i recommend at least a 10" mirror for DSOs if you're in a city area. If you're in darker skies you can see some Dark Sky Objects with a 6 or 8 inch mirror.
Hey! I'm planning on getting the exact same telescope...i have another meade telescope(refractor), although i could only just see the rings of saturn....wasn't much to look at. Would you recommend this one. List price as of now for 12" dobsonian: 899$.
Yes, I can recommend the 12" dobsonian. But you'll have to tweak it (counterweights e.g.) and eyepieces are expensive, as the 12" is f/5. I currently use an Antares Zoom and Televue Panoptic eyepieces. These work great on the 12".
Yeah i was wondering that because the reviews i've seen for the eyepiece included, 26mm QX Wide Angle Eyepiece, arn't that positive. One more thing: Is there a fine as well as a corse forcusing knob?
Nice, but could be much better, notice that you focused your telescope to Saturn and not the camera, you can get an adjustment ring to use so that you can focus your camera and get much better results of Saturn, first focus the camera on Saturn, second place the ring on the end of an eyepiece, now place the eyepiece in the eyepiece holder and lift the eyepiece up or down until its focus, contract the ring to hold that eyepiece position, easy as that, hope you have better results!!!
this video is a re-centered version of 4 different avi-files. The lightbridge was adjusted after each take, so that the planet was moving slowly from one side to the other.
good job and good clockdrive.
Johngtr13 1 year ago
Hey, I am planning to get a 10" Lightbridge, even though the telescope is smaller than yours, can I see Deep sky Objects with it?
moekolosus 2 years ago
yes, you can see ds objects.
hsiegelyt 2 years ago
I'm considering between meade and celestron. Which one is better?
dmana3172 2 years ago
i recommend at least a 10" mirror for DSOs if you're in a city area. If you're in darker skies you can see some Dark Sky Objects with a 6 or 8 inch mirror.
jamieball 2 years ago
Hey! I'm planning on getting the exact same telescope...i have another meade telescope(refractor), although i could only just see the rings of saturn....wasn't much to look at. Would you recommend this one. List price as of now for 12" dobsonian: 899$.
rigbyrocks 3 years ago
Yes, I can recommend the 12" dobsonian. But you'll have to tweak it (counterweights e.g.) and eyepieces are expensive, as the 12" is f/5. I currently use an Antares Zoom and Televue Panoptic eyepieces. These work great on the 12".
hsiegelyt 3 years ago
Yeah i was wondering that because the reviews i've seen for the eyepiece included, 26mm QX Wide Angle Eyepiece, arn't that positive. One more thing: Is there a fine as well as a corse forcusing knob?
rigbyrocks 3 years ago
Focusing***
rigbyrocks 3 years ago
Nice, but could be much better, notice that you focused your telescope to Saturn and not the camera, you can get an adjustment ring to use so that you can focus your camera and get much better results of Saturn, first focus the camera on Saturn, second place the ring on the end of an eyepiece, now place the eyepiece in the eyepiece holder and lift the eyepiece up or down until its focus, contract the ring to hold that eyepiece position, easy as that, hope you have better results!!!
tgshark1 3 years ago
how did you manage to track that sucker with a dobsonian? and what's the magnification?
OntZ 3 years ago
Hi,
this video is a re-centered version of 4 different avi-files. The lightbridge was adjusted after each take, so that the planet was moving slowly from one side to the other.
I can't remember the magnification, sorry.
hsiegelyt 3 years ago
and you zoomed in on those avi files? (aka it wasn't that big in the eyepiece)
OntZ 3 years ago