I can recognise only a few of the brightest stars and so prefer to use the telescope at low power to starhop. When I observe form my apartment window or the nearby park It´s a bit different. You have a basic lunar map too and is designed to be folded, having the star chart on one page and a catalogue with the important objects on the opposite. I think it´s more or less similar to the pocket star atlas, but in A4, which is an advantage - you have more sky on a single page. I´m still just looking for the Messiers and other easy targets and its a good starting point. Mine gives a FOV of about 6 degrees, so the scale of the charts is appropriate. It´s quite good when you starhop using your finderscope. If it is a DSO, outside the city and with good skies, I use the Cambridge star atlas. When I get down to observing, I usually choose between 2 options, depending on location. And ofcourse it´s a great observation planning tool! Simple to use too. In this train of thoughts, another very important thing is to get used to the RA and DEC controls of the telescope, the inverted field of vew and the correct interpretation of the charts. Also the telescope simulator is pretty good, you can see more or less what the FOV of different telescopes is and practice some starhopping if you have the charts by your side. It allows you to get familiar with the celestial shpere, the constellations, the coordinate system, the movement of the celestial bodies in a reallistic way and from your living room. ![]() Now about the charts.įirst of all, I think Stellarium is a must for every beginner, even before the purchase of a telescope. Just the 9 inch tablet in my hand is all I need.Ĭheers and enjoy your time under the stars!!Īcutally this is a bit off-topic, but I am really excited about this new way of organising my observing sessions. I know it´s different to have the book and feel the paper and all that stuff, but it really isn´t all that different, it´s just more comfortable, know ´am sayin´. It is a really good thing, especially for someone like me, who does urban observing mostly, using the Uranometria and doing long hops through the eyepiece. Also I can zoom in and out, take notes on the charts, draw the path I plan to use beforhand and don´t have to worry about the pages and stuff like that. With this app (Xodo) the circle is right where I left it and I can put the tablet down, change an eyepiece, go pee or watever and continue seamlessly after that. I think its awesome, because usually I have to hold the book and the little transparent plastic with the FOV circle over the last star I got to, and it is certainly uncomfortable. ![]() Also I got a pdf editing app, which allows me to draw an easily adjustable circle (for the size of the FOV, you know - the degrees of sky I see, according to the eyepiece or finderscope I use) which I can move freely over the page as I star hop. So I got the pdfs of the Pocket star atlas and Uranometria loaded on my tablet. I wasn´t at a real DSO session, I was in a park, but it was quite dark and I was very pleased with the result. You adjust the brighntess setting to your gusto, but I kept it at the lowest possible ofcourse. It is designed exactly for astronomical use, to preserve your darkvision. I got a red filter cover for my tablet, which i found out about here on the forum (sirius astro products). ![]() I want to share an idea which I tried in my last session and it worked great!!! Hello! Even though I am a complete beginner, I also love starhopping and the oldschool way of finding your targets.
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