Saturn's rings observed through my £10 scope. The scope was a 200mm f3.5 Tamron lens I bought from e-bay for £10. There were a couple of dings on the inner surfaces so not much good for photography. However a bit of wood, plastic tube, electrical tape and glue, and I have a wide field telescope. giving a 7deg field with a 18mm eyepice. Using a 20mm eyepice and a 5x barlow the rings of Saturn are easy. I'll bring it to the next observing session.
ten quid when you don't include the 200 quid powermate :wink:
sounds fun, I look forward to seeing it
:grin:
You wern't supposed to spot that :wink:
[ This Message was edited by: Whitters on 2003-12-07 22:29 ]
Where's the image?
Was it by any chance on a £400 mount :smile:
[ This Message was edited by: csuddell on 2003-12-08 17:38 ]
I think you mean £1400 !!!
So that's :-
£ 10 lense
£ 200 Eyepiece
£ 1,400 Mount
£ 80 Filters ?
£ 60 battery pack
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£ 1,750
Ian, don't tell the wife about the £ 10 telescope :smile:
It's allways strange how hobbies add up.
Paul,
Did you use and adaptor to get the lens onto the barlow and eyepiece?
I have a few camera lenses of 300mm+ focal length and wondered how I would get an eyepiece on one? Or was this a m42 threaded version?
Can you let me know.
Hi Chris,
I think that you can buy adaptors for M42 thread lens.
However mine was bodged with a bit of wood like a polo which will be glued to the back of the lens, a short pice of plastic plumbing waste pipe, long enough to reach focus. Then to get the inner dimension of the waste pipe the right size I wrapped electrical tape round a 35mm film pot. Then lashings of epoxy glue and more electrical tape and there you have it.
What is this.... Blue Peter ???!!!
Sorry forgot... and a pair of Val's knickers
Get down Shep!
So next week are you building a pond or training for a parachute jump?
Or should it be a festive coat hangger based christmas arrangement.