![]() I've left mine on over the day too many times to count, and had to replace the battery as a result. Insofar as the quality of the secondary and primary mirrors within, I've been very pleased, and surprised even.īe certain to turn the finder's laser off after an observing session. I've found that I tend to use it a lot more as a result. Since the OTA came with tube rings, I later decided to add a dovetail and transfer it over to an existing alt-azimuth mount, and one that I've had for many years. When I got around to using it more often, I placed it on an adjustable low-slung table and sat in a chair next to it. I purchased the StarBlast 6 myself, back in the spring of 2013. Then we can make some educated suggestions of what would be the best upgrades to aim for. That way you'll know more about what you like and want. Using what you already have for awhile, along with a way to find things that interest you with Stellarium, will help you narrow your interests down a bit first. I would suggest you hold off on buying any new eyepieces just yet. This should help you to find just about everything under the Sun. So here are the links to the program, and instructions to show you the way:Īs for instructions, the most current one's are posted in Wiki due to their being new features & functions being created almost daily. Similar software-programs can run you a few hundred $$$. And it will be as detailed as you want it to be - stars, planets, Moons, nebulae, galaxies, even man-made satellites in orbit above you. In which you enter your location, and it will show you your night sky on any night (or day if you wish) you want. Now that a 'welcome' has been accomplished, do you have a copy of Stellarium yet? This is a huge and one of the best planetarium-programs. ![]() Greetings and welcome to SGL, GVD! Nice to see you here. That with the book "Pocket Sky Atlas" you should be able to find a lot of stuff. If you want to do some serious star hopping, I would upgrade to the 6x30 or 9x50 right angle, correct image finder(RACI). If you have some light pollution like I do, the EZ Finder will not do you any good. They should serve you well until you are ready to upgrade. However, your Plossls are decent eyepieces. They have a lot of eye relief very comfortable to look through and the price is mid-range I would say. I upgraded my Plossls that came with the scope to the Orion Stratus eyepieces. Barlow the 12mm eyepiece and that will give you decent exit pupil to see galaxies and resolve the stars in a lot of the larger globular clusters. You should also be able to see the small planetary nebulae and small globular clusters. ![]() Barlow your 10mm eyepiece and should see a lot of detail on Jupiter and Saturn. Yes, get a 2x Barlow, I have the Orion Shorty Barlow which is good. Therefore, I know that you are going to enjoy that scope. I have a similar scope from Orion on an EQ mount. ![]()
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