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Meade LX200 connecting and controlling with PC?
I have a Meade LX200 telescope and would like to control it with my computer but seem to be unable to do so. I have my RS232 cable and i am using AutoStar suite that came with my Meade Deep Sky Imager Pro.
I'm a Mac user rather than a PC user, so I've never tried Autostar Suite, but I routinely control telescopes using Starry Night Pro software, which is available for Windows as well as Macs.
With A Dobsonian Telescope Do you think this telescope with included eyepieces can see this?
When I looked at Jupiter last night, I saw a bright disk with dots near it (the moons). The bands were either very faint or not seen at all. Is this supposed to be true with this telescope? If I buy a barlow lens, will that make the bands darker or will it just make the bright disk closer up? Maybe the planet was too bright at that time I looked at it?
This is the telescope: http://www.telescope.com/control/telescopes/dobsonian-telescopes/orion-skyscanner-100mm-tabletop-reflector-telescope
Thank you
A 100 mm reflector should be able to see the bands on Jupiter. But it's true, they appear faint to the human eye, especially now. Using a Barlow lens will magnify the image, but it also reduces the brightness and puts more glass between you and the object. Thus, the observed image quality will usually suffer, unless the less is very high quality.
Also any sky glow or thin clouds will make it harder to see the bands.
This time-saving cooling system features three fans which have been custom designed to fit the Orion XX14g GoTo Dobsonian primary mirror cell. All three small fans work in tandem to help reduce the amount of time needed for the telescope to reach thermal equilibrium with the ambient air temperature of your observing location...
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I've written a book on how to build a telescope just like the one I did so anyone can do it. Every step and every piece is covered in great detail so you can actually build a powerful telescope much more powerful than the one's typically found in department stores...
Here's a list of the topics you'll find inside: Has The Night Sky Always Fascinated You Since You Were A Child? Do You Often Wonder What Lies Beyond The Dark Expanse Above? Do You Want To Fathom The Mysteries Of The Infinite Universe?Here's a list of the topics you'll find inside: - History Of Telescopes - The Evolution Of The Telescope - Historical Timeline For Telescopes- How Telescopes Work- Buying A Telescope- Finding The Telescope That Meets Your Needs - Factors To Consider When Purchasing A Telescope - Terminology- Astronomy 101- Zodiac Constellations- Andromeda - Build Your Own Telescope- Learn How To Build Telescopes- Make Your Own Telescope- Eyepieces For Telescopes - Why Using A Telescope Building Kit Is Convenient - Learn About Our Universe Using Telescopes- Basic Tips For Using Telescopes- Understanding The Value Of Telescope Lens- Achromatic Versus Apochromatic Lenses In Telescopes- Why You Should Consult A Telescope Review - Read About The 14" LX200R Through A Telescope Review- Learn Why That Telescope Review Of LX200R Raves About It - Tasco 48t Telescope - How The Hubble Telescope Was Almost Never Launched Into Space - Telescope Photos - Space Telescope Photos- Hubble Telescope Photos - Telescope Accessories - Meade Telescope Accessories - Celestron Nexstar 80 Telescope Accessories - Different Types Of Telescopes - Optical Telescope - Galileo's Telescope- Large Binocular Telescope - Reflecting Telescopes - Refracting Telescopes- Smaller Telescopes- The Best Telescopes Out There - Optical Features Of Telescopes - Telescope Mounts- Homemade Telescope Roof Mount - Telescope for Kids - Telescope Advice For Beginners - Using A Telescope - What Your Telescope Can Do- Viewing The Night Sky With A Telescope - Viewing Deep Sky Objects And Comets- Looking at Globular Clusters- Astrophotography- Current Astronomy News For The Sky And Telescope
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MUCH BETTER AND UNDER BUDGET
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If the photographic plate of a telescope records five percent of the light reaching it, and the CCD records 77 percent, how much time will the new system take to collect as much information as the old detector recorded in a 1 hr exposure?
So, the CCD is 77/5 times more sensitive, so it will take 5/77 as long to do the same job. If we're talking about an hour, then it's 5/77 * 60 minutes or 5/77 * 3600 seconds.
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Exposure time for CCD telescope cameras?
I am considering buying a medium sized telescope for viewing and also astrophotography. I am also probably buying one of the Meade CCD cameras. The question I have is when taking CCD pictures through the telescope does it work like old school astrophotography where you had to have a shutter open for minutes to hours? I ask this beacuse I would love to get one of Meade's Dobsonians (the Intelliscope 8), but that scope does not have motorized tracking. The last time I looked into buying a scope, you had to get a motorized mount to lock onto an object and track it allowing the long exposure to stay on the object. Celestron has a smaller scope (StarSeeker 130mm) that will track, but I wanted something bigger for deeper & fainter objects. Any further tips or info?
Take a look at the Orion XT8, or it's intelliscope version. I prefer Orion to Meade because I have had much better results with the Orion customer service department.!
I also echo the sentiment of not starting into astro-imaging right away. You have a steep enough learning curve ahead of you, just learning to find your way around the sky and how to operate your telescope properly. Get some experience with the new telescope under your belt.!!!
But since you asked the question about imaging, I feel you deserve an answer.
Once you feel totally comfortable with your telescope and the night sky, and you still want to get into imaging, here is the way to proceed:
1. With a little practice you can get some wonderful images of the moon and planets right through your Dobsonian Telescope. All you need is a camera adapter to mount your camera to the scope. Since exposure times would be much less than a second, no guiding is needed.
Once you want to go further than that, things get much different in a hurry.
At that point, the single most important part of your setup will be the mount. Much more important than the Telescope.!!
What most folks don't even think about is that the optical tube of the Dobsonian is nothing more than a plain Newtonian Reflector.
Simply take the optical tube off the Dobsonian mount, take off the azimuth bearings and get a set of scope rings and mount the tube on an Equatorial mount. This makes a very good imaging setup for very little money spend on optics, especially since you have already gotten good use out of it for visual observing.
However, it takes a fairly substantial mount to handle that size of optical tube. The Orion Sirius Mount does a good job here. Take a look at the Orion catalog. If I could afford it, I would even get the Orion Atlas Mount.
(My old 10" Dob optical tube is mounted on the Atlas exactly as described above and takes great images)
These mounts are provided with autoguiding ports to allow long exposure deep space imaging.
Now you've got the scope mounted suitable for imaging. Now what?
Well, you'll need a laptop to run the cameras ( you need another camera for guiding at long exposures), to run the mount, and the software for all this stuff. You also need software to process your images once you take the pictures. Sometimes you need to take dozens of images and combine them to get one final image because otherwise you would have to take exposures which could be hours long!
I think you get an idea why we advise against any imaging until you have quite a bit of time in the saddle with your Telescope.
Anyway, the Orion 8" Dobsonians are excellent value for the money and are very versatile as well as easy to set up and operate, in other words, they are excellent starter Telescopes with the capability of being used for other jobs as you learn the ropes.
Tripod Star I have just bought an Hama Star 61 tripod from Currys for £30, Which I got for half-price.....?
I thought it was a fantastic deal going from £59.99 down to £29.99 but to my amazement I searched for prices on websites such as argos, amazon and several other websites including the manufacturers site Hama, and the prices were all around £20! Is there any way I can take the tripod back to currys and say the tripod is cheaper than your half-price price can I have a refund?
Bad Luck, I think you are stuck with it.
You never know about these 'Cheap' (?) stores.
So use your tripod and make some stunning images.
Good Luck
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Star Photography?(yosemite)?
Hi i'll be in yosemite national park in a few days, and i wanted to take some night pictures/ landscape pictures
doyou have any tips for me?
and more specificaly what should I do to take nice star pictures?
I use a nikon d80, but i won't have a tripod
That's fine. You can do this without a tripod. Just rest the camera on a convenient rock or something and use the infrared remote. If you don't have one of these, get one. They are only about $25 and worth their weight in gold. Put the camera on manual (M), take a few shots at different settings to get the lighting right and go for it. Also, it helps to have some sort of ground based reference point in the shot: a clifftop, a mountain, a tree or something. Have fun.
