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As a Christmas gift, my father-in-law made me this beautiful eyepiece case.  The box contains space for all my eyepieces and collimation tools and there is still some spare space for the eyepieces (and the Howie-Glatter laser collimator) I want to buy in the coming year. At the right side of the box, there are 4 boxes that can be stacked, where my other accessories can be stored:  SkyFi 3 Argo Navis Sky Quality Meter Handpad for the ServoCAT Red flashlight Power cable for the powered ground board In the top lid, a tablet and a sketchbook can be stored.  There is still some place in the box above the eyepieces where the light shroud can be stored. A very nice solution to store my eyepieces! All eyepieces, collimation tools and SkyFi 3 The closed eyepiece case The empty eyepiece case The empty eyepiece case All eyepieces and collimation tools All eyepieces, collimation tools and the Argo Navis All eyepieces, collimation tools, the Sky Quality Meter and the handpad for the ServoCAT All ey

The last months, it became obvious that Jupiter and Saturn were nearing each other.  On the night of December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn only were in conjunction and separated only by 6'6''. Due to the bad weather on this night, I could not observe the closest encounter.  Luckily, on December 20, the weather was very nice.  With the naked eye, the view was already nice, but with my 20cm travel dobsonian, the view was really amazing.  Both Jupiter and Saturn were visible in the field of view, even using my 5mm Nagler eyepiece (160x). The weather was not stable enough to use the 18'' Obsession.  The planets were located very low above the horizon anyway, so using the 18'' Obsession was not an option. The days before the conjunction, the weather was sometimes clear for a while in the evening, so I could take some pictures to see how the planets closed in to each other.   Jupiter and Saturn on December 20, 2020. Jupiter and Saturn on December 18, 2020 Jupiter,