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Advice please : Celestron Nexstar SLT 102 vs Celestron Nexstar 4 SE
Hello all,
I am interested in getting a telescope mainly looking at the planets & galaxies. I'm not really interested in astrophotography at the moment but I guess this may come in the future. The above 2 scopes are in my price range & was hoping somebody on here with more technical knowlege of scopes etc could advise me what they would consider the best buy. The magnification of the Nexstar 4 SE using a 25mm eyepiece is given as 53x whereas the SLT 102 has 26.4x. Is this all a newbie astronomer, who just wants to take it out into his back garden & have a browse around the sky, should be interested in. Both scopes are obviously computer controlled which makes my life easier when trying to find things. The Nexstar 4 SE is quite a new scope, I believe, so if anybody actually has one & could provide their comments that would be great. Thanks in advance, Dave |
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Advice please : Celestron Nexstar SLT 102 vs Celestron Nexstar4 SE
Dave Hedgehog wrote:
Hello all, I am interested in getting a telescope mainly looking at the planets & galaxies. I'm not really interested in astrophotography at the moment but I guess this may come in the future. The above 2 scopes are in my price range & was hoping somebody on here with more technical knowlege of scopes etc could advise me what they would consider the best buy. The magnification of the Nexstar 4 SE using a 25mm eyepiece is given as 53x whereas the SLT 102 has 26.4x. Is this all a newbie astronomer, who just wants to take it out into his back garden & have a browse around the sky, should be interested in. Both scopes are obviously computer controlled which makes my life easier when trying to find things. The Nexstar 4 SE is quite a new scope, I believe, so if anybody actually has one & could provide their comments that would be great. Thanks in advance, Dave Hi Dave, Funnily enough, I'm looking at one of these as a second 'grab and go' scope to my 6-inch refractor. Currently I'm leaning towards the SLT 102 as I've always found refractors to be trouble-free as far as maintenance is concerned. If you look at the Cloudy Nighs forums there is a one specifically for NexStars with a lot of usefuls hands-on opinions of both scopes: http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea....php/Cat/0/C/5 The reason for the difference in magnification is the difference in focal length of the 2 scopes SLT 102 = 660mm 4 SE = 1325mm Magnification = focal length of objective (lens/mirror) divided by focal length of eyepiece, hence 1325/25 = 53x 660/25 = 26.4 Do a search for "telescope buying FAQ" and you'll find a number of sites that will give a far better explanation of the merits of short/long focal lengths than I could ever do :-) To be honest, from what I've read so far, I think you'd be happy with either scope. Not much help eh? - ha ha Good luck, Jeff NE England |
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Advice please : Celestron Nexstar SLT 102 vs Celestron Nexstar 4 SE
On 28 Apr, 22:17, Jeff Taylor
wrote: Dave Hedgehog wrote: Hello all, I am interested in getting a telescope mainly looking at the planets & galaxies. I'm not really interested in astrophotography at the moment but I guess this may come in the future. The above 2 scopes are in my price range & was hoping somebody on here with more technical knowlege of scopes etc could advise me what they would consider the best buy. The magnification of the Nexstar 4 SE using a 25mm eyepiece is given as 53x whereas the SLT 102 has 26.4x. Is this all a newbie astronomer, who just wants to take it out into his back garden & have a browse around the sky, should be interested in. Both scopes are obviously computer controlled which makes my life easier when trying to find things. The Nexstar 4 SE is quite a new scope, I believe, so if anybody actually has one & could provide their comments that would be great. Thanks in advance, Dave Hi Dave, Funnily enough, I'm looking at one of these as a second 'grab and go' scope to my 6-inch refractor. Currently I'm leaning towards the SLT 102 as I've always found refractors to be trouble-free as far as maintenance is concerned. If you look at the Cloudy Nighs forums there is a one specifically for NexStars with a lot of usefuls hands-on opinions of both scopes: http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea....php/Cat/0/C/5 The reason for the difference in magnification is the difference in focal length of the 2 scopes SLT 102 = 660mm 4 SE = 1325mm Magnification = focal length of objective (lens/mirror) divided by focal length of eyepiece, hence 1325/25 = 53x 660/25 = 26.4 Do a search for "telescope buying FAQ" and you'll find a number of sites that will give a far better explanation of the merits of short/long focal lengths than I could ever do :-) To be honest, from what I've read so far, I think you'd be happy with either scope. Not much help eh? - ha ha Good luck, Jeff NE England Jeff, Thanks for the reply. If, as you'd say, I'd should be happy with either scope then that is good enough for me. I was initially looking at the 102 then happened to be browsing a site where I saw the newer Nexstar SEs listed & then the indecision started If the 102 will be less less trouble free then I guess that swings it...I really want to go out point it at the sky & let it show me where to look. A simplistic aproach I suspect compared to some of the folks around here, but we all have to start somewhere I come to this board most days waiting for the latest offering from Pete Lawrence, the guy provides endless inspiration, so hopefully a 102 will ignite an interest in astronomy that may one day get me NASA's picture of the day Dave |
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