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Taichou

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  1. Thanks Zermelo. I will try to get the Agena or Astrotech when I am in the US. Just for my ciriosity, are the Baader Hyperion EPs much better than the BST ones? I can see that they have a larger FOV. Which EP will work best with a MAK 127?
  2. Thanks alot. Yes, they are much more expensive than from FLO, unfortunately. As I understand following eyepieces are from the same manufacturer, just differently branded: - BST Starguider 1.25 8mm (16mm eye relief) - TS Optics 1.25 ED 8mm (16mm eye relief) - Agena Starguider 1.25 Dual ED 8mm (16-20mm eye relief) - Astro-Tech paradigm 1.25 Dual ED 8mm (13mm relief) All these eyepieces look identical but there are differences in the eye relief? Does anyone know why?
  3. Thanks everybody for your help. I find it ok to take out the EP and adjust filter and put it in again now. I have another question regarding EP. I want to upgrade the 10mm one as I don´t think it is a good one. I have had some nights where I tried to observe Jupiter. I can vaguely see Jupiters band and the moons (in comparison my kids only see a white disk :)). I wear spectacles and I need to put them away because the eye relief is really bad. Now I want to update the EP and have read that the BST Starguider are good (Baader Hyperion are too expensive). Unfortunately, I live in Denmark and cannot find any shops selling the BST, and importing them from UK is out of option due to customs and so on. Does anyone know if the BST can be bought in the EU. Which EP should I buy for my Skymax 127? I want to go for a 9mm, should I get also a 5mm (its mainly for planet observation)? Is the BST starguider and Agena Starguider the same? Probably I will visit the US in couple of month, and I probably could purchase the Agena EPs.
  4. Hi all, I received my telescope today Great piece of equipment, I have not used the wifi function yet but could observe the moon couple of minutes with the 25mm EP, really beautiful (picture with bad smartphone and shaking hands 😁) I have a question regarding the polarizing moon filter. I don´t understand how to install it. It fits to the other end of the metal connector of the EP, but would then be in the prism (I dont know if thats the correct word where you put the EP in). Do you have to pull the EP every time out to adjust the brightness of the filter?
  5. Haha, in Denmark expect 1 month at least lol. We have not seen the sun for 3 weeks 😊
  6. Thank you. We will definitely enjoy it. I think I dont mind/care the FOV. This will be our first scope, and dont know what to expect and cannot compare to anything else. So we will enjoy
  7. So its done. Have ordered the Skymax 127 az-gti wifi with a dew shield and a polarizing moon filter. Now we wait for delivery I have been outside couple of minutes ago and the sky was astonishing very clear and many stars, oh boy I would have loved to have the scope today Thanks everyone for the help, great forum. Will definitely read a lot to learn and improve.
  8. I have to see what I can order from Flo. Unfortunately, we have the customs issue after Brexit. I have found this polarizing filter and I guess this is a good one too: https://www.astrosweden.se/sv/articles/2.211.650/variabelt-polariserande-filter-125-tum-och-2-tum
  9. We live in the outskirts of Copenhagen. It is not soo bad but still would guess bortle 5.
  10. Thank you very much My gut says also to go with the Mak 127. It is very true that it will be easier for my son to use it. And I like the compact size of it. Do you think that I would need a barlow or is the magnification with the included EP good enough for planets? Can you suggest a good moon filter (probably it does not matter so much)?
  11. Please all advice is appreciated. Have you any links to a reasonable pair of binos? That could definitely be a good start, but I know my son and he is really excited for his first scope
  12. Hello all, my son (6 years) and I want to get our first telescope. My son is really interested in astronomy and nearly memorized all planets with their moons and wants to have his first telescope. Unfortunately, I don't have any knowledge about telescopes and don't know what would fit our needs. What is important to us: - easy to use, I have seen there are wifi mounts which looks very great for the new generation, who is used to control everything via phone/tablet (I am aware that we will not learn the sky in the same manner as we would use a manually driven scope, but hopefully that will come later on, when we get familiar with scopes) - in the beginning focus on moon and planets, but would be great to see some bright DSOs like Andromeda, double stars (we would love to see Jupiter with moons and saturns ring) - the possibility to take pictures with decent quality (first by phone later on with cameras, who knows :)) - my son loves to take pictures and print them later on, he is very creative and makes his own things. When I said that he will get a telescope, he was so happy but asked if there is a print option - dont need to be portable We live in Denmark and the options to get telescopes are not big. However I have found following one: - Skywatcher Star Discovery P150i wifi goto https://www.astrosweden.se/sv/articles/2.3136.13112/sky-watcher-star-discovery-p150i-wi-fi-goto-teleskop - Skywatcher Skymax 127 AZ-GTI wifi goto https://www.astrosweden.se/sv/articles/2.3797.10843/sky-watcher-skymax-127-pa-az-gti-wifi-goto-montering - Skywatcher Explorer 130PS AZ-GTI wifi goto https://www.astrosweden.se/sv/articles/2.3797.10840/sky-watcher-explorer-130ps-pa-az-gti-wifi-goto-montering It would be really great to hear what you think and what we should go for. I know there is a price difference here, but that is secondary. We want to have a good start into our own astronomy journey. Please suggest other options too. I have read some posts about collimation. I dont know what that is and wanted to know which of these above does not need it Big thanks in advance.
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