Cracking little episode. 😁 When I bought a Dobson telescope, I made the mistake of buying the most powerful magnification it could technically handle, thinking I would get great images of Jupiter. I bought a 3.5mm lens thinking that I would get 185 times magnification. I soon discovered that you needed near "perfect still" nights with no turbulence in the air what so ever, and a tripod that was bombproof steady. Without such perfect conditions, and sturdy kit, all I got was a blurry wobbly image of what I wanted to see. Sort of spoiled the experience. So I became more pragmatic and went for a more modest zoom range and my viewing pleasure increased exponentially.
Not discontinued. There was a supply / demand issue for a few months, meaning a number of UK dealers had no stock for a while. We recently had delivery of the 130P and 150P Heritage. Nice video BTW, and good to see someone doing there own content rather than hijacking clips from others. Well done.
i have an celesteron model i removed the cheap plastic focuser and install an oso aluminum 2 inch short travel focuser so i could use the camera my best telescope and its cheap love it and clear skies everyone..
Looks real good Stephen once again very informative 3 days off now Stephen Easter Busy @ work always relaxing n enjoyable A starman /walk on the wild side video great stuff
Thanks. I've only got 20mm and 9mm eyepieces at the moment, so I don't have a lot of choice. I'd say you can use 10mm with no worries. The ones I have a standard William Optics eyepieces.
Hi! I've got this scope again after owning one a few years ago. The thing is that on the one I have now the extension is very very stiff. Should I lube the tubes with something?
I found your channel while researching this telescope. How long would you recommend leaving it outside before using it? Just trying to get an idea before buying it. Thanks
I am guessing to go up on the moors or other countryside places, this wouldn't be practical unless you brought a fold out table to put it on. I am guessing a telescope with a tripod would be better?
Maybe, or just a bigger version with a larger base. Dobsonian telescopes are very popular for their simplicity. I've been out to far off places with friends who have them, and they've always managed to find a place to set them up.
I disagree. I own an 8inch Skywatcher Explorer 200p, Skywatcher Heritage 130p, Helios 130p (same as Skywatcher Explorer 130p), Celestron AstroMaster 90AZ, Skywatcher StarTravel 80 (the famous ST80) and gave away a 40070mm refractor to my nephews/niece. My Skywatcher 200p rarely gets used because the weather is too unpredictable. Countless times i have set it up for the clouds to roll in and rain. I have helped people out for years with telescopes and also pushed the "Get a Dob" mantra and almost everyone who bought the 8inch opted for a small refractor on a tripod or the Skywatcher Heritage 130p because of space (no pun intended) and weight constraints, some have houses/flats but no garden and others because they wanted to use it for daytime as well as night with a right side up view. And with recent price increases, that also is going to be a barrier for now until peoples income increases. My ST80 and Heritage 130p and other telescopes have shown me much more through an upstairs south facing bedroom window than my 8inch ever has simply because of their ease of setup. My ST80 stopped down to 60mm has shown my the red spot on Jupiter and the Cassini division on Saturn's Rings and oodles of messier objects so its not all doom and gloom with a small telescope. When we were in lockdown, i had a broken pair of 50mm binoculars so i used the front lens cell of one with a zoom eyepiece to see what would happen, well, the world didn't explode but what i did see was Saturns rings (no Cassini division, needs 60mm refractor minimum) and 2 faint bands on Jupiter and then the image broke down because of the very fast binocular optics. Get the biggest you can afford, manage to use and won't neglect because a telescope in a cupboard is as much use as not having one.
For a camera lens a faster F ratio gathers more light but not a telescope. The aperture affects the amount of light that is gathered. A 130mm telescope gathers the same amount of light no matter what the F ratio is. The faster scopes have wider field of views and lower magnifications.
It's interesting how astronomers use different terms for f ratios than photographers. As a photographer going into astronomy, I found it quite hard to adapt.
All reflectors have the eyepiece in the same place. It is just the design of the telescope. If you would prefer an eyepiece around the back of the telescope, I would recommend a Maksutov or Schmidt Cassegrain.
@@starman1969 Well... got my OneSky today. Found the hidden cost. Wont take a barlow, so have to have dedicated eyepieces. Theres not enough in-travel on the focuser.
@@springbloom5940 The Heritage 130P/AWB One Sky will indeed happily use a Barlow. Like the diameter of EPs for this scope, it just has to be a 1.25in Barlow. I bought my 130P in July 2018, and got the Barlow in an EP kit, a month later.
@@t4N9410oR Mine won't in-focus enough to focus my Meade 2x unless I either A) retract the tube about 3/8" or push the primary forward about 3/8". Then it wont out-focus enough to focus a couple of my long FL eyepieces. The focuser body needs to be a little shorter and the tube a little longer.
@@t4N9410oR I don't have a printer, but Id like to 3D print a screw-in R&P focuser for it. That would be an excellent aftermarket part, for these scopes.
Thank you Stephen, that was really interesting. I always think your garden looks so lovely xx
Got one yesterday, I’m still figuring out how to use it, anyway I love enthusiasm about space exploration
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Cracking little episode. 😁
When I bought a Dobson telescope, I made the mistake of buying the most powerful magnification it could technically handle, thinking I would get great images of Jupiter.
I bought a 3.5mm lens thinking that I would get 185 times magnification. I soon discovered that you needed near "perfect still" nights with no turbulence in the air what so ever, and a tripod that was bombproof steady. Without such perfect conditions, and sturdy kit, all I got was a blurry wobbly image of what I wanted to see. Sort of spoiled the experience. So I became more pragmatic and went for a more modest zoom range and my viewing pleasure increased exponentially.
Not discontinued. There was a supply / demand issue for a few months, meaning a number of UK dealers had no stock for a while. We recently had delivery of the 130P and 150P Heritage. Nice video BTW, and good to see someone doing there own content rather than hijacking clips from others. Well done.
Thanks. That is great to hear.
Love the design of that telescope, very stylish. Shame it is discontinued.
I'm hoping it isn't discontinued, but rather out of stock. All telescopes seem to be hard to come by lately.
Not discontinued. Was simply awaiting stock to arrive in the UK. We had some delivered + the larger 150P this week
i have an celesteron model i removed the cheap plastic focuser and install an oso aluminum 2 inch short travel focuser so i could use the camera my best telescope and its cheap love it and clear skies everyone..
Yes you can pimp them up. Some of the parts are a little cheap, so it's not a bad idea to replace some with better.
Nice little tabletop scope and yes everything is out of stock at the moment 👍
Looks real good Stephen once again very informative 3 days off now Stephen Easter
Busy @ work always relaxing n enjoyable A starman /walk on the wild side video great stuff
Hey buddy, I recently got this telescope and was wondering could you send me a list of the best eyepieces you use/used in it? Thanks loved the vid btw
Thanks. I've only got 20mm and 9mm eyepieces at the moment, so I don't have a lot of choice. I'd say you can use 10mm with no worries. The ones I have a standard William Optics eyepieces.
@@starman1969 try 6mm 66 sw
Hi!
I've got this scope again after owning one a few years ago. The thing is that on the one I have now the extension is very very stiff. Should I lube the tubes with something?
Some very light oil will help. I was only borrowing this scope, otherwise I'd do another video on what can be seen through it.
Thank you; very useful video 👏🔭
Glad you found it helpful. I must do more of the same.
Hi Stephen 👋 👍
I found your channel while researching this telescope. How long would you recommend leaving it outside before using it? Just trying to get an idea before buying it. Thanks
I would say up to 15 minutes. If it was a fully enclosed tube it would need twice as long to cool.
Need you to show it us in action .i dont own a telescope yet and i do like the look of this one
Unfotunately I had to return it & didn't have it long to do the video.
@@starman1969 why did you have to return it xx
I am guessing to go up on the moors or other countryside places, this wouldn't be practical unless you brought a fold out table to put it on. I am guessing a telescope with a tripod would be better?
Maybe, or just a bigger version with a larger base. Dobsonian telescopes are very popular for their simplicity. I've been out to far off places with friends who have them, and they've always managed to find a place to set them up.
Try the 6 mm 66sw
Hi Stephen , would a telescope model like that be supplied with the eyepieces or would they be an additional purchase ?
This particular telescope does come with two eyepieces as standard.
Great lock down garden nice telescope if I come up in may love to meet up if your free I'd let you know Stephen
Very Informative thankyou.
Can you do some amateur decent DSO Astrophotography? I use a phone and a phone adapter and i have some Astrophotography apps
It’s possible for the brighter DSOs like Andromeda and the Orion Nebula
@@starman1969 thank you. I'll get short exposures and stack like 200 images. I'll give it a try
I wouldn’t go any less than a 6” dobsonian. 8” would be preferable. It eliminates the want to upgrade from a small unit such as this thing.
I disagree. I own an 8inch Skywatcher Explorer 200p, Skywatcher Heritage 130p, Helios 130p (same as Skywatcher Explorer 130p), Celestron AstroMaster 90AZ, Skywatcher StarTravel 80 (the famous ST80) and gave away a 40070mm refractor to my nephews/niece.
My Skywatcher 200p rarely gets used because the weather is too unpredictable. Countless times i have set it up for the clouds to roll in and rain.
I have helped people out for years with telescopes and also pushed the "Get a Dob" mantra and almost everyone who bought the 8inch opted for a small refractor on a tripod or the Skywatcher Heritage 130p because of space (no pun intended) and weight constraints, some have houses/flats but no garden and others because they wanted to use it for daytime as well as night with a right side up view. And with recent price increases, that also is going to be a barrier for now until peoples income increases.
My ST80 and Heritage 130p and other telescopes have shown me much more through an upstairs south facing bedroom window than my 8inch ever has simply because of their ease of setup.
My ST80 stopped down to 60mm has shown my the red spot on Jupiter and the Cassini division on Saturn's Rings and oodles of messier objects so its not all doom and gloom with a small telescope.
When we were in lockdown, i had a broken pair of 50mm binoculars so i used the front lens cell of one with a zoom eyepiece to see what would happen, well, the world didn't explode but what i did see was Saturns rings (no Cassini division, needs 60mm refractor minimum) and 2 faint bands on Jupiter and then the image broke down because of the very fast binocular optics.
Get the biggest you can afford, manage to use and won't neglect because a telescope in a cupboard is as much use as not having one.
For a camera lens a faster F ratio gathers more light but not a telescope. The aperture affects the amount of light that is gathered. A 130mm telescope gathers the same amount of light no matter what the F ratio is. The faster scopes have wider field of views and lower magnifications.
It's interesting how astronomers use different terms for f ratios than photographers. As a photographer going into astronomy, I found it quite hard to adapt.
Have you ever seen or Photographed the International Space Station
Yes if you look back through my videos you will see where I have photographed the ISS several times.
Why are the eye pieces in such an awkward place.surely they could be made longer and posistion in a more comfortable location to the lenses.
All reflectors have the eyepiece in the same place. It is just the design of the telescope. If you would prefer an eyepiece around the back of the telescope, I would recommend a Maksutov or Schmidt Cassegrain.
Hi Starman
Has aanyone ever tried to change the f ratio by not extending the legs fully?
Check out the Nottingham park.hundreds with no masks.
Hi Stephen,
I’m sure I saw you around 3:30 today near Notarianni Ices/ McDonald’s?
I wasn't there at that time.
Hi form helen
That every single review I see characterizes this as a 'beginner' scope, is really unsettling me about ordering one 😐
Certainly not the worst of 'beginner scopes'.
@@starman1969
Well... got my OneSky today. Found the hidden cost. Wont take a barlow, so have to have dedicated eyepieces. Theres not enough in-travel on the focuser.
@@springbloom5940 The Heritage 130P/AWB One Sky will indeed happily use a Barlow. Like the diameter of EPs for this scope, it just has to be a 1.25in Barlow.
I bought my 130P in July 2018, and got the Barlow in an EP kit, a month later.
@@t4N9410oR
Mine won't in-focus enough to focus my Meade 2x unless I either A) retract the tube about 3/8" or push the primary forward about 3/8". Then it wont out-focus enough to focus a couple of my long FL eyepieces. The focuser body needs to be a little shorter and the tube a little longer.
@@t4N9410oR
I don't have a printer, but Id like to 3D print a screw-in R&P focuser for it. That would be an excellent aftermarket part, for these scopes.
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