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Beginners Guide and Tutorial for Reflector, Refractor, and Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes, Alt-Azimuth and Equatorial mounts, benefits, and comparisons.

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Venus and the crescent moon observed through a 6mm Orion Expanse eyepiece using an 8 inch zhumell dobsonian.

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http://www.jr.com/meade-goto-telescope/pe/MEE_20125/?JRSource=yt

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Unboxing Celestron’s CGEM-800 Schmidt-Cassegrain reflecting telescope, with 2″ tripod, German equatorial mount, Celestron’s Power Tank 17 and the Eyepiece Accessory Kit, as well as a few other accessories.

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A summary of the setup process for the Celestron CGEM-800 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope (SCT) and German equatorial mount system, as well as Celestron’s excellent heavy-duty tripod.

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Our first attempt at recording the moon through an eyepiece using our new telescope. We first used a 6 mm Orion Expanse eyepiece to observe the moon, then a 2.3 Celestron X-Cel eyepiece during the later parts of the video.

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If you’re looking for a dual-purpose telescope appropriate for both terrestrial and celestial viewing, then the AstroMaster Series is for you. Each AstroMaster model is capable of giving correct views of land and sky.

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This is a big dobsonian reflector, the biggest that Meade sells. You may get awesome experiences seeing through this instrument in a dark night.

Have a look at my astrophotography pictures here: http://www.awesky.com/ComputerPhysicsLab/

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