I need to make up one of those cases for myself. Just bought a few high-quality eyepieces. I may buy an aluminium flight case, but this idea looks like it's worth trying. I know this is a couple of years old now, but if you still haven't got a 10mm EP to fill out your collection then you can find the BST Starguiders at "skys the limit shop" - he does a discount on the parts sold on the ebay shop. I think they are about 37 quid (plus postage) - the cheapes you will find anywhere. They don't do a 10mm though they do an 8mm and a 12mm. These two EPs seem to be the most regarded out of the whole set. Usually you have to wait for these when you order them because they are so popular. They seem to be about the best bang for the buck you can get. I bought four of them to go with the other high end EPs I bought. After doing some research it seems that these are a rebadge of the AstroTech Paradigms which are also very popular. In fact, some say this is the exact same glass as put in the higher priced Celestrons. The Celestrons do different focal ranges though. The 9mm would be closes to what you want. Some even say it's the same glass again as put in the even higher priced Meade Series 5000 HD-60 - they go for twice the price! The Celestron X-Cel LX are priced mid way at about 60 quid. I've heard this stated from a few different sources, so who knows? it may even be true. Meade don't do a 10mm either though in that range - it's 9mm again. I say get the 8mm and the 12mm - it's the same price as one Meade HD-60! They Barlow really well also apparently. 10mm is a funny size. I know lots of people do that focal length. But lots seem to do around it 9mm, 11mm - I suppose they figure that most people have a 10mm already so want to provide a bit of variation. Who knows. Anyway, if you've updated your EP collection at all, I'd love to see what new stuff you have.
thanks for the comments and tip. I've looked at the BST starguiders, (and looked through them!) and i would agree, they are good value. I got an Explore SCientific 10mm 70 deg, which is better, but perhaps not as good as i was hoping for! Most of my funds go on Imaging stuff at the moment, although I am actually starting to go back to visual, as imaging is more about equipment, setup, and post processing, so I might just start to look for some new EP's. Out of my collection, the Celestron Axiom is the (still) favourite, great views and good eye relief.
The Axiom looks a really nice EP. I did consider one myself. A couple of less than 'stellar' reviews put me off. I ended up getting Explore Scientific EP's as well in that range I was interested in: 24mm and 16mm - both 68* versions. I even bought the 2x ES Focal Extender (Barlow) to go with them. A lot of people compared them to the Tele Vue PowerMate. So that gives me 24/16/12/8 kind of range to play with. I also got the Meade 5.5mm 82* to round off the high end. The BST StarGuiders were just a throw of the dice really. I got 4 of them for about 160 quid all in all. Heard such great things, and so far they don't disappoint. I'm a noob though, so don't listen to me. I ended up messing my Newt up when I tried to do the collimation for it. It's useless now and back in the box. I haven't even unpacked my ES EP's yet. Doh! I would really love to get in to AP. But I need to get a new mount. I need to know what I'm doing first. I've got a GoTo and I understand I can do some very basic stuff to get started. All a learning process. Anyway, great channel. You've taken some really nice photos and when I get my 'Scope collimated I'll be following your series on star finding. Oh, btw, I bought a SkyWatcher 20mm Plossl to fill out the one gap I had with my EP's. Cost me 20 quid. Looks suspiciously like the Orion EP's which are supposed to be quite good. We'll see. My ES 24mm was a 150 quid. I look forward to any new videos from you.
I just bought another 2 Sky Watcher EP's. A 25mm Plossl and a 17mm Plossl. I already got the 20mm Plossl. Incredible EPs. I've got some pretty expensive EP's now. My ES 68* was almost 150 quid. I got two of them. 16mm and 24mm. The Sky Watcher Plossls cost about 20 - 25 quid each. I didn't want to get them in the higher focal ranges coz of the limited eye relief. And I got some nice EPs in that range already. But hot damn, what a view of the moon in the 20mm plossl. I bought some nice BST Starguiders for the 15mm to 8mm range. 60* fov. Is that tfov or afov, I forget now. Whatever. I think the Sky Watchers are just rebranded Orions that sell for 50 percent more. I took a flyer on these and they are great EPs. It might seem strange but I love the views I get through this 20 quid EP as well as my 140 quid EP. They all have their place.
"I bought some nice BST Starguiders for the 15mm to 8mm range. 60* fov. Is that tfov or afov, I forget now. Whatever." AFOV. The BST starguiders are the same as the astro-tech paradigm ED eyepieces and are very good for the money. If you're interested in planetary eyepieces, then might I suggest TMB 6mm and Fujiyama 4 and 6mm orthos (these have narrow AFOV, but are very sharp, great contrast and perfect for planetary observing). Don't skimp on eyepieces is my advice.
+mrtheoden - thanks for the advice. I only bought the Paradigms to see what they were like really, and they are impressive for the money. I've already spent about 1K on Eye pieces (twice what my scope cost). In fact, I just bought a Baader Morpheus 17mm. I don't have anything in the TeleVue or Takahashi range, ES is about as fancy as I get, but I just thought I would buy a selection of different focal ranges and brands to get a feel for things. Ultimately I really need to buy a paracorr, for coma correction, but again, that would cost nearly as much as my scope did. I'll pick one up eventually though. As for a narrow AFOV, that doesn't bother me too much. I actually really enjoy just the 52* that your typical Plossl gives. Sometimes it just frames something nicely (say the Moon for example). I can see how it wouldn't be a hindrance at high magnification when planet viewing. I've also heard great things about the orthos. It's a limited eye piece in some ways, or rather 'specialist' but I'm sure they give excellent views. Just hoping for some clear skies...
clear skies are always welcome! TV delos and delites have a good rep for being planetary eyepieces. Try picking up a TMB (the Chinese clones are just as good as the originals, which are long out of production) - you may be surprised at how good they are. Pretty flat field, very comfortable to use, reasonable AFOV, great value for money, well built and optically very sharp with pretty good contrast (my orthos are a tiny bit sharper, and have a bit more contrast, but it's a close contrast).
+mrtheoden - thanks - yes I will have a look at the TMB's. I've got most of my range sorted out now. Once I find my favorite viewing parameters, then I might consider getting a Tele Vue or what not. I do like viewing planets, and I love the Moon too. But I also like deep sky stuff and open clusters. What I have already gives a nice view. But I'm always in the market for that one extra Eye Piece that really carries you off in to space...
Great video. Just started out with a skywatcher 130p, so have the standard 2 eyepieces. The Stanley tool case is a great idea. Can I ask where you got the foam from?
@@MikeyJ así a ocular si , pero yo decia para aser foto con la camara ay aser foto con adactador de camara 1,25 y a mi sky watcher 150mm el adctador no me ase foco sin la barlow y si quiero el filtro oa cielo profundo no boy a usar barlow por eso pedí un adactador 2" a 1,25 perfil bajo . tengo otros filtros skyglow de otras tiendas svbony ,angeles etc pero ese de selestrom tiene buena pinta desesperado por usarlo con la camara cuando me llegue el reductor 1,25 perfil bajo aber si así ase foco la camara
Hi, Wanted to know, is Orion E-Series 7-21mm Zoom Eyepiece is better then individual plossl eyepieces. And please let me know eseries eyepiece are plossl, means crisp image as delivered by plossl eyepieces.
For sure! I'm using an Orion xt8 plus (1200mm Focal Length 5.9/F) Curious about edge brightening. This will be my first eye piece purchase so not entirely sure what to expect other than a vast improvement over the basic plossl. My next piece will likely be an ES 30mm 82apfov though I'll save up a bit for it.
I got two Agena ED ep (12mm and 25mm) with same system as the first ep you showed. I wanted to ask if is possible to remove the cap to screws a handycam.
Hi Luis, I thought the Agena ED eyepieces were the same as BST Starguiders, rather than the standard SW EP's? in any case I haven't tried to attach a handycam to them, sorry. I have a phone adapter for afocal photography but mostly i use the DSLR or QHY5L video cam. Maybe someone else can answer your question...?
MikeyJ. Yes, they are exactly the same (with the same system I was referring to twiste eyecap). I use an adapter for afocal, but because of the curved shape of this ep I can not use the adapter. Perhaps if the eyecap is removed, the eyepiece maybe can be used as one of those "camera projection" eyepieces. The 12mm is perfect for recording aircraft at high altitude. Thank you anyway.
If i have two same mm eyepieces, one with 52AFV and other with 66AFV. The imagen on the EP with 66AFV will be brighter? (I bought the 6mm wide angle eyepiece, can wait to try it on Saturn and Jupiter.) Thank you
Good question Luis.. The extra apparent field of view isnt collecting more light unfortunately, (only the main lens/mirror does that) and the extra lens elements normally present in WA eyepieces will lose a little as well. in effect, you are taking the same light and spreading it over a bigger area. However, the extra Apparent FoV gives a more 'immersive experience' (described as looking through a port-hole, compared to down a tube..). In reality, it only dims a small amount, but the improved view is well worth it! For planets, especially bright ones, it doesnt matter at all. Let me know how you get on ;-)
@@MikeyJ the dimming has nothing to do with the light being spread out over a wider area, it does not work that way. It is wider because the the field stop is wider. What may make it dimmer than another of the same focal length is simply the transmission of the glass and coatings. There are premium 8 element that.can be brighter than cheaper 5 and 6 element eyepieces due to advanced coatings and high index glasses now available. In the case of the goldine 6mm and the 3.7 epic ED2, they are known to be on the dimmer side. Congrats on having the 24 SWA and the 15 axiom, they are basically the same optics as explore scientific. I had the 24 28 34 and 40 as part of my extensive collection, but everything I owned was stolen out of storage, so I had to start over. You should get some 2" eyepieces for that 10" I'm sure my 31 nagler, 2" Meade swas, es100s and several others are out there for great prices at the expense of my tears and machinations for the elimination of all Tweekers.
Sir,i am an Indian,living at kerala state. I am very very interesting in astronomy, i baught a 5 inch newton's telescope. Moon is clear, other planets are not clear, it is an assembled one. One mr Thankappan make it. Sir i want to see more clear, planets, and galaxies, will you help me?which type of use to see it,which company is better? Please help me.
Hi Babu, thanks for your question. Glad to hear you have a 5" Newtonian, and if you say it is clear for the moon then it seems to be working as it should (although collimation will be necessary of course!). However, the planets are actually very small in a telescope, unless you have a focal length greater than 1.5 m. I would guess that the focal length of your telescope is 500 to 600 mm, and even with a high power eyepiece of say 4 mm, most planets will still look small and fairly dim. you should be able to see the rings of Saturn, and the bands of Jupiter, but to get the type of view you see on the Internet is very difficult visually, 'stacked video imaging' is the only way to get better detail, but you have to start with a differnt telescope - a Schmidt cassegrain or Mak would be better (I made a video on the 5" mak its a good planetary scope). However i suggest you look for other objects with your netonian - globular clusters, Messier objects such as M42 in Orion, and double stars. hope that helps!?
Babu, that’s a good question! There are two methods for calculating the distance of stars: the first uses parallax, which is basically taking two observations separated by distance and measuring the angles very carefully. You can stimulate this by holding your finger at arms length and close in one eye, alternating and your finger ‘moves ‘ against the background stars. We can use the width of the planet, or even the orbit of the earth around the sun to get a bigger distance apart. The other way is using Cephid variables. These pulsing stars have an known brightness in relation to their pulse duration, so if we can calculate the amount of light lost (how much dimmer it is) and compare it to a similar star then we can work out how far away the star is
My best recommendation is a star atlas or SkySafari software for your phone it has lots of information about space there. I have a review on SS on my channel
what do you think about explorer scientific eyepieces 82 grades ? I´ve got hyperion but i´m not happy with them my telescope is skywatcher dobson 10" F5
Hi Jesus, I can't comment on them from ownership, only through viewing through others scopes, and they ALWAYS give a great image from what i have seen. I had considered the Hyperions; its interesting that you are not so happy with them - they are certainly alot better than the standard or indeed many other EP's out there, but what dont you like? is it the field flatness? The f5 you have is maybe a bit fast for them, but i thought it should be good enough for that f ratio..?
prolly a bit late, but just be wary of the UWA eyepieces - you may, or you may not like them. For me, anything over 60 degrees AFOV causes blackouts and kidney beaning or me and I dislike the UWA eyepieces (Nagler, ES 82 etc),
@@MikeyJ all but the 14mm are fine at f5. If your doubt of edge correction at f5 comes from poor edge performance of axiom 15mm, I am pretty sure it is the same as the es14 and JOC has a problem getting that eyepiece to perform at the edges in f5. Same with the original series 5000 UWA. The other focal lengths are better and very close to nagler performance which is just fine for f5 even f4. But a coma corrector helps no matter what type of eyepiece, since no common premium eyepiece is designed to correct for coma, otherwise it wouldn't work well in other scope designs.
Great videos mate! We've added your videos to the Amateur Astronomy section of our site. Please check it out and let us know if you have any questions or feedback. Cheers :-)
I can't help it , I have to laugh , video of guy showing off his expansive eye piece collection , 17,000 views , 15,000 of them from thieves now searching for his house ....LOL
That's some well organised stargazing EDC! Rockin.
Thanks for your great ideas. How did you cut the foam so neatly to fit your eyepieces?
Craig, thanks. There’s a comment below saying electric carving knife is good, although I did mine with a Stanley knife 🔪
@@MikeyJ Wow! You are a skilled craftsmen.
Great kit.
I need to make up one of those cases for myself. Just bought a few high-quality eyepieces. I may buy an aluminium flight case, but this idea looks like it's worth trying.
I know this is a couple of years old now, but if you still haven't got a 10mm EP to fill out your collection then you can find the BST Starguiders at "skys the limit shop" - he does a discount on the parts sold on the ebay shop. I think they are about 37 quid (plus postage) - the cheapes you will find anywhere. They don't do a 10mm though they do an 8mm and a 12mm.
These two EPs seem to be the most regarded out of the whole set. Usually you have to wait for these when you order them because they are so popular. They seem to be about the best bang for the buck you can get. I bought four of them to go with the other high end EPs I bought.
After doing some research it seems that these are a rebadge of the AstroTech Paradigms which are also very popular. In fact, some say this is the exact same glass as put in the higher priced Celestrons. The Celestrons do different focal ranges though. The 9mm would be closes to what you want. Some even say it's the same glass again as put in the even higher priced Meade Series 5000 HD-60 - they go for twice the price! The Celestron X-Cel LX are priced mid way at about 60 quid. I've heard this stated from a few different sources, so who knows? it may even be true. Meade don't do a 10mm either though in that range - it's 9mm again.
I say get the 8mm and the 12mm - it's the same price as one Meade HD-60! They Barlow really well also apparently.
10mm is a funny size. I know lots of people do that focal length. But lots seem to do around it 9mm, 11mm - I suppose they figure that most people have a 10mm already so want to provide a bit of variation. Who knows.
Anyway, if you've updated your EP collection at all, I'd love to see what new stuff you have.
thanks for the comments and tip. I've looked at the BST starguiders, (and looked through them!) and i would agree, they are good value. I got an Explore SCientific 10mm 70 deg, which is better, but perhaps not as good as i was hoping for! Most of my funds go on Imaging stuff at the moment, although I am actually starting to go back to visual, as imaging is more about equipment, setup, and post processing, so I might just start to look for some new EP's. Out of my collection, the Celestron Axiom is the (still) favourite, great views and good eye relief.
The Axiom looks a really nice EP. I did consider one myself. A couple of less than 'stellar' reviews put me off. I ended up getting Explore Scientific EP's as well in that range I was interested in: 24mm and 16mm - both 68* versions. I even bought the 2x ES Focal Extender (Barlow) to go with them. A lot of people compared them to the Tele Vue PowerMate. So that gives me 24/16/12/8 kind of range to play with. I also got the Meade 5.5mm 82* to round off the high end.
The BST StarGuiders were just a throw of the dice really. I got 4 of them for about 160 quid all in all. Heard such great things, and so far they don't disappoint. I'm a noob though, so don't listen to me.
I ended up messing my Newt up when I tried to do the collimation for it. It's useless now and back in the box. I haven't even unpacked my ES EP's yet. Doh!
I would really love to get in to AP. But I need to get a new mount. I need to know what I'm doing first. I've got a GoTo and I understand I can do some very basic stuff to get started. All a learning process.
Anyway, great channel. You've taken some really nice photos and when I get my 'Scope collimated I'll be following your series on star finding.
Oh, btw, I bought a SkyWatcher 20mm Plossl to fill out the one gap I had with my EP's. Cost me 20 quid. Looks suspiciously like the Orion EP's which are supposed to be quite good. We'll see. My ES 24mm was a 150 quid.
I look forward to any new videos from you.
Great vid. For cutting foam, try an electric carving knife. Best way I've found.
I just bought another 2 Sky Watcher EP's. A 25mm Plossl and a 17mm Plossl. I already got the 20mm Plossl. Incredible EPs.
I've got some pretty expensive EP's now. My ES 68* was almost 150 quid. I got two of them. 16mm and 24mm.
The Sky Watcher Plossls cost about 20 - 25 quid each.
I didn't want to get them in the higher focal ranges coz of the limited eye relief. And I got some nice EPs in that range already. But hot damn, what a view of the moon in the 20mm plossl.
I bought some nice BST Starguiders for the 15mm to 8mm range. 60* fov. Is that tfov or afov, I forget now. Whatever.
I think the Sky Watchers are just rebranded Orions that sell for 50 percent more. I took a flyer on these and they are great EPs.
It might seem strange but I love the views I get through this 20 quid EP as well as my 140 quid EP. They all have their place.
"I bought some nice BST Starguiders for the 15mm to 8mm range. 60* fov. Is that tfov or afov, I forget now. Whatever."
AFOV. The BST starguiders are the same as the astro-tech paradigm ED eyepieces and are very good for the money.
If you're interested in planetary eyepieces, then might I suggest TMB 6mm and Fujiyama 4 and 6mm orthos (these have narrow AFOV, but are very sharp, great contrast and perfect for planetary observing).
Don't skimp on eyepieces is my advice.
if you want to spend a bit more money on planetary eyepieces, the Takahashi abbe orthos are well worth the money (but they are not cheap).
+mrtheoden - thanks for the advice. I only bought the Paradigms to see what they were like really, and they are impressive for the money.
I've already spent about 1K on Eye pieces (twice what my scope cost).
In fact, I just bought a Baader Morpheus 17mm. I don't have anything in the TeleVue or Takahashi range, ES is about as fancy as I get, but I just thought I would buy a selection of different focal ranges and brands to get a feel for things.
Ultimately I really need to buy a paracorr, for coma correction, but again, that would cost nearly as much as my scope did. I'll pick one up eventually though.
As for a narrow AFOV, that doesn't bother me too much. I actually really enjoy just the 52* that your typical Plossl gives. Sometimes it just frames something nicely (say the Moon for example). I can see how it wouldn't be a hindrance at high magnification when planet viewing.
I've also heard great things about the orthos. It's a limited eye piece in some ways, or rather 'specialist' but I'm sure they give excellent views.
Just hoping for some clear skies...
clear skies are always welcome!
TV delos and delites have a good rep for being planetary eyepieces.
Try picking up a TMB (the Chinese clones are just as good as the originals, which are long out of production) - you may be surprised at how good they are. Pretty flat field, very comfortable to use, reasonable AFOV, great value for money, well built and optically very sharp with pretty good contrast (my orthos are a tiny bit sharper, and have a bit more contrast, but it's a close contrast).
+mrtheoden - thanks - yes I will have a look at the TMB's.
I've got most of my range sorted out now. Once I find my favorite viewing parameters, then I might consider getting a Tele Vue or what not.
I do like viewing planets, and I love the Moon too. But I also like deep sky stuff and open clusters. What I have already gives a nice view.
But I'm always in the market for that one extra Eye Piece that really carries you off in to space...
Great video. Just started out with a skywatcher 130p, so have the standard 2 eyepieces. The Stanley tool case is a great idea. Can I ask where you got the foam from?
thanks Theon, a bit of hunting around on eBay, 'foam sheet 25mm'. Choose any colour but black, makes it easier to see in the dark 😊
Keep working on it you'll get it together in time
para poder usar ese filtro skyglow , es de 1,25 ? yo tube q comprar reductor 1,25 perfil bajo aber si así me ase foco cuando me llegue pedido
No me cambia el enfoque, lo atornillo a la parte inferior del ocular, no hay problema
@@MikeyJ así a ocular si , pero yo decia para aser foto con la camara ay aser foto con adactador de camara 1,25 y a mi sky watcher 150mm el adctador no me ase foco sin la barlow y si quiero el filtro oa cielo profundo no boy a usar barlow por eso pedí un adactador 2" a 1,25 perfil bajo . tengo otros filtros skyglow de otras tiendas svbony ,angeles etc pero ese de selestrom tiene buena pinta desesperado por usarlo con la camara cuando me llegue el reductor 1,25 perfil bajo aber si así ase foco la camara
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@08:48 stop giggling cause you won’t see it 🤬 ever!
thank you very good.
Varied mixed bag of tricks. 👍
Is your dog ok?
Lol, you mean the black one that doesn’t move or the grey one walking around? Thanks for watching so closely 😉
@@MikeyJ he doesnt move.
WIZARD Z I know, it’s a very realistic looking door stop
Hi,
Wanted to know, is Orion E-Series 7-21mm Zoom Eyepiece is better then individual plossl eyepieces. And please let me know eseries eyepiece are plossl, means crisp image as delivered by plossl eyepieces.
Just bought a Celestron Luminos 10mm to replace the 10mm plossal! Can't wait for it to arrive.
EJL2004 I love the 15mm, let me know what the 10mm is like!
For sure! I'm using an Orion xt8 plus (1200mm Focal Length 5.9/F) Curious about edge brightening. This will be my first eye piece purchase so not entirely sure what to expect other than a vast improvement over the basic plossl. My next piece will likely be an ES 30mm 82apfov though I'll save up a bit for it.
Thank you sir.
I got two Agena ED ep (12mm and 25mm) with same system as the first ep you showed. I wanted to ask if is possible to remove the cap to screws a handycam.
Hi Luis, I thought the Agena ED eyepieces were the same as BST Starguiders, rather than the standard SW EP's? in any case I haven't tried to attach a handycam to them, sorry. I have a phone adapter for afocal photography but mostly i use the DSLR or QHY5L video cam. Maybe someone else can answer your question...?
MikeyJ. Yes, they are exactly the same (with the same system I was referring to twiste eyecap). I use an adapter for afocal, but because of the curved shape of this ep I can not use the adapter. Perhaps if the eyecap is removed, the eyepiece maybe can be used as one of those "camera projection" eyepieces. The 12mm is perfect for recording aircraft at high altitude. Thank you anyway.
If i have two same mm eyepieces, one with 52AFV and other with 66AFV. The imagen on the EP with 66AFV will be brighter? (I bought the 6mm wide angle eyepiece, can wait to try it on Saturn and Jupiter.)
Thank you
Good question Luis.. The extra apparent field of view isnt collecting more light unfortunately, (only the main lens/mirror does that) and the extra lens elements normally present in WA eyepieces will lose a little as well. in effect, you are taking the same light and spreading it over a bigger area. However, the extra Apparent FoV gives a more 'immersive experience' (described as looking through a port-hole, compared to down a tube..). In reality, it only dims a small amount, but the improved view is well worth it! For planets, especially bright ones, it doesnt matter at all. Let me know how you get on ;-)
@@MikeyJ the dimming has nothing to do with the light being spread out over a wider area, it does not work that way. It is wider because the the field stop is wider.
What may make it dimmer than another of the same focal length is simply the transmission of the glass and coatings. There are premium 8 element that.can be brighter than cheaper 5 and 6 element eyepieces due to advanced coatings and high index glasses now available.
In the case of the goldine 6mm and the 3.7 epic ED2, they are known to be on the dimmer side.
Congrats on having the 24 SWA and the 15 axiom, they are basically the same optics as explore scientific.
I had the 24 28 34 and 40 as part of my extensive collection, but everything I owned was stolen out of storage, so I had to start over.
You should get some 2" eyepieces for that 10" I'm sure my 31 nagler, 2" Meade swas, es100s and several others are out there for great prices at the expense of my tears and machinations for the elimination of all Tweekers.
hi what kind of telescope do you have ?
Hi jesus Diepa, I have an Orion 80mm , a skywatcher 127 mark and a 250mm Newtonian 😊
Sir,i am an Indian,living at kerala state. I am very very interesting in astronomy, i baught a 5 inch newton's telescope. Moon is clear, other planets are not clear, it is an assembled one. One mr Thankappan make it. Sir i want to see more clear, planets, and galaxies, will you help me?which type of use to see it,which company is better? Please help me.
Hi Babu, thanks for your question. Glad to hear you have a 5" Newtonian, and if you say it is clear for the moon then it seems to be working as it should (although collimation will be necessary of course!). However, the planets are actually very small in a telescope, unless you have a focal length greater than 1.5 m. I would guess that the focal length of your telescope is 500 to 600 mm, and even with a high power eyepiece of say 4 mm, most planets will still look small and fairly dim. you should be able to see the rings of Saturn, and the bands of Jupiter, but to get the type of view you see on the Internet is very difficult visually, 'stacked video imaging' is the only way to get better detail, but you have to start with a differnt telescope - a Schmidt cassegrain or Mak would be better (I made a video on the 5" mak its a good planetary scope). However i suggest you look for other objects with your netonian - globular clusters, Messier objects such as M42 in Orion, and double stars. hope that helps!?
@@MikeyJ sir, good afternoon, many many thanks for attending my question.
Sir, may i ask a question? If we find a star how to calculate the distance in light years, that is 10 light year, 100 light year?
Babu, that’s a good question! There are two methods for calculating the distance of stars: the first uses parallax, which is basically taking two observations separated by distance and measuring the angles very carefully. You can stimulate this by holding your finger at arms length and close in one eye, alternating and your finger ‘moves ‘ against the background stars. We can use the width of the planet, or even the orbit of the earth around the sun to get a bigger distance apart. The other way is using Cephid variables. These pulsing stars have an known brightness in relation to their pulse duration, so if we can calculate the amount of light lost (how much dimmer it is) and compare it to a similar star then we can work out how far away the star is
My best recommendation is a star atlas or SkySafari software for your phone it has lots of information about space there. I have a review on SS on my channel
what do you think about explorer scientific eyepieces 82 grades ?
I´ve got hyperion but i´m not happy with them
my telescope is skywatcher dobson 10" F5
Hi Jesus, I can't comment on them from ownership, only through viewing through others scopes, and they ALWAYS give a great image from what i have seen. I had considered the Hyperions; its interesting that you are not so happy with them - they are certainly alot better than the standard or indeed many other EP's out there, but what dont you like? is it the field flatness? The f5 you have is maybe a bit fast for them, but i thought it should be good enough for that f ratio..?
prolly a bit late, but just be wary of the UWA eyepieces - you may, or you may not like them. For me, anything over 60 degrees AFOV causes blackouts and kidney beaning or me and I dislike the UWA eyepieces (Nagler, ES 82 etc),
@@MikeyJ all but the 14mm are fine at f5. If your doubt of edge correction at f5 comes from poor edge performance of axiom 15mm, I am pretty sure it is the same as the es14 and JOC has a problem getting that eyepiece to perform at the edges in f5. Same with the original series 5000 UWA.
The other focal lengths are better and very close to nagler performance which is just fine for f5 even f4. But a coma corrector helps no matter what type of eyepiece, since no common premium eyepiece is designed to correct for coma, otherwise it wouldn't work well in other scope designs.
I find all I need is 4 lenses 28mm 13 mm 8mm and a 40MM
you need a 4mm
@@icomeinpeace2717 4mm is like8 mm with a 2x Barlow I have a 2x 3x and 5x Barlow I come in peace as well
@@DavidStanleymusic wow thats a lot a lens i never found the use for a 5x cus i can combine 3 and 2x lens
@@icomeinpeace2717 fantastic its all good just getting out and stargazing its all good
@@DavidStanleymusic yea lol but my main fell and got destroyed and i use 150x mag on my first scope now
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Thanks for the feedback and really glad you find them useful. I will add some more soon! PS love the Spacetv website
I can't help it , I have to laugh , video of guy showing off his expansive eye piece collection , 17,000 views , 15,000 of them from thieves now searching for his house ....LOL
Lol, you made me laugh as well.. I don’t even use them these days (ok occasionally),… but I have an really expensive camera … 😉
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thanks Andre :)
What's the point of this video?
I thought I explained that in the first 30 seconds...?