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Is it normal to get glare from Jupiter?
stafford_stargazer replied to stafford_stargazer's topic in Observing - Planetary
No it's a like reflection internally glare, white ish . Thanks 👍 -
Is it normal to get glare from Jupiter?
stafford_stargazer replied to stafford_stargazer's topic in Observing - Planetary
RVO horizon 72 ED f6 FPL53. My eyepeices are baader 6mm and tmb 3.2mm. I think it may be quality of those but not sure. -
Is it normal to get glare from Jupiter?
stafford_stargazer replied to stafford_stargazer's topic in Observing - Planetary
That I don't know and am trying to find out, my eyepeices are not top notch baader 6mm and 3.2mm tmb. -
Viewing Jupiter I get some glare from around the planet when visually viewing. Is this normal or are my eyepeices rubbish? Thanks Gary
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Yesterday I made the trip to Rother Valley Optics for the first time, I recently acquired a mak for planetary viewing so that's covered, but because I can see myself moving into astrophotography one day I thought I'd look for an ED small refractor. I did try a small refractor I bought of a fellow member recently and I did like the convenience and quality, albeit non ED, so I sold it to concentrate on planetary viewing. But while at RVO I really got to like this scope after having a look and feel, and although I didn't want to spend at the moment I couldn't leave it there 😭. It comes with zygo report, I don't know much about them, but the bloke said it was a good one with strahl of 0.985. I took his word for it.👍. I also purchased a descent William optics Di-electric diagonal. Just need some better eyepieces now.😢 Anyway last night it was First light on the day I bought it, that doesn't happen often as you all know. The main target was Jupiter, I stated with a 10mm 43x and it was a joy, razer sharp and no false colour, bands were clearly visible and nice points of light were Jupiter's moons. Moved to a 6mm baader 72x still the same, more detail, razer sharp and no false colour, as expected really. Then tried the 3.2 tmb planetary eyepiece, 135x, and it still showed perfect and razor sharp, more detail than I'd seen before, my wife came to have a look and she said "I can clearly see the two lines now" she's struggled before in any other scope, but this little thing really does perform. I know it could be conditions too, but I felt I could of pushed this little scope to 200x and it would of been good. I'll have to get a descent Barlow to try it.😁 Anyway I'm sure I'll have many a good time with this, portable on hols for visual and some astrophotography In the future. Ignore my mount, it worked quiet well, but I need something more substantial when something comes up, I've only just got back into astronomy after a break of 10 years. I'll get there....
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Peter. Thanks for the reply, all advice is helpful, I don't do imaging yet, but maybe it's something I might get into. Just the cost I reckon could be expensive 😭 I took this one years ago with an old celestron neximager, was when Jupiter had one belt showing maybe 2010.. I just did a 30 second video as it crossed the field of view and extracted the frames and stacked.. is there better quality ones now simple how I did it then? Thanks Gary
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Vixen prism diagonal any good?
stafford_stargazer replied to stafford_stargazer's topic in Discussions - Eyepieces
Thanks for reply my friend. I think I'll upgrade, it seems ok but obviously I want to get the best out of my gear. Thanks Gary -
Orion Sirius plossl worth keeping
stafford_stargazer replied to stafford_stargazer's topic in Discussions - Eyepieces
Thanks for the replies chaps, they seem to perform well to be honest, tried on Jupiter this evening and very nice for kit eyepeices. Thanks Gary -
Are these eyepieces any good? Forgive my ignorance they came with my Orion 90mm maksutov. They seem pretty weighty , will be used for planets and moon. I have 25mm and 10mm. Thanks Gary
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Just wondering how these vixen prism diagonals perform? Is it worth changing for a stellamira Di-electric diagonal? What would I notice in difference? Thanks Gary
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Meade Polaris 80mm f11.3 achromat. Just picked one up like new in box for very little. Looking at tree branches at 150x the chromatic aberration does seem that bad at all to be fair. Just wondering how it might do for planets? Hopefully star test this evening and check Jupiter. Even the mount seems very sturdy, better then some I've seen coming with scopes. Thanks Gary
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Best portable planetary scope
stafford_stargazer replied to stafford_stargazer's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
Thanks for the info David. That would be fine, I will keep my eyes open for a used one I think, is yours for sale? Regards Gary 👍 -
Best portable planetary scope
stafford_stargazer replied to stafford_stargazer's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
Hi mate Yes at home but also take on holidays too. I don't want a dob, just sold a 200mm dobsonian 2 days ago as I need something I can quickly pick up and get outside . Can you answer my question about matsukovs then, I thought they were good planetary scopes is this true then or they not that good? Thanks Gary