Sunshine

Welcome to SGL! it is never too late to buy a telescope and discover the night sky, you chose well in the telescopes you bought!

Impressive! sharp as a tack, great images.

It would certainly seem so, it does look identical to the one on the box and it says Telestar.

Ignore this, I didn't notice the responses.

Beautiful!

That is awesome! look at the detail in those dust lanes, a beautiful image!

Welcome to SGL! it’s always so satisfying to hear when a parent seeks to nourish a child’s interest then finds themselves caught up in it 😂 you both will have so much fun!. 
 

You could not have picked a better scope.

How are you getting on with your scope? if I may ask.

This is your first DSO image? am i reading correctly? this is what I would call starting of with a bang! this is impressive.

Beautiful!

Yes I do agree, though the Webb is a technical miracle it scares me to think what would happen if one of its many post launch flower like unfolding maneuvers goes wrong. At the distance it will be compared to hubble, 

will be no rescue mission, what then? 25 years and billions down the drain? unimaginable. When I watched an animation of the month long unfolding procedure as it makes its way to its position, I almost felt sick about

the prospect for something going wrong with such a complex series of events.

8 minutes ago, gorann said:

Getting ready for darkness with the dual RASA8/ASI2600MC rig. One laptop for each camera and one for the mount and PHD2, to play it safe. The moon is out so IDAS NBZ filters are on (for catching Ha and Oiii). I attach an image (LBN406) of what they caught a few days ago before the moon made its comeback.

Cheers, Göran

That rig is the very definition of the word impressive! and your image is beautiful!

Great image!

Congratulations on your new scope! isn't it the most exciting thing? unboxing a new telescope!.

Welcome to the 102mm owners club,  a small but fierce lot who's scopes often punch above their aperture class 😂 

Cant wait for first light report!

On 14/09/2021 at 16:51, Alien 13 said:

I just hope they have a backup, its often just as cheap to make more than one..

Alan

“First rule of government spending, why make one when you can make two at twice the cost”

S.R. Hadden  (Contact)

A big welcome to SGL!

On 08/10/2021 at 10:08, FLO said:

We have more StellaMira (and StellaLyra) products in the pipeline but are unable to share info today. Sorry. 

Aw c'mon! we're not talking nuclear submarine propulsion systems here!

These are some stunning images!

I'm not just bias because of my scope but, this makes no sense at all, imagine how long it would take to carry out a meaningful test of all these scopes while keeping in mind seeing conditions, eyepieces, diagonals, focal lengths etc.

It would be a monumental undertaking.

7 hours ago, Basementboy said:

Haha – uh ... why would you be LIVING with him?

Cause if i bought another scope my wife would kick me out 🤣

Nice! if pop's ever wants to sell it PM me, I live just minutes outside of Toronto!

On second thought, considering my latest scope expenditures I don't think your father would want me living with him.

Nice and sharp!

It's wonderful!

Welcome to SGL!

Welcome back!