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Thank u for including me here. I am from Trivandrum Kerala where the latitude is 8.5N. I use a celestron 8 Evo telescope. will it be worth to invest...
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Yes, unfortunately at your low-latitude your telescope will be mounted in an almost horizontal position. This does increase the imbalances and the...
Before I had an observatory I didn't think much about alignment, except to grumble because I had to stand on my head to align my refractor. I didn't...
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My personal scopes don't have an observatory. I do an alignment every time I use them. I only bother to do a precise alignment (e.g. using my...
Hello my fellow stargazers !
Sorry I haven’t been around I have missed the group but I’ve been super busy just had all the land cleared by my house...
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@ Frankskywatcher Hi Frank. Nice, very very nice. Now just put a bbq grill on one end for daytime, your big Dob telescope on the other end for night...
Does anyone have good hints what I could do to my dobson?
I has wheels attached to the tube and the wheels rest on teflon patches on the mount.
The...
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The Obsession Dobsons are very smooth running on Teflon pads and countertop laminate and should be lubricated with Turtle car wax, they have set the...
I would have thought that I could find the answer to what appears to be a simple question, but it seems I can’t. I have read many articles that state...
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Hi Johnny,
Lot's of good advice so far, I'll just add a little to what's already been said. Given a dark sky like your Ulvade property, a good 6...
Can anyone give me any hints, how to get a photo of my night sky such that it looks similar to what I see with naked eyes?
Some adjustments with a...
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Getting accurate colour reproduction of a transmitting light source like sky is not easy. Photographers place an IT8 colour calibration target in the...
Hello all, Emma and I were able to take out the Mak 150 last night for a little bit before the clouds rolled in from the east, our second venture out...
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You might also want to take a peek into eye piece set selection articles in eyepieces-subforum, and decide a long term plan of which eye pieces to...
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