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Skywatcher Heritage130P FlexTube Dobsonian Telescope Black

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i am considering trying the C270 with its original lenses and building an adapter for an eyepiece, maybe someone has an opinion? It's a great all-around eyepiece, but if you're going to use it to observe planets, then it may be marginal in terms of magnification. I'd recommend edging down toward the 11mm or even lower, but that's just me.

The instructions also advise you to tighten the tension control knob on the base so that the scope stays in place but allows for movement. Personally, I found that this wasn’t always necessary; the tension control knob will prevent the telescope tube from moving vertically, but it was never so loose that the tube moved anyway. The primary mirror itself is parabolic, as opposed to the standard spheroid mirrors that telescopes in this price range are typically built with. Parabolic mirrors are of better quality, as they don’t require any additional lenses or mirrors to focus the image. As a result, parabolic mirrors should produce sharper views.Eyepiece choice and usage is a very large influence in how much coma factors into the observer's perception. However, it is true that at (much) higher magnifications as the TFoV starts encroaching toward the territory of the Airy disk the observable coma at edge of field approaches the size of the Airy disk leading to such terms as "coma free field" which can be calculated for a given scope; and the limits of actual "seeing" conditions which may be measurable yet not predictable. The mount is a single-arm tabletop Dobsonian and is very easy to operate, with free movement on both the azimuth and altitude axis. Im sorry to be asking another 'what scope shall i buy' type question as these seem to pop up all the time. I've narrowed my choice down to the fact im getting a dobsonian since its going to be my first ever scope and after contemplating getting a goto or not have decided to keep it simple (i like simple, lol) and learn the stars the old fashioned way. https://usbcameramodule.com/product/u2ms323-2mp-1080p-1-2.9-imx323-mjpeg-yuy2-usb-uvc-camera-board-module

Looking long-term (and if the so called 'aperture fever' gets a grip of me) the chances are ill be in a position to get the 200p or similar in a year or so, so im basically asking anyone who has experience with both scopes, would you say to get the 130p use the change left to get some 'essential' accessories or would you just go out and get the 150p from the start? Celestron 8mm to 24mm Zoom Eyepiece – avoid having to carry a range of eyepieces with you by using a zoom eyepiece. This eyepiece provides a magnification range of between 27x and 81x when used with the Heritage 130. Obviously, given that this is a tabletop telescope, you’re probably wondering what we recommend putting it on. My personal preference would be a 3-legged stool. They’re cheap, they’re sturdy, and they look classy. A 4-legged stool works too, but it’s more likely to wobble. You could also make your own stand for the scope that could accommodate an accessory tray or storage container, or in a pinch, the telescope will work on the hood of most cars; the rubber feet allow it to rest on a slight incline. Should I buy a Used Skywatcher Heritage 130P? Housing the same superb Parabolic Primary Mirror as our highly-renowned Explorer-130P, this telescope is an excellent and capable all-rounder which will provide wonderful views of both the Moon & Planets as well as Deep-Sky Objects. The collapsible patented FlexTube™ system has been incorporated making it even more convenient to transport and store. The uncomplicated manually operated Dobsonian alt-azimuth mount makes it a superb, highly portable, grab-and-go system. The complete telescope & mount comes fully assembled straight out of the box. Supplied in presentation Giftbox.I am also a fan of this telescope link here as also very within your budget and portable I suspect by having the whole lot over shoulder and walking. The heritage 130p telescope is very versatile it shows DSO (remember they are grey fuzzy patches) and planets but with no chromatic aberration. The ST80 will show CA on very bright objects and is smaller so can't show as much detail on Moon etc. but star fields look awesome in a refractor.

The workhorse 2mm exit pupil, 65x eyepiece that is 10mm. This is for deep sky. It might be also 12, 11, 9 or 8mm. 10mm Hyperion or 9mm Orion or SW 66 Expanse were great, more comfortable than 10mm Plössl or 9mm Ortho. Nagler 11? Yes, of course, if you have the means. Also Hyperion Zoom (remember, comes to focus 16-8, unless you shorten the trusses). Delos and Pentax 10mm also but I didn't try them to know if they focus (they should) The image to the right was taken on Thursday September 16th, 2021 with the supplied 25mm (26x) eyepiece, a Celestron neutral density lunar filter and a Samsung Galaxy S20+ cellphone held up to the eyepiece. The image has been cropped and adjusted for brightness but has not been altered in any other way. While there is nothing wrong with lower magnification, I felt that under moderate light pollution 32mm eyepieces don't darken the sky as much as I'd prefer. Lastly, Albireo, the famous double star in Cygnus the Swan, was easily split at 26x with a clear gap between the two stars. Both stars could be sharply focused, with the primary appearing gold and the secondary a sky blue. The scope’s included red-dot finder works very well, especially given that this telescope is a wide-field instrument, so precise aiming isn’t really required anyway. The “Tabletop Dobsonian” MountOne minor niggle is that you can’t rotate the tube to position the focuser and eyepiece into a better position. Unless you use a low table, you may find you have to stretch over the telescope to reach the eyepiece. I read a forum where someone posed the question.. "If you could only use 1 EP what would it be?" and most people said the 13mm Nagler. Would you agree? The Heritage comes with a red dot finder and two eyepieces: 25mm and 10mm “Super” eyepieces, yielding 26x and 65x, respectively. The “Super” design seems to just be a modified variant of the Kellner configuration-a little suboptimal for an f/5 telescope, but a decent performer nonetheless. The two eyepieces have mostly plastic bodies, but are built to a fairly decent standard of quality, and I have no complaints about them, especially given the price of the telescope they are included with. The latter needs a screwdriver to attach it to the telescope, but once that’s done there’s no need to take it off again.

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