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Telescope Accessories


To fully enjoy the performance and capability of your telescope you could take advantage from installing some accessories to it. There is a big variety offered from electronic telescope drives to observing chairs, color filters to scope cases, everything that a well-equipped stargazer and terrestrial observer could want. A star map, a Moon filter or a power- doubling barlow lens can make an enormous difference to how you observe the sky.

 

At first when you are just starting your astronomic research and are just getting to know your telescope, you probably do not need a photometer or a spectroscope at the beginning, but the more you start to explore the sky the more equipped with telescope accessories you want to be to record every single discovery you do. The offered accessories divide into five broad categories: mounts, drive systems, computer- driven mounts, filters and eyepieces. Mount can not be defined as an accessory as it is a necessity if you do not enjoy carrying your telescope around on your shoulder. Also just carrying it around may result in some parts of the telescope breaking.

 

So think about how you will use your telescope and investigate what kind of telescope accessories are most compatible with the way you use your telescope.


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Comment by: tony
2007-05-03 23:11
have an old 4.5" 114mm 910 focal length EQ reflector with a broken rack&pinion focuser.after market focusers have a square base,this one has a round base.the manufacturer (orion)says im outta luck and I might be able to find what I need on the net...any helpwould be great.........thx


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