A DECENT ENTRY OF MEADE ETX 70 AT TELESCOPE WITH AUTOSTAR CONTROLLER

Hello Astronomers,

          Adding a sauce to my project I have brought Meade ETX-70 AT with Auto Start Hand Controller Telescope recently. This telescope will help me to "Google" the skies in the night time.  There are amazing things to do with this telescope, soon I will start and share it with you through this blog.  For your kind information I have given the technical specification of the telescope.

 

Meade ETX 70 AT Telescope

Meade ETX – 70 AT is extremely versatile, high-resolution telescope with features similar to those one available with large and more specialized imaging systems.  With its pushbutton controller (Handy Autostar controller), automatic tracking of solar system planets and other celestial objects.  An ETX 70 telescope is one of the telescope ever required by many terrestrial and astronomical observers.

Technical Specification:

Telescope Type	Refractor
Focal Length	350mm
Optical Diameter	70mm
Focal Ratio	5.0
Measurement	240 x 70
Mount	Alt-Azimuth
Computer Control	Yes – Autostar #494
Motorized	Yes
Eyepiece	25mm and 9mm
Magnifier / Borrow Lenses	1.5x, 3x

          Unlike other telescope this scope projects the images as seen in naked eyes i.e. not inverted images; so we can use this scope for both amateur astronomical and bird watching purposes.  With its multi-coated lenses it gives an amazing clarity and crystal clear pictures of the objects even in its highest magnification. This toy is comes with two eye piece of 25mm, 9mm and also borrow lenses of 1.5x and 3x

 Getting Started:-

          It is time to do the magic with the telescope.  Yesterday night I used this scope to search the skies for any sign of Aliens, unfortunately I didn’t find any things. Apart from Aliens and other UFO I searched for the solar system objects like Planets, Asteroids, Comets and dwarf Planets; finally I captured some picture of Jupiter and its Moon, our own Moon and finally star Sirius.

          With the help of my Sony – Cyber shot W530 Digital camera, I captured the wonderful things which I saw through the telescope.  Since Sony W530 is not a perfect parent for my scope and I don’t have other choice. For your convenience soon I will buy a Digital SLR camera and DSLR mount for my telescope, after that I post detailed pictures.

 Important Formula:-

          The following formula is used in astronomy to calculate the magnification of your scope. The larger number the larger magnification i.e. seeing the object that much closer with the proposed distance.

 

Magnification               =       Telescope Focal Length in mm

                                                Eyepiece Focal Length in mm
Example:-

Magnification               =       350mm
                                                25mm                   =       14x

i.)        Terrestrial Objects

 

This fort named Malaikottai @ Dindigul is located some 5km from my home and it is capture on 04/02/2014 5:45 PM with 25mm eyepiece and 1.5x barrow lenses.

ii.)            Moon

The first quarter of the Moon is captured at 10.40 PM with 9m eyepiece and 3x barrow lenses.  The image may not be clear because it is captured with the Digital Camera only.

 

iii.)         Saturn

The planet Saturn is clear and larger when you see it through the telescope.  The rings of the Saturn and moons were clearly visible during the New Moon day.

 

iv.)          Sirius

The star Sirius is caught when scanning the sky.