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what eyepieces did you use?

what eyepiece did you use?

Would anybody recommend this to a beginner? I don't know anything about collimation, but can somebody tell me if it is hard or how often I should do it?

Hello, I have an Orion xt6i telescope and I cannot seem to get an images to resolve/come into focus when I use the prime focus technique as well as a lens projection kit. How did you get your images to resolve? I have read a lot on the internet so far that implies that my type of telescope will never really work for taking pictures by attaching my camera without moving my mirror...something I am unwilling to do. Any guidance you can offer is appreciated! Great shots of Jupiter! LOVE!

hello, i can't decide whether to get the celestron astromaster 130eq as a first telescope or this one. which one would you recommend?

Please I need advice, should I buy the Orion 10014 SkyQuest XT6 telescope or Meade etx80 at-tc I am a beginner and I can see a significant difference between the quality of the one and the other, well you might say that the Meade is mostly for beginners and it is of lower price but if the quality is so different I'm willing to pay 200 more bucks in order to by the Orion if it is worth it...does anyone have any advice?? Or suggestion for other telescopes??

Hello, do you what eye piece you used for this footage? Awesome view!

You can see the moons aswell

beautiful! just a question: how did you take these pictures without a motor drive? thank you!

Very nice. I am thinking of buying this telescope. If you don't mind my asking was this in a suburban area or farther out in the country?

Great images..!! I've got xt6 for myself recently. Also bought a 5mm X Cel celestron. Is it a TMB type eyepiece? Can u let me what is a TMB planetary eyepiece?

Been thinking of buying a telescope forever and for my bday next month I think I'm finally going to do it. I've been flip flopping between the Orion xt6 classic, starblast 6 and spaceprobe 130st. The st is a bit cheaper but this may have convinced me to spend the extra $50.

Is this with stock out of the box lenses?

Have you ever thought of building an equatorial platform drive or 'hiss' drive for your XT6? I have an XT6, and I'm interested in building a drive for tracking (although I see what you've been able to do without tracking devices). Very nice, BTW.

It must have been ridiculously mind blowing for early observers to find this floating thing in the sky many century's ago.

amazing.

Did you edit the video at all or is this raw footage?

Thanks for your comments Gordon! You will not be disappointed with the XT6. I can't imagine a better scope for the money.

This scope looks awesome for what it costs, i might buy one.

Nice pictures, it would have been great if you uploaded the video in 1080p or 720p but this looks nice.

Great videos, thanks for sharing.

I used a Sony DSC-WX5 , to record HD video , and then stack with Registax 5.1

What kind of camera did you use to take these pictures?

The main difference between the recorded image and what you actually view, is the lack of color, what you actually view will be in black and white.On a cold clear night,with a quality eyepiece.you should be able to make out some good detail on Jupiter and Saturn.

Considering buying the 6" or 8." To that end, I have a burning question: When you gaze through the eyepiece, is what your eyes see (regarding Jupiter and Saturn of course) something similar to what you have photographed in the video?

Thanks snowpuppy! these Orion XT scopes are a great value! They give some very impressive views,Jupiter and Saturn look pretty amazing!

Such very nice work here. It just truly illustrates what great starter scopes the XT series Orion Dobsonians are. Not just good starter scope but good scopes period. I have the XT8 and I love it. If some one is trying to decide between the XT6 and XT8 it is safe to say that you can't go wrong. The XT6 is as good or better at planetary viewing depending on seeing conditions. XT8 will have the edge with deep sky objects. XT6 has the edge in portability which is more important than many realize.

Thank you,I used a TMB Planetary 5mm eyepiece.My seeing conditions are usually pretty poor,here in the Cleveland area,but all those images were recorded on cold, clear nights. I am also very impressed with the quality of the Orion XT6.

I did not use any kind of tracking for these pictures,i just recorded video as Jupiter drifted through the eyepiece.It does take alot of trial and error to get everything lined up properly,but if you have got the time and the patience you can get some pretty impressive results without having to spend alot of money.I think the XT6 is all most people would need,take the money you save and buy some eyepieces!

Absolutely gorgeous! So impressed with this telescope !

Btw did you constantly have to track jupiter to get such an amazing picture like this . I have heard its hard to track objects in dobsonians . is it so?

And I was thinking of buying xt10 as my first thinking that xt8 won't be enough...but this video of xt6 totally blew my mind!

I use an Orion SteadyPix Deluxe attached to the eyepiece

How did you mount the point and shoot camera to get the pictures?

I do not think you would be disappointed with an XT6.I would highly recommend the Explore Scientific 4.7 mm eyepiece,or the TMB Planetary 5mm eyepiece for viewing planets.

I have recently purchased an Explore Scientific 82 degree 4.7 mm eyepiece,and it has increased the amount of detail i can make out on Saturn and Jupiter.This is probably the max magnification you would want to use 255x.

Jupiter looks pretty big though the eyepiece,not as large as a dime,maybe half as big.But it is big enough to make out alot of detail

how big would you say jupiter looks through that eyepiece? size of a dime, smaller or what? without any zooms...

I am not using a barlow,just a 5mm eyepiece,plus the zoom of my point and shoot camera

did you use a barlow or is the magnification on that scope that good?

I agree, these Orion dobsonion scopes can not be beat for the money!!

I used a 5mm TMB Planetary eyepiece,the camera is a Sony DSC-WX5.Yes i did zoom in a bit with the camera.

what eyepiece you use? and did you zoom with camera?

Thank You!!

Thank you for comments!

Thanks for comments!The Sony DSC-WX5 point and shoot camera seems to record a pretty good quality of HD video.TMB Planetary eyepieces also seem to be a good choice for afocal photogtaphy

Fantastic attempt! I too have a 6" reflector.. and I tried making one too.... didn't come out nearly as nice as this one... :[

2 moons in clear view, clear bands, on an XT6 - fantastic stuff