Monthly Archives: September 2014

I can not see anything through my telescope

“I can not see anything through my telescope”. This is a frequent comment I receive from unhappy budding astronomers. Usually it is after they have bought a cheap telescope from a catalogue shop, or a camera shop that may not … Continue reading

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Celestron piggy back mount for SCT #93609

The Celestron #93609 piggyback mount allows fitting of any camera “piggyback” to your celestron SCT OTA. The clever design allows the starpointer / finderscope to be fitted at the same time. This is very useful for wide field imaging. Note … Continue reading

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Skywatcher 2x deluxe 1.25″ barlow lens

The Skywatcher 1.25″ 2x deluxe barlow lens is a great lens for both visual and photographic use. As a barlow lens, it has a solid build quality and a multi-coated doublet lens for very good results in the mid to … Continue reading

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Optical Hardware budget 1.25″ 3x barlow

The Optical Hardware 3x budget barlow is designed to triple the magnification of any 1.25″ eyepiece. As the title suggests this is at the budget end. Very basic single lens gives a much softer image than multi-coated equivalents with more … Continue reading

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