Hi guys
Ok the title of this thread is a little exaggerated but since buying a 10" GSO ASDX (adjustable tension design) dob in November last year, I feel like it's a waste of my money. I live in a relatively dark area, you see lots of stars with the naked eye on a clear night, but when looking through the dob:
1) the patience of trying to align a star through the eye-piece, like watching mexican jumping beans!
2) nothing is really magnified? I looked at mars and venus and they were still nothing but white dots. I was hoping to see an in-your-face experience of their surfaces (lol). well i kept hearing a 10" dob was good enough to see the rings of Saturn.
3) the 6" plossls seem so useless! i see dark matter, like the stuff inside my head sometimes.
anyway i am tempted to sell it as I probably don't have the patience of a seasoned astronomer.
what do you guys think? and if anyone is willing to buy (i'm near penrith, sydney) let me know and make an offer. still brand new cos i hardly used it! it's just sitting very safely in my house, even with a shower cap to cover the bottom mirror area. they sell for $999 currently from Bintel or Andrews Comms.
my email is
john.c.velasco@gmail.com