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Okay I don’t even have binoculars right now.. I am thinking a mak or a refractor would be my best bet. I just don’t know what would be equivalent to my reflector in aperture size

I am not familiar with binocular mirror mount .. it’s a first I’m hearing about it

Hi guys , I’ve recently learned I have an inner ear disorder and it’s really affecting my balance. I have the Meade eclipseview 114 which is a tabletop dob mount newtonian. I’m afraid I might have to replace it with either mak cass or a larger refractor if I can’t eliminate the vertigo entirely while star gazing . I have a refractor that I can sit while observing easy but the reflector I can’t easily sit with and look at same time. I can control the vertigo with music and ear buds and going slow but I’d like to not have at all..

I checked out the link. Is this one of those catadioptric telescopes?

Yeah I’ve seen the one sky .. I even told husband I wished I seen it sooner .. then he said maybe Christmas.. but he agreed on a new refractor since current one is one it’s last legs with the focuser tension.

I never even thought of extension tube, much less heard of those.

Space limitations is one reason. The other is I need ease of portability. My refractor was a gift so I had no say in specs. I am looking at new scope anyways but that won’t be for a while . I can build eyepieces and filters for time being.

I have two eyepieces that are the MA format from Meade . The rest are plossls . I really been enjoying planetary viewing lately but go back and forth between deep space objects , messier and planetary.

I’m building up eyepiece collection that I Like slowly. So I can research and go for quality.

Guys I need help figuring out eyepiece range for my reflector. It is a Meade eclipseview 114. The aperture is 114 mm and focal length is 450 mm . I know for sure it is an f/4 . I have a 2x Barlow that came with an eyepiece kit that doesn’t work as there’s not enough out focus. Right now I’m okay with that as I have a reflector the Barlow works great with. My eyepieces are 40mm, 26 mm, 20 mm ,12.5 mm ,9.7 mm, 6mm and I think 4 mm (unless I have two 9s or 6s as I have two 26s) the 40 does put it right on a limit for sure. But what can I do between the 26 and the 40 mm? I’m trying for as broad a range as possible without putting my reflector at it’s limits.

I have the Meade eclipseview 114 tabletop..I’ve been really enjoying it . I actually want to go bigger at some point but obviously not this year since I’ve gotten quite a few pricey items .

I haven’t yet. I did go from a 50 mm /600mm refractor to a 114mm/450mm reflector. I use both telescopes and I am planning on bigger refractor soon I think.

True I just have to be patient. And thank you

Guys my husband ordered me a low power eyepiece for my birthday and it rained for the second night in a row.. I’m not amused. I’m hoping skies clear up for me . I just hope soon it’s clear skies because I’ve got a whole mess of eyepieces to try out now .. I know the “joke” when it comes to skies and ordering astronomy stuff .. I told my husband yesterday .. he looked confused .

Yeah I was sad when I learned my location wasn’t able to see the eclipse but I still enjoyed the moon regardless .

I just got a new phone mount so I been using it last night as well to learn phone placement better. Yes I was using the standard camera app.

I originally made a post elsewhere regarding this so..here goes I tried out a new cell phone mount for telescope and did the sun. It is Meade eclipseview 114 that has a filter for the sun. I shot this image today and was wondering how else can I do better ? My phone is a iPhone se 2020 edition

Today I tried our my new cell phone mount for my telescope. I imaged the sun using my Meade eclipseview 114 Dobsonian tabletop telescope.it came with a solar filter and had aperture I wanted within a set price husband set for me for all the Astro related stuff I wanted .. so please tell me how I can improve upon imaging the sun or what other filters I can try..

Thanks guys

I am back after taking an almost two year hiatus. I have two telescopes ; my newest being a Meade eclipseview 114. The other my husband bought for me shortly after the loss of my other telescope is a 50mm aperture 600mm focal length refractor telescope (I discovered last night it’s awesome for planetary viewing)