Hi im new, just registered and im looking for some advice. I've been shopping around on the net for weeks and weeks for a good first telescope and Ive managed to narrow myself down to two that both look pretty good but just cant decide which one to go for. Can anybody offer me any advice between the two telescopes in the title? From what i can gather, putting design and aesthetics aside, these two are quite similar optically, despite the 127 being slightly more expensive. any help would be much
what a pain in th ars@ the philips spc web cam is!! wasted good 2 hours messing with the blumming thing, trying to get a image of m42, strange thing though Saturday got image of Sirius and Betelgeuse, stars, but cant remember what i did to pick up stars. So frustrating. Had a look at Saturn tonight coming up early now. Quite good clear night, WASTED.
Hi all, looking at telescopes and stuff found this on e-bay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Meade-Celestron-Telescope-Rotating-8ft-12ft-Observatory-/320670685347?pt=UK_Telescopes&hash=item4aa97658a3#ht_6280wt_932 so if you have a kids trampoline and a climbing frame, you too can build one! i am quite impressed at this.
a few pics a got posted to photobucket heres the link and hope ya enjoy a had a great night,the cloud came in to spoil it as normal but a tried a few color filters to see what a would get was great night thanks pat . http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/todd8137/the%20moon%2019th%20march%202011/
Hi all, yes it was blinding! came up about 7pm. above the houses, had to put filters on, a bit of a yellowish glow, some cloud about which spoilt the view, got more footage with the philips spc web cam 900. Waited it out for Saturn to come up, struggling to see it with finder scope, had to use binoes to work out where to put scope, on full power 9 mm x2 Barlow, just about saw it yellowish blob!! that was around 9.00pm
March 18, 2011
11:00pm - 12:00am
For weeks now, I heard that the moon trajectory around the earth was going to bring it approximately 7000 km closer to the earth. Astronomers are well aware that the closest approach from our natural satellite to the earth is called a perigee and that this happens once a year. However, on Saturday (yes that's today) at 3pm, the moon will be the closest it has been for eighteen years! It will be 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than lesser full
Hi all, been out with spc 900 web cam, finally got some footage of moon, and Sirius,and Betelgeuse. had to shorten the truss tube on my heritage 130p by 70mm and strip a barlow down to get cam up and away from focuser, got set up on moon , bit of gain and exposure and THE CLOUDS ROLLED IN:clouds2: :mad:what a pain, been struggling for weeks with this cam,:icon_scratch: any way had a go at jupiter, trying to find mercury, in low west horizon after sun set still no joy.:dontknow:Finally got some
Just starting out using an old telescope I got for free. If I like it I hope to do some astrophtography. Im just finding out how hard it is though. I could not even find the moon tonight. I live in Fife. Any tips for good locations would be welcome
Hello, 2mths ago I nearly ordered a HEQ5 mount, unfortunatley due to car problems that didnt permit me to purchase at the time. However, im now looking to purchase but everything has changed seemingly regarding the mount. The price has increased by at least £50 AND im being told its no longer available(ie pro on)and worst of all, companies are telling me it no longer has a polar scope. I cant ever get through to the company dispatching these but the above is what im told from one company, anothe
Haha how quick am I? I didn't even notice there was a place for a blog on here until now. Not very astronomy related for my first post though. I was just getting into the forum and then I got ill and had some family problems. All sorted now though - still feel a bit groggy (still unable to determine what it actually was) but am looking forward to catching up on everything I've missed and continuing the hunt for my first scope! :)
Got out again on Sunday evening. Having read the manual, I discovered a setting in the software that automatically applies a stretch to the image you see (without affecting the original data). That made quite a difference!! Focussing was a beast. The camera takes continuous images and there is a counter that goes up as you get more in focus. I was using Sirius (nice and bright). However, the counter kept changing (sometimes quite dramatically) every time it took a new shot. Well, I did the
hi all had a great night out last night got a few pics a say a few about 300 all in all,well it started with a few day shots of the moon just to get the focus right ect and to test some day time settings worked well.a took a few moreof the moon as it got dark then decided to have a go at pleaides got a few not brill but its a start,a now no and recorded down the settings for next time m42 was the next one a got about 100 shots of this more than 4 secs with no goto is a pain.the baterries were de
14th March 2011 Tried a few images tonight using the prime focus method. I am having trouble finding Nebula with the Live View on the new DSLR camera. I found the Orion Nebula with my 20mm lens, but lost it when I swapped to the camera lens. I think my main problem is the spotter scope. The spotter scope I received with the main telescope from Celestron is useless, I can't align it very easily. It always seems to be a few degrees out. I lost Orion below the horizon after numerous attempts, fort
11th March Picked up my T-pice and T-ring from work today. Great service from First Light Optics, cheap price and 2 Day delivery. Looking forward to another clear night....... ..... ..... .... Still waiting ..... .......
8th march Reliased I needed a T eye piece and T-ring for the Cannon EOS 1000D camera, looking to order from somewhere. Still, I'm managing to take some shots with just the Camera on its own, linked to my laptop. Having a lot of fun, although proably getting funny looks from the neighbours. I'll have to hold a street star party to give them peace of mind.
6th March 2011 Woolsthorpe Manor I Visited the home of Sir Isaac Newton today. Amazing to think I stood next to the same Apple Tree as the man himself did over 300 years ago.
27th February 2011 Luckily a clear night, managed to spot Saturn this morning @04:56 in the south. Using a 20mm lens and my webcam again, I had a shot at getting an image. Although the image was clear using the lens and my eye, the Webcam wasn't so good.
24th January 2011 Chuffed tonight, really clear night, managed to spot Jupiter tonight in the south. Using my trusty webcam I had a go at getting an image. I think I also caught some of Jupiters moons aswell.
21st January 2011 After checking some videos on the sky at night website, I decided to see if I could find the double stars Mizar & Alcor in Ursa Major (The big dipper). To my surprise, I did manage to locate the two stars, which are supposedly caught in each others gravitational pull. I must admit I am amazed to think the two stars I was looking at are actually caught in a tug of war with each other. I also watched a video tonight that explains that each star is also a separate binary syste
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