Darkplague
02-07-2005, 10:09 PM
:thumbsup: So I finally got my 12" Deluxe GSO Dob!
Opened the door after work and there were 2 hefty packages just waiting for me to open them!
Opened the OTA box first, hmmm...... about as big as I thought it would be.
(Very large) I lifted it out of the box, and it felt suprisingly light for it's size.
Assembled the base in about 30 min , everything was a nice fit, no screws missing.
I took a quick look outside. omg it was a stunning night in Adelaide :eyepop:
There is one street light directly in my drive but oher than that, my suburban views arent too bad. I can see a lot of the milky way, omega centauri with the unaided eye.
Well I practically scoured down my dinner, and bolted outside to set up!
My previous scope was a 6" refractor, and having never looked through anything bigger, I thought the views would blow me away!
The collimation was fairly bad out of the box, but a quick adjustment set it reasonably good . My first object was the Moon of course! It was razor sharp, with a nice neutral colour. Next was Jupiter, and to be honest it wasnt any better or more detailed than it was in my 6". The seeing was prob a 6 or a 7 btw.
On the other hand, double stars were stunning in my 22mm Panoptic. They look very much like jewels in the sky.
:thumbsup:
I looked at Omega centauri, and it definitely had more detail in it around the core, but it was nothing to write home about.
I finished off with some nebulas that I usually look at and, all in all, I found the 12" to be good, but to be honest I was expecting more from it :poke:
Well the next night was another perfect night, with no cloud, perhaps a 7/10.
I put my scope in my sedan, and it went in surprisingly well. Off I headed for Mount Crawford. About a 15 min drive from the city. The skies were quite dark, although the city glow was still quite evident. Still miles better than my backyard.
Now I looked at the same objects I described earlier on, and they were much more detailed than in suburbia. Some of the nebulas blew me away. Very 3d like. Omega Cent was stunning. I found all sorts of galaxies that I never even knew were there!
After this day, I was very satisfied with my purchase. I didn't find it really too heavy to carry around at all, the optics are very nice
and it was on special too!
BTW the next night was another stunner :eyepop:
Where's this supposed curse you get when you buy a new scope?
I tried posting a picture using [IMG]c:/my pictures/.....[IMG]
but it wouldnt work, any suggestions???
Also can any Adelaidians suggest any favourite dark sites?
Mark
Opened the door after work and there were 2 hefty packages just waiting for me to open them!
Opened the OTA box first, hmmm...... about as big as I thought it would be.
(Very large) I lifted it out of the box, and it felt suprisingly light for it's size.
Assembled the base in about 30 min , everything was a nice fit, no screws missing.
I took a quick look outside. omg it was a stunning night in Adelaide :eyepop:
There is one street light directly in my drive but oher than that, my suburban views arent too bad. I can see a lot of the milky way, omega centauri with the unaided eye.
Well I practically scoured down my dinner, and bolted outside to set up!
My previous scope was a 6" refractor, and having never looked through anything bigger, I thought the views would blow me away!
The collimation was fairly bad out of the box, but a quick adjustment set it reasonably good . My first object was the Moon of course! It was razor sharp, with a nice neutral colour. Next was Jupiter, and to be honest it wasnt any better or more detailed than it was in my 6". The seeing was prob a 6 or a 7 btw.
On the other hand, double stars were stunning in my 22mm Panoptic. They look very much like jewels in the sky.
:thumbsup:
I looked at Omega centauri, and it definitely had more detail in it around the core, but it was nothing to write home about.
I finished off with some nebulas that I usually look at and, all in all, I found the 12" to be good, but to be honest I was expecting more from it :poke:
Well the next night was another perfect night, with no cloud, perhaps a 7/10.
I put my scope in my sedan, and it went in surprisingly well. Off I headed for Mount Crawford. About a 15 min drive from the city. The skies were quite dark, although the city glow was still quite evident. Still miles better than my backyard.
Now I looked at the same objects I described earlier on, and they were much more detailed than in suburbia. Some of the nebulas blew me away. Very 3d like. Omega Cent was stunning. I found all sorts of galaxies that I never even knew were there!
After this day, I was very satisfied with my purchase. I didn't find it really too heavy to carry around at all, the optics are very nice
and it was on special too!
BTW the next night was another stunner :eyepop:
Where's this supposed curse you get when you buy a new scope?
I tried posting a picture using [IMG]c:/my pictures/.....[IMG]
but it wouldnt work, any suggestions???
Also can any Adelaidians suggest any favourite dark sites?
Mark