A trio of beginner refractor telescopes in moonlight: The Explore Scientific FirstLight 80mm, the Meade StarPro 90mm, and the Orion VersaGo E 90mm, as examples of the decent starter scopes on alt-azimuth mounts, and with 80mm to 90mm apertures. Taken for book illustrations, August 28, 2020 from home under the light of a waxing gibbous Moon.
A trio of beginner refractor telescopes in moonlight: The Explore Scientific FirstLight 80mm, the Meade StarPro 90mm, and the Orion VersaGo E 90mm, as examples of the decent starter scopes on alt-azimuth mounts, and with 80mm to 90mm apertures. Taken for book illustrations, August 28, 2020 from home at sunset on a partly cloudy evening.
A trio of telescope types in moonlight: The Celestron NexStar 6SE Schmidt-Cassegrain, the Sky-Watcher 8-inch Flextube Dobsonian, and the SharpStar 76mm EDPH on the Sky-Watcher HEQ5 mount, as examples of the three main optical systems: catadioptric, reflector and refractor; and three main mounting systems: fork, Dobsonian and German equatorial. Also showing telescopes for visual use (on the left) and the refractor for photographic use, with camera. Also showing computerized GoTo with the Celestron and HEQ5 mount vs basic manual with the Dobsonian. Taken for book illustrations, August 27, 2020 from home under the light of a waxing gibbous Moon.
