Hi All,
Firstly fantastic forum, I only found it tonight while browsing the web.
I bought my first telescope yesterday and I set it up tonight (I am in Launceston, Tas).
I purchased a SkyWatcher 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain on EQ2 Mount. I got a 10 and 25mm Super Plossi (I am still researching the meanings of all this)
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Anywho, I got it all setup and started with the moon (I also got the a moon filter) - which makes a massive difference - doesn't burn my renta out after a 20+ seconds. Fantastic!!! I am now hooked...
Then I went searching for things, I am using some demo software called Voyager 3 - which seems pretty good once I got my head around it - but all I can seem to find are bright stars - I tried to look for planets - I think I may have found Uranus - but it looks like a colorful star ?!?
My question is - with the above telescope should I be able to view planets or get any sort of detail ?
Thanks for any information - though I may be doing something wrong - but I will keep looking till the sun rises
Thanks againfor the great forum - I will be doind alot of reading now.
Cheers,
SnOOps