What eyepiece would give this telescope 180x magnification?
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Ryan, thank you for contacting Orion Telescopes and Binoculars. In order to get to 180x magnification, you would need a 6.9mm eyepiece. I hope this has been helpful.
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Yes, it takes standard threaded filters for 1.25" eyepieces. As an alternative, have you looked at variable polarizing filters such as: Meade 07286 No.905 1.25-Inch Variable Polarizing Filter?
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The eyepieces are 10mm and 20mm. The 10 gives a 30x and the 20 gives 15x magnification.
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Hey Iggy,Since I wrote, I did end up with the 8" Dobsonian Intelliscope. The answer is, the Orion scope is nicely balanced and with a little practice, you can get good at tracking objects by hand. With a 10mm eyepiece and 2X Barlow, which is a magnification of 240x on the 1200mm scope, you need to move the scope about every 20 seconds or so. You still need a motor driven mount if you plan on taking photographs, though.
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The useful magnification is about 140x for astronomical purposes. Beyond this you're going to get fuzzy images. Don't be fooled by extravagant claims.
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This replaces your 1.25" eyepiece. It can still be used with a Barlow lens or focal reducer.
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The Ultima 80 would probably be a good scope for that. Not so good for astronomy, but good in low contrast situations. You might also consider the Ultima 60 or some good zoom binoculars.
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Yes, because it uses standard 1.25" astronomy eye pieces. Search telescope camera adapters for your specific camera
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i use Orion Min-EQ Tabletop Equatorial Telescope Mount. that's enough for me
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MC352T, I Googled it and found this on Amazon (amazingly enough!) http://www.amazon.com/SE-Tube-Table-Magnifier-MC353B/dp/B002W269ZY
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A barlow is fine. I use the GSO Barlow that actually gives you two magnification choices...http://agenaastro.com/gso-1-25-2x-achromatic-barlow-lens.html
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Get the celestron powertank (dont forget to charge it once a month), i also bought the celestron eyepiece set, great set and a good case with it. Also use the two star align, three atar doesnt work, and google for how to set it up as you must put the alignment stars in the middle of the eyepiece then move it left down up right (as the star looks in the eye piece), then click to set it as an alignment star. It will then track all night usually after one quick up movement once aligned. It is a brilliant scope, good luck!
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Yes, I bought an Orion 2x 1.25 in Barlow lens and have used it with the telescope
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Magnification is the focal length of the scope (in this case 650mm) divided by the focal length of the eyepiece. The shortest included eyepiece is 10mm. So with what's included the maximum is 65x. If you get shorter eyepieces or a barlow you can easily more than double that. But you'll rarely use such high magnification. Atmospheric distortions become very visible at high magnifications. It has to be a pretty clear evening for me to even WANT that much power. (On most nights the limiting factor is the viewing conditions, not the telescope...)
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Kenneth, I have an Orion XT6 that has a 1.25" rack and piñon focuser. The Barlow works well as well as all eyepieces and filters.
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This is a set of 1.25 inch eyepieces, and should work with the telescopes that you mentioned.
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there are 10x and 20x interchangeable eyepieces, there are four lens settings on the rotating disk. I'm not sure of those magnifications, though.