Bill-T Posted Tuesday at 10:21 Share Posted Tuesday at 10:21 Hi, I'm a keen photographer and have taken a few star trails, milky way shots etc but only just bought my first telescope a Celestron C90. I chose it because I hope to use it as a terrestrial spotting scope as well as for astro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy-kat Posted Tuesday at 11:09 Share Posted Tuesday at 11:09 welcome along, and have many enjoyable hours with your C90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosun21 Posted Tuesday at 11:11 Share Posted Tuesday at 11:11 Welcome to SGL 👋. The C90 has a focal length in the region of 1200mm and has a small fov as a result. Something to take into consideration. Good little scope for the planets and the moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon Brush Posted Tuesday at 11:19 Share Posted Tuesday at 11:19 Welcome to SGL. The C90 should give enjoyable results on the moon and planets, and bright deep sky objects - as well as terrestrial. Enjoy the visual side of the hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudropb Posted Tuesday at 11:27 Share Posted Tuesday at 11:27 Hello and a warm welcome to the SGL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wookie1965 Posted Tuesday at 12:26 Share Posted Tuesday at 12:26 A warm welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-T Posted Tuesday at 14:18 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 14:18 Thank you all. I can see that there is a lot of temptation to spend money in this new interest. Already looking at better eyepieces, red dot finder etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandra Posted Tuesday at 16:00 Share Posted Tuesday at 16:00 Welcome to the club! You should keep in mind that to use it for astrophotography you must mount it on a motorized mount with tracking... An azimuth mount like SW AZ GTi or SW Star Discovery will work well for your C90, since, due to its long focal length, it will basically serve you to do astrophotography of the Solar System (Moon, planets, bright comets...). As for temptation, it is true, you have to take it easy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floater Posted Tuesday at 16:33 Share Posted Tuesday at 16:33 Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-T Posted Tuesday at 17:10 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 17:10 Thank you, I have a SW AZ GTi, or will have again when it is returned after a warranty repair. I think the replacement is in the post. I have only used it in a very basic way so far with a camera using a variety of lenses 14-600mm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy-kat Posted Tuesday at 17:40 Share Posted Tuesday at 17:40 this is the owners thread on the AZ-GTi you might like https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/387014-skywatcher-az-gti-mount-owners-thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-T Posted Wednesday at 16:30 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 16:30 Thank you, I do have the left arm/right arm problem and have posted a query on the AZ-GTi owners thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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