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Started by yzhzhang, 12/12/2010 11:11PM
Posted 12/12/2010 11:11PM Opening Post
Hello all,

I am new to this forum, and also almost new to astronomy. I just bought my Celestron C80ED and a CG-5 mount. They actually will be on the way soon. Can anyone gives me some advice about EPs and other equipments? Also, I am kind of interested in doing some asrophotography with my equipments. Is there anywhere I can find a good tutorial for amateurs?

Thanks!
Yizhou
Posted 12/14/2010 04:34AM #1
Yizhou Zhang said:

Hello all,

I am new to this forum, and also almost new to astronomy. I just bought my Celestron C80ED and a CG-5 mount. They actually will be on the way soon. Can anyone gives me some advice about EPs and other equipments? Also, I am kind of interested in doing some asrophotography with my equipments. Is there anywhere I can find a good tutorial for amateurs?

Thanks!
Yizhou

Hello and Welcome to Astromart... grin Your C80ED with a CG-5 mount should be very good for astrophotography. Eyepieces are a big subject, many preferences, it is really a religion... For my 80mm APO, I like a range of eyepieces starting with a 2 inch about 30mm and some high power eyepieces that let me view at 160x or even a bit higher.

As far as a tutorial, I like this one, Jerry Lodriguss covers it all:

http://astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/TOC_AP.HTM

http://astropix.com/


Best wishes

Jon Isaacs


Posted 12/26/2010 02:06AM #2
I generally like to start with an eyepiece that gives me the greatest field of view. In your scope, assuming it has a 1.25" diagonal, that would be a 32mm plossl at the low end of the price range, a 21mm Stratus in the mid-price range, and a 24mm Panoptic at the high end of the price range. All would give you about a 2.5° field of view. Although that could be increased to 3.5° with a 2" diagonal and other eyepieces, you would face balance issues with a heavy diagonal and eyepiece on one end of a relatively light-weight and short tube. But don't despair; 2.5° should be plenty for most objects.

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