@bcstewart1000 Good question. The larger scope is what I do my imaging through. Larger lens = more light gathering power. The small scope is a guide scope. I have a small, less powerful webcam inserted in the small scope, and that locks on a bright object such as a star and feeds signals back to the motors in the mount so that the scope stays precisely locked on the object I'm imaging. This is useful for long exposure shots of faint objects, e.g. galaxies.
@bcstewart1000 WO is on the pricier side, though by no means at the upper end of premium. They're really great scopes. I went for doublet refractors as they're cheaper than triplets. If you're starting out and looking for a refractor, I'd highly recommend looking at Sky Watcher. They're much more affordable and they make great quality scopes. Also worth considering are Celestron refractors.
@bcstewart1000 you notice the chromatic aberration in achromatic refractor only really when you bump up the magnification. The short tube refractors display this problem much more than the longer tube refractors due to focal length. Short tube refractors are also useless for planetary imaging or observing. The longer tune ones are much better, against due to focal length. The short tube refractors do, however, get you a great field of view.
I have more fun at night with a nice scope than I ever thought of having with my wife! My scope is more sexy and It doesn' nag. Cheaper to live with too.
OMG i would lick the balls off of King Kong to have a set up like this.You are so freaking lucky.Maybe in my next life i will have money.But for now i have to stick with my AstroMaster 130EQ.Not bad of a telescope realy.Thanks for sharing your scopes.
@taufan8687 hi there. The tripod was separate. It's an HEQ5 Pro mount and tripod. The tripod actually costs more than the telescope ;-) That's a good thing to bear in mind. An underpowered mount and tripod coupled with a great telescope will cause you immense issues. Always look in to getting a good, solid mount and tripod.
I've got a really basic set of eye pieces from my old Meade 'scope. The Plossl range. I also have some Televue Radian. It's great as it adjusts to your eye relief. Highly recommended.
can you with this telescope observe deep sky objects...because now i`m buying another telescope so i don`t know which one should i buy..William Optics APO or Celestron C8 SCT...i would use it mostly for deep sky and planets..sometimes for astrophotography..
Long answer to this, but the short version is, a reflector like a C8 has more light gathering power and so it's great for deep space objects. It brings out the faint fuzzies. The refractor is great because it produces a more contrasty image. No central obstruction form a secondary mirror is one factor that helps a refractor. The C8 has a narrower field of view so not so great for deep space photography. Refractor has much wider field of view. Reflector good for planetary, refractor not so good.
It's a toss up between size, weight, convenience and what you intend to primary do. Simple observing of DS or planets? Then go for reflector. Or do you want to take nice photos of nebulae and galaxies, open clusters and such with your DSLR or CCD camera? Then go for reflector as it gives you a much wider field of view. Or do you want to photograph planets mostly and observer planets? Then go for the C8. You can't get a one size fits all telescope. That's why I have both.
Matty - The mount I have is quite heavy. About 20Kg or a little more. To set up the scope I have to take the two telescopes off, put them on the floor and then move the mount outside and then re-seat the scopes on the mount. Takes about five minutes to do but it just shows the weight. Yes it is portable in the car but you'd need a good sturdy case for the mount and scopes as they're heavy and would knock around in the boot and either damage your car or damage themselves. Doable, though.
Due to the metal plate on to which I fix the rings I cannot adjust how far apart they are. In any case, the distance gives me a nice and stable set up. It's a nice piece of kit all together although I still have to use Windows Vista on my Mac Book Pro (via VMWare or Bootcamp) to run some of my Astronomy software as many of CCD camera's don't have Mac drivers and only work on Windows. Shame....
very nice scopes.
can i ask why you need 2 scopes on one mount?
just being curious
bcstewart1000 1 year ago
@bcstewart1000 Good question. The larger scope is what I do my imaging through. Larger lens = more light gathering power. The small scope is a guide scope. I have a small, less powerful webcam inserted in the small scope, and that locks on a bright object such as a star and feeds signals back to the motors in the mount so that the scope stays precisely locked on the object I'm imaging. This is useful for long exposure shots of faint objects, e.g. galaxies.
kaustavbhattacharya 1 year ago
@kaustavbhattacharya
thats a great setup,looks very expensive.
i am going to buy a telescope very soon,would you recommend williams optics to a novice?
bcstewart1000 1 year ago
@bcstewart1000 WO is on the pricier side, though by no means at the upper end of premium. They're really great scopes. I went for doublet refractors as they're cheaper than triplets. If you're starting out and looking for a refractor, I'd highly recommend looking at Sky Watcher. They're much more affordable and they make great quality scopes. Also worth considering are Celestron refractors.
kaustavbhattacharya 1 year ago
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bcstewart1000 1 year ago
@bcstewart1000 you notice the chromatic aberration in achromatic refractor only really when you bump up the magnification. The short tube refractors display this problem much more than the longer tube refractors due to focal length. Short tube refractors are also useless for planetary imaging or observing. The longer tune ones are much better, against due to focal length. The short tube refractors do, however, get you a great field of view.
kaustavbhattacharya 1 year ago
@kaustavbhattacharya
thanks for all the info.
does your HEQ5 Pro mount cope with the weight of your 2 scopes without any problems?
i am going to buy the Evostar 120 ED DS Pro,will the HEQ5 Pro mount be ok for this scope?
thanks
bcstewart1000 1 year ago
It hase better control knobs than my wife has too
lynnakramer 1 year ago
I have more fun at night with a nice scope than I ever thought of having with my wife! My scope is more sexy and It doesn' nag. Cheaper to live with too.
lynnakramer 1 year ago
whats the mount?
imanoob4 1 year ago
@imanoob4 It's a SkyWatcher HEQ5 Pro mount. It's very nice and quite accurate.
kaustavbhattacharya 1 year ago
Its a beautiful telescope!!!
nickharvey7 2 years ago
what a beauty!!!
spacetraveller2521 2 years ago
Sweet! They look so pretty I would not touch them if they were mind!
hecdaca2007 2 years ago
Very nice setup !
luduludu 2 years ago
WTF! What's with the hillbilly music? Distracting to say the least!
Nunsweepit421 2 years ago
dude have u ever seen a UFO or something cool wid dat tele of urs ?
sabbathThebat 2 years ago
OMG i would lick the balls off of King Kong to have a set up like this.You are so freaking lucky.Maybe in my next life i will have money.But for now i have to stick with my AstroMaster 130EQ.Not bad of a telescope realy.Thanks for sharing your scopes.
jaspertodd 2 years ago 2
Rich bastard daaamn apple laptop + sexy telescope.
sabbathThebat 2 years ago
:-) Work laptop and it took me four years to save up for the 'scope... patience is a virtue.
kaustavbhattacharya 2 years ago
@kaustavbhattacharya i like the way your struggle to get these beautiful telescope.. i'm getting mine next 2 months.. : )
Is the tripod excluded from the telescope? what brand you've used?? and how much the price is? thanks
taufan8687 1 year ago
@taufan8687 hi there. The tripod was separate. It's an HEQ5 Pro mount and tripod. The tripod actually costs more than the telescope ;-) That's a good thing to bear in mind. An underpowered mount and tripod coupled with a great telescope will cause you immense issues. Always look in to getting a good, solid mount and tripod.
kaustavbhattacharya 1 year ago
It is indeed a beautiful setup. I have a ZS 80 which rides on an Orion Sirius tripod/mount.
I am curious what eyepieces you use, and also wondering if you have any experience w/ the WO UWAN eyepieces?
Thank you kindly, Kevin
kbilyak04 2 years ago
I've got a really basic set of eye pieces from my old Meade 'scope. The Plossl range. I also have some Televue Radian. It's great as it adjusts to your eye relief. Highly recommended.
kaustavbhattacharya 2 years ago
@kbilyak04 Kevin, sorry about the late reply! I use Super Plossl standard lenses. Nothing fancy. I've never used the WO UWAN eyepieces, sorry.
kaustavbhattacharya 1 year ago
Rich BASTARD
akeloteirko 2 years ago
@akeloteirko Well, it did take me a number of years to save up for it.
kaustavbhattacharya 1 year ago
yes i need it for simple observing DS and planets...so i´m going to take C8..tnx you helped me very much...
kenozd 3 years ago
can you with this telescope observe deep sky objects...because now i`m buying another telescope so i don`t know which one should i buy..William Optics APO or Celestron C8 SCT...i would use it mostly for deep sky and planets..sometimes for astrophotography..
kenozd 3 years ago
Long answer to this, but the short version is, a reflector like a C8 has more light gathering power and so it's great for deep space objects. It brings out the faint fuzzies. The refractor is great because it produces a more contrasty image. No central obstruction form a secondary mirror is one factor that helps a refractor. The C8 has a narrower field of view so not so great for deep space photography. Refractor has much wider field of view. Reflector good for planetary, refractor not so good.
kaustavbhattacharya 3 years ago
It's a toss up between size, weight, convenience and what you intend to primary do. Simple observing of DS or planets? Then go for reflector. Or do you want to take nice photos of nebulae and galaxies, open clusters and such with your DSLR or CCD camera? Then go for reflector as it gives you a much wider field of view. Or do you want to photograph planets mostly and observer planets? Then go for the C8. You can't get a one size fits all telescope. That's why I have both.
kaustavbhattacharya 3 years ago
Hi, Nice well produced snippet. I am looking at the Williams line of Apo's also.
Is this set up a relatively portable put in the car and drive to scope and mount?
Thanks,
Matty
bearlop 3 years ago
Matty - The mount I have is quite heavy. About 20Kg or a little more. To set up the scope I have to take the two telescopes off, put them on the floor and then move the mount outside and then re-seat the scopes on the mount. Takes about five minutes to do but it just shows the weight. Yes it is portable in the car but you'd need a good sturdy case for the mount and scopes as they're heavy and would knock around in the boot and either damage your car or damage themselves. Doable, though.
kaustavbhattacharya 3 years ago
Nice tour, I wish that more people would post these kind of useful adn well presented videos instead of all that junk you see everywhere.
z08y 3 years ago
Lissbirds,
Due to the metal plate on to which I fix the rings I cannot adjust how far apart they are. In any case, the distance gives me a nice and stable set up. It's a nice piece of kit all together although I still have to use Windows Vista on my Mac Book Pro (via VMWare or Bootcamp) to run some of my Astronomy software as many of CCD camera's don't have Mac drivers and only work on Windows. Shame....
kaustavbhattacharya 3 years ago
I have a WO 110 as well (and a Mac!). I noticed you put your mounting rings much closer together than I do. Is that more stable?
Lissbirds 3 years ago
ill use the same configuration great stuff u have there pal thanks for the video
djdriv3 3 years ago
this is a great telescope!!!!!1
nellule1980 3 years ago