With its high magnification and apart from the moon, finding objects can be very difficult for new and experienced observers. Technology can help but a finder will be essential for most telescopes. I use a combination of a non-magnifying finder and then a right-angle magnifying finder (RACI) to locate objects. Most telescopes will come…
Category: Review
The Zoom Eyepiece
The “stock” eyepieces that came with my 8″ 200P Dobsonian were great for me to get started. A new owner should definitely get used to them before considering any “upgrade”. For me, the stock 25mm produced good results but the 10mm was dim and I was disappointed with the clarity of what I was seeing.…
Skywatcher 200P impressions
This was my first telescope since the toy 2″ refractor I owned as a child in the late 1960’s. Since then I’ve just been a naked eye and binocular observer. Why did I choose the Skywatcher 200P Dobsonian? It was ordered at the end of October 2020 and was packaged in two parts. It is…
Navigation with a push to app
Push-to apps use the technology of a smart phone to guide you to targets. Astrohopper is an open source web app that get good user views. It’s more accurate than SkEye. SkEye is an app that like the excellent Stellarium allows you to find objects in the sky. It dispenses with ‘bells and whistles’ so…