but a good haul. 

[DirkSteele]

A nice haul for me, though to make life easier I ordered part of this but my wife wrapped it.  Happy Christmas!

 

 

 

Edited December 25, 2023 by DirkSteele
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[John_D]

From the elder son, should keep me going until Boxing Day 😁

[Zermelo]

In an inspired punt, Santa brought me the one Morpheus needed to complete the set (and the only brand new one I have). Also known here as the "they cost how much?)

... and a Christmas family shot:

 

[Alan White]

59 minutes ago, Zermelo said:

In an inspired punt, Santa brought me the one Morpheus needed to complete the set (and the only brand new one I have). Also known here as the "they cost how much?)

... and a Christmas family shot:

 

Very nice, but look at those gaps, will need filling to stop them getting dusty!

[badhex]

A few bits and bobs from family along with this which had been on my list for a while:

 

[Alan White]

A much wanted and famous book, how on earth did Santa know?

[Saganite]

11 minutes ago, Alan White said:

A much wanted and famous book, how on earth did Santa know?

A great read  Al and mine lives on my bedside cabinet where I can delve into it before sleep.

[Zermelo]

1 hour ago, Alan White said:

Very nice, but look at those gaps, will need filling to stop them getting dusty!

I think that's because the case is also meant for the Hyperions, but I keep a UFF and a zoom in there.

[Nigella Bryant]

I was spoiled again, off axis guider, moon atlas, mini pc, 1Tb SSD and a heated seat for my observatory chair. 

[Paul M]

My main arrival of interest is my new Ras Pi 5. It arrived on Friday, a bit ahead of it's pre-order schedule. The MD got it me for Chrimbo so it was good timing. 

It's going to relieve my Pi 4 from ist's current duty as a remotely sited IP Camera server, which will then be used in my soon to be started all-sky camera project. Actually I'll be using the server on the Pi 5 to disseminate the All-Sky camera imagery (hopefully). So they'll both play a role!

[Louis D]

1 hour ago, Nigella Bryant said:

a heated seat for my observatory chair. 

Just a heads up, I had to swap in a higher amperage (same voltage) power supply for a similar seat heater several years ago.  The one it came with was just too anemic to do much heating.

[Louis D]

Santa brought several filter wallets for my ever growing filter collection, and 1.25" and 2" 650nm shortpass (light cyan) filters to experiment with to cut unfocused red light in my achromats.  Sorry, no photos yet.

[Alan White]

3 hours ago, Zermelo said:

I think that's because the case is also meant for the Hyperions, but I keep a UFF and a zoom in there.

I have a 30 UFF in my case of the same type as well

[Stu]

Great to have the AZ75 back, this time to stay, courtesy of Mum and Dad 😊. I’ve popped a dual format saddle on one side to see how it handles the FS-128 as an easier option for quicker sessions to get more use out of the scope. Seems fine!

[Bugdozer]

Astro Essentials 32mm eyepiece, now all I need is a clear sky! 

Update: finally got to test this out tonight, not ideal with a bright moon but seems to perform excellently, very happy with it! 

Edited December 30, 2023 by Bugdozer

[bosun21]

8 hours ago, Zermelo said:

In an inspired punt, Santa brought me the one Morpheus needed to complete the set (and the only brand new one I have). Also known here as the "they cost how much?)

... and a Christmas family shot:

 

I knew you would end up getting them all 😂. 

[cajen2]

9 hours ago, Zermelo said:

In an inspired punt, Santa brought me the one Morpheus needed to complete the set (and the only brand new one I have). Also known here as the "they cost how much?)

... and a Christmas family shot:

 

You'll like that one, Z - one of the best in the range. It suits my F/7 Starfield 102 perfectly.

[John_D]

12 hours ago, Nigella Bryant said:

I was spoiled again, off axis guider, moon atlas, mini pc, 1Tb SSD and a heated seat for my observatory chair. 

Heated seat sound good - with the possible risk of nodding off if the seeing isn't too good 🥱

[DaveS]

Clouds apparently.

[callisto]

18 hours ago, Zermelo said:

In an inspired punt, Santa brought me the one Morpheus needed to complete the set (and the only brand new one I have). Also known here as the "they cost how much?)

... and a Christmas family shot:

 

Ahh, I love family Christmas piccies with matching PJ's 😊

[tomato]

I always get an Astro notebook for the coming year but this time Mrs Tomato excelled herself and got one more suited to imaging:

I also got a little crystal solar system paperweight, if you look closely there are a couple of huge comets heading our way..