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@hfjacinto, wow nice setup and really good pictures. Impressive. My dream to get such equipments. In the short term, I'm happy to hear that I'm not the only crazy guy spending all free time over an eyepiece. Astronomy and numismatics are time consuming hobbies  Below my homemade telescope, with commercial mirrors. 13" Dobson. I'm more a classical observer. @Sue... with your telescope you can try open cluster. Few of them are really nice with a wide field telescope. I don't know if you already use SkySafary application, but it's really usefull.  Edited by SP67
04/25/2021 07:09 am
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 United Kingdom
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SP67 it's truly an antique 4.5 inch famously useless in its supplied 4mm 25mm and Barlow. It's a pure pain to operate. If I can make enough selling Dads coins am getting a decent Celestron Dobsonia with hi specs automation. Am used to the cold. But 4 nights Automated exposures are total nuts!
Sue x
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If you think 4 nights is tough, try 2 years although not all together :)  Edited by hfjacinto
04/25/2021 3:16 pm
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@Sue.... I understand exactly what you mean. I have the big brother of your telescope. Tasco 4.25" f/8. This is the first one I got in 1982. The optics is not too bad, but the mount horrible.... And I never used the 4 mm eyepiece or barlow.... If you change your mount, the telescope itself is probably good. @hfjacinto How many shots did you co-add to get your planet pictures.  Edited by SP67
04/25/2021 6:03 pm
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@sp67, I believe her telescope is a Bird/Jones next which is probably one of the most comprised designs. Its limited by the fast optics and the corrector in the focuser. Its not worth spending money on a Bird/Jones newt. You're better off getting a 6" DOB as it will work better. For the planets, I used a monochrome video camera and filters. Took probably about 30 minutes and 1000's of images which I stacked. The planets are about many and fast the DSO stuff is fewer but many hours.  |
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I have no clue about what you all all talking about...But I love the photos hjf  |
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@hfjacinto .... I don't know if it's a Bird Jones configuration. I was not thinking about an expensive tripod, but a basic small homemade Dobson instead. Her telescope is quite compact compared to mine. Much better for travel and summer holidays.
I know planets and DSO (Deep Space Object) are different beasts. I was just wondering if you were using video cam to grab your planets. With modern software, even a classical webcam can now do a really good job with planets.
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@hfjacinto .... I don't know if it's a Bird Jones configuration. I was not thinking about an expensive tripod, but a basic small homemade Dobson instead. Her telescope is quite compact compared to mine. Much better for travel and summer holidays. I'm pretty certain its a Bird Jones, what that is, is a very fast (F4 or slower) with a corrector lens in the focuser. The fast mirror makes lots of coma, so you have basically a Barlow in the corrector which doubles the focal ratio. Fast reflectors have been around (you can get them down to F3), but they are very hard on eyepeices, so you need a PARACORR to correct the coma for them to be good. A bird/jones just uses a 2X barlow or something like that which really just magnifies a mushy image. Honestly for travel a nice pair of Binoculars are better than a scope unless you plan some long observing sessions. @Greasy, here are a few more pictures.  The below, the little black dot is mercury crossing in front of the sun.    |
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Checking in! Astrophotography nut here as well! A few of my telescopes...  My first serious set up - Yep all film 8" Meade SCT LX-200 F/6.3.  Observatory I built with my friend at his house near by. 6" APO Refractor.  My backyard in the summer with my portable rigs, 11" SCT reflector and a 4" APO refractor (sometimes I have a 3" refractor on instead).  The 16" astrograph (in storage now) when it was set up at iTelescope in Australia for remote imaging.  The newest scope a Planewave 20" undergoing testing before the new Planewave mount arrives. Observatory North of me at my friends farm about 30 miles away. Remotely run if needed.  Shot of the Southern sky from Sidings Springs in Australia, this is a Bernard 35 in Orion with the 16" It's almost straight up in the sky there.  The Pleadies (aka: Subaru, M45 or the 7 sisters)  Two of my favorite galaxies M81 and M82 (aka; Bodes galaxy and the Cigar). "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
04/26/2021 1:45 pm
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United Kingdom
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Haha we hijacked a Coin Forum for our deep sky antics!
Pretty amazing that Proxima B a red dwarf 4 light years away just ejected the largest CME ever seen.
It has habitable planets. 2 that we know off.
I apologise to the coin forum. We just like space.
The posted images are out of this world and remind me that people are like me. Imagineers and romantic dreamers.
Sue x
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"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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First I want to say what wonderful pictures you shared! I had this an 2019 Apollo Open House by Daniel Carr along with his 2019 KOTCT witch. Anyway thank you for sharing the wonderful pictures out in space.  Edited by Gluggo
04/27/2021 02:04 am
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United Kingdom
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Stunning images. Humbling to look at but joyous,
The joy of a photon which is able to reach light speed therefore has no mass smashed into your scopes. The tragedy is those photons had lived existence in their frame as zero existence..
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"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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