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« Reply #45 on: Monday, September 25, 2023, 13:13:16 » |
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If you aren't careful, your astronomy equipment will soon vastly outgrow your capacity to store it.....
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« Reply #46 on: Monday, September 25, 2023, 13:58:19 » |
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If you aren't careful, your astronomy equipment will soon vastly outgrow your capacity to store it.....
This reminds me of a friend, who always stated that the correct number of bikes you should have, is the number you currently have +1 |
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« Reply #47 on: Monday, September 25, 2023, 13:59:47 » |
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This reminds me of a friend, who always stated that the correct number of bikes you should have, is the number you currently have +1
Aye- N+1 where N is the current crop. Alternatively S-1 where S is the number you can get away with before divorce......... |
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« Reply #48 on: Monday, September 25, 2023, 16:54:45 » |
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I’m a physics geek. Absolutely love everything to do with astronomy, theoretical physics etc. but I’ve never been able to afford to get into the bread and butter of actually buying equipment to observe what some of you guys are able to directly.
I can afford it now. Where would be the best place to start and what kind of set up would you itk recommend to get me started?
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« Reply #49 on: Monday, September 25, 2023, 22:33:43 » |
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A lot will depend on your circumstances- where you will be viewing from, where to store your scope, physical ability (some rigs can be quite weighty)
A good starting scope is a Dobsonian (reflecting telescope on a simple turntable mount) as you get more aperture for your money (aperture relates to the light gathering capability of a scope).
A good place to shop is First Light Optics an internet based retailer.
Stargazers Lounge is a great forum for advice and used equipment opportunities and also consider your local Astronomical Society- great places for advice and chances to try out scope types
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« Reply #50 on: Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 00:13:37 » |
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I bought a dobsonian 8 inch. It's great, but it's big. See post no.1  |
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« Reply #51 on: Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 09:08:42 » |
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Took this last night, pretty cloudy and me holding my mobile phone over the lens (got a mount ordered for that problem). Notice at 4 o'clock the crater within a crater  |
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« Reply #52 on: Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 16:54:46 » |
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Took this last night, pretty cloudy and me holding my mobile phone over the lens (got a mount ordered for that problem). Notice at 4 o'clock the crater within a crater Nice one. |
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« Reply #53 on: Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 18:54:23 » |
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Nice one 4D. Having a phone mount will make things a lot easier.
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« Reply #54 on: Friday, October 6, 2023, 02:17:23 » |
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Taken from Voyager 1 as it was leaving our solar system.
Insignificant little dot aren’t we
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« Reply #55 on: Friday, October 6, 2023, 07:01:08 » |
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I love that image. It is worth seeking out Carl Sagan’s quote about it- puts everything into perspective. https://www.planetary.org/worlds/pale-blue-dot |
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« Reply #56 on: Friday, October 6, 2023, 07:39:27 » |
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Here's a stat for you Aud. Voyager 1 is travelling at 11 miles per second. To cross our solar system which is 2 light years across will take it nearly 35,000 years. The Milky Way is 100,000 light years across. Voyager 1 would take 3.5M years to cross it  |
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« Reply #57 on: Friday, October 6, 2023, 09:33:30 » |
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Tin pot Voyager!
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« Reply #58 on: Friday, October 6, 2023, 11:48:18 » |
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gonna need a warp drive to bend space
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« Reply #59 on: Friday, October 6, 2023, 13:22:58 » |
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gonna need a warp drive to bend space
I like the quote about one of the far off galaxies, it would take longer to get to than the existence of the universe, and if you did reach it, it would no longer exist  |
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