mat_blue Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 I've owned telescopes for a long time but never seemed to get around to using them much. We bought a vacation condo in a place with very dark skies so I took my newest telescope there and, WOW, I didn't realize what I've been missing. I've been searching the forums here and on the other "cloudy" website for ideas to improve my observing and equipment, so I figured I'd join up. My equipment: Scope 1 - Celestron 80mm refractor (CB80) purchased in 1984 or so (neither my records nor my memory go back that far!) came with wooden tripod and manual alt-az mount with MEGA backlash Scope 2 - Celestron NexStar 6SE purchased in July, 2016 no GPS, just the stock tripod, alt-az goto mount Added an Orion 6x30 RACI finderscope just last month. Really helps with alignment of the scope. Took some pictures with my Panasonic DMX-FZ1000 super-zoom camera mounted on top of the scope, zoomed to 400mm. Attached. Not great pix but the best I've ever done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudropb Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL. Nice photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hardie Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Enjoy the forum!! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_blue Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 Thanks guys. That was a quick welcome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floater Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 2 hours ago, mat_blue said: ... in a place with very dark skies so I took my newest telescope there and, WOW, ... ... improve my observing Job done, I suggest. ?? Have fun with the hobby and the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIDO Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Welcome to SGL, Enjoy ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonperformer Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Hi, Mat, and welcome to SGL. The 6SE is a great scope, but would agree that the rdf that comes with it leaves a lot to be desired. Enjoy the journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterCPC Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Hello and welcome. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloz1664 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Hi Mat and a very warm welcome to the Lounge. Nice photo's btw Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwilkey Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Hi Mat, and a very warm welcome from me too, great pictures BTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_blue Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 8 hours ago, Demonperformer said: The 6SE is a great scope, but would agree that the rdf that comes with it leaves a lot to be desired. I find the rdf useful for slewing onto an alignment target. Nice to see where your trying to get to. I find I can actually align the scope pretty well with just the RACI. Let's me have an eyepiece projection camera set up without having to use the eyepiece to align. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacRiker Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Welcome to the SGL and thanks for sharing those shots. I almost bought the 6SE before deciding to just go visual and roll with the XT8. I wish I had a vacation condo under dark sky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Hi, welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unklewhale Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Hi there - looks like you already off to a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x6gas Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Welcome to SGL - nice picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lloyd Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Hi there and welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronl Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Hello and welcome to SGL, see you around the forums. Clear Sky's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletrac1922 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Mat Welcome from Land Down Under You travel the universe in this forum Nice imaging of Orion Nebula John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Presland Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Hi welcome to SGL from Peter in Bedfordshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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