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Used my new telescope for the first time tonight. Need some recs.
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:01 pm
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:01 pm
Moon was incredible. Saw 5 moons of Jupiter but couldn’t make out much detail on the planet. Saturn was just a big wobbly yellow blur.
I need a good eyepiece with as much magnification as practicable. 200x plus. What’s a good one?
Btw, I have an Orion 130ST.
I need a good eyepiece with as much magnification as practicable. 200x plus. What’s a good one?
Btw, I have an Orion 130ST.
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Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:02 pm to Slippy
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Used my new telescope for the first time tonight. Need some recs.
Wait till it's dark outside. Thank me later
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:03 pm to Displaced
Meteor shower tonight. Make sure you point it up
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:04 pm to Slippy
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:05 pm to Slippy
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as much magnification as practicable
All that magnification will be wasted if the windows you’re looking in are less than a mile away. Go for a wider angle view.
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:06 pm to Slippy
You spying on the neighbors? That’s illegal.
This post was edited on 10/8/19 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:06 pm to Slippy
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Orion 130ST
Nice buy. It's a relatively dry and clear night. Glad you had fun.
Orion's nebula is just below Orion's belt.
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:07 pm to Slippy
Biggest problem I had with my was a steady rest. I built a steel mount which helped steady it. Just breathing on it can make it vibrate enough to be blurry.
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:08 pm to Slippy
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:08 pm to Slippy
Saturn is overrated, seen bigger balls of gas in the quad
This post was edited on 10/8/19 at 9:10 pm
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:12 pm to Slippy
Where do you live? Light pollution an issue?
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:13 pm to Slippy
Also download an app called Sky Guide. It will point younin the direction of all sorts of stuff to look at.
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:17 pm to Slippy
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:19 pm to Slippy
Let your scope acclimate. More magnification is pointless if conditions aren’t right. There are a lot of factors that come into play when trying to get a clear image; wind; temperature; humidity; atmosphere; etc.
Don’t even bother with google images of planets, it’ll never look that good unless you own Hubble.
Don’t even bother with google images of planets, it’ll never look that good unless you own Hubble.
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:22 pm to Tigerbait357
She seems like a fun time
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:31 pm to DavidTheGnome
+1 on the sky app. I have had pocket universe for years.
People should be aware though that even with a good telescope, Saturn looks like this.
Not like this:
People should be aware though that even with a good telescope, Saturn looks like this.
Not like this:
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:40 pm to Slippy
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Need some recs
Zoom all the way in on Uranus
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:46 pm to Slippy
Posted on 10/8/19 at 9:47 pm to Scooba
Saturn still looks cool as hell through a telescope.
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