Poll: Most useful accessories? - Page 3

csb (Craig) · #41 29-07-2007, 11:46 PM

#1 Star Diagonal - even contortionists must love this little addon. A must.

#2 Finder Scope - otherwise I'd be lost.

#3 This Forum is great - the only other people I know who also get a kick out of staring at BIG things.

radu5er · #42 30-07-2007, 05:57 PM

As an addendum to the 'Friend/Viewing Buddy' choice, I would also add 'An Understand/Supportive Partner'

Alchemy (Clive) · #43 09-08-2007, 07:54 PM

Going to have to go the observatory, the benefit of rolling off the roof ready to go is almost priceless, no setting up early, aligning just to have the clouds roll in and 3/4 hr pack up.

DavidU (Dave) · #44 17-08-2007, 01:26 PM

A wife !
Seriously, probably the humble computer.

Geoff45 (Geoff) · #45 24-09-2007, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miaplacidus

Er, excuse me Scott, but you've left off telescope.

I would have thought mount should have been left off too. It's just as necessary as the scope. Nothing can happen without the mount.
Geoff

rat156 · #46 30-01-2008, 04:59 PM

I almost only voted for one of these.

Without doubt the best accessory, for those that have them, is an observatory. By such a long marging the rest pale into insignificance.

A permanent setup is fantatsic in Melbourne, where the clouds come from no-where.

Cheers
Stuart

§AB · #47 30-01-2008, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rat156

A permanent setup is fantatsic in Melbourne, where the clouds come from no-where.

Cheers
Stuart

You've read my mind and then some.....

For me - OIII/UHC filters. I can see nebulae that are invisible wihout the filters

abellhunter · #48 08-02-2008, 01:32 PM

This is soooooooooooo easy! An Observatory for crying out loud! Of course the darker site the BETTER! Therez nothing like going out at Sunset, un-chaining the roof and pushing the "GO" button on the winch! rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Get Cosmic! Lance aka "abellhunter"

P.S. As some of you know allready i am looking to build an observatory and move the ARSENAL down under! See: http://www.anzaobservatory.com

Glenhuon (Bill) · #49 13-02-2008, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by radu5er

As an addendum to the 'Friend/Viewing Buddy' choice, I would also add 'An Understand/Supportive Partner'

I'll second that, can't think of anything worse than showing off the latest images from last nights session and getting a non-commital grunt.

Bill

Suzy_A · #50 14-02-2008, 04:21 PM

How about these three...

1) Twelve hours sleep the night before...

2) A flask of hot chocolate (heavily laced with rum). Or maybe a flask of rum lightly laced with hot chocolate?

3) A warm friend (to take over the guiding after you've finished off #2...)