thestargaze

I meant Uranus .. I have Saturn on my brain right now. Really want to see it but it’s towards the south direction and I have a large tree there so I can’t see it well. Hoping I might see a glimpse of above the balcony divider or earlier than yesterday (but I guess it will be to low by then). I would love to observe from the ground but the scope is to big for me to cart so far and it’s very difficult because I live in an apartment. Yes, I live in Sweden.

Can you recommend some good but not too expensive eye pieces? I was looking at the StellaLyra line at about 50 pound a piece but if you say they are not good enough..,

Can you recommend three or two eye pieces for the scope that won’t be too expensive? Do I really need a plain GSO corrector? Have to Google what it is. Never heard of it. It’s funny because I like the 30 mm the most, mainly because of the high eye relief, large aperture, high FOV and it’s easy to find objects like Jupiter. I see the moons very nice, very small but clear (to me).

Can you recommend a video or some instruction with pictures for collimating with the cap? I don’t have an laser collimating laser yet. It’s on my shopping list for September. Do you need a tool to adjust the nobs (secondary and primary) on the StellaLyra scope?

This could maybe explain the prickly appearance because it was relative low, I left around 2:00 yesterday (maybe I should have waited). I thought It would be fine because I could see Jupiter when it was relative low. As time passes it moves upward of course. When do I know when it will be less distortion due to horizon?

Actually no I haven’t, I only got an collimation cup. Not sure how to do this practically. Jupiter seems fine but maybe it’s because it’s so large in comparison.

Yesterday I was observing night sky with my 8 inch Dobsonian telescope. I let it be outside for a hour and so to let it get accumulated to the 12 degree Celsius temperature. I only have two eye pieces that came with it, Superview 30 mm 2 inch and 9 mm plössel 1,25 inch. I did have a 2x Barlow 1,25 mm inch but I can’t focus well enough with it. It’s hard to re-find the object. Anyways, I managed to find Jupiter and it’s moon and saw it very clearly with my 30 mm and 9 mm. I decided to wait a few hours to see Mars and Uranus (and the Pleiades). I could see the star cluster but Mars and Uranus (couldn’t make out what it was) was highly disappointing. I couldn’t get a clear image, it seemed to be some kind of prickling effect to it. Does this mean I will not be able to see Mars with current equipment? I think I saw Mars with my eye, because it was so redish, but I couldn’t recognise Saturn nearby. any advice please? anything else I should get (eye pieces etc)? I am in bortle 5 skys, on my top roof balcony. added some pictures I took with my iPhone 13 pro max. Really hard to take a picture though the eye piece, most of those failed. Exposure time is 30 sek for the most time. Used an small table top tripod for phone.

Which of the two is better, Heritage 150p and 127 Mak? The latter being a bit more expensive. I noticed that most people mention 150p. I guess you could get the 127 Mark as a stand-alone scope to combine with the goto tabletop setup? Also which tripod would you recommend for this table top setup? I saw someone attaching it to a tripod.