Update: The Celestrone 127 SLT was sent back due to quality concerns, but eventually got the William Optics GT71 triplet refractor telescope instead.
Hallow’s Eve night of frustration rings in my very first telescope, the Celestron Nexstar 127 SLT, 5”, Mak-Cass telescope. An hours worth of nothingness to show but me being agitated as my cheap dot sight finder scopes, which were aligned on distant targets in the daytime, couldn’t get near the planets, even in prime focus with no secondary optics used and with using the diagonal and the wide field of view 25mm eyepiece.
Besides the aggravating waste of an hour, I’m not very happy with the quality of this telescope bundle which has a very lightweight cheap tripod, and only having an 8 pound load capacity for the mount (when the telescope tube itself is already around 8 pounds without accessories attached). The icing on the cake for me is the quality of the optics. I'm not sure if something was damaged in shipping but one of the inside boxes was crushed when I received it. During the daytime when filming distant objects, the clarity wasn't very good compared to my telephoto lenses, so maybe something got messed up during production or shipping.
Anyway! Jupiter, Saturn and the Full Moon, (along with many dust specks), on this Halloween night.
6:25pm to 7:55pm, Saturday Oct 31st, 2020, NE Ohio (USA), SW & Eastern Skies, 39°F (4°C)
Telescope Footage Filmed through the Canon R Mirrorless Camera with the Tele Vue Powermate 2.5x
Recorded onto the Atomos Ninja Flame 7” Monitor/Recorder in 1080p - Upscaled to 4k
Stacking Done through Parallels for Mac with Pipp, AutoStakkert & Registax
Everything put together in Final Cut Pro X
~Jayling
(Ohio is in the Eastern Time Zone)
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Here's the equipment used in this video:
-Celestron Nexstar 127 SLT 5” Mak-Cass Telescope: [ Ссылка ]
-Tele Vue Powermate 2.5x: [ Ссылка ]
-Canon EOS R Mirrorless Full Frame Camera: [ Ссылка ]
-Atomos Ninja Flame 7" 4K Field Monitor/Recorder: [ Ссылка ]
-Benro C373T Carbon Fiber Tripod Legs: [ Ссылка ]
-SkyWatcher AZ-GTi Alt-AZ Telescope Mount: [ Ссылка ]
-Orion SynScan V5 Hand Controller: [ Ссылка ]
-Astromania Dot Sight: [ Ссылка ]
-Tascam DR-100 MK III Audio Recorder: [ Ссылка ]
-Tascam TM-2x Mic: [ Ссылка ]
-SkySafari Pro App: [ Ссылка ]
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