Did I buy the right scope.....?

[sologuitarist61]

Heavy rain/hail showers down here, boo hoo!

[Woolleson]

Congrats on your scope, love my 150 and bet you will too! First time I looked at Jupiter I nearly messed my pants ;0)

I recently got the RA/DEC drives, best £90 spent! No more twiddling nobs, just point and enjoy ......

Welcome to the club

[chownsie]

Living a charmed life here in Gosport.....sky clear again!

Im off to the garden!

[Stargazer_00]

enjoy! weather report said my sky should clear around 2200.. i think it'd take act of god at this point. all i see is wall to wall cloud and not a hint of wind to push it along :/

[chownsie]

Congrats on your scope, love my 150 and bet you will too! First time I looked at Jupiter I nearly messed my pants ;0)

Can I ask what EP setup you used and do use for planetary veiwing? Gives me an idea for future upgrades

[mert]

Congrats on the new scope

[Jon Sales]

Crystal clear skies here!

How I love the South coast

[Stargazer_00]

somehow i just went out into the garden to see absolutely clear sky in all directions!!! time to knock off some of those 55!

[chownsie]

Im torn.....The Moon or The Masters!

Golfer too sadly!

[Woolleson]

Congrats on your scope, love my 150 and bet you will too! First time I looked at Jupiter I nearly messed my pants ;0)

Can I ask what EP setup you used and do use for planetary veiwing? Gives me an idea for future upgrades

I bought a 5mm BST explorer, £40 on eBay. A big improvement over the stock 10mm and Barlow combo.

[Stargazer_00]

I bought a 5mm BST explorer, £40 on eBay. A big improvement over the stock 10mm and Barlow combo.

me too,and you can also squeeze the 5mm into the barlow... this pushes past the practcal magnification of my scope though i think so i rarely do it unless i want to get a super up close of Jupiter or possibly now Saturn too.

[Woolleson]

me too,and you can also squeeze the 5mm into the barlow... this pushes past the practcal magnification of my scope though i think so i rarely do it unless i want to get a super up close of Jupiter or possibly now Saturn too.

Tried that, makes viewing a bit fuzzy for me. As you said might be pushing the mag to far for the scope.

Do look at the other end though, I got a celestron 32mm and use this tons more. Pleiades and the beehive are outstanding in wide view, would love a 40mm but just bought a 3x Meade ED Barlow so have to keep the wife sweet ;0)

[chownsie]

Thanks for all the advice on this original thread guys.....Ive just answered my own question with a blockbuster view of Saturn! I did buy myself a 6.3mm plossl EP and did'nt that do the trick!

I guess now if anyone is thinking of one of these scopes, I can safely say DO IT!

CHEERS