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Hi, new star gazer here


crumblepenny

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Hi, I've just joined your site and am looking forward to being an active participant. I am extremely new at astronomy and am learning to use my new Celestron AstroMaster 130. I have three lenses with the telescope, 1 x 10mm, 1 x 20mm and 1 x 3 x Barlow. As a newby, I was really surprised to see how quickly the earth is moving and the moon slides out of view so I've ordered a motor drive and am going to attempt to set up tracking. I'm also an amateur photographer so when I get a bit more confident I might get a digital camera adapter.

I'd like to buy some filters, can anybody tell me the best site to look at please? I just want filters, at the moment, not a complete starter pack.

I'd welcome any suggestions as to what else you think I should have  :smiley:

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Hello & welcome...

IMO, forget the filters & just get to know your scope\mount and your way around the skies.... 

Usually the first thing people realise, is that the eyepieces that came with the scope, may not be giving the best views possible, and so as a 1st step upgrade those, I use BST & Baader Hyperion click stop zoom, which cover most of my visual needs...

Wishing you clear skies

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A moon filter may be a useful item, or just accept that you will have an image of the moon for about a minute after viewing it.

Just do not stand up and walk around until it has gone as you cannot see anything other then this residual image - not necessarily a sensible thing, but manages to be both fun and childish.

For an filter try Alan at Sky's the Limit, supplied this as Alan sell thes the BST's (Starguider EP's) already mentioned.

Usually the 20mm supplied EP is reasonable, if the 10mm follows normality it will not be so good.

If you decide on better try the 8mm BST Starguider.

Also List of Astro Clubs in case you want to locate one.

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Welcome to SGL.

A Moon filter would be usefull for obviouse reasons.

I cannot understand why they supply a 3x Barlow. a 2x would be more than adequate. With your scope 260X would be the max magnification under excellent conditions with very good EP's. I would hazard a guess that with the present set of lends 200x would be the best achievable.

With a focal length of 650mm then you get 65x and 30x, the supplied 3x barlow would give 195x and 90x but I feel the views could be quite dim as there is so much glass in the light path.

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Hi,

There are also variable polarizing filters available that allow you to increase or decrease the amount of light that gets through.

I use one when viewing the moon and it's very useful, bought mine from the widescreen centre in London.

Hope you enjoy the forum.

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Hi Crumblepenny,

Warm welcome to SGL, hope you enjoy the forums .

Also download a planetarium program, plenty out there but try stellarium, its great and free to be found here :-- http://www.stellarium.org/ . This will show you whats in the sky and where. If you can get a couple of books get 'turn left at orion' and 'sky&telescope pocket star atlas' these will help you learn your way round the sky.

Hwyl!

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