I bought the budget Solomark 130eq very mush like this one. Works well. Great view of the galaxy. During winter i will add a few pieces and stack program. Cant wait for spring. Left a like thank you
I have a Spica... got it from Bresser at 50% discount... Pollux is a bit better optically, but the mount is the same and... HORRIBLE! I got mine that was not moving as smooth as I expected so I was forced to take it apart and grease all over again to make it semi acceptable. The adjustment screws are... semi usable! I had to play with the screws to make it work. They either don't rotate the axis or it's slipping. Very NOT-precise as one would expect from a serious German company. The phone adapter is BASIC beyond belief! But, okay... you get what you paid for... same goes for eyepieces (but that's expected). The counterweight that I received was BARELY enough to balance the bare telescope! When I tried adding phone it went spinning already. God forbid even thinking about attaching ANY kind of camera or even a higher quality Barlow or eyepiece. I see that you have two counterweights here so this could help. I had to create a new weight by 3D printing the case and filling it with lead balls and resin... HOWEVER... I do not see if you have the same aluminum tripod. If you do, it's WORSE than HORRIBLE! The thing is soo wobbly that it's almost impossible even to focus to anything, so only the 20mm eyepiece looks sort-of okay on a normal (Spica is Bird-Jones) 1000mm. Should be okay on (better) Pollux that's 750mm. I doubt that 4mm will be of much use, and forget the Barlow 3x. Useless. I do NOT recommend Spica even at 200€ (normal price is advertised at around 350€) Pollux should be slightly better optically, but the mount and the tripod... NOPE! Frankly, I don't think you can get anything worth the trouble below the 1500-2500€ price tag :( Newtonians on EQ mount in general are very clumsy. Getting it in a right position to be able to look through the eyepiece is... Dobson type is better for beginners. However, if I'd go for reflector, it would likely be some Maksutov-Cassegrain type. But... I prefer refractors. Problem is, they must be apochromatic which again... costs more :( So, yeah... 1500€ is lower end of acceptable if you wish to watch anything else but Moon and Sun, more if you want to enter photography, except is you already own a good camera (starting at 500€) and a lens (starting at 500-1000€), in which case you'll have to get only a good mount (starting at 350-500€). Entry level Newtonians are waste of money... you'll end up replacing them anyway :)
Came across this video and not really sure whether to get this one or the 150/1400 . Is the viewing of planets still good with the 750? I also found a dobsonian of 150/1200 in a similar price range but I feel like the telescopes with an EQ mount might be easier to transport in my car if I wanted to travel out somewhere, idk
If you want to choose one of the two and you want to observe planets, I would rather take the 150/1400. A telescope that I would definitely recommend would be a 200/1200 dobsonian telescope, for example from Skywatcher
Is this telescope enabled for PRIME FOCUS ASTRO PHOTOGRAPHY? I would like to add an RA Axis motor drive and connect my DSLR to take multiple photos of DSOs. I want to take photos of andromeda, some nebulas and star clusters.
In order to use a DSLR for astrophotography, you have to remove an attached adapter. However, due to the mount, I would not recommend this telescope for astrophotography. The Newton telescope itself can be used for astrophotography. I have already done that. However, since the mount too small to track such a telescope well, I would not recommend this telescope for astrophotography
The optical quality of the mirror built into the Skywatcher is better in my opinion. However, the bigger difference in my opinion is the material that was used. The Skywatcher telescope is made of much higher quality. You can definitely notice a huge difference. The focuser of the Bresser telescope, for example, is made largely of plastic, but the focuser of the Skywatcher telescope is not.
Hello, this telescope actually has no carbon fibre tube. In fact, it is only supposed to look like that. Therefore, there are only models made of metal I hope I could help you😊🔭
Well, it's not that bad . I personally own more expensive telescopes. Of course, the difference is huge. Nevertheless, you can take your first steps in this hobby with a telescope like this
I bought the budget Solomark 130eq very mush like this one. Works well. Great view of the galaxy. During winter i will add a few pieces and stack program. Cant wait for spring. Left a like thank you
It makes me happy to hear that you liked the video. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me😊🙏
Amazing video man ❤❤ keep it up big man
Thank you for your comment😊🙏
I have a Spica... got it from Bresser at 50% discount... Pollux is a bit better optically, but the mount is the same and... HORRIBLE! I got mine that was not moving as smooth as I expected so I was forced to take it apart and grease all over again to make it semi acceptable. The adjustment screws are... semi usable! I had to play with the screws to make it work. They either don't rotate the axis or it's slipping. Very NOT-precise as one would expect from a serious German company.
The phone adapter is BASIC beyond belief! But, okay... you get what you paid for... same goes for eyepieces (but that's expected).
The counterweight that I received was BARELY enough to balance the bare telescope! When I tried adding phone it went spinning already. God forbid even thinking about attaching ANY kind of camera or even a higher quality Barlow or eyepiece.
I see that you have two counterweights here so this could help.
I had to create a new weight by 3D printing the case and filling it with lead balls and resin... HOWEVER...
I do not see if you have the same aluminum tripod. If you do, it's WORSE than HORRIBLE!
The thing is soo wobbly that it's almost impossible even to focus to anything, so only the 20mm eyepiece looks sort-of okay on a normal (Spica is Bird-Jones) 1000mm. Should be okay on (better) Pollux that's 750mm. I doubt that 4mm will be of much use, and forget the Barlow 3x. Useless.
I do NOT recommend Spica even at 200€ (normal price is advertised at around 350€)
Pollux should be slightly better optically, but the mount and the tripod... NOPE!
Frankly, I don't think you can get anything worth the trouble below the 1500-2500€ price tag :(
Newtonians on EQ mount in general are very clumsy. Getting it in a right position to be able to look through the eyepiece is... Dobson type is better for beginners.
However, if I'd go for reflector, it would likely be some Maksutov-Cassegrain type. But... I prefer refractors. Problem is, they must be apochromatic which again... costs more :(
So, yeah... 1500€ is lower end of acceptable if you wish to watch anything else but Moon and Sun, more if you want to enter photography, except is you already own a good camera (starting at 500€) and a lens (starting at 500-1000€), in which case you'll have to get only a good mount (starting at 350-500€).
Entry level Newtonians are waste of money... you'll end up replacing them anyway :)
Came across this video and not really sure whether to get this one or the 150/1400 . Is the viewing of planets still good with the 750? I also found a dobsonian of 150/1200 in a similar price range but I feel like the telescopes with an EQ mount might be easier to transport in my car if I wanted to travel out somewhere, idk
If you want to choose one of the two and you want to observe planets, I would rather take the 150/1400. A telescope that I would definitely recommend would be a 200/1200 dobsonian telescope, for example from Skywatcher
Is this telescope enabled for PRIME FOCUS ASTRO PHOTOGRAPHY? I would like to add an RA Axis motor drive and connect my DSLR to take multiple photos of DSOs. I want to take photos of andromeda, some nebulas and star clusters.
In order to use a DSLR for astrophotography, you have to remove an attached adapter. However, due to the mount, I would not recommend this telescope for astrophotography. The Newton telescope itself can be used for astrophotography. I have already done that. However, since the mount too small to track such a telescope well, I would not recommend this telescope for astrophotography
how would you compare the bresser mirror quality to the skywatcher.
The optical quality of the mirror built into the Skywatcher is better in my opinion. However, the bigger difference in my opinion is the material that was used. The Skywatcher telescope is made of much higher quality. You can definitely notice a huge difference. The focuser of the Bresser telescope, for example, is made largely of plastic, but the focuser of the Skywatcher telescope is not.
Maybe provide a link from where it can be purchased!!! I found many online but none of them had a carbon fibre tube. Where did you find that?
Hello, this telescope actually has no carbon fibre tube. In fact, it is only supposed to look like that. Therefore, there are only models made of metal
I hope I could help you😊🔭
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Well, it's not that bad . I personally own more expensive telescopes. Of course, the difference is huge. Nevertheless, you can take your first steps in this hobby with a telescope like this