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DMA

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Hello

Finally after years of putting it off buying a telescope I have brought a 130p dob.

Have been viewing Saturn (fantastic) and am now adding to my eyepieces.

Have already gained some very useful advise from the great forum.

thanks Dave

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Schorhr

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Hi Dave,

great choice of telescope ;-)

I just had the first bunch of clear nights with my heritage 130p.

Saturn, Jupiter, M51, M81, M82, M108, M44, ring nebula... phantastic for such a compact telecope.

What kind of eyepieces are you considering?

I use a 8mm Planetary and 20mm Erfle for general observation, and 3.2, 2,5mm Planetaries for the planets.

-Marcus

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Marcus I have a meade 15mm, meade 2x barlow and have just ordered a meade 9.7mm(relacing supplied 10mm) & 6.4mm.

I think with the supplied 25mm this will give me a good range of magnifications.

I don't mind spending money on good eyepieces as they are a long term investment.

Thanks for welcome great to hear you're been seeing all these targets with the 130 dob.

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Yeah, the supplied 25mm is pretty decent as an overview ep! :-)

With a barlow and the 6.4mm EP you will get amazing views of the planets for such a small telescope.

Are these Meade Plössl-Eyepieces? The planetary are much more comfortable to look through and for the the planets / high magnification it's nice to have alittle more aparent field of view. If I had to buy one now it would be one of those €30 eyepieces with 66 degree afov.

I only have 4mm Plössl and 30&40, so I don't know how critical a 6.4mm plössl is to look through (eye relieve).

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