The Replacement

[jjjnettie]

As some of you know, I recently sold my 8"newt. It wasn't being used, it was too long for me to handle safely.
So I thought this scope would make a good replacement. :)
How's this, I even got to have first light on the first night!!!!
It was only for 20 minutes between clouds and showers. I had it up on the iOptron Mini Tower set up under cover on the front verandah. But I had a look at Mars and a few stars. It's a right pain looking through it visually though with no diagonal.
So today I'm going to put the camera on it and take a few photos of the abattoir up on the hill. Start to get a feel for the scope, work out it's idiosyncrasies.
So far I've found her to be a lovely scope, every thing I thought she would be.

[lacad01]

Nice rig, look forward to seeing what you'll capture with it :thumbsup:

[TrevorW]

Nice rig JJ now you'll need to get a bigger mount to handle everything together

[jjjnettie]

I think the heq5pro will be up to it Trevor. I use my iOptron scope for guiding, it weighs next to nothing. If I was going to use the ed80, yes, I would definitely have to consider upgrading.

[sheeny]

Nice one JJJ!

Al.

[Omaroo]

Excellent Nettie! :) Yay!

Can't wait to see what it spits out for you. :D

[taminga16]

Congratulations Jeanette,

That would explain the wild weatyher that we are experiencing at the moment.:)

Greg.

[Ric]

A lovely looking scope and setup Nettie.

Your going to get many years of service from that beauty.

Cheers

[BerrieK]

Congrats Nettie, it sure does look pretty :thumbsup:.

Yeah, the 8" Newts are big and awkward to handle aren't they! I had to stop lugging my setup (Heq5 and 8"newt) around all put together as I would need a little lie down once I had it where I wanted it so that I could feel my left foot again!

First light on the first night - who's a lucky girl then?
I think Liz is still waiting for hers...


Kerrie :)

[slippo74]

IT WAS YOU :mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2:???

Kidding... great scope JJJ, can't wait to see the wonderful pictures you will get with it. Congratulation!

[Davros]

Very nice looking bit of gear. Should have a lot of fun with that. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thum bsup:

[Screwdriverone]

looks purty miss JJJ,

Ahhh the abbatoir, hows the serenity!?

Have fun with that one, sure looks nice.

Cheers

Chris

[jjjnettie]

LOL yeah, the abbs.
So long as I'm looking at it from the outside, I'm happy. I don't ever want to have to work in there again. It's hard yakka.

I'll post a pic of the scope on it's proper mount, once I get around to unloading all my gear from the car.

[spacezebra]

Nice JJJ

Looking forward to your images!

Cheers Petra d.

[DavidU]

Nice rig there jjjj:thumbsup:
Images pronto !!!!!!!!:D

[Liz]

Yeah, looking good jjj!!!
Glad you saw some goodies last night, and good luck on some pics tonight :astron::cool:

[Davros]

love the carbon fibre cant wait to see what you can produce out of this beast.

[kinetic]

Jeanette,
and you call yourself a serious amateur astronomer phhht! :)
A dust cap on a lounge chair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????

Shame.....

Looks niiiice...Good luck, I know you will be able to make it
sing.
Still trying to get a good image through the MPCC btw.
One that would be worthy of the previous owner:thumbsup:

Steve

[jjjnettie]

You'll get there Steve. I love the learning curve, that's half the fun eh.

[supernova1965]

What's that hiding behind the chair JJJ looks like a cross between an Elephant and a giraffe:rofl:

[jjjnettie]

That's my freaky elephant Warren. There's a bit of his dislocated trunk lying on the ground next to the wall.

[Omaroo]

You're into some weird stuff there girl... :P

[Liz]

:lol::lol:

Elephants can be a sign of good luck ... depending on which way their truck is pointing .... not sure how that works if part of truck is horizontal on the carpet ;)

[jjjnettie]

:lol: I'm not your regular run of the mill check out chick Chris.
"Different" is one word that comes to mind.

[stephenb]

Nice setup Jeanette! The Mini Tower looks indestructable!

[jjjnettie]

LOL, it's only on the TOT until the weather clears.
But it does handle the weight very well indeed. It's a great little mount.

[acropolite]

Nice acquisition JJJ, it does look just a touch out of place on the TOT.

[h0ughy]

WOW havent you upped the anti!!!!!! Well done JJJ i am suffering scope envy

[Waxing_Gibbous]

Thats lovely - what is it?
Do I want one?
Why do you have one and I don't?
Mom said I could have one!
What is it again?

[Kevnool]

looking at the pic jjj it looks a real pick up you must be excited.

Cheers Kev.

[jjjnettie]

Ok, here she is, up on the heq5pro with the guide scope next to it.
I'm using one of Geoff Johnstons side by side plates.
Can't wait to take my first image.

[Omaroo]

Looks good Nettie :D

There's that elephant again...

[Tandum]

A new scope, how exciting. There might be a few sucker holes around Thurday Night looking at SkippySky :)

I still haven't heard about that webcam, do you want me to send you mine?

[jjjnettie]

No, it's ok Robin. Thanks anyway.
I'll try and get this LPI working with K3 again.
If not I'll align manually.

[jjjnettie]

Just leave my elephant alone Mr Chris. He's unique and very special.