Venus viewed at breakfast - Meade ETX-70

[RobQos]

Takes my breath away. Amazing. I have an ETX 125 and I can't get images as good as that. Maybe I need to get new eye pieces.

[nytecam]

@RobQos Give it a go! Just hold the camera steady behind the eyepiece and view on LCD screen and snap away or maybe in video mode - good luck;-0

[Hociminovopolinko]

cool thx

[josephafa]

But that is not the 884 feild tripod where could i purchase a tripod like this?

[nytecam]

@josephafa Just had an old tripod to hand with adjustable head - scope setup in 'equatorial' mode [via tripod thread on scope base] to track objects in sky better.

[josephafa]

What kind of mount is that? Looks like your polar alighned am I correct?

[nytecam]

@josephafa correct - scope inclined to my latitude and polar axis aimed at Polaris on sturdy tripod;-)

[giofrasa]

Nice video !

[Amatoposters]

totally off topic but would it be good to switch from a Celestron Astromaster 114 EQ to a Celestron 114 LCM Computerized or Meade ETX-70?

[nytecam]

@Amatoposters For stargazing aperture counts and 114mm better than 70mm but goto on any scope is nice;-)

[Squipplekillzbitches]

lol how did you manage to do this using a 4mm eyepiece

[nytecam]

By progessively using higher power eyepieces but starting with a low power eyepiece to centre Venus. It's tricky but possible;-)

[Squipplekillzbitches]

Yeah but how did you keep the camera steady this whole time

[btymciw]

is the ETX-80 better then the ETX-70, if so or if not, why?

[nytecam]

The ETX-60/70/80 are essentially identical except for slight increasing aperture of the front lens - go for the one that is best value at the time.

[Edsan91]

Awesome Stuff great little scope!

[JonNebula11]

great stuff