KaleidoScope: Our own gallery for members' art work, crafts and photographs.

Pete2

PART THREE.......now for portability the Maks give the much better result sometimes called a grab and go scope....as you just grab it and go....set up usually about 10 mins. They are my personal all round starter scope.....Mounts come in all shapes and sizes and prices......mine alone cost over £1000 as its motorised on two axis with wifi ports for remote opperation and computer control......btw my scope cost over £500 so theres a cost for you to think about.

Pete2

PART FOUR...Ok  so for me the scope i would go for is the Mak 127 on motorised Alt Az mount....with a hand pad for guidence......around £400 ....dear yes but remember these are excellent first buy scopes...you could buy cheaoer scopes but they usually have defects and poor resolution and poor design mounts...enough to put you off more or less straight away.  With  Mak 127 on a motirised hand held touch pad you will see objects such as what ive posted..........sorry for the long winded posts but just be carefull what you buy.......cheap means poor ....dear means good in optical terms.

Peter.

Swordfish

Pete2

Buy from a scope dealer such as skys n scopes  or first light optics never from the likes of currys .

Roddy

Swordfish said:

Very naturalistic... It almost had me fooled. Splendid work @Swordfish

Chloe_Alumni

Thank you for the advice @Pete2! I know my brother used to have one and he loved it!

A great photo @Swordfish! So detailed!

Pete2

just to end off my scope talk ....here is a Mak 127mm Alt Az with hand held controller.....the diameter is 5 inches and the length is about 2 foot.......150mm x  700mm...........nb.....photo from ebay.......they are compact because the light beam goes down the tube, then its reflected back up to a secondary mirror on the front lens, which reflects it back down again then through a hole in the main mirror then to the eyepiece.   So that 700mm is really 1400mm but within s 700mm scope body.

marmalade

@Swordfish that is fantastic work.  Did you carve that by hand?

Adrian_Scope

Thanks for all your advice @Pete2. Really helpful!

Pete2

Any time......no problem

pollyanna1052

my dreamcatcher

pollyanna1052

my busy owl

Chloe_Alumni

These are amazing @pollyanna1052! Thank you for sharing them with us!!

pollyanna1052

Thankyou x

April2018mom

You are talented @pollyanna1052!

pollyanna1052

Thankyou.  Here are some slate coasters I painted.x

April2018mom

My latest creation I made 

pollyanna1052

some trinket boxes I painted and decorated

April2018mom

pollyanna1052 said:

some trinket boxes I painted and decorated

They are amazing @pollyanna1052! 

wanderlustkingg

I have done mostly digital art this past year but I am originally an oil painter. I do originals and commissions outside of teaching painting and running a studio and art gallery.I