ICEINSPACE
|
Moon Phase
CURRENT MOON
Waxing Gibbous 78.8%
|
|
08-03-2019, 02:00 PM
|
 |
Novichok test rabbit
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Somewhere in the cosmos...
Posts: 10,388
|
|
|
Telescope name change
Renamed my darling FSQ-106N today to "Cricket"...because all I hear is cricket's chirping waiting to use the poor thing here in the land of Cloud and Dust...
I see why some people just give up altogether (I could never do that). Every single night that has been clear, it's either been a Moon (no good imaging), or I just finished a 12 hour work day and just too damned tired to bother.
Gotta pull the trigger finally and buy the STC Duo-Narrowband filter for the OSC - as much as I dislike NB imaging, I think I just have to swallow that pill...I can NEVER go mono due to the simple fact of so few capture moments.
|
08-03-2019, 03:01 PM
|
 |
Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,773
|
|
Why don't you just call it "an innings"?
|
08-03-2019, 03:45 PM
|
 |
Gravity does not Suck
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,912
|
|
|
Hi Lewis
You are correct...there are so few opportunities...however narrow band is rather cool☺.
I was going to ask why you just did not give your scopes numbers and then I realised "cricket" probably would be shorter☺.
Get your next thing ... it makes you happy right and really the game is not as expensive as some...
Alex
|
08-03-2019, 03:50 PM
|
|
Novichok test rabbit
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Somewhere in the cosmos...
Posts: 10,388
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by RB
Why don't you just call it "an innings"?
|
I'll under-arm bowl you in a minute...
|
08-03-2019, 03:52 PM
|
|
Novichok test rabbit
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Somewhere in the cosmos...
Posts: 10,388
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by xelasnave
Hi Lewis
You are correct...there are so few opportunities...however narrow band is rather cool☺.
I was going to ask why you just did not give your scopes numbers and then I realised "cricket" probably would be shorter☺.
Get your next thing ... it makes you happy right and really the game is not as expensive as some...
Alex
|
Nope - this is finally my final telescope - owned it for a record - for me - time now. It's not going anywhere.
Took a LOT of scopes to get to this point of complete satisfaction, but I am there - and it is fluorite - so nirvana 
|
08-03-2019, 03:53 PM
|
|
Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,773
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
I'll under-arm bowl you in a minute...
|
Good one Trevor.
|
08-03-2019, 03:53 PM
|
|
Gravity does not Suck
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,912
|
|
|
But if you were to get something else what would it be☺
Alex
|
08-03-2019, 03:56 PM
|
 |
ze frogginator
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sydney
Posts: 22,062
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
Renamed my darling FSQ-106N today to "Cricket"...because all I hear is cricket's chirping waiting to use the poor thing here in the land of Cloud and Dust...
|
Mine's pretty much been acting as an expensive door stop for the past 6 months as well... and I can hear the crickets as well, or maybe they're frogs... yeah I think they're frogs... 
|
08-03-2019, 04:40 PM
|
|
Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,773
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by multiweb
Mine's pretty much been acting as an expensive door stop for the past 6 months as well... and I can hear the crickets as well, or maybe they're frogs... yeah I think they're frogs... |
Frogs 
Houghy calls my 150 a “door stop” too.
Maybe I should call it my Greek Kabab.
|
08-03-2019, 05:30 PM
|
|
.....
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 2,967
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
Nope - this is finally my final telescope - owned it for a record - for me - time now. It's not going anywhere.
Took a LOT of scopes to get to this point of complete satisfaction, but I am there - and it is fluorite - so nirvana |
Then maybe go for " Omega" as its name
Best
JA
|
08-03-2019, 06:19 PM
|
|
ze frogginator
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sydney
Posts: 22,062
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
and it is fluorite - so nirvana |
Gotta agree that fluorite does give some very nice color saturation. I've gone directly from vivid green to homer radioactive fluoro green. 
|
08-03-2019, 07:23 PM
|
 |
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 370
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by multiweb
Mine's pretty much been acting as an expensive door stop for the past 6 months as well... and I can hear the crickets as well, or maybe they're frogs... yeah I think they're frogs... |
Even though my small scope is far less expensive or capable than yours, Marc, mine hasn't had much use over the past 5 or so months here in Brisbane.
Around my place, it's crickets, mosquitoes, cane toads, and geckos that I hear at night.
I've still not managed to think of a name for my scope.
|
08-03-2019, 07:27 PM
|
|
Novichok test rabbit
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Somewhere in the cosmos...
Posts: 10,388
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by multiweb
Gotta agree that fluorite does give some very nice color saturation. I've gone directly from vivid green to homer radioactive fluoro green. |
I know right - even I can make half-decent images
Maybe...
|
09-03-2019, 04:02 PM
|
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 715
|
|
|
You live in Canberra so maybe “Hot Air”...
Fill those bright nights with moon shoots young man...I mean what variety old Luna offers. Every night so different...
|
09-03-2019, 08:42 PM
|
 |
Want to do better
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Kojonup Western Australia
Posts: 449
|
|
|
Sympathy, well kind of
Gee I get twitchy after 3-4 consecutive nights of clouds, luckily a rare event here.
The painful periods are at seeding and harvest when the appropriate machinery drives all night with massive LED illumination. Still my immediate neighbors only take 2-3 24 hour days for these operations.
So solution, move to the bush. I did and took my job with me.
Chris
|
10-03-2019, 03:48 PM
|
 |
#6363
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Central Coast NSW
Posts: 1,244
|
|
Yeah, but it's always windy there! 
|
10-03-2019, 07:11 PM
|
 |
Every photon is sacred !
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Coonabarabran
Posts: 1,069
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
Renamed my darling FSQ-106N today to "Cricket"...because all I hear is cricket's chirping waiting to use the poor thing here in the land of Cloud and Dust...
I see why some people just give up altogether (I could never do that). Every single night that has been clear...
|
Buy a rain gauge.  I've got one here (and there are plenty of others in CW NSW) that've been practically unused lately. 
|
10-03-2019, 08:31 PM
|
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Killara, Sydney
Posts: 4,147
|
|
|
Lewis the “big wet” in 1991-2 caused me to ditch all my gear - in Sydney it was raining or overcast every weekend without fail for 18 months straight.
Took up another hobby instead. And didn’t buy another scope until 2007.
|
12-03-2019, 11:03 AM
|
 |
IIS Member #671
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 11,159
|
|
|
I'll call mine Webby. Webby and Crickets.
H
|
12-03-2019, 11:16 AM
|
 |
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: North Queensland
Posts: 3,240
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
Nope - this is finally my final telescope - owned it for a record - for me - time now. It's not going anywhere.
Took a LOT of scopes to get to this point of complete satisfaction, but I am there - and it is fluorite - so nirvana |
Great to hear Lewis. I was also hoping to get a 106, but for a number of reasons I wanted a brand new one, so eventually had to settle for a cheaper alternative.
I'm wondering, given your extensive experience with a significant number of refractors, whether changing your telescope's name is a substitute for changing the telescope itself... 
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Rate This Thread |
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT +10. The time is now 09:57 AM.
|
|
