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Originally Posted by skrap1r0n
Ok aside from some pretty healthy Binoculars mounted on a tripod, we have one of these
It's a 4.5 inch reflector on a dodgey equatorial mount. So my question is this...would it be better, as a beginner, to leave this on the mount it has, or try to build a small Dob mount for it?
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Try it first to see how stable it is before you decide to change the mount.
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Originally Posted by skrap1r0n
I haven't really used this scope at all. It belongs to my girlfriends son, and he got bored with it real quick because he couldn't figure it out, so in the closet it went. So my other question is, what kind or detail can you pick out with a 4.5 reflector? Can you see saturns rings? Bands on Jupiter?
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Yes to both, especially if it's a decent mirror and properly collimated. Also Jupiter's Galilean moons (but you can also see those in 10x50 binocs). As for Saturn's moons, at least Titan, maybe a couple of others if seeing is good.
Nick
PS: what kind of eyepieces do you have?