Night Surfer
sage
Reged: 03/22/05
Posts: 342
Loc: Salem, Oregon
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Just gol a lil bonus from work so I.....
Brinkman Red LED light $9.95
Rayovac Red LED light $12.95
Observing Chair $69.95 (my homemade "LYBAR" chair about killed me the 1st night I used it, grrr)
Starry Night Pro 5.0 $130.00
Xantrec XPower 150 $65.00
20cm SCT (book from astromart) $15.00
This is on top of about $200 worth of eyepieces, dew shield, green laser, eyepiece case, etc...that I have purchased in the last month.
Thank gawd I don't have aperture fever (yet) 
-sigh- does it ever end???
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Tracy
Orion 12" XTI Dob
Hardin 6" DSH Dob
Celestron Skymaster 15X70
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celestial_search
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 11/18/04
Posts: 2569
Loc: Iowa, USA
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Uhmmm, no?
Do you want it to end? 
No end in sight . . .
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Frank
C-11 XLT
8" f/6 Newt on GEM
Tak FS-102II
SV 80L Triplet APO
EQ-6 Mount on pier in backyard observatory (EQMOD)
CG-5 AS (GOTO)
SBIG ST-5C CCD and Canon Rebel XSI
SSAG
Oberwerk 15X70s and Pentax 10X21s
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Paul Rix
Post Laureate
Reged: 11/06/04
Posts: 3421
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LOL, no.. it never ends.
Erika and I started out last November by deciding that we would buy eachother a joint early christmas present (a factory refurbished ETX70).
Since then....
2x barlow
3 x barlow
5mm eyepiece
8mm tlelview Plossl eyepiece
Celestron NexImage webcam
Dew shield
red dot finder
Scopetronix flexifocus
filter starter kit
IR Filter
Fringe killer filter
Meade DSI
books
computer software & cables from Meade..
oh, and at the beginning of this month we added a slightly bigger telescope  This came with various acessories too.
This week I purchased my first acessory for the new telescope (a focal reducer). I have a few more items that are on the wishlist too. I think I need to lock away my credit card!
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Night Surfer
sage
Reged: 03/22/05
Posts: 342
Loc: Salem, Oregon
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Quote:
Do you want it to end?
No, not really....guess I'll be homeless but accessorized! 
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Tracy
Orion 12" XTI Dob
Hardin 6" DSH Dob
Celestron Skymaster 15X70
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Paul Rix
Post Laureate
Reged: 11/06/04
Posts: 3421
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desertstars
Reged: 11/05/03
Posts: 41911
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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You needn't be homeless. Just get a big tarp, drape it over the scope, and crawl inside...
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Thomas Watson
Author of Mr. Olcott's Skies. Available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
@desertstarsbks
Under Desert StarsEither Way, It's Reading
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snart
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/07/05
Posts: 636
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Quote:
-sigh- does it ever end???
Yeah. It ends. When you die! Then the wife starts the "big garage sale"...
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Night Surfer
sage
Reged: 03/22/05
Posts: 342
Loc: Salem, Oregon
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Sweet!! Cut a hole in it and PRESTO! An observatory!!! Mobile one, at that.
Can I pay a bunch a dough for the tarp tho, please???
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Tracy
Orion 12" XTI Dob
Hardin 6" DSH Dob
Celestron Skymaster 15X70
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Paul Rix
Post Laureate
Reged: 11/06/04
Posts: 3421
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If it will make you happy I can sell you a tarp for a wildly exagerated price  .
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wilash
Fairy Godmother
Reged: 09/30/03
Posts: 5746
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Don't listen to them. It does end...
in bankruptcy.
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square_peg
Postmaster
Reged: 03/26/04
Posts: 36712
Loc: Maple Valley, WA
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You needn't be homeless. Just get a big tarp, drape it over the scope, and crawl inside...
Tom, that's simply not practical. It would make more sense to buy a scope large enough to live in when it's not in use.
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Tom (Pegster)
DSH-8 (GSO Dob)
15x70 Oberwerks
ED80/SVP
WO 66P
Sears Discoverer EQ 60/900
8x42 Regals
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
Thucydides
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Night Surfer
sage
Reged: 03/22/05
Posts: 342
Loc: Salem, Oregon
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Quote:
If it will make you happy I can sell you a tarp for a wildly exagerated price .
You're not getting off that easy, pal. Post it here or on Astromart or eBay tho, and I'll be on it like flies on @#$%!
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Tracy
Orion 12" XTI Dob
Hardin 6" DSH Dob
Celestron Skymaster 15X70
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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Nah! It'll never end.
About two weeks after I got my TV 85, I left my laptop browser on a Coronado Solar Filter for my wife to "discover."
She said "Ok, when you get your next bonus!"
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Night Surfer
sage
Reged: 03/22/05
Posts: 342
Loc: Salem, Oregon
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oooooo Solar Filter mmmmmmm
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Tracy
Orion 12" XTI Dob
Hardin 6" DSH Dob
Celestron Skymaster 15X70
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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Really! Went up to the local observatory and looked through one a while back........ Even my Sweetie was impressed.
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erik
telescope surgeon
Reged: 01/30/04
Posts: 24789
Loc: Hawaii
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it never ends. the good news is that if you have a really big scope, you could always sleep in it for awhile to support the astrogear bug...
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-Erik Wilcox
Starstuff
Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob in Ohia Forest Observatory
(12' X 12' rolloff under Mag 7 skies)
8" Antares f/5 Newt
SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ
Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod
Konusvue 20x80 binos
Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor
Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor
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Albie
Post Laureate
Reged: 02/22/05
Posts: 4638
Loc: Alberta,Canada
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Bankruptsy doesn't end it either.I've quadrupled the cost of the scope in accessories in the last four months and I'm just getting started.
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Orion Starblast6
Meade 5k SWA 24mm,20mm and 16mm,Antares Speers Waler Series2 9.4mm, 7.2mm and 4.9mm.Meade 5k 2x TeleXtender.
Astro Physics 15x70,Garrett Signature 10x50,Celestron Regal LX 8x42,Bushnell Elite Custom 7x26,Pentax Papilio 6.5x21
Garrett 2000 Grip-Action Monopod,Velbon Sherpa crank elevator tripod(for pap's)
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Rusty
Postmaster
Reged: 08/06/03
Posts: 19246
Loc: Brooker, FL
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Quote:
Thank gawd I don't have aperture fever (yet)
Quote:
Wanna bet? 
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N11GPS Fastar//TOA-130S//MK66 Std//AT6RC//Vintage C5//Megrez II 80mm APO//SolarMax 40
NJP Temma II//Sirius EQ-G
Too Many Astro-Cameras//Mallincam Color Hyper Plus
Two not-spoiled Golden Retrievers - Casey and Nelson
Lot 19 Deerlick Astronomy Village (Canis Major)
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering. - Arthur C. Clarke
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tog
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 01/17/05
Posts: 1421
Loc: Front Yard
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Man, I love buying those accessories! For you long timers out there, how is it after a few years? Does you scope represent only about 25-35 percent of the total cost of your astro gear?
tog
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erik
telescope surgeon
Reged: 01/30/04
Posts: 24789
Loc: Hawaii
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how about 1%...
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-Erik Wilcox
Starstuff
Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob in Ohia Forest Observatory
(12' X 12' rolloff under Mag 7 skies)
8" Antares f/5 Newt
SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ
Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod
Konusvue 20x80 binos
Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor
Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor
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