Really nice Mark.
I am glad to hear that you and Sarah are better now.

I mentioned before that after the bombs drop kindergarten teachers will all survive.
Kindergarten teacher = hostage negotiator training

Hello and welcome back Craig!
Good to hear you will be enjoying the skies more in the future.

Nice lunar image mark. Good to see the classic will be getting some more use.
Enjoy your beer

Happy belated birthday Ian.
I hope you had a great day

Wonderful images Martin!

Really nice images Mark!

Since returning home I have managed to sell another 20+ eyepiece but have also managed to borrow a few things and and purchase a couple more.

I managed to purchase a Vixen Starbook One controller from a Japanese auction house.
It allows me to run either the Vixen SXP & SXP2 mounts as a dual axis ...

Happy Birthday Jean-Yves.
All the best to you

Yes it is a great resource and I would not like to have lost it.

Wonderful memories Mark. I do like the original series best and I was always a Spock fan

I was actually astounded while reading this.

I forwarded the link to my brother (mechanical engineer) and his response was that it just made him want to cry.

To also strengthen the threads in the cast aluminium I would also tap the holes out to insert a steel heli coil.

Well done Steve, one of the best I have seen in a while!

Well Steve, it has taken the better part of 4 decades for me to just take images while bench testing optical setups so it may be a few more before that happens

In the meantime I will enjoy the images you post here.
Hoping all is well with you and looking forward to the next images.

At the rate NASA is moving forward at in the last few years they are on the verge of becoming a memory when China, India and Japan continue on their paths.

Another great session Dave! Great that the skies have been co-operating with you.

A very nice image Steve, well done

A while ago nFA requested to have Christopher Lord 'Evolution Of Eyepieces' as a sticky in the eyepiece subforum.
Since Brayebrook Observatory no longer exists it appears the link now goes to a spam site.

Here is a actual PDF file to replace the defunt link in nFA posting.


EVOLUTIONofEYEPIECES ...

A wonderful tour Alan, thank you for taking us along

A wonderful looking refractor Dave, I am glad that you could get out and enjoy it.