Best Newtonian Telescopes for Viewing

i won this at a raffle and have enjoyed it everyday, i live in az so winter month is great stargazing weather.

moon looks great through it and i can really pick up alot of detail on its craters.

i am new to astronomy but got hooked on it.

i solved this by drilling a flat piece of aluminum w/9.5mm holes spaced the same as the ring mount holes on the eq mount.

great telescope, detail in orion nebula/moon/moons of jupiter it vibrates as you focus but that is okaygoto is very easy, just make sure that your tripod is level pros: accurate, goto is very

the double axis tracking allows me to see the rings of saturn from the living room by aligning on a planet: the degradation of the image through the plate glass windows (but hey it way below zero

strictly used to stargaze, haven't used it much and the initial set up required numerous orientations.

the clarity it provides in viewing space is tremendous.

i made the mistake of trying to calibrate it ,and it was set better out of the box.

then when it points to the 1st alignment star it is ~20 degr off.) rotating the tube far enough causes the scope to spin around continuously and never properly detect north during the alignment

i had only one issue with quality, the red dot starfinder mounting screw would not go in all the way and i had to do minor (5 min screwdriver only) repair to fix it.

this thing can't align itself to the ground, impossible to speak about stars.

but this was always a premium feature, unavailable to observers on a tight budget, unless they built their own.

the reflex sight makes finding objects quick work, even fairly dim object such as the andromeda galaxy.

it certainly struck me as a serious, well-made scope when we took it out of the box.

it has a very sturdy base and easy to use.

i also bought them each a "star" (shining stars by russ) to name and they really get a kick out of looking at their very own stars!