saturn through a meade lx90 8 inch

[sparky2171]

Oh crap! That is EXACTLY what Saturn looks like through my $275 five inch Meade reflector I got from Walmart a few years back. I was fixing to spend 1700 bucks on the LX90 8" until I found this video.

Thank you for saving me a huge wad of cash.

[italicslob]

i have a meade 4.5 in 114EQ-AR and saturn looks very similar to this video. it was only 190.00 on sale but im just beginning.

[theflipking]

hope the size of saturn is just so small thanks to the camera coz i am NOT gonna spend R45000 just to see this =P

[LesPaul2006]

@theflipking You can buy a high power eyepiece or barlow later. What matters is the aperture and optical quality.

[H3RL]

I've got a good telescope! I haven't set it back up yet, but I've always wanted to see Saturn!!! I love Saturn..

[tatimmo1]

I also see it that way. (Bresser Skylux NG 700/70)

[PatCruiser]

how high was the magnification level and how big was saturn when you looked in the telescope? (in millimeters)

i also want to buy a lx90 ;)

[DZMPLZ]

LX is a 1700 dollar telescope and to see saturn like this?? so I need to buy a 100.000 dollar telescope to see something more bigger than that?

[Trigger200284]

@DZMPLZ its based on your lenses and barlows, the mirror is the light gatherer, its only 50% of the equasion, you need good lenses and barlows to help translate the light gathering into well magnified images

[LesPaul2006]

@DZMPLZ No, you need to buy barlows and eyepieces, which are like US$100 more.

[pufixas]

oh man.... too small.... how much it zooms?

[ZeCanadian]

was your scope uto tracking that?

[squito94]

Sorry, I didn't know. Forget what I said. Thats a great video. I was pissed off at my father and was venting.

[Nerte85]

@squito94 You can buy 300 dollar telescope to see a little dot with rings.

[solidsnake1972]

you have to understand that this video was taken with a cheap digital camera and no barlow lens, so it has nothing to do with the scope.

[bouiglob]

great job man keep up the good work!

[RJL738]

Thank you for showing this, Saturn is more than 800 times the Earth's volume and is almost 9 AU from the Earth at it's closest point. Saturn takes almost 30 years to orbit the Sun.

[itsabomberscope]

superb!

[Chrisjr2007]

Saturn's rigs are now edgy:(

[vomit49894]

Yep....I imaged 'em tonight, and they are about 3 degrees from straight on....I will be glad when they reopen.

[NinjaKid3000]

u shud get a 2x or 3x barlow. it makes the planets a lot cooler