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Sky-Watcher Explorer 130PDS

This page is a summary of all my blog posts about the Sky-Watcher Explorer 130PDS telescope or related topics.

Blog Postings

Overview

  • Sky-Watcher Explorer 130PDS Apr. 11, 2022

Improvements

  • Primary Mirror Ring Apr. 14, 2022
  • 130PDS Improvements May 1, 2022
  • Reproducible Collimation May 10, 2022

Issues

  • Ghost Reflections May 22, 2022

Technical Specs

Aperture130mm
Focal Length650mm
Focal Ratiof/5
Focuser2″ Crayford, Dual Speed
Weight3.66kg

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Categories

  • Deep Sky (188)
    • Comets (5)
    • Galaxies (56)
    • Nebulae (105)
    • Star Cluster (35)
    •  TOP 10 (10)
  •  DSO Calendar (1)
  • Equipment (51)
  • Image Processing (14)
  •  Locations (4)
  • Milky Way (13)
  • Solar System (16)
  • Various (21)

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Latest Posts

  • IC 1848 Soul Nebula
    4 months ago
  • IC 1805 Heart Nebula
    5 months ago
  • The Silver Sliver Galaxy
    5 months ago
  • M 31 Andromeda Galaxy
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  • M 33 Triangulum Galaxy
    5 months ago
  • Persei Double Cluster
    5 months ago
  • M 31 Short Exposure
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  • NGC 281 Pacman Nebula
    6 months ago
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    7 months ago
  • NGC 7380 Wizard Nebula
    7 months ago

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Categories

  • Deep Sky (188)
    • Comets (5)
    • Galaxies (56)
    • Nebulae (105)
    • Star Cluster (35)
    •  TOP 10 (10)
  •  DSO Calendar (1)
  • Equipment (51)
  • Image Processing (14)
  •  Locations (4)
  • Milky Way (13)
  • Solar System (16)
  • Various (21)

Latest Posts

  • IC 1848 Soul Nebula
    4 months ago
  • IC 1805 Heart Nebula
    5 months ago
  • The Silver Sliver Galaxy
    5 months ago
  • M 31 Andromeda Galaxy
    5 months ago
  • M 33 Triangulum Galaxy
    5 months ago

Most Viewed Last 10 Days

  • Comet Processing 208 views | posted 6 years ago
  • Stacking in PixInsight 1.8.8 41 views | posted 2 years ago
  • Review – iOptron GEM28 39 views | posted 12 months ago
  • Comet Animation Tutorial 38 views | posted 6 years ago
  • Lacerta MGEN II Auto Guider 36 views | posted 6 years ago
  • Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L 33 views | posted 6 years ago
  • My DeepSkyStacker Settings 28 views | posted 7 years ago
  • Stacking in PixInsight 26 views | posted 6 years ago
  • Remove tint in PixInsight 24 views | posted 6 years ago
  • Sky-Watcher Explorer 130PDS 23 views | posted 9 months ago

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Latest Comments

  • star-watcher on IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula: “Hi Ron Oh, then I was wrong… in the video you’ve watched the blue channel has the lowest median value.…” Jan 29, 18:51
  • Ron on IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula: “Hello Karol, I was watching this video: https://www.star-watcher.ch/image-processing/remove-cls-ccd-tint-in-pixinsight/ Thank you for pointing me to the new workflow! Cheers, Ron” Jan 27, 04:18
  • star-watcher on IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula: “Hi Ron. I assume you refer to my processing workflow video. Yes, in the video the red channel has the…” Jan 27, 00:06
  • Ron on IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula: “Thank you! I followed your procedure on my first image from Nikon D750 / Sky-Watcher 100ED of the SH2-171 nebula…” Jan 26, 23:24
  • star-watcher on Ghost Reflections: “Hello Michael, many thanks for the clarification. What I didn’t take into account is that my 130PDS has a bigger…” Nov 15, 19:01
  • Michael on Ghost Reflections: “Hello, the reason for the “ghost spike” is the secondary spider! What you normally see as bright spikes on stars…” Nov 15, 11:47
  • star-watcher on 130PDS Improvements: “Thanks for your message 🙂 With the dew shield I use, flats are possible! It’s stiff enough to keep the…” Jul 29, 16:41
  • Kristof Vandebeek on 130PDS Improvements: “Great tips – thanks for this! I recently got myself a 130 PDS with the Baader MPCC. The dew shield…” Jul 28, 20:22
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