ENTER AND DOWNLOAD THE STELLARIUM PROGRAM FOR FREE Question : Can a DSLR be attached to this telescope? What accessories do I need for this?
Answer: Of course YES, you can connect a DSLR to this, as well as to any other telescope. You will need: a projection adapter i and a T2 ring appropriate to your SLR camera (there are 5 standards of SLR bayonets: Canon EOS, Nikon, Olympus E, Petax K and Sony Alfa / Minolta AF). These connectors are available in our online store in the astronomy accessories section.
Question : Can a compact camera be attached to this telescope? What accessories do I need for this?
Answer: Of course you can. A suitable shelf for compact cameras can be found in the astronomy accessories section of our online store ( universal adapter for compact digital cameras ).
Question : Can a HYBRID type camera (a large compact camera with SLR dimensions) be connected to this telescope? What accessories do I need for this?
Answer: You may try to do this, but it is not recommended. The so-called hybrids do not work well in astrophotography, because they do not have the ability to take the lens off the lens like an SLR, they have large dimensions and large lenses, which makes the rack systems impossible to use , while the vignetting is high, because the objective cannot be brought too close to the last optical surface of the telescope eyepiece. We recommend buying a SLR or a cheap compact.
Question : What else is worth buying for this telescope?
Answer: The presented telescope is a complete set ready to conduct astronomical observations on the first clear night. As an addition, we recommend educational publications which will make both the use of the telescope and the observations themselves more conscious and easier. In addition, you should consider purchasing contrast planetary filters and solar filter foil (available in the Astronomy accessories section).
Question : Can this telescope be used as a viewing telescope / nature spotting scope?
Answer: Yes, the offered telescope is an achromatic refractor, for which, after using the angular connector ( included in the set ), we get an inverted, terrestrial image. Thanks to this, this telescope can be used as an observation telescope. However, it is worth remembering that its main purpose is astronomical observations.
An astronomical telescope is usually a rather cumbersome viewing telescope. In turn, the observation / sightseeing telescope will give correct images of only some astronomical objects, while offering a compact, easily portable, often waterproof construction.
Question : Can I observe both planets and nebulae with this telescope? Is it a telescope only for the city or just for the countryside?
Answer: All offered telescopes allow observation of the planets of the Solar System (all) and nebulae, that is more precisely galaxies, star clusters, emission nebulae, etc. A separate issue is the clarity of the details of the planets' surfaces and the number and brightness of nebula objects. The smaller telescope has its sky, the big one - its own, but we can always count on wonderful observations of the surface structures of the Moon, the phases of Mercury and Venus, the shield of Mars, Jupiter belts and the Galilean four moons of Jupiter, the ring of Saturn and the shields of Uranus and Neptune. The brightest nebulae, such as the Great Andromeda Nebula M31, the Great Orion Nebula M42 or the globular cluster in Hercules M13 always delight, even a small telescope will show several dozen of the most beautiful nebulae. Finally, the telescope, equipped with a sun filter, can be used to observe the spots on the Sun's disc.
There is no distinction between city and country telescopes , but rather recommendations: if the telescope is to be used mainly in the city, in conditions of urban light pollution and high atmospheric instability (buildings give warmth at night, warming the air and the image begins to "float" over a hot road on hot days!), then an achromatic refractor (lens telescope) or Maksutov (meniscus-mirror) is recommended. Our target will be mainly planets and compact objects. In turn, under the tarry black, rural sky, it is worth using a Newton system telescope (mirror) with the largest possible mirror that we can afford, because we can count on a more stable and more transparent atmosphere and a large The possibility of nebula observations.
Question : Does this telescope come with a tripod / mount?
Answer: Of course YES, every telescope has a mount, unless it is described as an OTA ( Optical Tube Assembly ).
Question : You write that the telescope comes with an assembly, does it mean that you come and assemble the telescope for me?
Answer: Mounting does not mean mounting , but a telescope tube mounting system. It must be understood that we never conduct observations "by hand" with an astronomical telescope - we must mount the telescope on a system that allows it to be precisely positioned in any part of the sky.
In the case of an equatorial mount (also known as an equatorial or equatorial mount) , the telescope's optical tube is mounted on a tripod with a movable head having two axes: an hour (right ascension) and declination, correspond to ce coordinate of objects on the celestial sphere. Please don't worry - it's nothing difficult, although the names may seem exotic at first. The equatorial mount has one axis (Right Ascension) positioned so that when rotated, the telescope moves like stars across the sky. At our latitudes, objects do not move along straight lines or circles (unlike on the poles, where they move along circles parallel to the horizon, or on the equator - where they rise and set always perpendicular to the horizon), but Arches.
In practice, a correctly positioned equatorial mount allows you to follow astronomical objects by moving the telescope only in one axis, it allows you to take pictures of the sky at exposure times longer than a few seconds and allows you to mount a clock drive / motor compensating for the daily rotation of the Earth. In short, an equatorial mount is a typical astronomical mount.
