When was the last time you had the 'WOW' Factor?

[ScubaMike]

The sun in H-Alpha through a triple stacked Coronado 90mm.

Incredible detail - watched as a huge flare went off.

[Ad Astra]

Andromeda Galaxy and Omega Nebula using the RB-10's (50x250 bins).

Nothing like large bins... with handlebars!

Dan

[ScubaMike]

Andromeda Galaxy and Omega Nebula using the RB-10's (50x250 bins).

Nothing like large bins... with handlebars!

Dan

Do you *really* need a mount with those?

[king-jaffethehutt]

I just seen the tucked away eyepieces on Dr Dan's bino's.....I was beginning to wonder if you looked through them 1 at a time....Doh!!!

Silly me!!

[Ad Astra]

Do you *really* need a mount with those?

Hi Mike,

The mount is only for the girls in class -- real men hand hold them.

King Jaffe: Yeah, that's right. According to the owner's manual: "You put your head right between the apertures and concentrate on the wonderfulness behind you." -- [from the Kama-Bino-Sutra]

Dan

[jimmyjamjoejoe]

I just seen the tucked away eyepieces on Dr Dan's bino's.....I was beginning to wonder if you looked through them 1 at a time....Doh!!!

Silly me!!

LOL just wobble your head side to side and wink a lot

[king-jaffethehutt]

What a pleasure to be able to use kit like that on a daily basis and get paid for it!!!

living the dream Dr Dan

king-jaffe

[Ad Astra]

Attached photos are from lab during the last full moon (we were looking at crater Tycho and its rays). We weren't out on the dark football pitch, so was able to get this photo of all the kids in action. We usually have about 50-60 out for lab night each week (college and High School combined).

The second photo was taken by a student who held his digital point-n-shoot camera up to the 32mm EP on the 150mm dobby. Gave them extra credit for using an on-line atlas (www.lunarrepublic.com) to identify the features they could recognize. Most of them were able to get 25-30 features identified. Great stuff.

Dan

[JonnyP]

LOL just wobble your head side to side and wink a lot

I just assumed he had HUUUGGGGEEEEE eyeballs!

[Dil]

Seeing Jupiter for the first time through my 10" Dob...the only time at the moment..Damn clouds!!!!

[Abb]

Seeing the Pleiades not too long ago through my relatively new Celestron 15x70 binos - much more magnificent than through either of my current scopes....but I do have a Celestron Omni R150 refractor on order & hopefully it's wide view will put the binos to shame

[DoctorD]

Seeing M13 through Moonshanes 16 Dob at PSP2011 - I felt like I could reach out and touch all the stars in the cluster!!!

Paul

[heathenwoods]

Just now, seeing M42

[Bluey]

Last night, seeing the Orion Nebula through binos, not so much the view, but realising everything that is happening there as you look, its like a maternity ward for stars, amazing!

[sabana]

Great replies so far guys. Keep em' coming. Should make this one a sticky.

[Syntarsus]

Last night looking at Jupiter with all 4 moons spread out perfectly. It was just after midnight and even better than when I'd looked several hours earlier.

[Manok101]

Seeing M51 from a dark site. Same goes for Andromeda.