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Astronomical Equipment / Help and Advice / Re: Eye Piece Advice
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on: 06-May-2010 09:10:06 BST
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Pauline,
My apologies. The figure 260x is wrong. The four magnifications we have in our Skywatcher 1300 are -
The 25mm eyepiece gives magnification 36x, and the Barlow doubles this to 72x. The 10mm eyepiece gives 90x, and the Barlow doubles it to 180x.
Up to now I am comfortable with 36x and 72x. Not had much success yet with 90x. The narrower field of view takes some getting used to. Haven't even tried the 180x.
John Crockatt
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Astronomical Equipment / Help and Advice / Re: Eye Piece Advice
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on: 05-May-2010 19:47:32 BST
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Pauline,
I too am new to astronomy and have the Skywatcher 1300. The two eyepieces and the Barlow give you the choice of four magnifications up to 260x. What more could you want ? I reckon it will be a long time before I need anything else.
Why spend any more money ?
John Crockatt
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General Chat / General Discussion / Pex Hill Availability
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on: 29-Mar-2010 20:57:26 BST
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Here in the web-site it says that Pex Hill is "open to the public" on Wednesday evenings.
As a member, am I a "member of the public", and restricted to visiting Pex Hill on Wednesdays? It would be strange if the Society's observatory only opened on Wednesday nights. Is it accessible to members on other nights ? We would not hope to use the equipment there as we are so new, but it would be very instructive to attend when other more experienced members are using the telescopes, and to watch what happens.
John Crockatt
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Astronomical Equipment / Help and Advice / Re: Can I bring my Telescope to the Star Party?
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on: 23-Mar-2010 10:08:57 GMT
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Angela and I, then being members of fully 24 hours seniority, attended the Wirral party, and enjoyed it enormously. We'd like to thank all those who did the hard work to make it possible, and specially the committee member who arranged for the clouds to depart at exactly the right time.
As suggested above we brought our tripod and mount and want to thank Brendan and two other members whose names we don't yet know for sorting that out for us.
As we live close by, and are familiar with the traffic problem caused by the road works at Station Road, it only took us 25 minutes to travel the mile and a half back to our home after a memorable evening. Thanks again to everybody who made it all happen.
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Astronomical Equipment / Help and Advice / Re: Can I bring my Telescope to the Star Party?
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on: 19-Mar-2010 09:10:49 GMT
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Brendan,
I too have a problem. We are complete beginners and have been learning our way around with binoculars. We have bought a Skywatcher 130mm Reflector, and I have started to put it together. The declination fine adjustment works perfectly, but the RA one does not. I'll bring the tripod and the mount tomorrow night and hope someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong.
John Crockatt
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