I've got a 10 inch

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telescope. Anyone else into astronomy?
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observed once with a classmate's recreational optical telescope once, don't remember the size. But I saw ur anus. Tracked Jupiter and Saturn for a bit and saw a binary.

Spent a few tens of hours observing with this when I worked with observational stuff a few years ago:
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nowhere near as fun as the former tho
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The problem with most suburban areas is finding a dark viewing place. I sometimes hope for a brief blackout, but those are usually accompanied by stormy weather.
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MiniAbzu has a nifty starter telescope.

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Mine is a 10" Orion Dobsonian:

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If I had it to do over again, I'd get this Celstron 11" Cassegrain:

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Except that it costs about 10X what I paid for mine!
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if I were to ever invest any of my own time/money into this, I'd go and study some glass manufacturing and try to build a Galileo telescope. Seen a few DIY's turn out really well. Nowhere near as good as a $5k reflector but I could never justify spending that much.
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8" Orion Europa reflector, was relatively cheap in the £500 range. Had it for well over a decade now but it's been resigned to the attic last few years. Seen dozens of galaxies, nebulas and clusters and all the planets up to Neptune with it. I love astronomy :xx:
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Phantoon wrote:astronomy :xx:
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Been looking into astrophotography. Now gots the picture taker, just need the telescope and kit to go with it.
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That would be a lot of fun.

I've never used a telescope mount, but I have played around with the nightsky on my camera.
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Abzu wrote:
Phantoon wrote:astronomy :xx:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L18OY9miEOo
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Abzu wrote:but I have played around with the nightsky on my camera.
Any photos you care to share?
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horse dealies wrote:
Abzu wrote:
Phantoon wrote:astronomy :xx:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L18OY9miEOo
Correct. :idea:
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:ba:
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That's a rather saucy jam.
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it makes meine ears perk up
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Jeep Swenson_hero wrote:
Abzu wrote:but I have played around with the nightsky on my camera.
Any photos you care to share?
Nothing spectacular, but I'll dig some up tomorrow after work.
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OK. The moon is out tonight, but I sard.
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