Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Announcements and News >> Beginners Forum Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 lukejames professor emeritus Reged: 01/11/07 Posts: 605 Loc: England, nottingham I Found saturn again (Obviously theres' a catch!)       #1474033 - 03/10/07 07:05 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hello i seen Saturn again, this time i found it, i could still make out the rings and all of the yellowish detail, i hounestyly swear i know the star off by heart, yellowey and bright. slightly orange. The goto Could not get it accurate but i just had to use the arrow key (Right) to get saturn into possision, so easy, so little hastle. Im just looking forward to when i can actually see the moon and juipter. Perhaps uranus + neptune -------------------- Luke James, Aged 13, England. Meade Etx 80 Post Extras:       LLD Lucky so far Reged: 11/14/05 Posts: 1695 Loc: MASS. Re: I Found saturn again (Obviously theres' a catch!) [Re: lukejames]       #1474069 - 03/10/07 07:36 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats luke,Keep at it ,The more you get out and use your scope the better you'll get.One of the main things with a goto scope is the alignment process,Once you have that down the object should be in your eyepiece.As far as the moon and jupiter goes there awesome.The moon and jupiter rise around 3:00 am this sunday morning! -------------------- LLD. Meade 16 inch dob. Meade 60mm Polaris refractor 76mm Bushnell reflector Meade ETX60-BB,Meade 70MM / USB color camera Post Extras:       Joe Lalumia Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/24/07 Posts: 2563 Loc: Rockwall, Texas, USA Re: I Found saturn again (Obviously theres' a catc [Re: LLD]       #1474269 - 03/10/07 10:02 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Just remember put the scope in the HOME position pointing NORTH (if you can center Polaris all the better). Then level the scope TUBE with a bubble level. Then do an ALIGN on two stars. Your gotos should be good........it helps to use a LOW power eyepiece with a wide field of view, find the object, center it, then change to a higher power if you need to. Luke a lot of my viewing in my 8" SCT is done with 20mm and HIGHER eyepieces. So about 100 power or LESS! -------------------- LX90 8" LNT, SV Nighthawk & TelePOD, SV 80/9D & M4 mount, ETX 90, Orion XT10i, 20x80 binoculars, SV-BV3s. "The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax." - Albert Einstein Edited by Joe Lalumia (03/10/07 10:03 PM) Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 18 registered and 18 anonymous users are browsing this forum. Moderator:  miniventures, desertstars, werewolf6977, dgs©, ClownFish  Print Thread Forum Permissions       You cannot start new topics       You cannot reply to topics       HTML is disabled       UBBCode is enabled Thread views: 180 Jump to *International Year of Astronomy 2009* -----   Global Coordination   Cornerstone Projects   Special Projects   Special Task Groups   Global Activities   National and Regional Activities   IYA 2009 in Africa   IYA 2009 in the USA*Announcements and News* -----   Cloudy Nights Announcements   Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports   Beginners Forum   Celestial Events   Light Pollution*Equipment Discussions* -----   ATM, Optics and DIY Forum   Binoculars   Binoviewers   Cats & Casses   Classic Telescopes   Equipment   Eyepieces   Mounts   Observatories   Reflectors   Refractors    Celestron SkyScout and Meade mySky   Video and Electronically Assisted Astronomy*Astrophotography and Sketching* -----   Beginning Imaging   Film Astrophotography   DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing   CCD Imaging & Processing   Solar System Imaging & Processing   Sketching   Astro Imaging/Sketching Contest *Observing* -----   General Observing   Planetary and Solar System Observing   Lunar Observing   Deep Sky Observing   Double Star Observing   Solar   Variable Star Observing and Radio Astronomy*Telescope Specific Forums* -----   Celestron NexStar    NexStar GPS / CPC Telescopes   Questar Forum   Meade ACF/RCX / LX / GPS    Meade ETX*Other* -----   Science of Astronomy & Space exploration   AstroWebsites   Space Rocks*Speciality Forums* -----   AstroArt   Astronomy Software & Computers   Stellar Media   Astro Outreach, Clubs and Star Parties*CN Feedback and Vendor Announcements* -----   Vendor and Group Announcements Home

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