The Astronomy Thread
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This is probably a good place to post this.
I get a newsletter (cuz it's fucking 1995) every week with rocket launches everywhere on earth. Specifically I'm looking for launches from Vandenburg CA as I can see them from my house in SNV. Well there is one set for 7:35PM right at sunset where I'll get the perfect 'jelly fish' glow. I set up my table to stream the launch , and a tripod with my phone to video the whole thing so I can post it here. Then I look at SpaceX and it's not there.
I got my timezones all fucked up
It was last night.
DOH!
I get a newsletter (cuz it's fucking 1995) every week with rocket launches everywhere on earth. Specifically I'm looking for launches from Vandenburg CA as I can see them from my house in SNV. Well there is one set for 7:35PM right at sunset where I'll get the perfect 'jelly fish' glow. I set up my table to stream the launch , and a tripod with my phone to video the whole thing so I can post it here. Then I look at SpaceX and it's not there.
I got my timezones all fucked up
It was last night.
DOH!
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First time telescoper here, just picked up a Heritage 150P w/ some extra accessories. Excited for what I'll be able to see when I go camping out in Utah this summer. I saw a lot of folks recommending scopes like the AD8, which looks sick, but I'm not taking something that big camping lol.
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Had to look it up. A dob mounted scope will not have the tracking to take deep sky pics. You can take moon, some plants like Saturn and such.
Fitting a camera, either smartphone or a CCD scope to that is beyond my thing. WWW.cloudynights.com is a great place to look up stuff under various topics. They are owned by astronomics now which is an astronomy retailer that sells a lot of stuff at a fair price that not too long ago was prohibitly expensive. I got an email the other day for a 6" APO refractor (apocrhomatic and not achromatic, achromatic have more falso color and falls in line now with department store scopes), while not dirt cheap in the days I was learning to use a scope would have cost between a car and a house or close to it. I think it was $3,500 or so. And an APO refractor is a very nice scope with a lot being used for deep sky imaging.
A dob is a fanatic place to start. Especially one you can take with you to darker areas, or even outside and not have to lug around. Get a real planisphere to see what is out in the night sky for your time/location. Or use the apps on phones to do the same thing and ID what you are looking at.
I'm a big dob fan. The best telescope will be the one you actually get to use and feel like carrying out and such. The "best" telescope you won't use are the expensive ones, that take a mount to take good astrophotography that weigh 50 pounds or more plus counterweights, batteries, etc...See where I am going. Enjoy the night sky with it.
They make a variety of sizes and cost. Something like this, this is just the first one that came up with a search. Or use your phone as I said.
Fitting a camera, either smartphone or a CCD scope to that is beyond my thing. WWW.cloudynights.com is a great place to look up stuff under various topics. They are owned by astronomics now which is an astronomy retailer that sells a lot of stuff at a fair price that not too long ago was prohibitly expensive. I got an email the other day for a 6" APO refractor (apocrhomatic and not achromatic, achromatic have more falso color and falls in line now with department store scopes), while not dirt cheap in the days I was learning to use a scope would have cost between a car and a house or close to it. I think it was $3,500 or so. And an APO refractor is a very nice scope with a lot being used for deep sky imaging.
A dob is a fanatic place to start. Especially one you can take with you to darker areas, or even outside and not have to lug around. Get a real planisphere to see what is out in the night sky for your time/location. Or use the apps on phones to do the same thing and ID what you are looking at.
I'm a big dob fan. The best telescope will be the one you actually get to use and feel like carrying out and such. The "best" telescope you won't use are the expensive ones, that take a mount to take good astrophotography that weigh 50 pounds or more plus counterweights, batteries, etc...See where I am going. Enjoy the night sky with it.
They make a variety of sizes and cost. Something like this, this is just the first one that came up with a search. Or use your phone as I said.
Miller Planisphere 40N/10.5 - Astronomical Star Chart for Sky Enthusiasts & | eBay
This interactive guide to the heavens displays the position of the stars 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Miller Planisphere is a deluxe, all plastic wheel chart as seen in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Use it to identify the stars and planets & discover constellations.
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