Moon & Saturn via my Meade ETX-70

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Uploaded by on Mar 9, 2009

A gibbous moon in Cancer with a barely recordable Saturn in nearby Leo through my Meade ETX-70.

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  • Dear "nytecam". I'm wondering if this ETX-70 telescope can gently follow a planet? Do you think if It's capable for a very slow camera move for time-lapse photography with the planet following program?

    Balint

  • @itsvalentine No the drive is not very good - my moon shots etc with motor turned off and moon allowed to drift across the field of view - hope that helps;-)

  • what is the difference between this telescope and the meade etx 80?

  • @appleipodtouch2g Not much - Meade do/did ETX-60, 70 and 80 for increasing aperture but all much the same in performance - the GOTO very useful for newcomers.

  • @nytecam so your saying i should be able to see the rings of saturn with a etx 80

  • @appleipodtouch2g Yes but quite small in the '80' but you should spot moon Titan too - btw Saturn is 'behind' the sun at the moment [check SOHO pic on spaceweather..com] and can't be seen 'till early next year in the morning sky. Jupiter + 4 moons in the east at sundown right now - good luck.

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  • Dear @nytecam Thank you very much! I just tried one motor called SynScan. It works well with Time Lapse.

  • @nytecam i really really apreciate the help i am a newcomer and all i have is a little celestron 50az at the moment but i think i might either settle for the meade ext 80 or the orion xt8 dobsonian, both for great prices

  • I'd suggest you buy some higher magnification eyepieces. Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars look pretty nice through a small eyepiece. Also, for galaxy, nebulae, and cluster astrophotography I suggest image stacking (there is free software for it online).

    Happy stargazing!

  • @nytecam Forgot - the moon and planets look GREAT even through a small telescope!

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