#2401  
Old 21-06-2020, 08:23 PM
FlashDrive's Avatar
FlashDrive (Poppy)
Senior Citizen

FlashDrive is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
Posts: 5,063
Very Nice Indeed Andrew

Last edited by FlashDrive; 22-06-2020 at 08:14 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #2402  
Old 22-06-2020, 07:26 PM
ab1963 (Andrew)
Refractors-That’s It

ab1963 is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Rangeville, Toowoomba
Posts: 440
Thanks Col
Reply With Quote
  #2403  
Old 05-07-2020, 01:26 PM
FlashDrive's Avatar
FlashDrive (Poppy)
Senior Citizen

FlashDrive is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
Posts: 5,063
Current Refractor .... !!

My Humble Setup .. !!

WO Megrez ED90mm F6.9
New Eyepiece Tray
Hybrid Mount.

Col.
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (2.jpg)
204.3 KB703 views
Click for full-size image (3.jpg)
138.9 KB677 views

Last edited by FlashDrive; 06-07-2020 at 09:23 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #2404  
Old 05-07-2020, 03:19 PM
jahnpahwa (JP)
Registered User

jahnpahwa is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2020
Location: Canberra, AUS
Posts: 593
Quote:
Originally Posted by FlashDrive View Post
My Humble Setup .. !!

WO ED 90mm F6.9
New Eyepiece Tray
Hybrid Mount.

Col.
Looks very refined to me, Col.


I picked up some second (Third? Eighth?) -hand glass last week, one big, one little. 12.5" meade starfinder and canon 70-200mm f4 lens.
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (IMG_20200702_193144_100.jpg)
181.7 KB603 views
Reply With Quote
  #2405  
Old 06-07-2020, 05:07 AM
ab1963 (Andrew)
Refractors-That’s It

ab1963 is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Rangeville, Toowoomba
Posts: 440
Nice job with the tray Col
Reply With Quote
  #2406  
Old 14-07-2020, 03:27 PM
FlashDrive's Avatar
FlashDrive (Poppy)
Senior Citizen

FlashDrive is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
Posts: 5,063
All ready for Jupiter ... at its closest point to Earth tonight...!! 14/7/2020
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (P7140072.jpg)
180.9 KB668 views
Click for full-size image (P7140073.jpg)
130.2 KB664 views
Reply With Quote
  #2407  
Old 14-07-2020, 03:49 PM
jahnpahwa (JP)
Registered User

jahnpahwa is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2020
Location: Canberra, AUS
Posts: 593
Oooooo yeah! get it, Col~!

I'd never seen a pic of one of these before... looking awesome

Hoping for clearskies up your way, and down here too.
Reply With Quote
  #2408  
Old 14-07-2020, 04:37 PM
sharpiel
Registered User

sharpiel is offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 719
Love the performance altitude rims you’ve fitted there Col. I’m sure you see Jupiter faster and your cornering will be greatly improved too.
Reply With Quote
  #2409  
Old 18-07-2020, 07:25 PM
jahnpahwa (JP)
Registered User

jahnpahwa is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2020
Location: Canberra, AUS
Posts: 593
grab and go upgrade

I ordered a skywatcher az gti with eq kit from Andrews during the week, and it arrived as i was packing the car for a long weekend to Coonabarabran and surrounds. Took the big mount out of the car, this one in!


I need to get home to update the firmware for eq mode, but the counterweight and bar came in handy in alt az mode, too. The WO zenithstar 81 with finder, diagonal and eyepiece is pushing its payload limit, and the counterweight balanced the whole mount nicely.



Set up was easy, alignment was fine, and after two or three objects GOTO was spot on. I was running it on 8 AA batteries which also went well. I think the whole set up is around 10kg. Its certainlyoff to a good start. Also incl is a 30s pic at 24mm focal length, taken out the back of our accommodation at Pilliga Pottery, a very, very dark place
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (IMG_20200718_140011_904.jpg)
206.1 KB687 views
Click for full-size image (IMG_20200718_130519_884.jpg)
176.8 KB701 views
Reply With Quote
  #2410  
Old 29-07-2020, 10:09 PM
miketheobscure's Avatar
miketheobscure (Mike Kreuzer)
...

miketheobscure is offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 64
New focuser, the last of my red themed July scope bling arrived -- ADM saddle, Moonlite focuser, & ZenithStar 73mm, all nicely highlighted in red.

Pics: In the garage when it was still light, out under the stars tonight, & an iPhone up to the eyepiece shot (EP = 35mm Panoptic.)

My Zwo ASI462MC shipped today too, while it won't be July bling it'll mean better moon shots in the future I hope.
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (triple-red-bling.jpg)
49.7 KB676 views
Click for full-size image (yard.jpg)
33.3 KB629 views
Click for full-size image (moon.jpg)
16.2 KB618 views
Reply With Quote
  #2411  
Old 01-09-2020, 01:02 PM
FlashDrive's Avatar
FlashDrive (Poppy)
Senior Citizen

FlashDrive is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
Posts: 5,063
My Scope with its new MoonLite Focuser ...!!
With 4.5 inches of draw tube travel, I doubt that any eyepiece wouldn't come to focus.
Nice piece of kit .. !!
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (2.jpg)
116.7 KB689 views
Click for full-size image (3.jpg)
140.1 KB633 views
Click for full-size image (4.jpg)
134.1 KB657 views
Click for full-size image (5.jpg)
147.4 KB623 views
Click for full-size image (12.jpg)
143.0 KB668 views

Last edited by FlashDrive; 01-09-2020 at 01:40 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #2412  
Old 01-09-2020, 02:51 PM
LewisM's Avatar
LewisM
Novichok test rabbit

LewisM is offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Somewhere in the cosmos...
Posts: 10,388
Nice Bling Col.


You sure that LONG drawtube won't vignette racked in?
Reply With Quote
  #2413  
Old 02-09-2020, 04:02 PM
sharpiel
Registered User

sharpiel is offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 719
4.5 inches is enough to satisfy isn't it Col..?
Reply With Quote
  #2414  
Old 02-09-2020, 04:41 PM
LewisM's Avatar
LewisM
Novichok test rabbit

LewisM is offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Somewhere in the cosmos...
Posts: 10,388
Quote:
Originally Posted by sharpiel View Post
4.5 inches is enough to satisfy isn't it Col..?
C’mon Les, you are going to give Col a big head

OMG...don’t...no....don’t misconstrue that
Reply With Quote
  #2415  
Old 29-09-2020, 03:37 PM
jahnpahwa (JP)
Registered User

jahnpahwa is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2020
Location: Canberra, AUS
Posts: 593
Courtesy of Steve (madtuna) here. Very excited to see how this goes. Its a very nice thing to behold.


8 days from 150km north-west of Kalgoorlie to my hands in Canberra... not too bad, auspost, not too bad.
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (IMG_20200929_132943_518.jpg)
188.1 KB647 views
Reply With Quote
  #2416  
Old 29-09-2020, 03:58 PM
Astronut07's Avatar
Astronut07 (Ben)
Registered User

Astronut07 is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Wollongong
Posts: 147
Clear skies, open space, campfire & great company
Makes the whole experience amazing
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (878C72C3-7BC0-433D-AC79-D9815D35EEEA.jpg)
113.9 KB726 views
Click for full-size image (A5C716C4-78A2-418E-9CF9-AB48973AC3E9.jpg)
183.4 KB659 views
Reply With Quote
  #2417  
Old 29-09-2020, 06:53 PM
Astro_Girl's Avatar
Astro_Girl (Cheryl)
Registered User

Astro_Girl is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Wollongong
Posts: 44
Agree 100%

Campfire is now a requirement on those cold nights out imaging

Quote:
Originally Posted by Astronut07 View Post
Clear skies, open space, campfire & great company
Makes the whole experience amazing
Reply With Quote
  #2418  
Old 29-09-2020, 06:53 PM
TrevorW
Registered User

TrevorW is offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 8,021
I tried but the image was quickly removed
Reply With Quote
  #2419  
Old 03-10-2020, 07:02 PM
Slawomir's Avatar
Slawomir (Suavi)
Registered User

Slawomir is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: North Queensland
Posts: 3,240
A bit cloudy but, unlike with imaging, it only takes a few minutes to set up. Love Baader click-lock, how could I ever stargaze without it? Oh yes, I hardly did any stargazing in the past
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (image.jpeg)
115.1 KB676 views
Reply With Quote
  #2420  
Old 06-10-2020, 01:52 PM
AdamJL
Registered User

AdamJL is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,125
Quote:
Originally Posted by Astronut07 View Post
Clear skies, open space, campfire & great company
Makes the whole experience amazing
That looks amazing. Where was this? Private property?
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +10. The time is now 08:38 PM.

Powered by vBulletin Version 3.8.7 | Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Advertisement
Bintel
Advertisement