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10" Newtonian
Hi Guys, I recently purchased a 10inch reflector and have used it a handful of times. Ive observed a few planets and noticed that im not getting the quality and size that i should. For example i was looking at mars one night using my 10mm eyepiece and a 2x Barlow which gives me 240x however from some of the images ive been seeing on this forum and youtube, what i see through the eyepiece looks no where near as good (compared to other people using the same scope). Mars was simply a red dot and i could just make out the north polar cap. Does this sound right?
The scope i am using is as follows
Optical Design Newtonian (Parabolic)
Diameter 254mm
Focal Length 1200mm
Secondary Mirror Diameter 58mm
F/Ratio f 4.7
Highest Practical Power 508x
Faintest Steller Magnitude 14.7
Resolving Power 0.56
Finderscope 9x50 Finderscope
Focuser Diameter 2" with 1.25" adapter
Focuser Crayford
Eyepieces Plossl 25mm and 10mm (1.25")
Solid Tube style
Also i should mention that my scope is collimated and cooled at ambient temp while viewing
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