Personal Background: My current 'scope, Orion Sky Quest XT12 Intelli Scope, is the 3rd telescope I've owned. Living 40-something miles outside of Chicago has always presented challenges with stargazing so I've always held to the notion that the bigger the tube and the more filters you have will generally yield a good night under the stars! My first scope was a Sears catalog special. but I saw Saturn hanging in the eyepiece when I was 14 and that did it for me! 25 years later I'm lugging around a 12 Dob. ;-) General thoughts on the XT12i: Let me start by saying IT' S BIG! OH YEAH! Bigger is better. It's simple too. Simple is better. It's got a fancy focuser with very big, rubber wrapped adjustment knobs that can handle both 1 1/4 and 2 eyepieces. The metal tube is an upgrade from the previous model which was paper- based. I feel the metal tube reacts very, very quickly to temperature differences so you won't get any thermal interference from the metal tube. There's a computer aided guide to help move you thru the night. It directs YOU not the scope. More on that later. Sturdy: Yes and No. I'm a bit worried the enormous metal tube may dent if I run into it with something. I keep the 'scope in my office and it's pretty hard not to see it but so far it's been pretty resilient to the bumps I've inadvertently given it. I upgraded the mirror collimation springs to thicker, firmed springs because I felt the OEM springs were too weak for such a very heavy hunk of glass. After the upgrade, I haven't had to recollimate for a year. No kidding. When carried to your viewing site (ugg, it's heavy) and it's set up and tightened, it's got a very solid feel to it. The weight is no doubt the reason. Altitude adjustments are smooth as silk. Azimuth are smooth as well. But when you try to do a combo altitude/azimuth move, it seems like the action imparts a bit more torque than the smooth.
Give your Intelli Scope Dobsonian telescope a brain! Simply plug the Computerized Object Locator into the base of most Sky Quest Intelli Scope Dobsonian telescopes (not compatible with XX12i Intelli Scope) and you're all set to locate and view any of 14,000 celestial objects in seconds. You just select an object to view from the menu buttons, press Enter, then move the telescope in the direction of the guide arrows on the liquid crystal display. In seconds, the Intelli Scope's two high-resolution, 9,216-step digital encoders pinpoint the object, placing it right in the telescope's field of view. The Computerized Object Locator's database includes a lifetime of celestial objects to view: 837 stars (including double and variable stars 7,840 NGC objects, 5,386 IC objects, 101 Messier objects, 8 major planets, and 99 user-entered objects. It features illuminated buttons and a backlit, two-line liquid crystal display ( LCD). The intuitive menu buttons allow selection of objects by type (e.g., Planet, Nebula, Cluster, Galaxy) or catalog number (e.g., M57, NGC 253). Press the Tour button to select one of 12 tours of the best objects visible in any given month. Or use the ID button to find out what object you're viewing, if you're not sure. The LCD screen provides information about the objects you see, including object type, common name (if any magnitude, constellation, and a brief visual description. Whether you are an entry-level or expert astronomer, the Computerized Object Locator makes observing the night sky with your Intelli Scope Dobsonian easier and more fun. It will enable you to view many more celestial curiosities in an evening - and in a lifetime - than you ever could before. And it's faster, quieter, easier, more reliable, and eats fewer batteries than those motorized pointing systems on other brands of computerized telescopes. The Intelli Scope Computerized Object.
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