Equipment used

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My first 'scope

Click here for   more on Tal 1 and how I use it for 'Astrophotography' or taking a few pics ;-)


 Tal 1 in the Backyard during Transit of Venus

 Tal 1 on stand - from Stockport BTC

Bresser Skylux 70mm refractor - one of Lidl's recent bargains

More info on Bresser Equipment

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 Eyepieces

  • Tal 1 - 2002

  • 15mm

  • 25mm

  • x3 Barlow

  • 20mm and zoom added

  • Bresser - 2005

  • 20mm

  • 12mm

  • 4mm

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and old Binoculars on tripod doing a similar job

The eyepieces are all 1.25" and are interchangeable between both telescopes

Bresser 10 x 50 binoculars - again from Lidl plus fitting for tripod


My final 'scope!

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C8 SCT - for easier (?) deep sky - not tested properly yet! Dec 2006

But love the lunar landscapes visible through it


Hand held camera

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Ricoh Caplio G3 digital camera - hand held from Jessops

lens now damaged :-(

 Panasonic Lumix FZ7

Got it just after the moon eclipse in March 2007

Like the Starry Sky program for night sky scenes (cameras for dummies? - hopefully!)   Must read the instruction book ...

 

Storage of eyepieces etc.

Handy containers from local Pound shop - three small ones just fit a lens plus one large box with lid keeps them together

Torch etc.

Red light pen from SPA and son's rear light from his bike (don't tell him!)

 

Not strictly necessary - but inspirational  :-)

Battered model of Sputnik brought back from Moscow in 1964 Recording of Yuri Gagarin in Space Kennedy Space Centre mug from kind friend

 

Neither strictly useful nor inspiring - but pretty!

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Moon Globe

4" diameter, near side OK but joint to far side very peculiar.  From Italy, cheap and cheerful!

 Sky Globe

 

Similar size - cheap and cheerful again! From local high street 'Works'

 

My bit of the Moon

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A little bit of anorthositic regolith breccia from NEA 001 lunar meteorite (don't sneeze or I'll lose it!)