8" Dob | Astrobiscuit | Page 1

runic ridge Oct 3, 2023, 2:23 PM

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Hi all, i am wanting to buy an 8"Dob for the familys first telescope, just for visual and to learn the sky, whats the best make/model and extras to buy with it?

ripe vortex Oct 3, 2023, 2:56 PM

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orion XT8 is my personal fav

limpid lava Oct 3, 2023, 3:12 PM

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Am loving the skywatcher classic 200p 8inch personally

runic ridge Oct 3, 2023, 4:57 PM

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thanks, did you need to buy filters or extra eye pieces with the scope?

limpid lava Oct 3, 2023, 5:18 PM

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runic ridge thanks, did you need to buy filters or extra eye pieces with the scope?

i bought extra lenses yes but not filters, (it came with a moon filter and some lenses second hand tho)

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barlows are a must as well as the usual magnified eyepeices

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they 2x or 3x the magnification, best for planetary/lunar tho.

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for dso u will be able to see a little colour on orions nebula, a slight smudge of andromeda and if u can find ofther dso's they will usually appear as a faint shadowy object.

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havent rlly used my dob in a while as i use a different setup for astrophotography but i hope that helps, there will be more people put there who will use their dobs way more than me. (a telrad may come in useful tho as u will need to learn how to starhop without goto)

runic ridge Oct 3, 2023, 5:32 PM

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ok, thaks for the advice, is the Flo website decent for buying telescopes or are they all kind of the same

ripe vortex Oct 3, 2023, 5:40 PM

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runic ridge ok, thaks for the advice, is the Flo website decent for buying telescopes or are...

flo is great

runic ridge Oct 5, 2023, 5:44 PM

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is a right angled finderscope a good idea for a dob instead of the standard straight one that comes with the scope?

limpid lava Oct 5, 2023, 5:52 PM

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It will help yes as it is sometime hard to bend over to look through the finderscope

lucid valve Oct 6, 2023, 2:36 AM

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StellaLyra 8” or Bresser 8”

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Might be sold under different name in US.

limpid lava Oct 6, 2023, 8:16 AM

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@nexy u know anything about stellalyra? never heard anything about them...

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it doesnt even ping bro

runic ridge Oct 6, 2023, 10:55 PM

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i went for a 200p skywatcher, thanks for the help 👍

lucid valve Oct 6, 2023, 11:34 PM

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runic ridge i went for a 200p skywatcher, thanks for the help 👍

It's much worse quality than StellaLyra tbh.

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The mount is so rubbish it broke for me when assembling lmao

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Has no fan, rubbish focuser

gritty light Oct 7, 2023, 1:38 AM

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runic ridge i went for a 200p skywatcher, thanks for the help 👍

200p is good, they have an extraordinary coatings.

runic ridge Oct 10, 2023, 9:27 PM

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Nice and fast delivery from Flo.... just need the weather to clear now (scotland), be waiting a while haha

ripe vortex Oct 10, 2023, 10:16 PM

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runic ridge Nice and fast delivery from Flo.... just need the weather to clear now (scotland...

your gonna really enjoy it have a nice time 🙂

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make sure ur finder scope is aligned tho, very common beginner mistake

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