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Astro Imp

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  1. 16 hours ago, Hadron said:

    May I be so bold as to submit this fine offering? I'm sure you'll all agree it's a stunning example showing M13 in all its glory taken with an iPhone se hand held at the eyepiece. With perfection such as this you have to wonder why anyone would go to the time and expense of the space based observatories (does anyone honestly believe the James Webb Space Telescope will be able to do any better?) :happy6:

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    With results like this available on an iPhone why do the imagers amongst us spend a fortune to engage their passion?

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  2. 16 hours ago, adder001 said:

    Heres mine. A bit pathetic really when compared to some of the scopes on show here but when you add in an enthusiatic 9 year old and it's brilliant. This was looking at Saturn under a really dark sky and it was fantastic.

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    That's terrific, it's not about the gear but the observing experience.

    Good to see another young enthusiast enjoying the night.

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  3. Thank you for taking the trouble to detail all your ups and downs in so much detail.

    Well done on completing a fantastic scope.

    I've followed this thread together with your mirror grind and am delighted to see the finished product and wish you many well earned clear skies and happy hours observing.

     

     

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  4. Well done Damian, I have been following your exploits from the start and am in awe of your determination and "stickability", you fully deserve the enjoyment you are sure to have when using the finished scope.

    I will be following your scope build as avidly as this thread.

    Again well done and enjoy the fruits of your labour.

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  5. I can only say absolutely superb Damien, will love to see it when finished. Progress reports are excellent (even if I haven't got a clue what you are talking about on the technical side lol) still great read to follow.

    Eric

    ^^^

    Couldn't agree more, I have followed this thread from the outset and have felt the pain and given a little cheer when there has been good news to share. 

    Good luck Damien we're all rooting for you.

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  6. Hi Janie, loved your first light report, have only just seen it.

    Please be aware that what you see through the scope will bear no relation to the colour images in magazines and posted in the imaging section here. A more realistic representation is that provided by astro sketches. Here are all the Messier objects(M numbers) produced by one of our members:- http://www.pbase.com/mike73/messier_sketches

    BTW you can find Jupiter in the east from about 10pm, use Stellarium to see exactly where.

    Good luck and keep having fun.

  7. Hi Janie and welcome. 

    I feel your excitement together with a certain amount of trepidation on what we have let ourselves in for. We all had this feeling to start with but with the help of the good people here at SGL there is really nothing too difficult to enjoying this wonderful hobby.

    If you are completely new to the night sky Stellarium is a great free planetarium program which maps out the sky above you:- http://www.stellarium.org/

    Good luck, have fun and remember any problems just ask.

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  8. Thanks for all the responses I have one more question on my mind when polar aligning through the polar scope your aligning your mounts RA in relation to polaris's transit time correct? Does this mean after polar aligning you only use DEC Axis? Im finding it difficult to understand if you were to slew to a celestial object after alignment your mount would move in RA/DEC (Depending on where the object is in the sky) but lets say the mount has to move in RA/DEC how can the alignment still be held? 

    Your mount doesn't move once you polar align, it's the telescope that moves.

    I know it does your head in to start with but once the penny drops all becomes clear.

    I would suggest that you set your mount up in daylight and do a "dummy polar align" (point north using a compass and set your declination to that of Glasgow. Now move your telescope using the RA and Dec controls. Watch what happens to the mount. it doesn't move.

    HTH

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