What do you want for Christmas?

[dikman (Richard)]

The usual - peace on earth, honest ethical politicians etc, none of which is likely to happen.

So to cheer myself up I bought a scope - SVBony SV503 80mm F7 doublet. Over 95% of reviews I found were extremely positive about it. Not available at their Australian store, around $1,000 from the Chinese store but I found it for $584 on Amazon (Black Friday sale).
Happy Christmas Dikman.

[pmrid (Peter)]

Originally Posted by Buck

Just the usual I guess .......gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Nah! That's for the kid in the manger; unless .....

[Crater101 (Warren)]

Originally Posted by dikman

So to cheer myself up I bought a scope - SVBony SV503 80mm F7 doublet. Over 95% of reviews I found were extremely positive about it. Not available at their Australian store, around $1,000 from the Chinese store but I found it for $584 on Amazon (Black Friday sale).

Nice grab!

[Startrek (Martin)]

Originally Posted by EpickCrom

What I want for Christmas:

1. World peace
2. A case full of Ethos eyepieces
3. A 14 inch dob
4. Socceroos win the World Cup

Item 1
Totally agree but ephemeral

Can’t argue with item no. 2
I have the 4.7mm SX , 8mm , 13mm and the hand grenade 21mm , oh and the Apollo 11, more than just eye pieces , precision high quality optical instruments

Item no. 3
I settled for the 12” Goto dob , great all round scope

Item no. 4
Maybe one day
Played it as a kid in the 60’s but don’t follow it later in life

Cheers
M

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Clear skies and many more christmases to come

[AdamJL]

Canon RF 70-200 f/2.8L IS....


Not asking for much! :S

[dikman (Richard)]

Originally Posted by Crater101

Nice grab!

Yeah, I'm feeling pretty happy about it. I'll probably need to get the reducer/flattener too, but that's only available in the US /China so I'll hang off on that for now. As I've (slowly) learned more I realised the Celestron 102 will be ok for visual but woefully inadequate for astro. I've been watching the classifieds but people are asking too much for scopes that aren't new so figured I might as well buy new. I was expecting to pay more than I did for a 70-size scope but when I came across this offer it was too good to pass up.

Ho ho ho.

[Hans Tucker (Hans)]

Not to hear Mariah Carey's song 'All I Want For Christmas'

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by Hans Tucker

Not to hear Mariah Carey's song 'All I Want For Christmas'

Yeah ....they ' flog ' that song on the radio

[lazjen (Chris)]

For me, something like a RCOS 16" and Paramount ME would be a good start.

[glend (Glen)]

Originally Posted by Hans Tucker

Not to hear Mariah Carey's song 'All I Want For Christmas'

And not to run across "Love Actually" on TV,.

But I will happily watch the classic Christmas movies, like "Miracle on 34th Street", but admittedly you need to be a certain vintage to appreciate that, definitely not a Gen Z thing.

I will wish for more Christmas time with my grand daughters, and our family band.

[m11 (Mel)]

I agree, good health for yourself and you loved ones would be top of the list.