Sunshine

This is just otherworldly beautiful, just beautiful for lack of better words.

10 minutes ago, Barry-W-Fenner said:

Hi Sunshine, is the trapezium the 4 stars in the center of orion? Or is there more to it than that, I have seen these many times but if they are not the trapezium what am I to look for?

Thank you

 

Baz

Yes, it is E and F stars in the trapezium which are the real challenge, for my eyes at least.

Keep in mind that seeing conditions are the difference between splitting on one night and not the next night, i have tried seeing the trapezium on several consecutive nights, then, one night it just popped out.

2 hours ago, johninderby said:

I just put a handle near the top. Find it easier to use than a knob as you can just rest your hand on it rather than hold it.

I keep looking at your darn pretty as heck Bresser, if there was a dob beauty contest it would clean up.

That's amazing, you've captured cloud detail, not easy with Venus.

im assuming you mean only dobs we "have" owned and not current dobs correct?.

i am not an AP expert but, a quadruplet and, a 127mm at that!  for that price seems a bit like buying that "Rolex" watch from the guy on the corner.

4 hours ago, Davey-T said:

But why does everything spin to start with 

All masses in space distort the fabric of spacetime, the classical example would be the heavy ball placed on a taught sheet of fabric. The ball creates a well in the fabric, objects fall into an orbit around the ball falling toward the centre. In the case of our solar system, the most massive object being the sun, at the centre, the planets follow the well created in the fabric of space in circles around the sun. With respect to the spinning motion of galaxies, i would assume that such a well created by a galaxy would become more severe towards the centre of a galaxy due to the much higher concentration of stars towards the core of a galaxy. I imagine a huge well, being deepest at the core of a galaxy where stars are much closer, their proximity and concentration would mimic a single gargantuan mass. This i imagine would set into motion all other stars out to the edge of said galaxy in a circular motion, slowly falling towards the centre.

Thats a cracking first shot!

Nifty!

34 minutes ago, LukeSkywatcher said:

This just arrived. Anyone care to guess what it is? I certainly wouldn't have known had I not had a certain need and looked it up..

I have no idea, maybe something to grasp or form something judging by the handle and screw for tightening it?

Is that a new cartoon coming out? sounds like it.

Yay! finally got my personal plates, FedEx came by just as I was leaving home, been waiting over a month.

Call me Arnie now! Lol

I cant say i have ever seen an amateur shot of M82 so detailed, Beautiful shot of this starburst galaxy.

Is that ever beautiful!

7 minutes ago, Demon Barber said:

Hi Sunshine, don`t waste anymore time, youi have a couple of choices ,remove alminium,carefully, and replace with a strip of laminate,having sanded the remains of any adhesive, or sand the aluminium and cover with laminate,then trim to correct width,Repace "Nylon blocks" with  virgin teflon. Try  this company for bits "

http://www.scopestuff.com/#ATM Stuff

Regards

Mike

Thanks, I realize now I mentioned those were Nylon, they are in fact Teflon, whether they're "virgin" Teflon as opposed to "sullied" Teflon, I could not say lol.

Maybe I should give the nylon pads a light sanding with a fine paper to expose a fresh layer? 

I was wondering if dob owners  with similar dob’s could weigh in on something.  The mirror box cradles on my dob rest on what seems to be nylon pads, the cradles themselves have what seems to be an aluminum strap that rests on these nylon pads. 
When using the scope, I guess the nylon wears away at the aluminum, this creates a nasty powder which ends up covering the aluminum straps and inevitably smears on my clothes when handling the mirror box, is this wear normal?. For two surfaces which shouldn’t produce too much friction, it certainly seems as though something is wearing away too quickly no?. I use a very small amount of petroleum jelly one in a while on the strap to keep movements smooth, just a thin film.

Brilliant compared to my attempt which I never revealed for fear of being arrested lol.

WOW, with that result i wonder if darks, brights, whites, flats, circulars, tubulars, bias, non bias are worth the trouble lol.

Beautiful image with amazing detail in those wisps of gas.

4 hours ago, Barry-W-Fenner said:

I managed to get out very briefly last night for about 30mins -New Dew Shield looks to be blocking out unwanted light nicely. I only had a glimpse at various stars and The stunning M45 but it was worth it. I am hoping to get some good viewing in tonight. Fingers crossed the sky stays clear today. 

 

A pic of my 8" Dob and huge 40" dob attached 🙂🙂🙂

 

baz

I have to say, this is the first time I've seen a Dob with a dew shield.

4 hours ago, Carl Reade said:

Love to see some spectrum guys results here. It does look dim to the naked eye. Are we in for a big bang?

Maybe, I know one thing for sure, it could have already happened, just like it could in a hundred thousand years.

That comparison would be interesting to see, i hope someone has that for you.

There's a glitch in the Matrix but, otherwise, it is a beautiful image!