Welcome everyone, here's my quick review of my Orion XT8i telescope. This is a fantastic telescope that gives you the full telescope experience, with a smidge of automation should you choose to use it.
Great video! Keep it up. Make more videos like this. I’m getting more serious with the hobby. Looking at getting one of these right now. I was surprised to hear you mention the Everglades. I’m in the west palm beach area and I know there is a lot of really dark sky in the center of the state. Cool stoplight btw. Cheers
Hello ... thanks for the review. I have my eye on one of these scopes. I wondered once you find a a deep sky object how difficult is it to keep it in the view? With the dob there is no tracking and no alignment knobs correct?
Hi, does the telescope need to be completely level for the computerized locator to work? For e.g. can you use it on a drive way which would be a little inclined for example.
A slight incline is ok, as level as possible is always good, but it's actually using your scope moving "fully vertical" as its main reference point (unlike an equatorial alignment), so slightly less than flat ground is ok 👍
