Help with first scope and gear.

[Lucid (Charles)]

Hi guys,

Just wondering if anyone here can give me some advice\opinions before I take the plunge and buy my first scope.

I have already gone out with a friend from work who has a Celestron 8SE and had a great night gazing and also got a pretty good idea of what to expect from this new found hobby\addiction.

After a bit of reading around I'm looking at getting a Celestron C9.25 SGT with a celestron power supply.

The main problem I'm having is choosing some eyepieces to start with. At the moment leaning towards a Vixen eyepiece and filter kit but I'm wondering if this Prostar 2' eyepiece kit would be better

Any thoughts\opinions would be much appreciated

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Hi Charles and , On the scope its probably the best all round scope out there , I would personally love one , the 9.25 inch Celestron gets rave reviews every where and the mount is perfect for it , if you are up to a steep learning curve when you first get it .
Goto mounts aint hard and once you learn how to drive them they work very well .
The eyepieces are a little differant , as do you know what things will be your main targets ? .
If its deep sky the 2 inch set would be the go , but if its the moon , planets and double stars I would go for the Vixen set , these are of knowen good quality so they would be a good choice .
I would use the supplied eyepieces untill you decide what you enjoy looking at first , we all have differant likes in the sky ( there is so much to see) , me its lunar/planetary viewing , I enjoy deep sky but lean torwards lunar/planetary .
Good choice of scope , so if you get it good luck and enjoy . .
Brian.

[Lucid (Charles)]

Hey thanks for the great reply Brian, from what Ive read of setting up EQ mounts it looks to be quite the learning curve but worth it in the end Ive also decided to go with a simple zoom eyepiece and moon filter for now to get a better idea of where I want to go.

[leon]

Charles, mate yes, the learning curve can, and will be a pain at some point, however, I was once in your position and ended up mastering my on imaging rig with the help from this great site IIS.

Stick with it mate, you will wonder why you actually asked the questions once you have it up and running.

Leon

[Lucid (Charles)]

Thanks Loen Im glad I was told about this great community, I doubt Ill have to much trouble with help from everyone here.