What's your scope?

For me...

Skylux 70mm refractor on EQ2 mount
Tasco 75mm reflector on altaz mount
6" reflector on equatorial mount.
8" reflector on equatorial mount I made in 1996.
Currently rebuilding the 8" reflector again.
8 - 24 X 50 Binoculars.

Notes:
Building the 8" was fun, and easy actually. Its amazing what a teenage mind can envision as a working equatorial mount! I designed it myself in a way, in that I never saw its kind anywhere before, but suited me to my project. It was for my Leaving Cert Construction Studies project.

The Skylux, for me, is a fab grab'n'go scope. I modified the tripod that it can collapse on itself, and fold up just as easy, yet stay perfectly rigid when used.

Binoculars re handy for small time observing. I have them mounted on a camera tripod. Great value 4 years ago from Aldi.

I want to actually get rid of the 8" now. Where I am in the rebuilding is as a (pretty much) finished OTA with new 8" mirror etc etc. I want to build a 13"+ Dob reflector...

Seanie.

Currently I have,

TAL 100mm F\10 Refractor on CG5 motorised equatorial mount with
Celestron 80mm F\5 Refractor Piggybacked,
Meade 200mm F\10 LX10 Schmidt Cassegrain (On Loan), but option to purchase.
Skylux 70mm F\10 Refractor (Not In Use),
Tasco 110mm F\5 Reflector (Not In Use),
10X50 & 30X80 Bino's,
Meade Electronic Eyepiece,
Celestron Neximager,
Plus various eyepieces and filters.

Spaceboy

On a similar vein, anyone considering using their SSIA
to upgrade to a big TAK or h-alpha scope or a big DOB
or a private observatory or ccd camera or naglers or
100mm binos or .....................
PAT
8*40 binos
4"synta refractor
PST
aperture fever.....

I've got a 200mm F5 Skywatcher Newt and Meade 10*50 binos. Standard accessories as I only got it a couple of months ago so I'm still finding my feet with it.

Starting to wonder if I should have got an altaz mount instead of an EQ. Still not sure how to manouevre the EQ properly

200mm reflector on eq mount and 18X50 stabilising binos.

Realistically only get a handfull (maby 10) of good viewing sesions p.a. with scope.

On the other hand I use the binos at every opportunity. Some of my best viewing is done during wet nights between the showers.........seems to clear the air or somthing. Zero setup is great, just sit back in the deckchair and enjoy the view.

Perseus,
Mind me asking how you find the image-stabilising binos? Are they the Canon ones?