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  1. 15 hours ago, Alan64 said:

    Baldor, the galaxy in Andromeda is at least six full-Moons wide...

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    Therefore, the lowest power possible among telescopes is required to view it in its entirety, even through a pair of binoculars, and the lowest power of all with the eyes only.  The lowest power possible with your 114/900 is 28x, and with a 32mm Plossl; for example...

    https://www.firstlightoptics.com/astro-essentials-eyepieces/astro-essentials-super-plossl-eyepiece.html

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    Not a bad view at all, and in almost encompassing the galaxy.  Even the galaxy's satellite-galaxies, M32 and M110, are visible within the view.  I would strongly suggest getting a 32mm Plossl.

    Now, if you had the shorter 114/500 Newtonian, the 32mm would offer this wide a view of the galaxy...

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    As you can see, the galaxy is almost seen in its entirety, but your longer telescope is better for most objects in the sky; the planets and the majority of deep-sky objects, which are smaller and much smaller than the galaxy in Andromeda.

    Incidentally, I got a telescope primarily and specifically to view the galaxy in Andromeda in its entirety, a 100/400 Newtonian...

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    This will be my own view of the galaxy when I get around to observing it with my 32mm Plossl(I haven't yet)...

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    As you can see, that little star-box can show the entire galaxy.  That 100/400 is the same as this one...

    https://www.firstlightoptics.com/heritage/skywatcher-heritage-100p-tabletop-dobsonian.html

    All in all, that should help you understand the nature of long-tube and short-tube refractors and Newtonians a bit better. 

    Now, I'm not suggesting that you should've gotten a 114/500 or a 100/400 instead of the 114/900, for the short-tube refractors and Newtonians are not as observationally versatile as your own.  I would never suggest or recommend a short-tube refractor or Newtonian as a first and only telescope, but I would the one that you already have.  So, in my opinion, you made the best choice after all.

    Thank you! Many people told me about the Plossls so in future I'll try to buy some. Thanks for the time you spent and clear skies! 

  2. Hello everyone! I'm using a telescope for a few months till now and I want to try some new objects. I know that a few galaxies and nebulas can be seen kinda good with a beginner telescope, so I want to try it on the Andromeda galaxy or another object you can tell me about. I'll be happy if someone can give me some advices about it, because the internet doesn't help me much every time. Thanks to all and sorry if I made mistakes while typing, my English isn't really good. 
    Telescope: Bresser National Geographic 114/900 AZ 
    Eyepieces: SR4mm, H9mm, H25mm, 1.5X Erecting Eyepiece, Barlow Lens 3X

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  3. 5 minutes ago, domstar said:

    Sorry, I should've read it more carefully.

    I always start with the eyepiece with the longest focal length (biggest number) because it has the least magnification and shows the most sky. When you have the object centred, you can try and up the magnification. The H25 should work OK with the Barlow but the other eyepieces will probably be too strong for it. The 4mm probably won't be very useful (too much magnification) and the erecting eyepiece is only for use during the day (looking at birds). 

    So, 25mm mostly but up the magnification by using the 9mm or the Barlow to get more magnification on the moon or planets. Mars can be a disappointing devil in a small scope unless the conditions play ball.

    Anyway, good luck, have fun and welcome to the forum.

    Thanks very much! I learned some of this the hard way, but you also helped. Thank you once again! 

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  4. 8 minutes ago, domstar said:

    The good news is the H means it's a Huygens design. This means that even a cheap eyepiece upgrade will give you a huge improvement. They came included in the box of my first scope and when I upgraded to second hand Skywatcher plossls that came with their scopes, I couldn't believe the difference. 

    A lot of people will tell you to spend around 50 pounds for Starguiders, which have a great reputation here and I have one myself, but if you don't want to spend so much, cheap second-hand plossls will improve thing a lot. On the negative side, if you get a better scope you'll feel the need to upgrade the eyepieces again but they are so cheap it doesn't matter.

    Thanks for the reply! In future I may think about better eyepieces, but for now I wanna learn how to use these. And also I'll be glad if you can tell me which eyepiece or combination of eyepieces to use depending on the objects.

  5. Hello, I just registered here. I'm new in this and I wanna know what to use for best results. My telescope is Bresser National Geographic 114/900 AZ. I already used it for a few months and I got good views of the Moon, Jupiter and his moons (but kinda blurry cuz it's difficult to focus), some good views of Saturn and blurry Mars. The eyepieces that i have are erecting eyepiece 1.5x, barlow lens 3x and the other eyepieces are H25mm (idk what's H here), H9mm, SR4mm (idk what's SR here again). So I'll be glad if someone can help me what combinations to use for the Moon, planets, galaxies and etc. Sorry if I didn't explained something good, English isn't my first language. I'm open to questions if you need more information and thanks! 

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