Posts Made By: Jerry Moore

Hello All,

I am new to the site and I had a few questions I hope someone can help me with.

I own a Meade DS-2114S telescope and I am looking to get my next scope. Any scope would be an upgrade to this one. But I would like to get involved in Astrophotography. So I am first looking to get the telescope and mount and latter on get the camera equipment. But what type of telescope do I get? Do I get a Newt, or a SCT, or maybe a Mak? I am looking to get started in the 8" range.

I have looked at getting an older Celeston C8 SCT, or an Orion Skyview Pro 8 Eq, or possibly a Celestron Advanced Series C8-NGT. But I am not sure which one would work best.

Do you get a longer focal length so you can view planets and use a reducer to view Deep Space Objects?

Is there a general use telescope that can be used for viewing, Astrophotography, planets and Deep Space Objects?

I want to get a package deal that includes the mount. Are their any other ideas I am on a limited budget so I can't go much over $1200 for the scope and mount. If I get the Orion I can go ahead and get the camera equipment also. But is it better or worse than the Celestrons?

Please help. I have read and read and really need to find out what would be the best one to start with.

Thanks,

Jerry

Hello,

I hope this is the correct area to ask this.

I have a Celestron Ultima 8 and was trying to find a way to display live images from the telescope. I have several ideas but wanted to see what the experts would say.

This is the setup I am looking for. We have a star party late in the year and it is alot of fun but my family gets cold and heads for the tent. This requires me to setup the object I want to view and call to my family to come take a look. This gets quite old after awhile. What I wanted to do was setup a laptop display in the tent. This way when they head for the tent, they can still enjoy the sky by viewing the live images on the laptop.

What other equipment should I use to accomplish this? I was looking to get the Canon Rebel XL but I found out it can't do this. Please help me out.

Thank you,

Jerry

I have the NGC-MAX DSC on my Celestron Ultima 8 and when I first got the scope I had no trouble putting an object inside an eyepiece once I completed the 2 star alignment. Now I can't get it close. I complete the star alignment procedure with a warp of 0.1. But when I move the scope to Jupiter it does not show up in the eyepiece. I am using a Celestron 35mm eyepiece and it does not show up. In my guide scope I can see Jupiter is to the left and a little high. I thought there was something lose and took it apart and made sure everything was tight. But that did nothing to fix the problem. So I am at a loss and hoped someone hear could help me out with this.

Thanks,

Jerry

I would have to say yes with binoculars being a truly must have astronomy item along with a well balanced mount if you have a large pair.

Nice image! Did you use a remote guider?

Thanks,

Jerry