berth
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My friend has a 10" Celestron that I borrowed this year.
Boy that was a mistake.
Just way too big, WAY too heavy, I was never able to set up the go to mount properly. I only dragged it out twice. Mind, I had no instruction. I had the manual, but, that was it. No experience. Having all this dropped in your lap all at once, not a good way to go.
I did manage to see Saturns rings, which was very cool, and some banding on Jupiter.
The rings was extra amazing because I thought I was looking at Jupiter. >.<
I can see Interesting Things with my 50mm (I think) binoculars. You can see the moons of Jupiter with those. I got a nice look at the conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter last year.
My friend has a pair of stabilizing binoculars, those are GREAT for sky viewing.
I will look at the videos, the deep sky photo stacking has been a casual interest of mine for some time.
Boy that was a mistake.
Just way too big, WAY too heavy, I was never able to set up the go to mount properly. I only dragged it out twice. Mind, I had no instruction. I had the manual, but, that was it. No experience. Having all this dropped in your lap all at once, not a good way to go.
I did manage to see Saturns rings, which was very cool, and some banding on Jupiter.
The rings was extra amazing because I thought I was looking at Jupiter. >.<
I can see Interesting Things with my 50mm (I think) binoculars. You can see the moons of Jupiter with those. I got a nice look at the conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter last year.
My friend has a pair of stabilizing binoculars, those are GREAT for sky viewing.
I will look at the videos, the deep sky photo stacking has been a casual interest of mine for some time.