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Chemtrail with VistaPix Vid Cam Binoculars.wmv

This happened in Deltona, Fl. It seems to be on daily basis and more than once a day. I was in my pool but this time; i bought myself the Celestron VistaPix Vid Cam binoculars to film it. They are Awesome! Wished I had them back in Feb. when i saw 3 ufo’s flying at 4:15 together. But, it will happen again, and i will vid it and share it w/everyone. Thanx for watching!

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Question about Barlows for Telescopes!?

Greetings fellow amateur and or professional astronomers. I have a question for you guys, especially those of you who own reflector telescopes! I bought my very first GOOD telescope last night, it is a celestron 130mm Starseeker w/ goto. This is really an amazing scope so far for the money, it has a 5.1" mirror, and 650mm focal length.
MY QUESTION: although I was able to get a great view of the cloudbands of jupiter with the 10mm eyepiece, and also some of its moons, It was very small in the eyepiece. now I know that is right about 26x magnification, right? NOW, If I purchased a 2x or 3x barlow, would this make the view just a litter bit bigger?

I really love this scope so far, its very nice to have a motorized telescope, I just wanted a SLIGHTLY bigger view.

please note: I have been into stargazing (naked eye/binoculars) for many years and am very familiar with the sky… Just not telescopes…

thanks guys!

( I really didnt expect to see giant views of planets or nebulas with this being only a 130mm scope, I just want things to look just a litter bigger)
if anyone has anymore suggestions about viewing please feel free to give me your advice! (scope came with 10mm and 25mm eyepieces.

thanks guys, clear skies!
EDIT: Sorry guys, geoff is right I was seeing the cloudbands of jupiter at 65x magnification. So, If i get the barlow I will see the same image, just twice as big (with a slight loss of quality)?

Your 10mm eyepiece gives you a magnification of 65x; it’s the 25mm that gives you 26x. The main problem with this telescope for viewing the Moon and planets (it’s _excellent_ for deep sky objects) is its short focal length, and a Barlow lens will fix that. Don’t stint on the Barlow: get a good one, since it’s something you will use for a long time, probably with other eyepieces and telescopes down the road. The absolute best is the Tele Vue Powermate 2.5x; second best are the deluxe Barlows by Tele Vue, Celestron, Orion, etc. in the $80 price range. Don’t get anything cheaper since it will seriously degrade performance. And don’t get anything greater than 2.5x.

Binochairs and Binocular Astronomy

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The bigger binoculars get, the more need for a stable base. Eventually, you want a chair mounted Bino. Here’s my version based on Gary’s binochair.

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barlow lense or smaller eyepiece?

I have a national geographic with a shitty 76 aperature and 700 focal length. the eyepieces 6mm and 20mm are 1 inch and are jury rigged with eletric tape to fit. the telescope is in bad need of collimation, it has to be-i removed the primary mirror to whipe it down(i know stupid). the mount is broken yet i am determined and with 116x i still get beautiful images of the rings of saturn, jupiters moons, and especially the moon. the images are clear and sharp as can be. i would like to kick up the magnification a little(as they are still rather small)-jupiter is smaller than a penny.
i’m thinking about purchasing a 2x barlow. the celestron x-cel series are also intresting(though they are expensive). i’m trying to get the most i can out of this thing, as this really fascinates me. i also have a 7×50 pair of binoculars. those are nice, but it’s not quite the mag i’m looking for, also they are unsteady in your hands. after some experimentation, i found that u can remove the eyepieces in the binoculars and use them on the telescope, and they work better! such good eye relief and beautiful imagery-at low magnification that is. i want to push this telescope as far as i can. get the most out of it. i’m not looking to spend over 50 bucks and i dont need everything to be perfect, just the highest and clearest magnification, i can get out of it. i’m thinking i can push this baby to 175x in its current condition. maybe 200x after collimation.
what would be the difference in size of the saturn from 116 to 175x?
ok, so instead of getting the barlow, i got a 4mm eyepiece instead. it’s a meade and it actually is made to fit 1.25 inches. doing the math, i am at a 175x. i put the eyepiece in and aimed it at saturn. it was out of focus so i adjusted it a little and DAMN-saturn showed up really well. not as bright-but still sharp and a much more satisfying image that using the other cheap jury rigged eyepieces. me and my friends were impressed.

If this telescope is working for _you_ then it is a good telescope! Plus you’re learning a lot about telescopes. Remember that the important thing is what you look at _through_ your telescope, not what it looks _like_.

You’re absolutely right about the eyepieces in your binoculars being better than the ones that came with your telescope. Even the cheapest binoculars come with rather nice Kellner eyepieces (3 elements) with large flat fields of view and good eye relief, whereas cheap telescopes come with Huygens and Ramsden eyepieces (2 elements) with really narrow fields of view. Some of these even have lenses made of plastic rather than glass — yucchh!

Build yourself a new mount, a simple Dobsonian type. It will make the telescope _much_ easier to use. There are plans here for a refractor mount, but you can easily adapt it for a reflector.

Usually with cheap telescopes the main lens or mirror is OK — it’s the eyepieces, mount, and finder that are cheaply made and cause the problems. Upgrading the eyepieces, even with $40 or $50 Plössls, will give you wide flat sharp fields of view, plus you can always use them on your next telescope. Orion’s Sirius eyepieces are good examples of these. Don’t try to push the magnification much more than you have now, but better quality eyepieces at the same magnification will give you sharper and wider fields of view.

Olympus DPS 7×35 & 8×40 binoculars review by Northern Optics

44messierhttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/44messierTechBinoculars, review., Bird, watchingOlympus DPS 7×35 & 8×40 binoculars review by Northern Optics

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