Year in review -bought and sold

[Starkler (Geoff)]

As 2005 draws to a close its interesting to take stock of items bought and sold, and money spent on equipment.

Bought items:
Orion ed80 , WO 2" diagonal , 31mm nagler, 24mm panoptic, 7mm ortho, UO 2" barlow, colour filters, argonavis+encoders, 15x70 binos
total = $3279

Sold items:
27mm panoptic, Ultima 12.5mm, 26mm gso, 20mm gso sv
total: $600

A bit of a budget deficit there .
Im looking forward to seeing Tonys list

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Don't wanna add it up. Pretty much everything in my sig exept for the Celestron and EQ3 mount, EOS500)

[xstream (John)]

Ummmmm Geoff! Don't you mean 2005?

I don't want to even think of what will be spent in 2006 yet.

[cventer]

Oh dear, Your post got me curious so I started to add it up and should really not have done this. If my wife ever sees this post I am totaly scr..d... Even as I post this I am thinking of items I forgot to include. reducers, adaptor plates, extension tubes, etc.....
I think I am better off not knowing.....

Bought
---------
MI250 Mount 7000
Nagler 13 mm type 6: 420
Celestron Carbon Fibre C925 XLT 3200
Optec TCF Focuser 900
19mm Panoptic 360
5mm Nagler 380
Dew Buster Controler 150
Dark Sky Meter 180
TC80N3 remote 150
Spare Motors and Gearbox 250
Plates,Rings etc.. 300
Toucam Pro 150
Canon 50mm f1.8 lens 90
The Sky 6 400
CCD Inspector 150
New Custom Portable Pier 900
Hutech Fronty mount IR Cut filter for Canon 270
Dew Not cables 250
Pelican 1650 Case for transporting Mount 800
Sbig ST-237 autoguider 700

Total $17,000

Sold
----

Vixen GP-DX and Skysensor 1500
Vixen 5mm LVw 200
Goto4 All motor kit 320
SBIG LRGB IR filters 200
ST-4 Autoguider 500

Total $2720

Regards
Chris

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

You're a bad boy Chris. We should not go shopping together.

80mm Orion,
200mm Meade SCT
GM8
G11
Canon300D
16mm T2 nag
2X Starmate
Losmandy Encoders
Argonarvis
Coupla finder scopes
2X laptop
More software and books than I can shake a stick at.
Losmandy dovetails, mounting brackets etc
DSI
Binoviewer
ToUcam
And then some


Not adding it up. Ignorance is bliss

Sold

LX200
Finderscope

Doesn't quite balance out does it.

[Dave47tuc (David)]

I have sold too much

But very happy with my new scope. If I sell it I will never live it down.

So I will keep it till i you know

I don't want to think of any costs.

[h0ughy (David)]

I have bought this year
2 deep sky 2" filters (one Iceman Kindly looked after for over 8 months ) $185.00 and $145.00
a ST4 $1000
an illuminated reticle $75,
a EQ6 $1000 plus $200 for refit
a Synscan for the eq6 $950
a M500 Intes scope and case $650
1 solar filter for the M500 $189.00
an Orion Express with case $580
1 SCT 2" WO diagonal $160
1 WO 2" refractor diagonal $155
2 headlamp thingy $66
a padded foam case $49
a 9mm nagler $380
a 17mm nagler $480
a 20mm Nagler $520
a 34mm 2: Meade superwide eyepiece $ 485
a 26mm 2" ultrawide eyepiece $ 520
Meade DSI $575
a Orion 2" variable polariser $85
2 15 watt solar panels with regulators $350
2x 4" kendrick dew straps plus a 3" and a 2" dew strap $180
1 thousand oaks dew controller $180
a gas lift bar stool $49
a mobile phone to replace the one I broke $89.

$9297.00

I sold the pst $850

[Robby]

Originally Posted by cventer

Sold
----
Vixen GP-DX and Skysensor 1500
Vixen 5mm LVw 200
Goto4 All motor kit 320
SBIG LRGB IR filters 200
ST-4 Autoguider 500

Total $2720

Regards
Chris

Plus a few hundred copies of DSLR focus...!!

[Robby]

Ok now I'm curious... In 2005
Brought
- G11 Head $1200
- Meade GF Tripod $700
- TheSky 6 $400
- 16mm Nagler $350
- 22mm Nagler $550
- CLS Filter $250
- Argo Navis $600
- ST80 $150
- C9.25 OTA $2000

SOLD
- CLS Filter $160
- GM8 $900
- 16mm Nagler $250
- SPC8 $1400
Plus a few Star-mates... I'm probably even!

Cheers

[Striker (Tony)]

Too high of a risk for me to post such claims.

But it would be around $1000 give or take a dollar or two....lol

Anyway I would have to be some kind of a Mathematician to work those figures out.

This thread is devorce material....your a bad man Geoff.

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Striker

But it would be around $1000 give or take a dollar or two....lol

This thread is devorce material....your a bad man Geoff.

You're a legend Tony.......

[rumples riot]

Hmmm, this is not advisable but here goes.

9.25 celstron and EQ6 mount $5700.
Scope case for the 9.25 $600.00
9mm Nagler $459.00
6.7mm Meade Series 5000 UWA $265.00
24mm panoptic TV $485.00
TV 2.5x powermate $310.00
TV 5x powermate $310.00
Meade wireless illuminated reticle $167.00
Lymax SCT cooler $174.00
Moonlite SCT focusor with motor $600.00
Kendrick laser SCT collimator $369.00
PicoStar day star collimator $200.00
Baader UV-IR filter $95.00
AE 3D weight set $269.00
Orion Dew heater $100.00
Meade DSI $500.00
Orion Mirror diagonal $119.00
Bintel piggy back system for guide scope $129.00
Orion ED80 scope $700.00
EZi clutch kit $59.00
Bobs knobs for LX200 $32
Bobs knobs for 9.25 $25.00
Pier $550
Materials for obs deck $500.00 (roughly)

Sub total $12,717.00

Sold

TV 3x barlow $150 (I think??)
Meade 2x barlow $90.00
Meade field derotator $392.00
Meade Super Wedge $485.00

Net total $11,600.00

Spent way too much this year. Did not think it was this much. Cannot remember if there were anymore purchases. Hopefully I will sell the meade soon with all the gear and this will balance up a bit and bring me back to around 7k spent.

Paul

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

I bought a BIG dob!

[TidaLpHasE]

My first year.

Bought, 12" gs dob: returned for refund, faulty mirror x2
25x100bt binoculars: sold recently
9x63 meade binno's
canon 350d and accs.
canon 10-22mm
canon 90-300mm
manfrotto 055b/ 190d tripods
orion ed80 and accs.
eq6 with skyscan
rigil quickfinder
dslr focus
lowpro backpack
astro mags
All up around the $6000 mark.

I am also ordering a hutech 5d, that will blow the budget over the 10k mark

Not too bad for a first year introduction into this hobby.

[Stu]

So far Dave is only one who has sold more than he has bought. I rest of us have been bad.

Bought:
EP's
4mm Radian - $260
15mm, 22mm, 35mm TeleVue Panoptics - Blody Lots! (blody awesome too!)
5.5, 9, 14, 20mm Meade series 5000 plossls - $680

Scopes
WO ZenithStar 80 & case, 2" dielectric, VR-1 filter - $799
LXD75 6" Newt, AutoStar #497 - $1500
AOE80L on AZ3 - $270

Sold:
As above (no not really!)
5.5, 9, 14, 20mm Meade series 5000 plossls - $400
Meade 6" Newt OTA - $180?
AOE80L OTA - $160
Heaps of Music Gear - $2900 and counting...

I think I'm even , marriage looking good.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Because of the generosity of some people in here I have 'obtained' many items this year!

I Bought:
GS 12" Deluxe Dob
GS 2" 30mm SuperView EP
GS 2" 2x Barlow
Collimating Tool
Red Torch
Red Light for Laptop Keyboard
Bird cage Shower Cap
Tons of AA Batteries
5 AS&T magazines

I was given:
TouCam - Modded for DSO
PhotoShop Program
EQ Mount
128MB Memory Stick
Unitron 2" 32mm Erfle EP

& Lots of New Friends!

My boys Jake & Harry were Given:
8" Refector
80mm Short f/length Finderscope
25mm w/angle EP
10mm EP
Night Sky magazine

I Made:
Quickfinder
Dewcap for finderscope
Control Room for PC outside

I Sold:
Nil

I Gave Away:
A very old Astronomy Book

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

WOW I hope your boys enjoy the 8" Refector Ken, should get some pleasing detail through it.

What did I buy hmmmmm

JMI Crayford Focuser $150
Laptop $900


Thats about it Astronmical wise, I am waiting for "THE" telescope to come on the market.

[cventer]

Wow - What a year !!!!

I dont feel nearly as bad now.... Well done guys.

May the new year bring twice your previous astronomy budget!!!!!!

Regards
Chris

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

this thread should be R rated.

I am not going to add up the dollars but

I sold Nothing

I bought

a C8NGT
a canon 300D
a touCam
an ED 80
a 11x60 binos
what seems like every astronomy magazine available
odds and ends-mounting rings, finder scopes, eypieces, Cheshire collimators,etc etc
a CLS filter
DSLR focus
dont know what else, am too scared already

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Originally Posted by Stu

Sold:
...
Heaps of Music Gear - $2900 and counting...
I think I'm even...

"Music Gear"? That's cheating!