So..what did you get?

[Hans Tucker]

So, post christmas now....did anyone get any interesting astro toys this year?

[hobbit]

Photoshop astronomy

[multiweb]

Clothes and chocolates. :)

[Kunama]

A pristine copy of "Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes"
& "Apollo, The Definitive Sourcebook" by Orloff & Harland.

The Apollo book is "THE" book on Apollo data, right down to every rocket burn, TLI LOI and EOI, fabulous reading if Project Apollo interests you.

and a dozen bottles of fine wines ..............

[LewisM]

Lumps of coal.

Reckon if I sit on them long enough, they'll turn to diamonds.

[Rob_K]

Set of hair clippers. Most strange, considering I'm bald. :shrug: Must be for the back, ears, eyebrows, nose and all the other places your hair migrates to as you get older... :sadeyes:

Only astro present is Terry Lovejoy's comet, thanks! :D ;)

Cheers -

[csb]

Clothes amd chocolates also. Too many chocolates again!

[casstony]

FLIRone infrared device which when combined with an iphone forms an infrared camera. Apart from helping me keep an eye out for termites it's a fun toy. The image shows temperature differences in our ceiling - I'll have to get up there and check the insulation.

[creeksky]

A secret santa "Aldi Nat Geo 76/350 Dobson"
Also a silver shaving kit, which oddly enough is the same shape as the scope (base, dish and stand)but the razor bit is plastic.
Cashews.

[michael_m]

nothing under the tree for me this year...

Except, permission to save for and buy a telescope sometime in the new year, with a budget of around 2-3 grand.

[UniPol]

Apart from the usual shirts, underwear, shaving cream, shower gel, soaps, socks, shorts, CD's, DVD's, chocolates etc., things I always look froward to of course; my good wife gave me Sydney Observatory's "Name a Star" pack which was totally unexpected and a most appropriate present.

[tlgerdes]

Are insinuating that you are a tight arse? :lol:

[LewisM]

Or very bloody heavy :)

[PeterEde]

Baa humbug. Christmas sucks. Nothing to do with the spirit anymore the kids are all grown up. Now it's more about how much the shopping establishments can con you out of.

[speach]

Yes I'm a GOF too (grumpy old fart):lol:

[jjjnettie]

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Kids were with their Dad so I spent the day sleeping off the allnighter I pulled xmas eve imaging Terry's comet. :)
No pressies, boo hoo.

[LewisM]

No need for presents between married couples with kids. I got my wife a gift card, she gave me a couple shirts AFTER Christmas bought at the Boxing Day sales. So, I literally got nothing for Christmas :)

Don't care either - being complete atheists, it means nothing except the smiles on the kids faces. New Year is more interesting (and no, not from a booze point - NYE is celebrated in Russia in place of Christmas)

[PeterEde]

Best pressie is the one you buy yourself. Still didn't get myself anything this year either.



I became very ba humbug after divorce and now I have a Turkish wife who fits in to our standards very well (buying tree was her idea) Turks also do present swap on NYE. Best Christmas I had in years was with her family in Turkey a few years back. Such different people to most. Maybe it's the openness of Europeans. They/we had a ball until the early hours with NO alochol. That was the hardest part

[Kunama]

I must be a big kid at heart, I love Christmas ..... the best time of the year, spending such relaxing days with my children and granddaughter, eating Finnish delicacies my Aussie wife cooks for me, Möet&Chandon with dinner, lots of Chocolate................ Mmmmmmmmmm ....chocolate !!!!!

Only wish it snowed here like all my childhood Christmases spent in Finland!

[jjjnettie]

I just ordered myself a new microscope 40x - 2500x. :)
I'm betting it arrives just as the skies clear up. LOL.

[kinetic]

See here,

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=49065
family is everything, keep them close, tell them you love them once in a while.

Steve

[OzStarGazer]

I got some money in an envelope + some chocolate, but they didn't really change my view of Christmas, which doesn't have anything to do with getting presents... :shrug:
The chocolate was just too good, 400 grams, and it's almost completely gone. I just can't resist those Lindt chocolate balls. Not good for my waist!

[N1]

2 orthos I had been after for a while. Yeah!



Из лесу ёлочку взяли мы домой :xmas:

[acropolite]

Clothes, chocolates and some shortbread biscuits. No astro goodies, probably just as well as I have far too much already....

[Rodstar]

My wife gave me an Astronomik UHC filter (2 inch) - looking forward to using it next new moon. Also received a new tennis racquet, a ticket to the World Cup cricket and lots of chocolate!

[jenchris]

No astro gear.
book "the quantum universe" by Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw.
I did get a clear night last night though. So ended up with a rather nice spider even if the contrast was rather poor.

[batema]

I received a Gopro Hero4 silver camera. Very happy.

[pixelsaurus]

I got an nFocus unit for the dob and a QHY5P-II C planetary camera. Now all I need are some clear skies.

[uwahl]

My son gave me 60 minutes flying time on a 737 simulator - get to fly around and take off and land at two airports. I will need to dust off FSX and practice before I go

[The_bluester]

I got two Brian Cox books (Which I have not even had time to open yet) and a similar flight sim job to the above, to share with my BIL (90 minutes between us)

[jjz]

Was intending to get a bt200 f5 and Az-eq6 tomorrow from bintel with the funds I saved over Xmas but after speaking to them today they have told me prices have just gone up and I am now $300-$500 short depending on what I get :(


Not happy at all.

[PCH]

Don't be too upset :)

You may have done yourself a favour. Keep an eye out on the ice in space ads right here on the forum.

Second hand gear at a great price is always coming up. You'll get a better scope for much less money. Check them out over the next week or so and see what I mean.

Good luck :)