Celestron nextar 114 gt full#
This is a nice Celestron Nexstar 114GT with motorized controller and tripod, which extends to full height. However, if you remind yourself that you'll be seeing light from thousands of suns, that started it's trip billions of years ago (like when the dinosaurs where walking the Earth) then I think we're lucky we can see them at all.Item: 174803987327 Celestron NexStar 114 GT Reise Teleskop, getestet, Controller, Stativ, 2 Linsen. Galaxies are probably the most disappointing if you expect picture like images. What you'll see is very similar to this sketches: Stargazers Lounge - Talitha's Album: Deep Sky Sketches Open and globular clusters look pretty much like the pictures, nebulas don't but still some show nice structure and are great to see. The pictures you see on nebula and galaxies are combined images with several hours of exposure stacked with software. They are very dim and we usually call them "faint fuzzies" as the amount of light you get is too low to see color. This hobby works by seasons as things change all the time which is good or else you'd get bored soon.ĭSOs are more tricky. Right now the rings are edge on and look like a line. The good news it Jupiter will be pretty close in September and Saturn will be at a nicer angle to detect the rings' divisions by the end of the year. Unfortunately for you last time was in January so now you have a long wait ahead. Mars is also nice but much smaller and it only gets close enough for a good look every 3 years. Jupiter and saturn will show details in color, including the rings and small dots of light in orbit, which are the moons. The planets will be tiny but well defined on good nights, when the atmosphere is steady (we usually use the term "seeing" for short to describe the atmospheric conditions).
If you have realist expectation on what you'll see (and how you'll see things) then it's pretty easy to get hooked.
Mine enjoys it too, although not as much as I do. I does help to have your wife interested. Also sorry for posting incorrect title, but i cant seem to change it now. i understand the SLT is more sturdy then the GT, hope this is true. In any case if there is someone who can answer my above questions i would be greatful and promise not to post again until doing more thorough reading of these forums.ĮDIT: in my title i specified the GT, the one i orignally was going to purchase, i actually ordered the SLT. Thanks for having a site such as this, i am sure ill be reading for months to come. I am pretty excited but unfortunatly i am at least a week from recieving my scope (being walked here from california ) So now i am in my basic information gathering stage, studying the moons craters and such. Will this scope be suitable for viewing some deeper space images?
Celestron nextar 114 gt software#
Will I be able to view the fine details of the moon? Maybe see saturn or other planets?Ĭan anyone recommend the image capture software by celestron? (119.99)? Did I make a good choice? I did a bit of research before make the purchase but i sure wish i would have visited this site before completing checkout. I just wanted a basic scope to view some planets and study the moon. I live in a relativly dark area in NY (long island). I just finished up my order for a 114 SLT with the optional scopes from Celestron.