For the brave - bought/sold in 2006 :)

[Starkler (Geoff)]

No wives/partners allowed

As this thread last year caused a bit of a reaction for some, I thought I'd do it again for this year.

List here the items you bought and sold in 2006

[Starkler (Geoff)]

I'll start :

Sold
ed80 + WO diagonal

Bought
Vixen R130 + porta mount
8x40 Pentax binos
Baader OIII filter
26mm nagler
2x Burgess/TMB eyepieces
planisphere
Solar film

Budget deficit = $1201 and I plan to sell my 31mm nagler so I didnt do too badly
Next year will be a different matter with my 15" SDM dob on the way

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Bought - everything that is in my signature (see below) + naglers brought through Astromart.

Sold - nothing (all to good to sell), having said that I could be tempted to sell the 26mm QX Wide Angle that came with the 12" LB - if the right 27mm Pan came along.

Fear of retribution - None

Cheers Petra

[Kal (Andrew)]

Bought

10" LX200R
DSI Pro camera
F3.3 Focal Reducer
Losmandy dovetail plate / rings / counterweight for the 10"
Televue 15mm panoptic eyepiece (astromart)
Deep Sky filter
UHC filter
Star Charts

Total $7840

Sold

Nothing

[acropolite (Phil)]

Sold. Nothing
Bought: ED80, 2" diagonal, 13mm Baader Hyperion, Sigma 17-70 lens, Vixen Porta Mount, Manfrotto CL190B tripod, Benro Ball head, counterweight system for LX90, APM for LX90, Shoestring I/F, Neximage, Epson R1800 printer, Piece of solar film. I won't dare add it up....

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Bought: Orion Accufocus, 15mm TV Plossl, 8" f6 Newtonian, EQ6 with Syntrek, ED Direct Circuit, Observatory err I mean cubby for kids, Laser collimator, Phillips Toucam Pro 840K, think thats about it.....

SOLD: Pentax Z20 SLR camera, Rack and Pinon Focuser, 2.3m Domed Observatory, tube rings, can't think of anything else.

things I wish I kept 2.3m Domed Observatory

[leon]

Hi Guys,

Just look at my signiture, only joined IIS last year, not game to add it up,
and there is probably stuff that is not even mentioned

However i did sell my Pentax IstD to a member of IIS.

Cheers Leon

[h0ughy (David)]

LOL, I will probably refrain from entering a post now, as I could have quite a list, for both.

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Awww come on houghy, its fun

[Ric]

Hi all,

BOUGHT

LX200R 12" and accessories listed in the signature.

Sold

nothing.

Cheers

[rogerg (Roger)]

Hmm, I have a small list..

Bought:
CFW-8 for my ST7
Orion Accufocus
3 point ring set

Sold:
QuickCam Pro 4000


Also.. I have had machined up by a neighbour for negligable cost:
- mounting bar for ring set
- adaptor tube allowing my F/6.3 reducer optics to slide inside my 2" draw tube


Pretty small list of purchases I'm happy to say. It's nice to make good use of what one has without having to buy lots more. I wish I could have bought some free time...

Roger.

[h0ughy (David)]

SOLD - lx200 and heaps of stuff with it edit and a eq6

bought - eq6, v3 handcrontroller, a Meade 10" lx200r OTA (soon to be here) a pier, 350D, 200mm Lseries lens, Some losmandy d plates and rings (on order coming soon was sent before Christmas), A heated dew shield for said 10" also coming soon (I hope with the christmas backlog Aust post clears the deliveries really quickly and that the guy from the US sent it when I ordered it ) a few solar filters for the ED80 and the 8" SCT. lots of odds and ends

Santa gave me a 10" Solar Filter


COSTS - well that never ends up being a balanced statement

[Dujon]

Being something of a 'newbie' not much.

Bought

GSO 10" Dob via Bintel Sydney
Laser collimating tool
Cheshire collimating tool
2 x Tele Vue Barlow lens (courtesy of Tamtarn on this site - thanks again you two, though I still haven't had a chance to use it in decent seeing)

Sold

Nowt.

Right: so there's no point in coming around my place to burglarise me - got it?

[Striker (Tony)]

I bought a $2 red light torch.

Sold nothing....lol

[GeoffW1 (Geoff)]

Hi,

Looking back on this an interesting effect emerges...

Sold: nothing yet of course
Bought:

*200mm Bintel DOB 2nd hand with one 2" 32mm EP and a Cheshire collimator - $300, and then it began...

*Bintel Plossls, 9mm (only usable right in the centre of FOV), 15mm (bit better), 25mm (enjoyable) - $97
*Meade 2x Barlow (not impressive, mainly used now for Barlowed collimation) - $76
*Bintel laser collimator (had to collimate the collimator, not difficult) - $69
*RA Bintel finderscope (essential for my neck!) - $99
*4 Bintel colour filters (uninformed purchase really, I have yet to use them much) - $60
*2 Bintel moon filters (these I have used a lot) - $30
*Telrad finder (very handy, recommend it) - $89
*Astronomik UHC filter (makes a difference, but not startling) - $135

and I'm not finished for 2006, if I can get there soon enough I am going to purchase a Bintel 10:1 Crayford focuser (completely fed up with the standard one) as long as it does not have too much slop in the barrel travel. If it does, hmmm jump to WO or JMI), and I think an 8mm Orion Stratus.

Now the effect I spoke of....all these extra goodies which I found I absolutely must have, add up to more than twice what I paid for the old DOB!!

So what? Well, I think for someone starting like me:

-get stuff that can be usefully kept for the next telescope or
-get stuff that will add to the saleability of the old scope

The more of the former I collect, the nearer I think that Lightbridge is getting. It seems to be a cyclical thing, I am now buying ahead of the telescope I have.

Good fun

Geoff

[snowyskiesau]

Bought:
Astromeccanica motors and controller for Polaris mount
Argo Navis and encoder kit for Polaris mount
20x80 Binoculars
EQ5 mount

Sold:
EQ5 mount

[ving (David)]

er... bought a heq5. oh adn an lpi.... thats it

[astro_nutt]

Sold..not allowed to!
Bought...
Bintel RA finder...damn good idea!
Astronomik UHC-E filter...does the job!
E Astro MF 1000 hand-held sky navigator...about time!
Blue 1.25" filter..cause it was there!
Bintel 26mm 2" widefield
Bintel 15mm 1.25" superview
Bintel 20mm 1.25" plossl
Various books and trinkets