Re: Another seeking recommendations for a first telescope question
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2020 3:16 am
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Yes, Stellarvue is a pure pleasure to use. My favorite tool for doubles. But, 8"
starguru wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 12:12 am Cool images! I am aware of the CA consequence of achromatic refractors. In the earlier posts many recomm them for starting out.
Do you have any examples of what proper targets for refractors look like?
Also, I see in your sig you have an APO piece, how does that do?
SkyTee 2 is a great mount. This is my desert workhorse. They are not available in US, I got mine shipped from Germany. It required some TLC, but after that it works nicely. Rock solid, 60lb load capacity, slow motion controls; and you can put 3 scopes on it and allign all 3 to the sameRefractordude wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 5:52 pm With the information I now have in the hobby with a $2000 budget, I would get the below. I like the AZ mount with the OTA, because I am not into astrophotography. The scope comes with a 102mm aperture mask. I still advise buy used and cheap for a few months, and then decide. Right click the image.
https://www.astronomics.com/celestron-6 ... l?___SID=U
https://www.astronomics.com/6-f-8-achro ... etail.html
Holy Jamoly. I'm pretty sure that was my first scope too. I had forgotten about the solar projection flippy-doo thing. I wish I still had the wooden case it came in.Sky Tinker wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2020 4:10 am A vulgar display, that is. I started out, at the age of 9 or so, with a 60mm f/11 Sears(Towa) achromat...
Sears 4426 manual2.jpg
There are always trade offs!
What did you decide?
I’m actually going to a star party a week from today so I hope to get more info then.mikemarotta wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2020 2:17 pmWhat did you decide?
How did the astronomy club meeting go for you?
And BTW, I was wrong about collimation requiring a laser and several hours. I bought a collimation eyepiece for under $40 with S&H total and it took about 15 minutes the first and only time.
It was said also that you can do that with a film canister and I did that when I first got the telescope five years ago, but I was not confident of the results. Like much else - building a back deck, fixing your car - it takes some finesse to do it right. People who find it easy underestimate the curve for others. Just to say, forums like this are fine, but doing your work is best.