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What can I see through a 130mm reflector

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M8 Lagoon Nebula5. Double Cluster in Perseus6. Uranus and Neptune (Neptune can be difficult, but patience will be rewarded)7. M13 Hercules Cluster (may not see much detail, but should be easy to find)8.......
My dad and I ordered an Orion SpaceProbe 130ST Equatorial Reflector Telescope today. I have a pretty old 60mm refractor right now and have seen several things like Saturn, the moon, etc.... Anyway, will I see things a lot better and with more detail, or will it just be barely noticeable?

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Well it's certainly going to be better. It will gather more than 4 times the amount of dim light of your prior scope, so you will be able to see some things that you could not see before. It will not be like the Hubble, but what the heck, you have to start somewhere.

Here are a few suggestions for objects that you will certainly be able to see now that you may not have seen before:

1. M42 Orion Nebula
2. M31 Andromeda Galaxy
3. M45 Pleiades open cluster
4. M8 Lagoon Nebula
5. Double Cluster in Perseus
6. Uranus and Neptune (Neptune can be difficult, but patience will be rewarded)
7. M13 Hercules Cluster (may not see much detail, but should be easy to find)
8. Lots of other star clusters like M11 and M35.

In general, these targets are best at your lowest magnification (Neptune may be an exception). In order to observe these objects, you will need lots of patience and a good guide book. I would recommend the book "Nightwatch" by T. Dickinson. Very easy to use, and very helpful.

Good Luck and Clear Skies!

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This is quite a nice telescope -- I owned one for a while. It has two main drawbacks: its mount is a complicated and undersized equatorial mount. The same optics are now available on a Dobsonian mount, which I would prefer:
http://www.opticsplanet.net/bushnell-dob…
Its other drawback is its short focal ratio, which makes it hard to achieve high magnifications without fairly expensive eyepieces. The eyepieces provided will give you 26x and 65x. You should consider a good quality 5 mm eyepiece like the Orion Edge-On Planetary:
http://www.telescope.com/5mm-Orion-Edge-…
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