Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Such are the joys of first telescopes--an excuse for educating yourself. Suggestion--forget the stars to start and go for Jupiter or Saturn. Keep looking up! Ric Carter On Dec 27, 2005, at 12:16 PM, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > looks like a nice site. > > i bought an ETX70 in the summer for my son's 8 year old birthday > since someone knowledable about such things deemed the ETX > amenable to astromorons such as myself. if you can > locate one or two stars, the computer can find all the others. > in a fit of towering overambition, i also acquired the requisite > t-adapters and such for astrophotography. > > of course, i embarrassed myself in front of my kids by > failing to locate a single star, fumbling in the dark over > a starfinder wheel. by the time i developed a hypothesis of > where a star might be, i'd have > to rotate the wheel up another hour. it also did not help > that despite living in the same house for 25 years, i had > no strong sense of which direction was north. > > if the moon were out, i would probably have failed to find it. i > was so depressed, i set up the thing to point out the window > for my son to spy on the neighbors. this spring i will summon > up the courage to try celestial adventuring again. > > -rei > > > On Dec27 09:50, Mark wrote: >> Everything you need to know about the ETX line of telescopes is here >> >> http://www.weasner.com/etx/menu.html >> >> A lot of good info about how to use the ETX for photography. >> >> Mark >> >> On Dec 26, 2005, at 5:34 PM, Don Dory wrote: >> >>> Douglas, >>> Because the camera is hanging way out the back, you will also need >>> to use a >>> mirror lock up or self-timer to keep the shake down. You have the >>> equivalent of an 1100mm lens or so; you will want the highest >>> possible >>> shutter speed and the steadiest support you can drum up. Manfrotto/ >>> Bogen >>> used to and may still sell a long lens support that I have found >>> to be >>> pretty useful when the focal length gets over 600mm. >>> >>> Enjoy the view. >>> >>> Don >>> don.dory@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> On 12/26/05, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks Don, >>>> the aluminium tripod that came with it is like trying to use it >>>> on a >>>> stormy sea, I think I'll take alook at Meades field tripod, it >>>> looks a >>>> lot more stable. >>>> cheers >>>> Douglas >>>> >>>> Don Dory wrote: >>>> >>>>> Douglas, >>>>> Yes, you will find it to be a wonderful lens. Do however have a >>>>> very >>>> sturdy >>>>> tripod. :) >>>>> >>>>> Don >>>>> don.dory@gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 12/26/05, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Santa dropped off here too - has anyone ever used a Meade ETX-70 >>>>>> telescope for photography (terrestrial or astronomic)? >>>>>> Douglas >>>>>> > > -- > Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com > Ridgewood, New Jersey > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information