i just bought a varimagni finder and olympus 1-8 focusing screen for my om-1 for myself and my baby let me buy a set of coloured filters for my chrissie present. oh i also bought an aluminium and padded accessory case for myself. wonderful christmas this year ...until the statements start arriving next jan...
Like Aragorn, I've already got mine. the Meade carry case for my 8" from the love of my life. I'm very lucky. How many partners stand at the sidelines and cheer you on with your hobbies.
hey frosty, go with the 8 inch! you won't regret it. mmmh, more light!!! But then again, if you go with the 6 inch, you may lower your chances of getting cloud when it arrives. BUT...either way you'll get
so my final word is, get the 8 inch.
lol Ving! I'd say it's more the latter with wishful thinking like that!
can you guys believe, I passed up the chance to get a wonderful orion 80mm ed for christmas... instead, i bought those other things and after I told my fiance about the purchases, he revealed what he was going to get me for christmas double
How about a C8 NGT ? we need to get more celestrons in this forum to balance all those Meades out there..its a tough job but someone's got to do it...:
Silvie - Where did you get the padded accessory case? as I've been looking a little online with no luck. just looking for something safe to store eye pieces in.
Hi there Gordon,
I bought my padded case at JayCar in Parramatta. I got it for $69.95 and it's lockable and has plenty of room to fit everything in. At the moment, it's holding my OM-1, counterweight shaft, all my scope power cables, the autostar hand controller, five 1.25 ep's, a barlow, a laser collimator, a basic camera adapter, all my filters and other little tidbits, cable release, varimagni finder and tripod accessory tray. There's room for more and I've only cut holes for a few items so it could fit so much more. Here's a pic:
Stuart (Aragorn) how hard is it to get the scope onto the super wedge, do I need another person. You have the 10" don't you? Is it difficult with the field tripod? Just getting sick of field rotation, even with the field derotator. Problem is I don't have enough of the sky in my backyard to get a decent star alignment. hence the reason that the derotator has not been working as it should. I could go out onto my drive way, but that means leaving over $10,000.00 worth of equipment unattended at times. Not something I want to do. Will I need to see the south celestial pole with the scope? It is blocked by the eaves of my unit at present, working on a solution to that though.
Being in the building game will help with this solution.
I plan on putting in a pier about 2100 above the ground and then putting a deck around it with some steps. This should then give me a clear unobstructed view of around 260 degrees.
gah, don't tell me how much you got it for Stuart. Mine was an impulsive buy, I did not set out to buy it. I just saw it there one day when Le and my brother were buying computer-y stuff from jaycar. It was staring at me, beckoning me "buy me, buy me" it said...
Thanks Stuart for the tips, I think that I should be right in terms of polar alignment as my previous scope was a German equatorial with a three piece 70kg mount. I used that for astrophotgraphy also and am familiar with the process, but it is slightly different with a fork mount.
BTW how many posts have you made today? This morning you had 282. Now you are equal with me. Looking for the top job ah. See I slow down and there you go.
Yeah you just can't shut Stuart up today Paul. Oi, be quiet Stuart so I can catch up! I was in the top five posters on AO...now I have a bit of catching up to do haha
Hey Ving, as long it stays together each time you lug it around, that's all that matters. Besides, aluminium willl sure get cold come winter. Does that make you feel better?
Say, didn't you get a nice $20 one from Big W Ice? I couldn't find any over here. I was going to steal your idea and just put some rubber foam in it too but I didn't like the idea of making two trips to complete my case. Me lazy
Noooo don't remove the post counter I won't be able to cope. I looove the post counter, just that dastedly Stuart has taken over my second position, now I will have delay putting together my super wedge so that I can at least keep up with him.
Speaking of carry cases, anyone thought of the pelican cases. Got one of them for all my gear, they are water tight and guaranteed for it. You can sit on them, in fact I have stood on mine. They are more expensive at around $300.00 but I figure that all my gear is worth a lot to replace, and they come with two levels. Very nice to use and work with.
You have posted way too much today, you must be typing like a man possessed, Got to catch that RR. Is that what happened this morning when you got up. I bet you thought to yourself, I am going to catch up to RR and then I am going to pass him.
...until the statements start arriving next jan... 
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have at you Ice!
