Hi, I am new to this forum and i have been doing a fair bit of reading on here and also the review on this telescope, so apologises for this long question / post.
I currently have been using a very old and i guess i would call it a low powered telescope, I can actually see more through a standard pair of binoculars.
So i am seriously looking at getting something better that i can actually see planets like Saturn, Jupiter.
What was recommended to me and after doing a bit of reading around was the SkyWatcher 10" Dobsonian.
I don't really need it to be portable to carry in a car as i live in the country away from city and street lights.
At this stage i am interested in viewing the planets, but maybe also nebular.
So i just have a few questions that i am hoping someone might be able to help me out with,
This is the one i was looking at:
https://www.ozscopes.com.au/skywatch...pe-10inch.html
1. I see that i can get either the solid tube version or the collapsible version, the collapsible being slightly dearer, is there any obvious advantage between the two apart from one being collapsible?
I would of thought that the solid tube version would be the better or the two.
Then to add to my confusion, i see that you can also get it in the goto version, but only the collapsible version.
Is it at all worth looking into getting a goto version when first really starting out like i am?
2. They have recommended a few accessories to go along with the SkyWatcher 10" Dobsonian,
http://www.ozscopes.com.au/baader-pl...eyepieces.html
https://www.ozscopes.com.au/baader-h...tune-ring.html
https://www.ozscopes.com.au/baader-h...tune-ring.html
Just interested to know what anyone thinks of this setup as i am still new and trying to learn what accessorise do what.
I don't really understand what the fine tuning rings do yet, even after doing a bit or research on them, only that i think they help magnify what you are looking at.
3. It looks like the telescope comes with two eye pieces, 10mm and 25mm,
Am i correct in saying that the smaller the number, the greater the magnification is, but also the smaller the viewing area becomes?
They have recommended this eye piece to go also with the telescope?
https://www.ozscopes.com.au/baader-p...eyepieces.html
Am i correct in saying that this one will greatly increase the magnification and let you see planets like Saturn, Jupiter more clearly?
Then somehow these fine tuning rings increase it yet again?
Sorry if these questions sound basic or silly, i am just trying to ask them in a very simple way i guess to help anyone understand what i am hoping to ask.
I did do a comparison with the solid tube, collapsible and goto.
I did find that the collapsible and goto have plossl eyepieces, verses the solid tubes super.
Focal ratio was f5 for the tube and f4.7 for the other two.
Finder scope was 6x30 for the tube and 9x50 for the other two.
Reads to me at least that the solid tube might be the worst out of the three, but again asking for any input.
Any help or information would be most greatly appreciated.
Thanks.