I bought this Celestron about 3 years ago but haven't used it very often. As a result, the mirror looks a bit dusty. Should I clean it, or is it not worth the effort? submitted by /u/_omer811_ [link] [comments]
For some reason current manufacturers love the making the 10in dobsonian fast, f/5 is MAX. NO IDEA why. Harder to collimate. Coma starts to be annoying. Need higher end eyepieces. And for what? its a 10in it shouldnt be as portable as the 8in.…
Hey, so I got a Celestron 8SE that I've used for years. I bought a skyportal WIFI module for it, I'm using a 12v power supply and when I turn it on, the hand control is fully responsive and the scope slews properly.…
Planning 3/4” square tubing frame, 1/8” sheet steel base plates with adjustable feet, thrust bearing, 1/4-20 bolts to attach the sides, rear, and base, breaks down into five pieces with nine bolts. Is this a bad idea?…
This would be my first telescope. Just trying to dip my toes in on a budget. Found this C8 that based on others posts has good optics and is a good scope.…
First time using a telescope in my life last night with my newly-purchased (uncollimated, but seems reasonably aligned as delivered) StellaLyra 8" f/6.…
Best image ive been able to take of jupiter with a 20mm lense using my bushnell model 78-9512. Unfortunately i have nothing to stabilize my phone so its pretty hard to take pictures with my hands If anyone has any upgrade suggestions for me to take higher…
Long story short, looking for my first aperture upgrade after years of owning a small telescope. I found this 8 inch maxvision dobsonian but there's also a 10 inch version nearby.…
This is my first attempt at astrophotography. Using a Orion sky view EQ. A Newtonian scope with an 8” aperture and 1000mm focal length. Using a 9mm lens with a 13% tint lunar filter on 99 percent illuminated moon.…
I got a great deal on a used 8 inch Dobsonian. The only downside was serious water damage, all the missing parts, and a mirror that looked like something evil happened on it.…
I have been thinking to buy this telescope for a month,and I have some questions as a complete beginner.Are there better options?I want to see nebulas and galaxies,even if they look like stain.I leatned things like stacking etc. When im stacking or etc.…
I recently got my first telescope—a skywatcher heritage 150p—and these are the first few pictures I’ve taken with it. I noticed that when I was taking photos of Jupiter I could somewhat see its orange rings irl through the telescope, but in the picture it…
I got a StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ for graduation yesterday, and i cannot see a single thing. I tried looking at a distant object, like a tree or something during the day, but even that looks extremely blurry.…
So I'm very new, and was a little bored last night, so I took out my very first telescope (which I bought simply for the moon last year, but wanted to try it out for something else today) and aimed it at something bright in the sky.…
Hello, I am a somewhat beginner who owns a Meade 114EQ-ASTR purchased years ago (and gotten a lot of good use). Now that I am more stable financially, I'm looking to buy a better setup that I can automate (I have a software background).…
i live close to many bortle 2s and some bortle 1 areas and was wondering what telescope i should buy, i also don't have a camera yet so i use my phone so was wondering whether i should buy a good camera or a begginer telescope, read the begginer guide but…
i am year or two out of my first (known) stroke. I need to try harder in the basics of my cognitive recovery and things can be frustrating. It will take me 40 minutes or more to finish this note (actually its been an hour...what the hell is flair).…
I was looking for a smaller alternative to my 6” dob and found this old f/10 C5 on offer up for what I thought was pretty cheap and pulled the trigger on it.…
