Bottletopburly Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 New camera bag to hold the zwo533mc with extensions and cc connected can’t be doing with breaking that down every time shame as the zwo bag is neat just not long enough. BAZ and +Glafnazur 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 L extreme arrived 👍 +RonC and BAZ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 20mm GSO Plossl. I now have the set! +Streetbob and +Glafnazur 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 25mm Takahashi Abbe orthoscopic. I now have the set! +Glafnazur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Tv Panoptic 35mm Second hand purchase in lovely condition. My first 2" glass since selling my old 31 Nagler back in early 2019. This is quite a bit smaller and lighter than that, but its still a sizeable lump. A low power option for my 140 refractor giving 28x magnification. It should work well with my 2x Powermate too. Even with a biggish 2" mirror diagonal it needs 75mm of out focus travel to come to focus : more than i was expecting. +Glafnazur, Nightspore and +Streetbob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 5 hours ago, Bino-viewer said: Tv Panoptic 35mm Second hand purchase in lovely condition. My first 2" glass since selling my old 31 Nagler back in early 2019. This is quite a bit smaller and lighter than that, but its still a sizeable lump. A low power option for my 140 refractor giving 28x magnification. It should work well with my 2x Powermate too. Even with a biggish 2" mirror diagonal it needs 75mm of out focus travel to come to focus : more than i was expecting. Very nice. I have the 27mm Pan', it's one of my favourites. +Bino-viewer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+seven_legs Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 17 hours ago, Bino-viewer said: Tv Panoptic 35mm Second hand purchase in lovely condition. My first 2" glass since selling my old 31 Nagler back in early 2019. This is quite a bit smaller and lighter than that, but its still a sizeable lump. A low power option for my 140 refractor giving 28x magnification. It should work well with my 2x Powermate too. Even with a biggish 2" mirror diagonal it needs 75mm of out focus travel to come to focus : more than i was expecting. Nice Eyepiece. Hope to have a view through it one night +Bino-viewer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Not sure what it is exactly. I'll do a write-up after I get to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newtyng5 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 On 04/09/2021 at 18:39, Bino-viewer said: Tv Panoptic 35mm Second hand purchase in lovely condition. My first 2" glass since selling my old 31 Nagler back in early 2019. This is quite a bit smaller and lighter than that, but its still a sizeable lump. A low power option for my 140 refractor giving 28x magnification. It should work well with my 2x Powermate too. Even with a biggish 2" mirror diagonal it needs 75mm of out focus travel to come to focus : more than i was expecting. I have the 41 Pan , nice eyepieces! Good choice Bino +Bino-viewer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post +Bino-viewer Posted September 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2021 One has acquired a new light bucket........🤭 A 10" Orion Optics CT10 (F4.8 1200mm short tube) Second hand purchase. +Streetbob, +Derbyshire Dave, +Glafnazur and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Streetbob Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Mm. Tasty. What are you going to mount it on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bino-viewer Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 +Derbyshire Dave, +Glafnazur and +Streetbob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Got this today for grab and go. I've never used an alt az mount. I think I'll be getting rid of my SW Star Adventurer mount now as I've hardly used it. BAZ, philjay, +Bino-viewer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) Very nice, versatile scopes them, had a few maks of various sizes over the years myself and loved em. However grab and go yes from a weight and convenience point of view but they need to be put outside well in advance of observing to acclimate to get the best from them. My first Mak (127) I thought was a dudd, the views were awful, then a learned old hand mentioned I should be letting it cool longer. I remember fondly the sharp views of Saturn my 127 gave me after it cooled properly. Edited September 26, 2021 by philjay +Glafnazur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 14 minutes ago, philjay said: Very nice, versatile scopes them, had a few maks of various sizes over the years myself and loved em. However grab and go yes from a weight and convenience point of view but they need to be put outside well in advance of observing to acclimate to get the best from them. My first Mak (127) I thought was a dudd, the views were awful, then a learned old hand mentioned I should be letting it cool longer. I remember fondly the sharp views of Saturn my 127 gave me after it cooled properly. What length of time do you reckon for a 127 mak Phil? I can always use a small refractor whilst it cools down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) Depends on where you store it and what the outside temperature is. If you store it in a nice warm heated room and take it out on a minus 5 winter night then a good 1/2 to an hour. If your using it on a balmy summers evening then not much at all. I used to give my 180 mak a good hour no matter what Edited September 26, 2021 by philjay +Glafnazur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Postman’s been , Baader Steeltrack for Newtonian and I’m impressed initial thoughts are is this feels like quality well made German engineering,smooth ,rock solid , now just to wait for my deepskydad bracket for my autofocus unit to fit the steeltrack which pavel is sending . +Streetbob, BAZ and +Bino-viewer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 You will appreciate the improvement it will make over a stock focuser, particularly the slow speed wheel. Looks like a project for the weekend then Dave! Bottletopburly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 16 minutes ago, BAZ said: You will appreciate the improvement it will make over a stock focuser, particularly the slow speed wheel. Looks like a project for the weekend then Dave! I’m going to wait for my auto focuser bracket which I’m hoping will be here next week , Pavle at Deepskydad has printed an aperture mask which he has been testing so I told him to wait until he was happy with that then send one of those too , but it will be on in the next week or so I’ve a few days off between now and Xmas so I will have time to tinker about. BAZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Streetbob Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Very nice. Don’t forget to post a photo of it fitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Aperture mask fitted to 200pds from deepskydad 👍 I’d seen Pavle post on his YouTube channel he was developing a mask so ordered one and sent mirror measurement for the 200pds ,first mask fitted(prototype) but needed tweaked second mask a lot better thicker , more stiffer now fitted to mirror fits snuggly into ota all 3D printed and arrived in three parts , simply bolted together . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Just picked up a Tecnosky 70mm finder scope from a very nice man in Leicester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 S11 filter +Glafnazur, BAZ and +Graham 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Well done David. They are what I run. Good filters. 👍 Bottletopburly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 New addition as the qhy290mm playing up so hopefully this zwo120mm will be sufficient for guiding needs . +Glafnazur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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