Scoping Things Out

[stickmaker]

My telescope (except grey instead of red):

http://www.telescope.com/Telescopes/Cassegrain-Telescopes/Orion-StarMax-127mm-Equatorial-Maksutov-Cassegrain-Telescope/pc/-1/c/1/sc/14/p/9826.uts

Got it out tonight to look at Jupiter and the four Galilean moons. I was using the 25mm eyepiece, which gives a 61.1X magnification. Hope to try for Saturn in a few days. Will likely use the 10mm eyepiece for that.

Edit: I've had mine for a few years. I posted this because I had it out and realized that while I'd mentioned making observations I hadn't given any specifics on my instrument.

Comments

[brotherguy.livejournal.com]

That's a lovely telescope -- just a hair larger than my 30 year old Celestron C90. A small telescope that you can carry to a dark site shows you lots more than a big telescope stuck under city lights. I hope you get a chance to carry it out into the dark!