Pankaj

One word for this pic --- Awesome !!

I always wanted to do NGC 1273. This one has come up nice without tracking. What was the equipment used ? 

I consider a dob to be an astronomers best friend for the sheer leverage we get in terms of setting it up and of course the aperture. Even if you get a computerized mount my friend, polar alignment, star alignment etc; will come as added baggage to your hobby. Go slow to enjoy this hobby to its fullest. I have owned a dob for many years and believe me, the 8'' you have will show you some extremely pleasing views.....depending upon how dark your skies are. My 10'' dob gives outstanding results when I view from bortle 2 skies. Best of luck with your new hobby.

awesome. well shot.

excellent shots

Thanks a ton.

Watch the match....ICC World cup...heading to unbelievable finish...

amazing photo

Good evening.  Shown below is photo of Andromeda Galaxy I shot last year. Near the core of its satellite galaxy M110, I have marked a star. I was unable to identify this star. Would help if some one can tell if its a foreground star. I have searched the net to see some more pics of M110. This star seems to be there in some photos whereas in some pics its not seen. 

Hi. I am new to planetary imaging especially using softwares like PIPP, Autostakkert, Registax etc.

Yesterday I took a video of Jupiter. Processed in PIPP and then Autostakkert. Later imported the TIFF file to Registax but was unable to pull out any detail on Jupiter. Attached is the image after Autostakkert converted to TIFF. Is this of any value ? Or should I trash it ?

JUPITERMVI_0732_pipp_ulrg_g4_ap36.tif

Hi YASH. Welcome to this wonderful forum. 

Excellent post. Couldn't be explained in a better manner. Thanks Qualia.

excellent educative writing. Thanks. 

I am using a 5" / 1050mm reflector. 'Seeing conditions' do matter a ton. 3 days back, the sky was absolutely clear after one full day of rain. All the dust had settled down. Though in live in an urban setting, but thought of trying my luck with the ring nabula. And bingo....it was right there in the scope, in the first attempt. Looked like a small hazy star at 42x. However with a 6mm Ultrawide EP, it almost filled 50% of the FOV. Amazing view.