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Sometimes just looking at the sky without a telescope or binoculars is very satisfying, glad you had a great holiday. -
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Hi George, welcome to SGL.
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Hi Jack, welcome to SGL.
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Hi John, welcome back to SGL.
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Many thanks for all your replies it has certainly made things much clearer, I am going to try a 40mm plossl and see how it goes.
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Hi Ian, welcome to SGL.
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Hi and welcome to SGL.
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With the exception of the 16 mm ( 82 ) and the 20 mm ( 68 ) the rest are just normal plossles which I assume are around the 50 mark.
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My eyepiece collection is 4,8,12.16,20,27 and 32mm
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As it has to be transportable I usually take my ST 120 or the 127mak.
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Maybe I am looking at this wrong as my collection of eyepieces range from 4mm to 32 mm I thought a lower magnification would give me a wider view.
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The skies are Bortle 5 where I live but my daughter lives in Ireland and the skies are amazing as there are no street lights. We visit several times a year normally 🙄 so I am planning for the times we are able to visit again.
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Louis D. Thank you both for your input, it has helped me to understand what I should be looking for.
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I am looking to add a lower magnification eyepiece to my collection and have been looking at the 40/50mm range. Is it not as important to have a wider fov on this size of eyepiece as it is on the higher magnification ones as most seem to be in the 50/60 fov range ?
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Hi and welcome to SGL.
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Hi Scott, welcome to SGL. I can’t make out any words but then we all hear things differently.
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The supplied 10mm eyepiece is not very good so a better make of 6, 8 or 10 mm eyepiece will give much better views. In my 8” Dob Jupiter is the size of a pea and the smaller it is the clearer the image.
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From my own experience I found the 3.2mm too powerful for planets as it is difficult to track at that magnification. My personal choice is 8 or 12 mm.
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Sky-Watcher SkyMax-127 AZ
banjaxed replied to Beardy30's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
I have the Mak 127 on an EQ3-2 Mount but upgraded to a stainless steel tripod which is very stable. As observing is my preference the slow motion controls are more than adequate for me. -
Not had any experience with those eyepieces but for a little bit more outlay you could get a BST Starguider which are excellent eyepieces and highly thought of by a lot of our members.
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Moving / adding finder to a Mak
banjaxed replied to eifionglyn's topic in Getting Started Equipment Help and Advice
Alternatively you could buy a tube ring and fit a finder shoe bracket to it.
