Lidl telescope on sale 13.12.12

Kersh

Boardsie Christmas time favour time so . . .

If anyone far away from Limerick wants this, I can organise to get it collected for carrier cost.

Just do your sale on adverts, and organise paying them, get the seller to put your address and phone number clearly on it and contact me, and I will get it shipped to you.

If a mod has any problem with this just takethe post down and let me know.

Stephen.

The_B_Man

That one is sold anyway.
Is this one any good? Its around my budget.
http://www.adverts.ie/telescopes-binoculars/celestron-nexstar-5i-telescope-beginner-to-amateur-level/2417508

I'm actually buying for my mother so need something light, that she can just bring out to the back garden and look at Jupiter or whatever in good detail. It seems from research that with those GOTO mounts, you can't actually manually just browse around and look for stars/planets. Everywhere I look, people are recommending those skywatcher 150p dobs, but they seem huge!!! Dunno where she'd store it, and doubt she could lift them. No point getting her something she can't use when I'm not there.

Is it possible to get a table top sized one, that is capable of viewing Jupiter and Saturn in pretty good detail, and maybe some DSO, which isnt too sensitive to light pollution, and which can also be put on top of a tripod with GOTO if needed?

sunny2004

some great advice in this thread..

I am interested in getting a scope around 300-500
My main interest is taking photos..

quick questions, I like the review on this, especially that they could see the moons of saturn..

http://www.ktectelescopes.ie/By-Manufacturer/Skywatcher/Skywatcher-Dobsonian-Telescopes/Skywatcher-Skyliner-200P-Parabolic-Dobsonian-Telescope.html

What would I need to get photos from this scope ?
Should I look at another scope instead to connect a camera ?
I'm new to this, but not to photography... so any help appreciated...

ZeRoY

sunny2004 wrote: »

What would I need to get photos from this scope ?
Should I look at another scope instead to connect a camera ?
I'm new to this, but not to photography... so any help appreciated...

It does advertise this: Direct SLR Camera Connection

So my guess is that it has a T2 Adapter ready to screw onto a DSLR T-Ring (you can find those on that site or ebay for all make of DSLR).

The_B_Man

The Skywatcher 200P is fairly big. Look on YouTube and you'll get an idea of its size, eg (go to 2 mins in): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr3ibgERFzU

sunny2004

Thanks to THE B MAN and ZeRoy

ZeRoY wrote: »

It does advertise this: Direct SLR Camera Connection

So my guess is that it has a T2 Adapter ready to screw onto a DSLR T-Ring (you can find those on that site or ebay for all make of DSLR).

Ok, so I should look out for a T2 adaptor....

I also came across this...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CELESTRON-NEXIMAGE-5-SOLAR-SYSTEM-IMAGER-5MP-Fits-1-25in-Scopes-BNIB-UK-Stock-/321032230141?pt=UK_Photography_Telescopes&hash=item4abf0314fd

Now I also fancy taking Solar images... What do you think ?

sunny2004

I also wanted to ask if there was a cheaper alternative to this for Solar work....
http://www.ktectelescopes.ie/Coronado-PST.html

ZeRoY

sunny2004 wrote: »

I also wanted to ask if there was a cheaper alternative to this for Solar work....
http://www.ktectelescopes.ie/Coronado-PST.html

I dont know anything about Solar Scope sorry, im yet to get into imaging the Big Star myself!

Looks like this scope you linked is dedicated for Solar observations however and so this would limit you quite a bit.

sunny2004

ZeRoY wrote: »

I dont know anything about Solar Scope sorry, im yet to get into imaging the Big Star myself!

Looks like this scope you linked is dedicated for Solar observations however and so this would limit you quite a bit.

I agree on the limitation, in fact its my lack of knowledge that is showing here..

Is there a way(filter) to allow the other scopes above to be pointed at the sun safely ?
I fancy the idea of taking images of both Planets, as in Saturn and also the Sun....

ZeRoY

sunny2004 wrote: »

Is there a way(filter) to allow the other scopes above to be pointed at the sun safely ?

Yes most definitely! You can get Solar Filter for fixed Diameters or get Solar sheet to make one yourself.

sunny2004

ZeRoY wrote: »

Yes most definitely! You can get Solar Filter for fixed Diameters or get Solar sheet to make one yourself.

great stuff, that stops me from buying the other thing that I neither need or can afford lmao...
good man !!!

The_B_Man

Does anyone know where I can get some Barlow eyepieces for a Skywatcher Heritage 130P?
Cheers.

ZeRoY

The_B_Man wrote: »

Does anyone know where I can get some Barlow eyepieces for a Skywatcher Heritage 130P?
Cheers.

Providing its 1.25" you're after, just about anywhere. Amazon, First Light Optics, Ebay, ktectelescopes.ie

tonyduggan

Hello everyone. I'm just recently starting to get into the planets, etc... and am considering purchasing my first telescope. I was just wondering could someone provide me with a link to a site that is safe to order from (and reasonably priced of course!). The idea of star watching is something ive always found very interesting but ive only recently decided to do something about it. Ill have a good read of the advice threads over the next few weeks to get some sort of background, ive never done any more than watch a few documentaries so it should be very helpful. I would like to get a fairly decent telescope, this might sound a bit newbie but one that has a strong enough view in it, in that you can see more than the moon and a few stars with it. Like i said, spoken like a true noob! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

ZeRoY

Here's two I mentionned in previous post but many more exist. Good to shop around ...

http://www.ktectelescopes.ie
http://www.firstlightoptics.com