Spacecake2

I have never 'cooled down' my telescope before. 

22 minutes ago, newbie alert said:

mak are far worst affected

 

The european extremely large telescope shines lasers into the sky and somehow gets nearly perfect vision.😐

A few days ago I saw about 13 bright spots (bright as stars!) moving for 15 seconds in a straight line south. 😐

Probably just a satellite. 😀

I can't help with that but I hope someone replies quickly.   

He/she has the 12" Lightbridge Plus has a focal length of 1524 mm, 304 mm is the aperture. (read it in another topic)

You have a 12" telescope which is enough to view anything with any eyepiece, so I don't know what is going on. Maybe you haven't focused your telescope properly?

Nice telescope,

1 hour ago, Rayshalabi said:

Newly purchased 127eq.  I cant seem to focus anywhere making it harder to target an object in the sky. The scope is never stable does not stay adjusted. Also i have a little bit of flexibility when i let go of the telescope ( when i target the moon and let it go, the telescope will point elsewhere causing a slight move to right or left) maybe mount issues. Also how to use the 4mm ??? 

To target objects in the sky, use the finderscope. I don't know about the mount but are you finding that the 4mm eyepiece to hard to look through? 

They both have similar power but the power seeker are for people who learn how to use telescopes and the Astromaster mount is the one you should get.

AZ - alt-azimuth mount, simply it is rotating around azimuth and can lift to zenith

EQ - it is equatorial mount. You need to know where Polar star is placed that to pointing telescope mount to it.

 People say that cooling down your telescope is good but what does it actually mean and do. How do I cool down a telescope and why should I do it?

Stupid question 😅

Thanks

4 minutes ago, markse68 said:

nice! but only Mars? 😉

Yes, I am kind of getting bored of Jupiter and Saturn and Mars was well above the horizon

6 minutes ago, Philip R said:

LPR filters will only work with 'old' sodium streetlighting... not the 'new' LED streetlighting.

Sorry😅☹️

Registax6 is good for planets. 😀

If you live in heavy light pollution a LPR filter could be recommended. 

Can I see your images?

20 minutes ago, gorann said:

I cannot see anything moving either except the shaking of the whole image. So where and when should we look?

50 minutes ago, ollypenrice said:

Ouch, I've watched it about ten times and not seen anything move! When/where is it???

Olly

Haha, it’s the black tiny dot moving in the middle in every video.

Hello, I am looking for an new telescope that’s aperture is a big step from my 5 inch. I am kind of interested in a ten inch dobsonian. Does anyone have any suggestions and reviews?

Thanks,

Neil

Last night was the best! (even though it was cloudy)

Second ever attempt to view mars.

Unprocessed 

You have the diameter of 76mm (which is pretty low) so viewing detail on Mars should be pretty hard.

The most suitable eyepiece should be the 12.5 mm,.

Actually, I can see four planets Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Mars. 

Jupiter and Saturn are the highest for me!

Neil

Why are there only Mars topics and no Jupiter and Saturn? 😂😥

1 hour ago, Jiggy 67 said:

Very clever!!.....I’m impressed, just by asking the question he’s bumped his score right up, knew exactly what he was doing 😂😂

 

I actually didn't know!! 😠

1 hour ago, RobertI said:

Nice report John. I’ve been clouded out for weeks now and I’m missing all the fun. 😕

Me too, 😥

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