Mark68

Hi all, I live in Brentwood in Essex and have a few clear nights at the moment, I was wondering if I could have some help in knowing where a good place to go would be to try and see the milky way. Is this a good time if the year, is there a particular direction I need to look. Thanks in advance.

Hi all, I stumbled across this website last night. It is beyond my knowledge as a beginner, but thought it might interest some. https://spacetelescopelive.org/ It is what the Hubble telescope is searching for which images.

How do you get it to look like that. Mkine looks like this

Did you manage to see colour through the eye piece?

Thank you. Will have another look tonight. I'll forget it is millions of miles away😄

Yeah, it did go against all logic. You would what's think getting closer is getting better. I need to get my head around that.

Yeah I use that quite a bit, but airways doubt it. Is a clear day so will try again tonight without the Barlow. Thanks

OK thanks, so that would be true even if it seems to have a shape? I would see a cloud and it looked like a horse shoe then it was clear round the outside I think.

Hi just a quick question. I am using an orion xt10 and looking for orion nebula. I thought I found it last night, but I wasusing a 2x Barlow and a zoom lens at 8mm. What I thought was the nebula didn't fill the whole eye piece and had 4 stars just behind it. Have I found the right one?

Hi all, I have just upgraded from a 4" skywatcher heritage to an orion xt10. I am using an alt-azimuth mount. What an upgrade!!!!!! The problem i now have is that when I focus on anything. Because it gets so much closer, I am having to move the telescope evry 30 seconds or so to keep the object in view. Is there a trick i am missing. Or is it something I am going to have to get used to. To give you an idea, here is a quick picture I took of the moon using my phone

Hi, I have a basic skywatcher heritage 100p. I recently bought this eye piece https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SVBONY-8-24mm-1-25-Zoom-Eyepiece-Multi-Coated-Lens-Astronomy-Telescope-Parts-/283934574144?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 But it seems even when I look at the moon it hasn't improved on when I used the standard eye pieces that came with the scope. I have seen about collimation the mirrors, but haven't a clue what this is or if I need to do it with my telescope. Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks

So you are suggesting go for the BST?

I don't mind it being small. In fact I expect it with my scope. It would be nice to make out some markings. At the moment all I can see is a white dot with the moon's round the outside.

Ive got the 10 that it came with and even with a Barlow I can't see anything. Jupiter ISS just like a star, but I can see it's moons. That's why I'm looking for better magnification. Don't know if that is just because the eye piece is not all that or the magnification isn't enough.

Thanks. This one is still affordable. Would you know if 3.2 is any good for my scope? https://www.firstlightoptics.com/bst-starguider-eyepieces/bst-starguider-60-32mm-ed-eyepiece.html

Hi, Ive got a birthday coming up in November and looking to get an eye piece to be able to see Jupiter and Saturn and hopefully andromeda I have a skywatcher heritage 100 at the moment( not the best I know). Currently I only have the standard eye pieces that come with the scope. I was looking at getting this one https://www.firstlightoptics.com/skywatcher-eyepieces/skywatcher-uwa-planetary-eyepieces.html#faq I haven't got loads of money, but at the same time don't want to waste it by bit getting a decent one. Can anyone advise if this is any good or if not one that would be without spending a lot of money Thanks

My apologies. As you can guess, I'm new to this, so just trying to find my feet. I guess I need to save up for a decent eye piece. Definitely can't see any belts with what I have got. Hence the question.

Ive got a 10mm with 52 degree view and can't make out anything from Jupiter. I can see her moons but not her clouds.

I bought this one. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0839G5PTP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_wWvhFbKF3K1RE It was cheap and I have learnt from my mistake. I haven't got the money just yet, but was asking in advance. Will keep an eye on the classified page though.

Hi all, Can you advise me on the best eye piece I should get to view our planets. I would like to spend around £50 to £60 I think. I only have a beginner telescope (heritage 100p) so know I am not expecting to see them in close up. I rushed in with a cheap 4mm which had a really narrow field of view and for me and my scope is next to useless at the moment. Thank you

Still not managed to see jupiters clouds or Saturn's rings yet. Can see the moons around jupiter though.

Not had much chance to get since the weekend due to the clouds. Just another one, as you are aware the skywatcher heritage 100 comes with a table top stand. Is there a reasonably priced tripod I can get to put it on, to make it easier to move around the garden.

Great advice thank you to all. This is my first picture of the moon without the Barlow with the 10mm. It was only taken with my phone so not expecting perfection at all.

Great advice. Thank you. So when I look for m32 am I best with no Barlow and 25mm.

So I should still be able to focus in and the scope will counteract my eye strength. It's just that I have used a tool suggested on here to understand what I can expect to see and using the 10mm with the Barlow I cannot get a clear picture like this. It is still blurry. Although I can see Jupiters moons. Am I expecting ting too much.