Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, are those single shots, or did you stack them? The one of the Orion nebula is particularly fine. Peter On 19/12/2020 21:38, Howard Ritter via LUG wrote: > Congratulations, Douglas. A first astronomical telescope is a memorable > and possibly fateful thing, potentially a trap as dangerous as a first > camera. With me it went the other way: At about age 10, my parents got me > an Edmund Scientific 3? reflector, and this was enough to launch me on a > lifelong hobby. I got my hands on a camera at about the same age. It?s a > tossup which hobby has consumed more of my time as well as money! The apex > was a 25? Dobsonian (I?ve downsized to a mere 20? now, plus a 6? refractor > and a pair of 100mm astronomical binoculars.) > > The Dobsonian format is the ideal one for a neophyte, and a 6? aperture > will show you wonders. I recommend getting a guide to the Messier objects, > of which many look great in 6? of aperture, as I know firsthand. And you > won?t need to be told to point your scope at the Moon! Dobson was a > creative genius and the patron saint of amateur observers around the > world, a tireless advocate of astronomy on the cheap for the masses. > > Good luck with the weather next Monday. Ours in Florida looks unfavorable. > Because of that, I took the time to get a picture of the pair last night, > when they were still 4 times as far apart as they will be on the 21st. > After moonset, be sure to have a look at the Northern Hemisphere?s > deep-sky (as opposed to Moon and planets) showpiece, the Orion Nebula. If > you don?t have dark surroundings, take a dark cloth or hoodie to shut out > all extraneous light as you look at the nebula and so you can keep both > eyes open while you look. Start with an eyepiece that will give you about > 50x. > > I put my images of Jupiter and Saturn, as well as the Orion Nebula, on the > Gallery here <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Nikon+Astro/>. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Nikon+Astro/ > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Nikon+Astro/> > > ?howard > >> On Dec19, 2020, at 1326, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >> >> This is the telescope I got recently as a birthday present from my sons. >> It works extremely well, even in light polluted suburbia. I haven't taken >> it out to darker skies yet due to the pandemic. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Sky+Quest+Dobsonian.jpg.html >> >> With the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn coming up on Monday, I hope it >> won't be too cloudy so that I can use this. It's pretty good for a 6 >> inch, but with my back bothering me at the moment, I could with >> lightening the Dobsonian base a bit without sacrificing stability. >> Maturer years don't like heavy weights. >> >> By the way, if you would like some marvellously therapeutic viewing have >> a look at the great John Dobson making a reflector telescope by hand, >> including hand grinding and polishing the 16 inch mirror. >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snz7JJlSZvw >> >> Douglas >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Dr. Peter Dzwig