Meade DS 2130 Telescope help

daman01 · #1 13-07-2005, 03:23 PM

hello everyone

i have just joined the forum and well i need some help with my meade ds 2130 telescope. It is 130mm aperature with a 1020mm focal length.It is one of thoses go to telescopes and i am having a bit of trouble with it. It dosent exactly line up on the object and i have tried everything so any one with advice please tell me. Also what other eyepieces to you rekon i should buy? At the moment i have the barlow lens with 6mm and a 30mm eyepieces which came with the scope. So any advice would be helpful.

Just 1 more thing what should i expect to see in my meade 130mm aperature telescope.

Regards Grant.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #2 13-07-2005, 03:29 PM

Hi Grant.

Welcome aboard. I will leave your question to people to know your model scope, just wanted to say 'Hi!' and welcome.

Ask anything you like in here.

xstream (John) · #3 13-07-2005, 03:38 PM

Hi Grant and welcome to the forum.
To explain the use of the Autostar can be rather lengthy but if you go to this link :-
http://www.meade.com/educational/index.html
You'll find all the info you need watch the movie and then if you have any more queries please feel free to ask. There's quite a few guys in here experienced with the autostar.
Good luck!

ving (David) · #4 13-07-2005, 03:41 PM

hi grant,
hey were you up at linden observatory a while back?

anyhow I cant answer your goto problems but as for EPs... well you have a 6mm (generally you are going to need good seeing for this EP, and a 30mm which should give you nice wide views. so how about a 20mm and a 10 or 9mm. the rest depends on your budget. if its low you cant go past GSO plossls. bintel and andrews communications sell these for good prices.

welcome aboard!

asimov (John) · #5 13-07-2005, 04:37 PM

Welcome to the forum mate.

[1ponders] (Paul) · #6 13-07-2005, 04:58 PM

Hi Damon. I've not had experience with the DS2130 but if its anything like using the LX75 then there is one thing you definately have to do before anything (even though your mount is Alt/Az and the LX75 is EQ). If you haven't done it then train the drive. It may make all the difference in the world. That is often the the issue that causes the most problems. I'll have a check and see if I can find out any more about it.