Whats your next purchase gonna be?

[toryglen-boy]

Whats the next piece of Astro gear your gonna buy?

I am looking at getting a QHY8 or similar, and then next year, a G11.
Whats everyone else looking at for thier next purchase? what ideas are you giving the loved ones for xmas?

:)

[DavidU]

DSI Pro
HEQ6
Ha O111 UHC filters
20D
127ED
Moonlite focuser
UO Ortho's
i7 1TB computer
10RC
and a Tatts win:D

[Octane]

Probably a C9.25, I reckon. Got the refractor now for widefield portraits, now for the up close and personals.

Regards,
Humayun

[toryglen-boy]

I know of a nice F10 8" Meade SCT for sale mate

;)

[[1ponders]]

Ply to line the observatory so I can get the power connected.
steel to build the pier extension.
Sink, fridge, hammock, microwave and bathroom so I never have to go back into the house again. :P

[erick]

SDM#39

Then to convince the children that their old man needs a Panoptic 27mm for his birthday :D

[leon]

LOL :lol: nice one Paul. ;)

Leon :thumbsup:

[MrB]

A decent GEM and a guidescope.

[[1ponders]]

Priorities Leon ;)

[andrew2008]

In order

HEQ 5
C8 or C9.25 - hopefully i can convince someone to sell me the 9.25 2nd hand. Anyone??? Please??
Planetary ccd imager
ED80

[rogerg]

QHY8 is top on my list at the moment, would like a newer SBIG to replace my ST7 but that's out of my budget for a while I think.

Other than that, continue saving for a Paramount ME or similar, for when my LX200 packs it in.

[tlgerdes]

Duncan, you are changing your mounts more than your change your undies. How many have you had this year so far?:lol:

[JethroB76]

Argo Navis, should be on its way in a week or two actually

[Rodstar]

I am working on my eyepiece line up at the moment.

Will probably sell my 20T5 in favour of a 21 Ethos, depending on what the cost of the Ethos will be.

I want to get to 2X Powermate to boost high power work if the seeing will ever improve!

[toryglen-boy]

i know, 2 mounts already ...

what can i say, imaging is an expensive mistress !!

:lol:

[tlgerdes]

I think keeping an ordinary "Mistress" would be cheaper or you!:eyepop:

[toryglen-boy]

true, and taking images means investing alot more than "5 minutes" for gauranteed satisfaction


:lol:

[pgc hunter]

a 32" SDM in a 40x40 foot ROR observatory

'scuse me while I duck down to the lottery joint

[mozzie]

a 14"lx200acf when they start to deliver or a 14"lx200r ir theres one for sale
mozzie

[jjjnettie]

Either another DSLR or a HEQ5Pro.
Definitely need the mount, but another camera would come in mighty handy too.

[jjjnettie]

The new Colour Gstar would be nice too. Can never have enough cameras.

[stephenb]

Hopefully a Coronado PST, but not until 2010 :sunny:

[renormalised]

Yep, my next purchase...one thereof, at least:)

[duncan]

Yep!!!! Colour GSTAR!!!!!!!!!!:thumbsup:

[mithrandir]

Marki's QHY8

[dpastern]

A car...you didn't specify it had to be Astro related :P

Dave

[Matty P]

Either a 10" GSO RC or a QHY8. Maybe both. :D

[sadia]

G11 :)

[Blackant]

In order, and may take the rest of my natural life :lol:
Telrad (on it's way)
UHC filter
Panoptic 27mm
Type VI Nagler 13mm
Type VI Nagler 7 mm
Powermate 2.5
Skywatcher 80mm ED
Coronado PST

:D

Ant

[renormalised]

Make it a subaru:P:D

[renormalised]

My most immediate purchase at present (apart from what I said previously...for the future) is the book "Galactic Dynamics":D:D

[Octane]

I see what you did there. Clever. :P

Regards,
Humayun

[Ian Robinson]

I'll probably order a few gable style timber roof trusses for that ROR shed I've been threatening to build for a year or 2.

I'll likely make my own wall frames.

Want a stand alone autoguider , getting one soon (an ST4) , I'll rig that up on the CG5 camera platform.

Apart from that .... not likely to buy any astrogear for the foreseeable future .

Yahoo !!!! I just finished off my 10" astrograph OTA rebuild and upgrade , just a matter of star testing it and making sure I can achieve focus with the 40D and Esyguider attached , and get that Orion Starshoot Autguider to focus and get it to talk with the Atlux.

The Atlux is in for a shock shortly .... It'll no longer be a lougeroom decoration.

Would have had the 10" out for first light tonight only it's smokey out there.

[dpastern]

Out of my price band, looking at 7k-9k at most, probably a little Hynundai Getz or Excel. Job's gone South though, so probably won't happen on the timetable that I hoped (by end of January).

Dave

[Octane]

Dave,

I think he was being clever. You know, Subaru = Pleiades? ;)

Regards,
Humayun

[toryglen-boy]

i loved my HEQ5 Pro, better than my EQ6, it just looked better.

:)

[toryglen-boy]

well, all things being equal, i should have my QHY8 this weekend

:)

[DavidU]

Awesome ! I saw you snagged that

[toryglen-boy]

;)

[dpastern]

ugh! I'm so dense sometimes!

Dave

[PCH]

Humayun,

at risk of sounding thick - I still don't get the subaru = pleiades connection. Is it 'sole sacerdotibus' (lat: only for the initiated) or what ? ;)

Please explain :thumbsup:

[mithrandir]

I'd say the allusion might be http://www.naoj.org/

[Octane]

Oh, wow, I didn't realise people didn't know. :)

Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades. Have a look at the Subaru symbol. :)

Regards,
Humayun

[Ian Robinson]

Take a gander at the Subaru decal next time you see one in the car park. Here it is ::: http://www.universaldecals.com/DECALS/Subaru/images/SUBARU3.jpg

[PCH]

Aha ! - now I get it - doh :P

That is fascinating. Thanks Humayun and Ian :thumbsup:

[dpastern]

H - I did know about Subaru, just didn't pick up on the connection until you made it click lol.

Dave

[Octane]

Dave,

I figured you knew, was more pointing it out for Paul. :)

Regards,
Humayun