NGC 1663
Use your telescope rigs to see how this object appears.
Telescope setups ranked by optical compatibility with this target.
Beginner Astrophotography Rig
A forgiving first deep-sky imaging setup. The RedCat 51's short focal length hides the polar-alignment and guiding errors everyone makes early on, and the ASI533MC's square sensor fits its circular field almost exactly — no awkward corners to crop.
6 components
Beginner Backyard Observer
A complete 8" Dobsonian package on a smooth alt-az base — the classic best-value first telescope. Eight inches of aperture shows the Moon and planets in detail and pulls in bright galaxies and nebulae, and it comes ready to observe out of the box. Paired here with a wide 2" low-power eyepiece and a sharp high-power eyepiece to cover the whole range.
4 components
Galaxy Hunter
A long-focal-length one-shot-color imaging rig built around the Celestron EdgeHD 9.25. The flat, edge-corrected field and a 0.7x reducer bring galaxies and compact planetary nebulae within reach, while the EQ6-R Pro carries the tube steadily through long exposures.
7 components
Planetary Imaging Setup
High frame-rate planetary imaging. The C8 gives 2032mm of focal length and the 2x Barlow doubles it, putting the image at roughly f/20 — about where the ASI662MC's 2.9-micron pixels stop throwing away detail. The camera runs fast and clean, which is what lets you keep only the sharpest frames.
4 components