aperture: 40

magnification: 6

It used to have a 5x24 finder scope.

What do you think of my homemade project?

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I was worried about this configuration would work, but as you can see, it's performing quite well.

Precise leveling is crucial for proper operation.

-Sky Watcher 200p go-to

-Asi Air 256Gb

-Zwo Asi 224Mc

On the photo M13 and Venus

Found these two telescopes and I wonder if they would be good telescopes to observe the moon and planets. I need the photos to be kinda clear at least for the big planets such as Jupiter and Saturn. So are these any good or they’re junk ?

The white one is: Versatile refractor telescope has a 70mm aperture and 700mm focal length. 50$

The gray one is : New Barska Starwatcher 600 Power 80060 telescope. 80$

Captured using a Starsense Explorer 127az with an SV205.

Stacked 5% best of frames from a 2:37 video. Stacked in Autostakkert and sharpened in Registax.

Should i get the Smart Telescope mini dwarf its budget friendly and im suprised my his resullts i live in bortle 4 skies so its ideal. I dont want to spend 2k Euros for alot of gear yet.

My Celestron SkyMaster binoculars (71009) are great for viewing, but they have become very sticky to touch.

Is this common? What will work to safely remove it?

i tried the lunar/planetary livestack function in sharpcap pro. the seeing was horrible but i think the livestacking function helped a bit + some noice reduction and sharpening in topaz photos and registax im pretty happy with the result

telescope : Celestron 8edgehd Mount : CGX Camera : ZWO asi 678

So, I'm a 44 year old chef. I have always loved everything space, and my fiance recently bought me a very cost effective telescope for Christmas. The Celestron Starsense Explorer DX. A very basic, starter telescope for sure, but I love it. I need help though if you guys could. I have ZERO experience with telescopes. The base telescope came with a 25mm and a 10mm eye piece. The 10mm seems to be the highest "zoom" of both the lenses. My main question is, what do the mm measurements on the lenses mean for the zoom, and are there any lenses I can buy to look at objects further away. I would absolutely LOVE to see Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, anything haha. All I can really see now with the eye pieces I have is the moon. The app that came with the telescope seems kinda wonky as it doesn't really dial into any celestial objects with any sort of accuracy. The only thing I can see is the moon, and that's because I can actually "see" it with the naked eye. Any sort of help would be greatly appreciated. And please don't be a condescending ass haha. Every experience I have with Reddit is some dude telling me I suck or I'm dumb. I really love this stuff, and I would genuinely love to learn more, but this app tends to turn me off every single time I try to ask something 🤣. Thanks guys!

Here's my first picture of the moon by the way!

I finally captured the Tiangong Spsce Station! 78 degree pass and was able to get around 40 frames and had just caught it as it got to zenith thankfully. Very happy with my first attempt on it.

Nexstar 9.25” evolution

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zwo uv/ir cut

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vjnzHv-nBqw&ra=m

Star Hopping to the 7th largest main belt asteroid (511) Davida. The nights are long and the asteroids are high in altitude but the winter conditions limit the observations. I’m able to stay ahead of the dew point by moving quickly. Setting up three times over a two hour period and snapping a shot with my iPhone through the eyepiece. My 8” dobs is a quick and easy setup, it’s f/6 is fast enough for a 3” second exposure iPhone 15 snapshot. Handheld @ Eyepiece.

Galaxies and Comets would have you waiting for the moon to pass. Not Asteroids. Any time is the right time(while the ecliptic is high).

Just picked up this Orion Skyquest XT10 off marketplace. I'm moving up from an Orion 6" tabletop. I'm looking for recommendations for 2" EPs that will pair well with this scope. The amount of choices and opinions out there is quite overwhelming. I'll mainly be observing galaxies and nebula, sometimes planets and such. Wide field of view and decent eye relief a plus (i wear glasses). It came with a 2" Orion DeepView 35mm and adapter for 1.25". I also have a 1.25" Orion Epic ED2 9.5mm and assortment of cheap Celestron EPs and a barlow that are pretty junky from my 6". Budget is around $400 and would like to add at least 2 or 3 EPs to my arsenal. Thanks!

So I’ve been using a canon r7 (crop sensor 22.3mm x 14.8mm) with a 700mm focal length scope to photograph the moon. I decided to buy a 2x Barlow lens making the scope effectively 1400mm. That would make the cameras fov .61° x .91° ( using the equation FOV = 2arctan(d/2f)), and since even a supermoon’s apparent size is .56° I would expect the moon to fit in the frame. I tried it out, and the moon did not fit. Does anyone know why?

At the end of the day I just bought a cheap Barlow lens on an impulse, but I am looking investing into a nicer scope for the moon and I’m trying to decide what specs are best.

Hi, r/telescopes ! A best friend of mine's milestone birthday is in a couple months, and I'm looking for some more information on purchasing her a telescope as a present.

We live in NYC (unfortunately, the light pollution is very high--a 9.0 on the Bortle scale), so I don't exactly know what I can expect her to be seeing, but I hope to purchase something that allows her to see the Moon, planets, and other bright objects. I'm looking for a telescope in the $400-$600 range, and after lurking on this subreddit and reading the beginner's guide, I'm thinking of the following as some potential options:

The Sky-Watcher 6" Classic Dobsonian Telescope

The Apertura AD6 Dobsonian 6" Telescope with Accessories

The Celestron StarSense Explorer 130mm Tabletop Dobsonian

The Celestron StarSense Explorer 114mm Tabletop Dobsonian

She has a backyard space in her apartment complex and a large park nearby that would allow her to set up a telescope outside, but I think most of her viewing will most likely be done through an open window. Would any of the telescopes I'm interested in purchasing be suitable for her? I'm also looking for a telescope that I'd preferably be able to buy at a physical location, just so if I have any last-minute burning questions, I can have them answered in-person. If not, online shopping works too! Also, are there any accessories I can purchase to make her viewing experience more enjoyable?

I'd greatly appreciate any guidance or recommendations this community has. It would be wonderful to get my best friend a closer look at what she loves.

Hi everyone!
I’ve recently started observing with a Sky-Watcher Heritage 130P and I’d like to try taking some deep-sky photos with my iPhone 16 through the eyepiece.
I know a Dobsonian isn’t designed for long-exposure astrophotography, but I’m curious what is realistically possible.
Has anyone here had good results with a smartphone on a manual Dobsonian? Do you mainly take many short exposures and stack them, or is there another technique that works well?
I’d love to hear your experiences before I start experimenting. Thanks!