Celestron Accessory Kit
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This set makes a great addition to telescopes like Celestron's Firstscope 114EQ or Firstscope 80EQ. A telescope's magnifying power is equal to the focal length of the telescope divided by the eyepiece focal length, which is usually printed right on the eyepiece. Since the Firstscope 114EQ has a focal length of 900mm, the 32mm plossl eyepiece gives a magnification of 28x and almost 2 degress true field of view. This wide field of view is ideal for viewing star clusters like the Pleiades or checking out the Andromeda Galaxy. On a dark, moonless night, when I use the 9mm plossl (100x magnification) to view globular clusters like M13 and M5, the Firstscope 114EQ shows me many individual stars. And when the night air is still and clear I use the 6mm eyepiece (150x magnification) to pick out planetary details like the Cassini Division in Saturn's rings, or even Jupiter's great red spot.
The Celestron eyepiece kit also includes six colored filters and a neutral-colored Moon filter. The Orange and Red filters are handy for bringing out surface detail on Mars, and the Light Blue and Light Green filters can help a small telescope pick out Jupiter's famous red spot. The Moon filter works like a pair of sunglasses to reduce the blinding glare of the Moon. The Yellow and Green filters are sometimes helpful on the moon as well because they overcome the blue glow of "chromatic aberration," the false color that often troubles low-cost refractors.
Overall, the Celestron Eyepiece kit is simply a great value. These eyepieces deliver crisp views in any telescope that accepts 1.25-inch eyepieces, from a Firstscope 60 AZ to a Nexstar 8GPS. --Jeff Phillips
Pros:
- Good anti-reflection multicoatings
- Crisp, high-contrast views
Con:
- Minimal eye relief on 4mm and 6mm plossls
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While the supplied eyepieces aren’t of the same quality of, say, TeleVue plossls, they are nonetheless good generic symmetricals (most “plossls” are not true Plossls) of the sort that would ordinarily cost you about twice what this set sells for- and you get filters and a case, to boot! The whole set would typically sell for about three times what Celestron is asking here. I’d recommend this set, along with a good 6″ Dobsonian reflector from Celestron or another quality vendor, as an excellent beginner’s outfit. If you already have a decent beginner’s scope that takes 1-1/4″ eyepieces, this set will provide you with all the eyepieces you’re likely to need for some time.
After many years spent without gazing at the stars I finally made my move again and bought a new Nexstar 114. It came with 2 basic eyepieces. This kit looked like a nice addition, for a fair price.
I received the kit quickly, well this is Amazon… The case, as said before in other review, is sturdy and well designed. It is very convenient to carry around, and you don’t have to worry about damaging your eyepieces at all. I found it very nice being able to carry all eyepieces at once, and leave the case a few feet away from my observation location, in order to grab elements I need.
The set features some extra space inside, and you can fit another 3 eyepieces. Eyepieces are of good quality. Not top of the line, yet they provide a crisp and clear view. The barlow lens is well built as well. I found the larger eyepiece (the 4mm one) to be of average quality, especially when used with the barlow lens.
Filter are well chosen and give you a good range of choices. I found the moon filter not dark enough to my taste, but it still does a nice job.
Overall, the born-again star gazer that I am is very satisfied of this very good investment.
I purchased this kit in November. I have over 20 years experience in using telescopes and eyepieces. These eyepieces are a great bargain. Through my 4″ fluorite I have used the high power 4mm and 6mm plossl’s from this kit with very sharp and contrasty views of Jupiter. Highly recommended
don't bother with a filter. just put the lens cap on the objective end. or remove it entirely, since you won't be using it for solar observing.
the easiest way to aim a telesscope at the sun is to watch the shadow on the ground. when the shadow is the smallest, the scope is pointing at teh sun.
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Hello Rocketgirl -
Well, I personally think you could do better. As a Celestron owner for several years, I am a bit partial to their products. But in this case, about half the money you are spending is going for the computer, so you don't have to know where to look to find things. At the risk of offending you and perhaps roiling up some water with friends that I know disagree with me, I will tell you about computer GoTo scopes for beginners.
1. You will not learn the sky very well if you use one of these type scopes. You will not need to learn it, and you will not devote the time and effort (it can be a pain in the neck) that it takes to actually know where things are up there and what to expect when looking for them. This is half the fun of amateur astronomy, once you get it, and you are sacrificing a lot of sincere enjoyment for the sake of instant gratification.
2. The computers are not easy to use. I have a Schmidt-Cassegrain, which is a little more difficult to set up than most scopes. However, I regularly can set up and find two or three targets while some guy next to me is still swearing at and rebooting his GoTo because it didn't align properly. Finally, he gets it to work, and it hums and slews around to look at M42, or Saturn, or something else that anyone can see by just looking up.
3. The money that you spend on the computer could go for better optics. You could probably multiply the light gathering power of your scope by a factor of four by leaving off the GoTo computer and getting a bigger aperture. This is very important, because if you want to find things or enjoy looking at them – ever – you've got to see them. The computer can do the pointing, but it cannot gather more photons. Only more aperture will accomplish that. You can find things without a computer – takes a little practice, but that's OK. But you can't see more things without aperture – and that's the whole purpose of the telescope.
I think GoTo or Pushto computers have a place – especially for folks who know the sky but have little time, or folks that spend a lot of time observing in badly light-polluted environments. But for a beginner – I think you are better off with an 8 inch aperture and no computer – so you can see things instead of watching the computer find them for you.
By the way, going to a local astronomy club is excellent advice. You should know what to expect at the eyepiece and at the cash register before buying. It might be different than you think. Take your time. You should know why you want the scope you are buying before you buy it.
Good Luck and Clear Skies.
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I've played with a Meade DS-2080 – similar to the DS-2090 – and found it underwhelming. The Goto system is not particularly accurate and the scope was not particularly good quality. Another 10mm aperture is not going to magically transform the scope.
Goto has its place but generally it only becomes worthwhile on the mid range scopes. On lower end scopes it is taking funds from where they are better spent – on the optics and the mount.
If you really must have a Goto scope I would go for the Meade ETXs – they are not much more expensive, do have a "go out and play" accessibility, and are optically good quality. However, they are not big scopes and that limits what you can see in them.
Getting a good quality manual scope is ultimately more rewarding at this price point but you will have to put more effort into learning how to use it effectively.
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You can. But I don't understand why you would want to do that. If your looking for a push-to system, for the same money, you can get a good sized dobsonian.
If your looking to use the system without having the GPS do all the setup, thats fine too. But again, there are other systems out there that don't have GPS. You just push the direction buttons do it the old fashion way. Its an expensive way to do it, but it is your money.
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Hello Rocketgirl -
Well, I personally think you could do better. As a Celestron owner for several years, I am a bit partial to their products. But in this case, about half the money you are spending is going for the computer, so you don't have to know where to look to find things. At the risk of offending you and perhaps roiling up some water with friends that I know disagree with me, I will tell you about computer GoTo scopes for beginners.
1. You will not learn the sky very well if you use one of these type scopes. You will not need to learn it, and you will not devote the time and effort (it can be a pain in the neck) that it takes to actually know where things are up there and what to expect when looking for them. This is half the fun of amateur astronomy, once you get it, and you are sacrificing a lot of sincere enjoyment for the sake of instant gratification.
2. The computers are not easy to use. I have a Schmidt-Cassegrain, which is a little more difficult to set up than most scopes. However, I regularly can set up and find two or three targets while some guy next to me is still swearing at and rebooting his GoTo because it didn't align properly. Finally, he gets it to work, and it hums and slews around to look at M42, or Saturn, or something else that anyone can see by just looking up.
3. The money that you spend on the computer could go for better optics. You could probably multiply the light gathering power of your scope by a factor of four by leaving off the GoTo computer and getting a bigger aperture. This is very important, because if you want to find things or enjoy looking at them – ever – you've got to see them. The computer can do the pointing, but it cannot gather more photons. Only more aperture will accomplish that. You can find things without a computer – takes a little practice, but that's OK. But you can't see more things without aperture – and that's the whole purpose of the telescope.
I think GoTo or Pushto computers have a place – especially for folks who know the sky but have little time, or folks that spend a lot of time observing in badly light-polluted environments. But for a beginner – I think you are better off with an 8 inch aperture and no computer – so you can see things instead of watching the computer find them for you.
By the way, going to a local astronomy club is excellent advice. You should know what to expect at the eyepiece and at the cash register before buying. It might be different than you think. Take your time. You should know why you want the scope you are buying before you buy it.
Good Luck and Clear Skies.
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Anything with 675 in the designation is rubbish.
If you're buying a scope as a present, I suggest two things:
1. Find a local amateur astronomy club. Go to one of their nights out, see what different scopes are good for, and most importantly, get realistic expectations of what you'll see. This may take time, but it's necessary.
2. Do this together with the recipient. It won't be a surprise, but a scope is a personal choice, and this is a big purchase. It will be fun to do research like this.
On a budget, the best and simples type of scope is a reflector on a Dobsonian mount. Have a look at these for starters. Anything 6 inches aperture or over is good.
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But, take my advice on research.
it was celestron celestar 8″(c8 fork mount) + celestron ultima 2x barlow and spc900nc webcam, plus a pipe between barlow and camera to get the f40 focal lenght
You may find that the camera will out perform the quality of the telescope. As DSLR's sensors become more sophisticated, the chances are, small flaws in generic lenses will show up in the images. Soft edges, colour fringing and/or vignetting are but just a few such flaws.
Celestron makes excellent telescopes, so you should get excellent images using it, however focusing on the birds and other wildlife will be slower than using a telephoto lens (as you know).
The cost of buying the T-mount adapter for your camera and a T-mount to eye piece adapter is minimal (under $50 for the two), so once you connect the camera to your telescope, you will know some of the unique image capturing processes that differ from using a proper camera lens
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It does automatically track. For long exposure photography (over 20 sec) we would recommend going with NexStar SE or Advanced series telescopes.
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the main issue is the mount: too wobbly, and equatorial mounts are not the best choice for visual observation.
this question is asked a lot around here, and the answer is the same: buy and read one of the classic references, like nightwatch. hook up with local astronomers to see what the hardware looks like and what things in the sky actually look like.
once you have done that you can make an informed decision. the hot ticket nowadays is usually an 8 to 10 inch dob. they are powerful scopes, amazing value, and will keep you busy observing for a lifetime. only you can know for sure. it's your money, not mine.
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Well I have a Meade NG-60 and its a 2.4 inches telescope:)
It is about $70
Well Ive seen all this celestial objects:
Planets:
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn and
Uranus
Asteroid:
Vesta
Double Stars
Alberio and its companion
Mizar and Alcor
and more
Star Cluster
Beehive
Pleiades
Butterfly
and lot more
Galaxies
Andromeda
Nebula
Orion Nebula
Satellites
Some satellites just passing by and seen with my telescope.
Moons on Planets
Moon
Europa
Callisto
Io
Ganymede and
Titan
NOW im graduating to a more bigger telescope
Im gonna buy a 8 Inches Dobsonia named Orion SkyQuest XT8
It is about $299.95
any instrument that you can use during the day is going to be iffy at night. and vice versa.
geoff is right (as usual). use the scope for night, and use something else during the day. binoculars are a choice well worth investigating.
I think the nod would go to UO among those who know. The Celestron and Meade eyepieces can be very good, but with the exception of the 14UWA you very seldom hear talk about the Celestron and Meade offerings in the amateur community. Well OK, the ultima eyepieces from Celestron have a good rep especially the barlow. The Tak LEs are not on your list but I think the Takahashi LE series is something you might want to look at. Higher priced than your UO ortho but not sky high. Used, the Tak LEs come up regularly on Astromart for around a hundred bucks.
You might call Teton telescopes and see if any of the Super Monos are left. That is considered a "planet eyepiece." The UO is too. If it were my money and I had those three choices, it would go to UO, but with my money what in fact I purchased was a Pentax XW 5mm and a Super Monocentric. These options are, however, in the high and low 2s, respectively.
Also there is a yahoo eyepiece discussion group. I'll put it in the links.
I also always put in a word for astromart. You pay a ONE time fee of $12 and have access to a huge used market. You can pick up a used UO for about $25 less than the new priced but they tend to sell fast (which says something). There are a number of discussion groups there including one which is JUST eyepieces. That groups is VERY ACTIVE, the one on Yahoo is so-so. There are other forums on Cloudynights.com, which is free, but I can't emphasize enough how important astromart is and well worth the once-in-a-lifetime fee of $12. Cloudy Nights has used market too but it is 1/100th the size of Astromart and some people selling there got booted out of Astromart for various forms of misbehavior.
I'll put in a link to Teton telescopes too. I am not a big fan of their "overall philosophy" which is heavily biased (big surprise!) to the products they sell (I prefer other vendors like Highpoint Scientific) but they DO have the super monocentric eyepieces which come out only in very limited editions.
Most of the people who CAN'T get a super mono would go with a UO ortho.
In this price range I'm an enthusiastic supporter of the Edmund Optics RKE but their shortest focal length is 8mm.
You really want to get into a discussion forum where people can do the give-and-take without getting into this best answer nonsense. There are lots of different views and it helps to hear a bunch.
5mm is a short focal length and "best used" with a telescope that has a drive. Most dob owners would get some kind of wide field. The Baader Hyperion eyepieces are an option as are the TMB-Burgess "planetary" eyepieces–but I would get a UO over any of those choices. The Hyperions are available at OPT (oceanside photo) not astronomics; be careful, the coatings on the look-alike Stratus eyepieces by most accounts are not as good.
Oh yeah the excelsis web site has a LOT of "user and voter reviews" of equipment including eyepieces. A very useful resource even if it does have a flawed voting system.
You should be able to look up all the brands I've mentioned on the astronomics web site. It's a huge operation, but when possible, I buy from Highpoint Scientific, a nice small outfit where there is a lot of knowledge and they're not "pushing a line" like Teton.
As you spend money on eyepieces you will discover that folks will chat on and on about the nuances of all of them but the fact is that we're stuck under a big bucket of slosh called the atmosphere and there's no real wrong way to go.
Hope that helps,
GN
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I think the nod would go to UO among those who know. The Celestron and Meade eyepieces can be very good, but with the exception of the 14UWA you very seldom hear talk about the Celestron and Meade offerings in the amateur community. Well OK, the ultima eyepieces from Celestron have a good rep especially the barlow. The Tak LEs are not on your list but I think the Takahashi LE series is something you might want to look at. Higher priced than your UO ortho but not sky high. Used, the Tak LEs come up regularly on Astromart for around a hundred bucks.
You might call Teton telescopes and see if any of the Super Monos are left. That is considered a "planet eyepiece." The UO is too. If it were my money and I had those three choices, it would go to UO, but with my money what in fact I purchased was a Pentax XW 5mm and a Super Monocentric. These options are, however, in the high and low 2s, respectively.
Also there is a yahoo eyepiece discussion group. I'll put it in the links.
I also always put in a word for astromart. You pay a ONE time fee of $12 and have access to a huge used market. You can pick up a used UO for about $25 less than the new priced but they tend to sell fast (which says something). There are a number of discussion groups there including one which is JUST eyepieces. That groups is VERY ACTIVE, the one on Yahoo is so-so. There are other forums on Cloudynights.com, which is free, but I can't emphasize enough how important astromart is and well worth the once-in-a-lifetime fee of $12. Cloudy Nights has used market too but it is 1/100th the size of Astromart and some people selling there got booted out of Astromart for various forms of misbehavior.
I'll put in a link to Teton telescopes too. I am not a big fan of their "overall philosophy" which is heavily biased (big surprise!) to the products they sell (I prefer other vendors like Highpoint Scientific) but they DO have the super monocentric eyepieces which come out only in very limited editions.
Most of the people who CAN'T get a super mono would go with a UO ortho.
In this price range I'm an enthusiastic supporter of the Edmund Optics RKE but their shortest focal length is 8mm.
You really want to get into a discussion forum where people can do the give-and-take without getting into this best answer nonsense. There are lots of different views and it helps to hear a bunch.
5mm is a short focal length and "best used" with a telescope that has a drive. Most dob owners would get some kind of wide field. The Baader Hyperion eyepieces are an option as are the TMB-Burgess "planetary" eyepieces–but I would get a UO over any of those choices. The Hyperions are available at OPT (oceanside photo) not astronomics; be careful, the coatings on the look-alike Stratus eyepieces by most accounts are not as good.
Oh yeah the excelsis web site has a LOT of "user and voter reviews" of equipment including eyepieces. A very useful resource even if it does have a flawed voting system.
You should be able to look up all the brands I've mentioned on the astronomics web site. It's a huge operation, but when possible, I buy from Highpoint Scientific, a nice small outfit where there is a lot of knowledge and they're not "pushing a line" like Teton.
As you spend money on eyepieces you will discover that folks will chat on and on about the nuances of all of them but the fact is that we're stuck under a big bucket of slosh called the atmosphere and there's no real wrong way to go.
Hope that helps,
GN