Skywatcher 130m eq-2

[scottphillips]

Hey guys just ordered my second telescope and was looking for any first hand experience with this scope you may have had or any advice on how to get the best out of it

Thanks

[NGC 1502]

A local clubmate of mine has one of those. I've looked through it, and thought it was optically very good.

The main issue he had was setting up and using the EQ mount.

I ran through the procedure a couple of times in daylight, but in the dark on his own when using it, he got confused.

First thing is to set your latitude on the 0 to 90 scale, near enough is fine, and you only need to do that once.

Then do a polar alignment - point the main axis north. For basic observing, you only need casual alignment. Accurate alignment is only needed for imaging.

The other snag he had was he just couldn't get used to the optical finder. He got a Telrad, and was sorted.

HTH, Ed.

[scottphillips]

Thanks for that aslong as it's good optically then I'm happy,

I'll probably attach my modded webcam to it when I get a clear night to image maybe jupiter and the moon at this point of year )

[Robp]

In my opinion the moon is quite a good first target as its quite large and is good practice for processing.

It can be quite hard to get Jupiter onto the webcam sensor as the sensor has a very small surface area.

[happy-kat]

It is eadier to test webcam and scope on distant object in daytime to practice focusing ( not the sun!)

[Syed Saif Alam]

Try captureing pleadis cauz there you could get awesome views with even a webcam i think so. Youll also get used to stacking and procsssing once u are into it .clear skies.!