Hi all,
Just joined the forums, I've always been facinated by space, stars, and our other orbiting bodies. When I was younger, I had a basic telescope only really any good for looking at the moon, For some unknown reason something clicked in the last few weeks and all I want to do is stargaze.
Our local leading edge had a sale on they're scopes so I picked up a
Bushnell Voyager 900*114m Reflector (789946) All excited i set it up etc and heading out that night to a nice little dark lookout over the mundi mundi plains.
Once we set up and ready, I was sorely disappointed in the scope, (manual said about looking at the rings of Saturn and the spot on Jupiter etc). I've no idea if it was noobishness or the expectation i had in the scope, but all I could see where stars (bright lights) through the eye piece no different from as if I was using my naked eye. (I tried all the eye pieces in combinations with the barlow and with out 4mm, 8mm and 12.5mm) As, I said, I'm not sure if I did something wrong or it was just a waste of $210 (havn't had the chance to glimps the moon as yet.
So i guess any advice as to the Bushnell would be welcomed! but also an opinion as to a 12" skywatcher Go2 Dobs (
http://www.skywatcher.com/swtinc/pro...1=1&class2=106 ) review -
http://www.skywatchertelescope.net/s...review-web.pdf
Ideally, I'd like to be able to do a bit of everything, but as from what I've read no 1 scope does it all, Would the Dob allow me to view planets etc as well as DSO's? Has anyone used this scope / recommend? I'd also like to look at getting into the astrophotography once time and $$$ permitted (I've already got a Canon 350D (Not sure if this would be attiquate etc as well)
last question how safe is it to travel with such a large scope (back of a ute etc? )
Thanks in advance
Shannon