![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And I even haven't accomplished anything regarding tracking the mount yet. So, the next challenge will be to minimize this.Īs bulky as this Newtonian may be for someone who only had smaller scopes before, I quickly came to love this Mak-Newt. ![]() Oh no, dew settled onto the Maksutov lens. Then, the image slowly fogged up, as the scope was pointing upwards to the open skies. I know it takes stacking of many exposures to get to the actually worthwhile images of Andromeda, but this was still a revelation to me. This was the first time I saw M31 in such detail in a live view. I could spot it almost with the naked eye by star-hopping (spot Cassiopeia's "W", extend from there towards Mirach and find it about 10 degrees from there towards the zenith). The stars seem crisp, but I have to check this anyway with the Cheshire. I did not even do a proper test on the collimation yet. Once I receive the 2" 2x Barlow in the upcoming weeks, these images are prone to become more amazing. Even though this still only represents a magnification of 66, Saturn looked more crisp and detailed than I have ever seen before in the other two smaller scopes. Then, the 28 mm EP: more detail, obviously. The field of view is awesome, the focus perfect. Then, a first glance onto Jupiter and Saturn. I put my 40 mm 2" EP in and peeked through the TS 80 mm finder (I gracefully donated the finder that came with the Mak/Newt to the Mak 90/1250). Last night, when the sky cleared from 6 pm onwards and Mars appeared from the horizon, I took the Mak/Newt out of the garage and set it up to have a go at Jupiter and Saturn, before they would have escaped my view behind the neighbour's house. Is it a good choice, regardless whether you are a beginner or more experienced? My impression, for what it's worth: it is! The Maksutov/Newtonian 190/1000 from Sky-Watcher seemed to be an intuitively safe choice, as it promised to be a very good all-rounder for both visual and photography use. Coming from a small Mak 90/1250 and a 120/600 refractor without tracking, I made the jump to the next level quite soon as a beginner. ![]()
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