Ok, providing my offer is accepted, I'm the proud owener of a 150mm F5 Newt 1/6th with a 1:10 crayford, should be ok for wide field stuff and be very portable, everyone say ahhh.
Now do I sell the ZS66 or the 80mm Guide scope? Or keep them all and never have to change things over again?
Chris
P.S. Spacedog was 1 a little while ago, forgot to tell you.
OOh nice kit.
Happy Birthday Spacedog !
Thank you, woof
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2655649280_c22b1769f9_b.jpg)
hmm, he's grown a bit.
No chance of us catching him running round the field at DSC any more :(
Dude he's 36kg now as well, you should see him jump up at people under 5' 6".
that's my kind of dog. Don't get me started on Yorkshire terriers...
Happy birthday, Frodo.
He looks a bit unpredictable in that photo!
Happy Birthday Frodo !
Reminds me of Basil, the poodle we had when I was living with my parents, he looks exactly the same. They are wonderful dogs, highly intellegent and very allergy friendly if you suffer from asthma like me. Trouble is they have to have a ponsy hair do every now and then.
Quote from: RobertM on Jul 10, 2008, 19:37:57
Trouble is they have to have a ponsy hair do every now and then.
He's a labradoodle, nothing ponsy about them, honest.
Lovely dogs, hope you bring him down to DSC ...
He has been at the last four I have attended :o
Chris,
with your post title, I think a lot of people thought you & Karen were adding to the family, in a nappy, bottle, kind of way.
Not a new telescope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: Fay on Jul 11, 2008, 11:55:29...with your post title, I think a lot of people thought you & Karen were adding to the family, in a nappy, bottle, kind of way....
I must admit that was my first thought.
QuoteHe has been at the last four I have attended
That's four more than me :(
Good luck with your offer...
Ok the deal is done! Will get the scope next week.
Which newt is it Chris?
Its an Orion Optics 150mm F5 Delux 1/6th with the 10:1 focusor and also with the secondary in place so it will focus with an SLR, the reason for getting it is so I can try an F5 Scope, basically a 10 minut sub with the ED80 F7.5 becomes a 4 minute sub at F4 and they have about the same focal length, just need to get me paws onto a Coma Corrector now. So I should be able to do 8 minute subs which would be the equivilent of 20 mins at the moment, I was going to get a GSP 8"F4, but I'm not 100% positive it would not need a tweak.
As usual it was second hand, new they are about £300 without the mod for the SLR.
Its one of these with the 1:10 reducer option. http://www.orionoptics.co.uk/EUROPA/europa150f5delux.html
Also, don't ask me why, but I have allways liked newt scopes. I get it on Tuesday, so I suppose I should sell something to make the bank balance up a little.
Chris
Chris, what is the mod for the SLR?
You have to move the secondary nearer the primary so you have enough infocus, about 50mm worth.
Isn't it easier to move the primary closer to the secondary?
Otherwise you have to reposition the focuser as well - it must make a big mess of the side of the OTA ...
It was done at the factory, it looks ok.
Chris,
That's the hairy beast that woke me early one morning by washing my face.
I wonder if it was your snoring Zzzzzzz early in the morning that woke him. ;)
And he's still bloody growing........
Tony G
Quote from: Tony G on Jul 11, 2008, 21:45:49
Chris,
That's the hairy beast that woke me early one morning by washing my face.
Tony G
Must be something to do with his woolly coat ;)
Quote from: Delphine on Jul 12, 2008, 09:51:17
Must be something to do with his woolly coat ;)
Are we still talking about Jim?
Na he not woolly on top any more!
Hope we're not talking Sheep here !