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On 28/12/2023 at 01:50, Stu said:
That’s a great picture @CharlyLeyequien, please do keep posting up your results. You will hopefully get some useful feedback which will also help others.
Are you using a phone mount or just hand holding?
Sorry for the delay, I sometimes take a hiatus from social media/forums jaja, I bought this mount:
https://www.amazon.com/Vankey-Cellphone-Telescope-Binocular-Microscope/dp/B01788LT3S
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55 minutes ago, RT65CB-SWL said:
Hi @CharlyLeyequien and welcome to SGL.
I have one of these... https://www.firstlightoptics.com/finders/astro-essentials-deluxe-red-dot-finder.html but under a different brand name. It has the option to switch from green to red, so that is useful for daytime use as well as night time.
Awesome, thanks a lot, that is a great option!
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I got my StarGazer Heritage 130p and it came with a red dot finder
I unfortunately thought it'd be better to remove it every time I stop using it and I unfortunately broke it
I looked in Amazon, and the Skywatcher store page and I can't seem to find anything compatible, it is a very different mount to what I see in the stores, I am hitting my head against the wall now, and hope you can help me with this
Edit: Sorry, I meant to send this in the Equipment help under the begginer forums, but I cannot find how to move it or delete it, just an edit option
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So, it finally arrived and I was so happy, I immediately went to my roof to collimate and align the lil beauty and have it ready, and I just went out to see the only thing I can see, Jupiter and the Moon(Bortle 7 city), and it was amazing hahaha
First I gotta say, I was a bit nervous, got overwhelmed with big words like collimation and adjusting the viewfinder, but it was all childs play, extremely simple, I took about 40 mins all in all, and considering my 0 experience, that was good(I think)
What I gotta say is that I thought the telescope would be a bit more stable, maybe it is just that I need to be more careful, but I did lock it up and it still moved very easily, but again, maybe it is my inexperience
Now, I have to say that I am extremely surprised and never really gave it any thought, that the sky moves so fast, one minute I had the moon in focus and another it was already leaving focus lol, I mean, it is kind of obvious, but I had seriously never considered that haha
Also, I thought that with the 10mm lens I would see the moon a bit bigger, but it fit perfectly inside the eyepiece, that was also a surprise, but I am not going to get any more powerful eyepiece until later on(And I know that I need to make sure that I can use them with the telescope, can't quite remember why lol, but I will look at the vids you guys shared again)
I am so happy, gonna be looking at the sky much more from now on
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So, even though I live in a Bortle 7 city, I decided to get a Sky-Watcher Heritage 130p, got a phone adapter(Which I will not even use at first, but I wanted to have it already lol) and I am getting it on the 20th, early christmas present
Now, I found several pet friendly camping locations that I am thinking of going to, to camp and stargaze, so that is going to be interesting
If you have any advise regarding this specific telescope(Or anything regarding dobsonians in general) it is more than welcome
I am thinking of crafting a light guard, was thinking of using a PVC tube, gluing some fabric to it, or something of the sort, and adapt it as good as possible, but if you have any advise on that as well I also appreciate that
I know it comes with 25 mm and 10 mm 1.25" SUPER Eyepieces and I want to get, maybe a 4" but that is going to be in the future, for now I will just use those ones
I am so frigging excited about this
Thanks for reading me rant like a 10 years old boy lol
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41 minutes ago, ONIKKINEN said:
First of all, warm welcome to the lounge!
Then, i would say you need to take a step back and figure out your total budget for everything required to do what you want to do, that is mount, scope, scope corrector (most scopes need some kind of corrector at around 200-500USD) scope related accessories, camera, camera control accessories, dew control accessories, mount control accessories, etc. Write "astrophotography" on the side of a bucket and start throwing money in it. Dont stop for 3 years. Maybe now you have all you want, maybe not, thing is you will spend 3x what you thought was the "max" you might have spent at first. Its very easy to overlook the extra spending needed to do AP.
What kind of imaging is it that you want to do? 127mm Triplet is hardly entry level and you will find that there are many scopes that do the entry level stuff for half the price, just depending on what exactly you want to do.
And i would not do imaging with an AVX, at least not with a serious scope like this. The more realistic imaging limit for a mount is 50% of the stated manufacturer limit, so you would be severely undermounted with a fully equipped 127mm triplet with the AVX. With that scope i would recommend no less than an EQ6, and even that will not be "trouble free".
OK, so I need to start with something below that one, say, a tabletop dobsonian or something of the sort, and save for a while for the 127, or is it a completely different monster and I should just relax and save without buying something different on the meantime? I see that I will spend even more than what the telescope is worth in accessories, so that is going to require some saving, as you advised
Thanks for the recommendation, helps a lot
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Hi, I am a totally noob person in stargazing looking to enjoy the night sky, have been interested since I was little, but only until now I am able to get myself something, after some googling, I came up with this telescope, Explore Scientific ED 127mm, and I really like it, plus in pages like telescopicwatch it is rated as very good, plus it is mentioned that it is good for astro photography, which I want to do at some point once I am comfy with the telescope, so why not already have something capable of it(OFC if there is any recommendations for something good that is a bit cheaper, I might look into it, the cheaper[for a good device] the better
What I thought of asking for help about is mounts, what mount would you recommend for it, I was advised by B&H to buy these with the telescope(I hope it is ok to put links to other stores, I know this forum is sponsored by a specific store, if it is not allowed, I'll remove them): https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/917599-REG/celestron_91519_advanced_vx_computerized_mount.html, https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/761387-REG/Celestron_18780_AC_Adapter_5.html and https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/285704-REG/Celestron_18774_Power_Tank_12_Volt_7_Amp.html
So I want to know if that is good(I mean, at least the mount, already paying the 2k for the telescope and 1.2k for the mount is WAAAY over the budget I planned(750USD +/-) but I am willing to pay that if it is really that good
I really appreciate your recommendations and any other advise you can give to a complete noob
Thanks!
Dobsonian mirror cleaning? (SkyWatcher Heritage 130p)
in Getting Started General Help and Advice
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It has been a few months and I noticed that it already has a layer of dust(I live in a dusty area, there is some construction going on a few blocks away and we get caked with dust here unfortunately)
Is there any guide to cleaning the mirrors? Or any advise you guys can give?