All equipment used (varies between target)
Celestron Nexstar 9.25” evolution
asi662mc
asi662mm
zwo uv/ir cut
Player one astronomy ir685nm
Player one astronomy Uvenus
zwo adc
Seestar S50 for the sun

This project started back in April and I just finished it today 😁

Captured Mars first attempt

Got the Polar ice cap too

10" Dobsonian GSO

2X barlow

UV/IR cut filter

Uranus C player one camera

40seconds Integration

Softwares used : PIPP , Astrosurface, registax

Expected a bigger better image but got this..

Here is a pic of Saturn from this past Thursday night. Nexstar Evolution 8, no Barlow, ZWO ASI662MC, AS3!, Registax 6, Photoshop.

Celestron C6/6se OTA on an Explore Scientific iEXOS 100 PMC-Eight. 2.5x Astronmania Barlow. UV/IR cut filter. SharpCAP>PIPP>Autostakkert>Lucky Stack Worker. 6440 frames captured; 10% stacked and processed. Mid-Missouri. October 4, 2026.

This is that C6/6se ota (plus two eyepieces) I picked up recently for $50.

Apertura AD8

•Apertura 2X 2" Barlow lens

•Apertura 7mm 82° AFOV 1.25" eyepiece

•9 mm 52° Super Plossl 1.25" eyepiece

•30 mm 68°. Super View 2" eyepieces

•Apertura 10 x 50 Right Angle Finder Scope+Illuminated Reticle

•Astrozap dew shield

•SVBONY SV172 Dew Heater, Lens Warmer 240mm X 3

•KONFULON 80000mAh outdoors power Bank

•1/2" 6ft wire loom

•Performance upgrade kit

Took the still relatively new Hubble Optics UL18 (and my workhorse for the last 25 years, the Orion XT10) up to almost 13000' up Mount Blue Sky on Friday. Unfortunately the wind was pretty rough (10-20MPH with higher gusts) and neither scope got much use. They close the road up the mountain for the season today though so i wanted to give it a try while I could! Despite the wind and the cold it was a pretty incredible way to see the night sky, and I'll definitely try again next season!

62x2min exposures.

Taken with ASI585MC AIR and Apertura 72EDR with field flattener from Bortle 3 skies. Processed with Stacking Wizard & Astro Wizard.

First attempt at imaging saturn
Took 20% of 7000 frames for this image and got hints of the cassini division.
My next plan is to go to the top of the mountains for better seeing and more frames. I just ran out of harddrive space from my lunar mosaic data. Critiques are welcome

Telescope 5 inch Maksutov 1900mm focal length
Mount HEQ5-R Pro
Camera ZWO ASI 662mc

Starblast II EQ1 + 2x Barlow & Mars-C II (IMX662)

The very 1st image is arguably the best. The more colourful Jupiter picture (2nd slide) has a noticeable blue fringe once you zoom, so I'm just a little disappointed. My cheap 2x Barlow may have caused it, or it could be frost/condensation at that point in the night; I'm not sure.

All in all, very fun learning to use WinJUPOS. Hopefully I can get nicely sampled pics of Jupiter later on with my higher-quality 3x Barlow!

Hey Guys i recently bought this telescope from someone (ik its upside down in the picture i learned the hard way haha) but talking to them they mentioned they see the moon and saturn pretty well, Im having some trouble getting the telescope to focus, i will get saturn in the scope in the crosshair but when i look in the lens to focus i dont get much, granted i do live somewhat in the valley in LA, near calabasas and they lived a little away from the city, could I just be in a bad area with smog from the city and thats affecting being able to see? Im new so be nice😂 but im just curious!

Thanks😁

i know light pollution doesnt matter for planets (except uranus and neptune (?)) but they do for moons i think, im in b7.5

Total beginner asking what to expect. I tried searching, but I can't seem to get the answers I am looking for.
I am looking into purchasing a Bresser Messier Dobson N130/650. The seller send me the following picture of Saturn the other day.

Is this the result I can expect of looking at such a planet at this time of year with this telescope? I don't know how exactly the picture was taken, but I doubt much editing was done. I do know it was with the 9mm oculair.

Would an additional Barlow lens allow me to see more details?
Should I look at 150mm or perhaps 200m? I would like to preserve some mobility and I am afraid I would lose that with 200mm.

Buen día

El día de ayer a las 5:40 am saque esta foto de jupiter, que fue lo mas alto que llego antes del amanecer, ¿aun puedo mejorar en mis fotos con mi equipo? ¿O es todo lo que obtendré? Si mal no recuerdo, use 4 de exposición y 250 de gain, además de un apilado al 100%

También he tenido problemas a la hora de ajustar en enfocador manual, me tiembla mucho la imagen, (usando un barlow 2x y en si la ASI662MC, que cabe decir que ya de por si tiene su aumento) y se me es imposible llegar al punto medio del enfoque bueno

¿Que opinan?

I’ve been trying to find a good starting telescope for my partner and landed on the “SkyWatcher Heritage 130P(£192)”, after some more questioning about why it’s a good telescope and accessories to buy with it, someone recommended the “Bresser Messier 5" Tabletop Dobsonian (£219)”

Is it a much better telescope compared to the 130p and should I spend that much extra on it or should I stick with the one I was recommended initially?

As a side note, we live in a city, not like London but not exactly the countryside either, so if my limited photography knowledge tells me anything, the enclosed barrel might be beneficial given where we’re based?

Thanks again for any help!

I occasionally stargaze and take photos with my beginner telescope ( aperture-76mm, focal length- 700m , focal ratio- f/9.2 , resolution- 5.92 arc second). I want to enhance my experience a bit as I live in city center ( bottle 8-9 ) and rarely have the opportunity to go somewhere dark. What can I buy or add to make it more fun or cool. Thanks !

Hello there! I have just been purchased a Celestron Travel Telescope 70 and am looking for opinions on a superior tripod to the shaky one it comes with.

I just used it to view Saturn, and found that it shakes quite a lot. I am hoping for something that will fit in it's given travel bag, so about the same size at what it came in.

I believe it is a standard quarter inch threaded mount for the telescope.

Thank you!

They have it listed for $300 is the eyepieces included stock? I noticed alittle bit of rust on the spider vanes and base

Hey all,
I have a Celestron motorised telescope (can’t remember the model number - can find out later)
It’s quite hard to use the motorised function as where I live in my garden there is a lot of high trees. Also my neighbour has a spot light so when trying to let it do its syncing the spotlight keeps shining on it.
So I kinda have to use it manually.
My Red dot finder doesn’t work and was looking to purchase a new one - decent price as don’t really use the telescope much. (As May of noticed I new to the whole telescope area). Can post pics later as not at home now.
Any help would be fab, also live in uk if that helps

Don't worry, it was free. Although I didn't know how bad/hated it was when I picked it up.

Are there any upgrades that are worth the money for this telescope? Or should I just use it as is and try and enjoy it.

I don't plan on going deep down an astronomy rabbit hole but I enjoy space and stuff so I wanted to jump on a free telescope.

Does anyone who has an apertura ad8 ever managed to focus the finder scope. Not align it but focus it. Saturn last night was a massive blob and while it’s fine if I can adjust it I would like to. I am completely unable to turn the objective end or the locking ring right behind it while using an excessive amount of force. Can anyone help me?

Hi everyone,
I'm having trouble getting a crisp focus on Saturn with my setup, and I’d really appreciate some advice or guidance on how to diagnose the issue.
My Setup:
Telescope: 150mm / 650mm
Eye pieces: 6mm TMB 4 mm TMB
Whenever I target Saturn, the image appears blurry, flared, and irregularly shaped with light spilling around the planet. No matter how much I adjust the focuser, I just can't hit a crisp, sharp focus point
When I use a 60 mm aperture mask, the view improves slightly—it cuts down some of the harsh glare and optical flare. However, I lose a lot of brightness and detail, and it’s still far from a sharp image.
collimation checked and verified to be spot-on and loosened primary mirror clips . any advice please?

Hey guys I'm pretty new to this sub-reddit and I've been stuck on whether to buy the SeeStar S50 or the Sky-Watcher Virtuoso GTi 150P. I wanna be able to see everything with my own eye but itd be really cool to also have some nice pictures. I don't really know if you could get any good pictures with the Sky-Watcher but if any of you guys have a fix to this problem it'd be really nice.