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So what does Grab and Go mean to everyone else on here. There are probably no wrong answers to this question
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It also needs to be a grab and go for travel, it needs to be easily transported and set up at a remote location within minutes.
So the scope I use to grab and go outside in the yard also needs to be compact and light enough to take to the outskirts of town or on longer trips and be quick and easy to set up.
Like you say, no right or wrong answers here.
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I know some people use "grab and go" as "easy and fast to deploy". But I don't feel they are the same.
To give you an example, some folks in my astro club have remote access observatories. They push a key on their laptop at home and the roof on their observatory opens, another key and their mount comes out of hibernation and their 16"
However, I would not go into a battle over the term.
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But seriously, I have an AWB OneSky that I consider to be my Grab & Go scope.
Between my two big rigs, the CEM70EC and the Astro-Physics Mach 1, the CEM70 is much more portable and easier to travel with.
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The weight of it all has become more and more important over the years. My 102mm F5 telescope weighs about 8.8 lbs and the mount/tripod about 13.5 lbs.
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So just out of curiosity. How long does it take you to set that up? Say from the time you stand up to go get it, to looking through the eyepiece?Bigzmey wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:24 pm I am a bit conservative in grab and go definition. For me it is a compact and lightweight setup which is easy to carry in one go and fast to setup. Here is one of my grab and go rigs. It is not just small and lightweight, but also the case contains everything I need to observe: the scope, mount head, finder, diagonal, EPs, barlow, filters. I can grab the case and mount legs and I know that I am all set to fly, drive or step out and start observing.
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I know some people use "grab and go" as "easy and fast to deploy". But I don't feel they are the same.
To give you an example, some folks in my astro club have remote access observatories. They push a key on their laptop at home and the roof on their observatory opens, another key and their mount comes out of hibernation and their 16" SCT is ready to take images. This is as easy and fast as it gets, but I don't believe anyone would call it grab and go.
However, I would not go into a battle over the term.
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my 80 lunt mt,
on an easy-to-carry tripod.
I can use it either to look at the sun or use it to look at the night sky.
everything should be setup in less than about 5 minutes.
Obviously everyone has their version of grab and go.
If for them their setup is easy to transport and assemble, it's a grab and go.
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If it in the case, then under 5 min. On occasion I keep it all ussembled on the mount, then I can carry it in one hand and start observing the moment the legs touch the ground. Lately I have been using it with Mark IV zoom and don't need to bring the case.Mike Q wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:17 amSo just out of curiosity. How long does it take you to set that up? Say from the time you stand up to go get it, to looking through the eyepiece?Bigzmey wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:24 pm I am a bit conservative in grab and go definition. For me it is a compact and lightweight setup which is easy to carry in one go and fast to setup. Here is one of my grab and go rigs. It is not just small and lightweight, but also the case contains everything I need to observe: the scope, mount head, finder, diagonal, EPs, barlow, filters. I can grab the case and mount legs and I know that I am all set to fly, drive or step out and start observing.
Onyx 80ED on UA MicroStar.jpg
Onyx 80ED travel kit A.jpg
I know some people use "grab and go" as "easy and fast to deploy". But I don't feel they are the same.
To give you an example, some folks in my astro club have remote access observatories. They push a key on their laptop at home and the roof on their observatory opens, another key and their mount comes out of hibernation and their 16" SCT is ready to take images. This is as easy and fast as it gets, but I don't believe anyone would call it grab and go.
However, I would not go into a battle over the term.
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I roll my 10 inch out of the garage and grab an eyepiece case in about the same amount of time. It's whatever works right.Bigzmey wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:14 pmIf it in the case, then under 5 min. On occasion I keep it all ussembled on the mount, then I can carry it in one hand and start observing the moment the legs touch the ground. Lately I have been using it with Mark IV zoom and don't need to bring the case.Mike Q wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:17 amSo just out of curiosity. How long does it take you to set that up? Say from the time you stand up to go get it, to looking through the eyepiece?Bigzmey wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:24 pm I am a bit conservative in grab and go definition. For me it is a compact and lightweight setup which is easy to carry in one go and fast to setup. Here is one of my grab and go rigs. It is not just small and lightweight, but also the case contains everything I need to observe: the scope, mount head, finder, diagonal, EPs, barlow, filters. I can grab the case and mount legs and I know that I am all set to fly, drive or step out and start observing.
Onyx 80ED on UA MicroStar.jpg
Onyx 80ED travel kit A.jpg
I know some people use "grab and go" as "easy and fast to deploy". But I don't feel they are the same.
To give you an example, some folks in my astro club have remote access observatories. They push a key on their laptop at home and the roof on their observatory opens, another key and their mount comes out of hibernation and their 16" SCT is ready to take images. This is as easy and fast as it gets, but I don't believe anyone would call it grab and go.
However, I would not go into a battle over the term.
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You have a nice arrangement there Mike. Our house is on the hill, so anywhere I go there is at least one flight of stairs. When I deploy my big guns I need to brake the rig in a few pieces to easily carry and also pass a narrow door.Mike Q wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:20 pmI roll my 10 inch out of the garage and grab an eyepiece case in about the same amount of time. It's whatever works right.
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Being handy enough to make a cart has made grabbing and going much easierBigzmey wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:25 pmYou have a nice arrangement there Mike. Our house is on the hill, so anywhere I go there is at least one flight of stairs. When I deploy my big guns I need to brake the rig in a few pieces to easily carry and also pass a narrow door.
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A lightweight 80mm refractor:
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I can carry that arrangement with legs extended, out into the yard or onto my front deck, or put it into the car with tube detached from the tripod. My front deck has a good view to the NE, E, and SE horizons.
For example, I used this setup to observe the eclipse of Europa by Io in 2020 using a Pentax XW5
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For general deep sky scanning, I use a 30mm 80 deg eyepiece.
Moonfish UW 30mm 500g or Nagler 31mm 900g both yield a nice sharp 4 degree true field.
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