Hello everybody!
I am a fresh one here and I will appreciate if you kindly help me with something. I have recently acquired an SK1309EQ2 f/7, Newtonian, here it is (http://www.skywatchertelescope.net/1309EQ2.html) and I couldn’t use it a lot due to bad weather. There was only one night when I could see the full moon together with the Saturn nearby and that with the 10 mm eyepiece and not for a long time since a cloud decided it was enough (there’s another 25 mm one and a 2x Barlow I had not the chance to use). Now, my doubt is if it is a good one and what can I see with it, for instance what detail in Saturn’s rings and so one. And how can I protect it better from dust?
Thanks a lot!

To protect it from dust, store it with a cap over the end. A plastic bag and rubber band should work.

You will be able to see that Saturn has rings. You should be able to see a lot of other things as well, for example, you should be able to see all or almost all of the Messier objects. If you know where to look.

As in other threads, I would recommend you get a copy of the book Turn Left at Orion to help you find objects with your scope.

On other suggestion would be to check the collimation.

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I have seen Saturn's rings during the night I was talking about, but I was thinking of something more specific, like Saturn's or Jupiter's moons.
Anyway,thanks a lot for answering and for the Messier issue. I didn't know I could see almost all of them with this scope.
Thanks!

Jupiter's moons are easy in any scope (even in binoculars). Just look for one to four bright dots lined up with the equatorial belts.
Saturn's moons are more difficult because they are a lot fainter and Saturn's equatorial plane does not line up with us right now, so they are spread all around the planet. Both Sky & Telescope and Astronomy magazines have monthly finder charts for the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. The Cassini division between Saturn's A and B rings should be visible on nights of good seeing.

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Saturn's and Jupiter's moons can be simulated by a Java app at Castle Point astronomy

http://www.cpac.org.uk/

See Sky & Telescope's on-line applications for data on Jupiter's satellites and transits of the CM by the GRS. The positions of Saturn's satellites are also available.

Dave Mitsky

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