notFritzArgelander wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 9:58 pm
I've already provided a recommendation that you filter the Sun at the front of the scope. It's the only way to do it safely in a folded optics scope like yours. The fact that sunlight makes a double pass inside the scope makes it absolutely imperative to filter at the front end.
I find the GSO 0.5x focal reducers useful on Mak scopes.
Baader Planetarium makes good filters that don't degrade images like cheap filters do.
Yup...that filter is in my shopping cart, again thank you.
I would love to get a bit closer in on objects.... as it is, this will clearly just be a viewing scope...
I finally got it out tonight!!!!wow so excited!!!
I caught a super quick glimpse of the crescent moon right on the horizon... absolutely awesome, will need a wider eyepiece for that for sure, as the moon barely fit in the field with the current one.
Got an awesome look at Jupiter red bands and three moons clearly visible.
And got a very good look at Saturn too could see 2 sets of rings around it..
Overall awesome night out...
Got a bunch more questions now...
My scope fogged up the lens pretty bad, the
OTA was freezing cold to the touch, I couldn't see poop out the finder for foggy lens as well... what can I do to meditate all the fog?
Sure wish I could take photos, but with this rig, and no
dslr I have nothing for tou guys...
I will admit, this was a grab and go night, finally stopped raining and the clouds parted(for the most part) and I ran out to see what I could see.