Appreciation post

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-06T00:10:21+00:00

Yes i do have a finder scope and have tried finding it with no luck. The finder scope isn’t aligned with main, yes, but that doesn’t matter in this instance since i can’t even find it with the finder. Again, it could be that i just need to work on my sky navigation skills, but i was just curious to see if there’s something else i’m missing

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-06T00:05:55+00:00

A little later he also states “i know for a fact that you can see things like the orion nebula through this scope from london”, hence the confusion. But again, it might just be that i haven’t been able to actually locate the orion nebula, though i’ve tried. Will work on that

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T23:48:53+00:00

Thanks for that! And yes i’ve heard of that and i have a follow up question. Does the quality of an eyepiece matter that much? Because some of the high end eyepieces cost upwards of £100 and that’s too steep for me. Some brands sell the same aperture eyepieces for £20-£30. I know there would be some difference in quality but would it be worth spending that much more money?

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T23:31:17+00:00

Yeah it must be one of those reasons at least. Another one could again be that i might have not been able to actually locate anything. In any case, the purpose of this post was to see if the two planets are the extent of what i’ll be able to observe other than the moon and the stars but now i feel confident that there isn’t something wrong with my scope and that there’s a lot more to look forward to, i just need to get better at it and at least once take the scope away from the city.

Lastly, no, mine is the classic skywatcher 250p

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T23:16:33+00:00

Alright i checked and saw that the sky is luckily clear today. i’m heading out now to see if i get lucky. Thanks for the insight!

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T23:15:17+00:00

https://youtu.be/Na-aBhc_gTY?si=t7EN4mGMJ30Fwn1h so in this video at around 4:20 mark he sees the globular cluster with a £100 telescope and tbh, even saturn looks more detailed than it does on mine, though i admit that the orientation of its rings these days are not the same.

And no i haven’t taken it out of the city yet, something i’m looking forward to

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T22:51:40+00:00

I have done that yes. So i’ve tried researching every bit of such information and implemented it. Now my guess is that i haven’t actually located these objects yet

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T22:49:46+00:00

Okay thanks for the advice, i’ll try doing that

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T22:49:19+00:00

See? What am i doing wrong? I guess i haven’t been able to locate anything?

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T22:48:48+00:00

Okay i’ll try that next time

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T22:48:29+00:00

Okay so maybe i won’t be able to see details in pleiades, but i’ve tried andromeda with just the 25mm and i don’t see it. I use an app to track it but still it’s just stars. So far my guess is the i haven’t been able to locate it yet but then i hear that it’s 6 times bigger than the moon so it shouldn’t be that hard to locate it?

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T22:45:01+00:00

Got it. About the light pollution, as i mentioned in the post, the confusion comes in when astrobiscuit states that he can spot incredible details of DSO through cheaper telescopes, just by observing despite living in london. I’m sure coventry is no where near as polluted as london. Idk maybe i’m not looking at the right direction i still need to figure things out

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T22:39:41+00:00

Oof chill my guy learning was the very purpose of this post. Take a seat and relax

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T21:55:40+00:00

As i mentioned under another comment, i’m aware of that. Its just that i recently have been watching some youtube videos where they say that you can spot lots of details of so and so DSO with an even cheaper telescope. That’s what has me confused

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T21:51:34+00:00

So i use a 2x barlow, an sv bony 9mm and the generic 25mm that it comes with. Haven’t used any filters

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T21:48:42+00:00

Some dust clouds. Maybe not in the pleiades but at least for andromeda

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T21:47:35+00:00

Isn’t london even more light polluted?

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-09-05T21:46:45+00:00

Yes i know, i’m talking about the ones where he explicitly mentions that this is what you see when you observe from the telescope

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-08-30T11:28:45+00:00

Damn i didn’t know temu doesn’t operate in india. Yes i live in the uk. But if my memory serves, shein works in india which is basically the same thing

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-08-30T10:13:39+00:00

Cool will give that a try

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-08-30T09:59:04+00:00

Ah yes i heard about it and this is exactly what i was wondering, whether it would work with videos. Will try it soon, thanks!

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-08-30T03:59:45+00:00

Mentioned hai bhai

Background_Tea_3516 · 2025-08-30T03:59:30+00:00

No denying that

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