MBErdogan

Ok. I think I will just go for that one. Until then!

9 hours ago, Cosmic Geoff said:

First piece of advice: Don't buy a binoviewer till you have got used to using your scope. 

Second piece of advice: If you do buy a binoviewer, just get a pair of low power Plossls to use with it, if they are not supplied with it, not a whole set of eyepiece pairs.

I have a binoviewer which came with a pair of 30mm plossl eyepieces, and two Barlow lenses to incrrease the magnification.

I bought a second 20mm Plossl as (I thought) an exact match of one I already had.  Unfortunately one had a retention groove (the supplied 30mm Plossls did not) and when I tried the pair of 20mm I could not get the images to merge. The 20mm pair was unusable.

Would you recommend the Omegon Magnum 1.25'', 8-24mm zoom eyepiece for the binoviewer? Are they good quality with sharp enough image? Because it seems a little odd to me, that this single eyepiece of 60 euros can replace many eyepieces with the same quality of a single eyepiece.

1 hour ago, Ricochet said:

Usually the focal length of the telescope is set by the objective so you have to wind the focuser in by the same amount that the light has to travel. With a telescope that focuses by moving the primary mirror, focusing actually changes the focal length, so if you add binoviewers you can increase the focal length so that the image comes to focus. However, the telescope is designed to work at a certain focal length and moving it away from that introduces aberrations that will make the image worse and so you do not want to do this. You should add a barlow or gpc in front of the binoviewer to allow the telescope to focus somewhere near its usual focus position. Also, you will be unlikely to make much use of an eyepiece as short as 8mm with a Mak, especially if you add binoviewers into the mix. 

Well I heard that 8mm is great for Mars.

Well, the light has to travel a little longer with the binoviewers, right? So you will also get a little extra zoom?

1 hour ago, gilesco said:

See how the basic setup works for you, get used to the equipment, learn how to use it, just buy what you need to get started.

All the other stuff can come later, if I had bought all my equipment at the start then I would have spent over 13000 euro and wouldn't know how any of it worked, because there would be too much and I wouldn't work out where the problem  was.

Forget the binoviewer idea, get started with trying not to squint looking through a mono lens, you have young eyes, If you need / choose binoviewers in the future then it is an easy upgrade.

Don't get me wrong, your enthusiasm is commendable 

Well thank you for your advise. I actually have glasses and my eyes are -3 (at least, in the Netherlands it works this way). But I don’t know actually, we have still a lot to sell what I don’t use anymore. Maybe we will get those 600 eruos pretty fast. I don’t think my parents will buy expensive things twice anyway. And is it really that hard to use a binoviewer and eyepieces, I can actually imagine it is hard to have sharp image with high mm eyepieces.

15 minutes ago, gilesco said:

With a binoviewer you are likely to need 2x the eyepieces.

I'd really suggest you slow down  and think about a plan to slowly edge yourself into this, get the Mak127, get the AzGti mount, see how you go, then look at potential upgrades.

Well then with each eyepiece two times, the total cost will be around 1300 euros. So I will save some more money then. I really want the best out of my telescope.

Hey guys, 

I have determined to buy the skywatcher 127 az-gti with eyepieces of 8mm, 21mm and 30mm together with a binoviewer and a dew shield. The total price is going to be around 1100 euros and I am selling everything I don't need anymore. I just need 400 euros till my purchase  I will inform you when I have my telescope!

How can a binoviewer make the telescope more portable? A binoviewer just divides the eyepiece into two eyepieces so you can look with both eyes at the same time, right?

8 minutes ago, Ricochet said:

"Decent detail" probably only applies to Jupiter and Saturn, possibly Mars when it is close enough and the Moon if you're counting that as a planet. Mercury and Venus are just phases really while Neptune and Uranus will be small blue discs. For planetary work I would advise looking for some binoviewers that are in your budget and through trial figure out which barlows/gpcs you need and the eyepieces to go with them. 

Does a binoviewer improve the quality of what you see?

On 02/01/2021 at 21:56, MBErdogan said:

Is it recommended to buy a 30 mm Vixen eyepiece and a 5 mm Vixen eyepiece together with the skymax 127? Or isn't a 5 mm needed as you already get a 2x barlow lens and a 10 mm eyepiece?

Which eyepieces are recommended for the skymax 127? I want to see almost all of the planets in our solar system in descent detail.

Is it recommended to buy a 30 mm Vixen eyepiece and a 5 mm Vixen eyepiece together with the skymax 127? Or isn't a 5 mm needed as you already get a 2x barlow lens and a 10 mm eyepiece?

Well, I think I know enough. I have decided to go for the skymax 127 with az-gti mount. Good choice?

Does the skymax 150 fit on az-GTi wifi goto mount with tripod, the connection of the mount with tripod is 3/8''?

Yeah, I only really doubt between the skymax 127 and 150. Sadly, you cannot buy the skymax 150 together with an az-gti mount (what's more, there isn't an az-gti mount for the skymax 150). I also have another question, will I be able to see planets (like Mars, Saturn, Jupiter etc.) in color or will it be in black-white?

Wow I think I've found the ideal deal, what do you think of this: https://www.firstlightoptics.com/sky-watcher-az-gti-wifi/sky-watcher-skymax-127-az-gti.html ? I really hope the tripod fits in my balcony!

It would be great, but I would also like to use my telescope anywhere else than just the balcony of my father.

Does the skymax 150 or the skymax 127 fit on the AZ4 mount?

Does anybody know where I can buy a mount and a tripod all in one for the skymax 150 which also fits in my balcony?

I might consider that. By the way, my balcony does face south (both the garden of my mother and the balcony of my father). Yes, there is light pollution, but does that mean that I won't be able to see Mars, Jupiter and Saturnus or any object clear enough?

This is the dew shield I think: https://www.robtics.nl/en/dew-prevention/3275-astrozap-flex-sky-watcher-orion-150mm-mak-dew-shield.html ? By the way, what does a dew shield do?

Hey guys,

Please understand that I am not trolling or anything, first of all I am not a native english speaker and just 15 years old. But anyways, John could you give me the link of the smaller footprint and that alt-azimuth mount?

Edit: I think I found them. 

So is this the most recommended setup for me?:

- Skywatcher Skymax 150

- Skywatcher Mount Skytee II

- Sky-Watcher Pillar Mount Support for EQM-35/EQ5/HEQ5/AZ-EQ5GT Mounts

I want to be really sure before my purchase:)

PS: Sorry for all this mess.

Will the skywatcher skymax 150 on an EQ5 really too big for the balcony? What do you think of the skywatcher skymax 150 on the skytee II mount?

I think I have found the perfect one: https://www.widescreen-centre.co.uk/sky-watcher-skymax-150-pro-eq5-synscantm-telescope.html 

Do you know what the size of this one is: https://bresser-online.nl/Bresser-Messier-NT-203S/800-HEXAFOC-EQ-5/EXOS2 ? It comes with a mount fortunately, but I don't know the length.

What do you think of this one: https://bresser-online.nl/Webwinkel-Product-146565945/Messier-Telescoop-OTA-MC-152-1900-HEXAFOC.html?utm_source=tradetracker&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=feed ? Where can I buy the mount?