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Using the Celestron AstroMaster 102AZ achro. They have all been taken with a Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, handheld over various eyepieces. Most have been edited to enhance contrast, sharpness, some have been stacked. Hope you like em'!

Its an AstroMaster 102 refractor, 660mm fl

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It does kind of look like that, if it is pinched optics, can it be fixed?

I see the first three, but not that bad, its more like a triangle looking shape. Could it be the optics? It really only bothers me because of some close double stars, doesnt't seem to affect other observation.

Hello, I've read that stars through a telescope show up as small discs with diffraction rings around them. I have a 4 inch achromatic refractor and have never been able to see this. Could it be the optics are sub-par, or has the seeing never been good enough? The second seems unlikely, as I've tried it on multiple occasions, through high magnifications, but always just saw a deformed smudge, not a defined disc. Thanks for any advice!

Celestron AstroMaster 102AZ, using Celestron Zoom eyepiece around 15mm. Took super slow motion video with Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus handheld. Proccessed in pipp, took 1200 frames, stacked about 15% of them (i think) in registax, edited wavelets, and then played around with brightness and contrast in windows photo editor and snapseed.

Celestron AstroMaster 102AZ, using Celestron Zoom eyepiece around 15mm. Took super slow motion video with Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus handheld. Proccessed in pipp, took 1200 frames, stacked about 15% of them (i think) in registax, edited wavelets, and then played around with brightness and contrast in windows photo editor and snapseed.

Really? Huh, thats odd to think about, guess it makes sense, they don't really make stuff brighter, just allow more magnification at a given brightness

I know aperture aperture aperture is better for the pure visual experience, but when you can't bring yourself to use it, is it really worth it? Something small you can just throw in a bag, go hiking with, or simply bring from a room to your balcony and back easily, something that doesnt require time to cool down is very nice indeed. No hate for the light buckets though, they give us the "wow" factor, small scopes bring the "aww" factor

Thanks, that makes sense!

I was at a public viewing site and looked through a reflector. Can't say the exact model, but when I looked at Venus through it there was this crazy rainbow blue and red fringing around it. Thought it looked very odd, even more so than in my achromatic refractor. Any ideas why this could be? It was relatively low near the horizon, could've also been slightly out of focus, but still surprised me

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Edit, sorry for the weird white background text, copy paste is to blame🤣🤣

This month marks the first year of my amateur astronomy, here are the 50 or so objects I've seen! Note: all observations were done with a 4 inch achro, a pair of 10x25 and then later 7x50 binoculars, and a few with the eye alone. Bortle around 6 The List: The Moon Jupiter (and it's four Galillean Moons) Saturn (and Titan) Mars Venus Achird (double star) Mesarthim (double star) Almach (double star) Andromeda Galaxy (M31) M32 (i think) M15 (Globular Cluster) The Double Cluster The Owl Cluster Pleiades (7 Sisters) ISS Perseid Meteor Shower M103 (Open Cluster) NGC 663 NGC 559 Neptune? (maybe, I though I saw a blue star) Uranus? (Same situation) Mizar and Alcor M52 (Open Cluster) M34 (Open Cluster) The Hyades Cluster The Orion Nebula (M42) M36 - open cluster M37 - open cluster M38 - open cluster Mintaka (double star) Trapezium Star Sigma Tauri (double star) M3 (Globular Cluster) Izar (double star, although I have yet to split it) Cor Caroli (double star) M13 - The Great Hercules Globular M92 - Globular Cluster, also in Hercules M5 - Globular Cluster The Double Double star Zubenelgenubi (double star) M57 - The Ring Nebula Sheliak (double star) Albireo (my favourite double star) M29 - open cluster M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula M12 - globular cluster The Coathanger Cluster Alfirk - double star M2 - Globular Cluster NGC 752 - open cluster

Been into astro for about 1 year. I have a 102mm achro and a pair of 7x50 binoculars. I find this stuff fascinating and can't wait to learn more🙂