I am so tempted . . .

[balon!]

Oh yeah! I forgot where you live! Sorry!

Do you have any pic's from your night sky? I'd love to see what its like there.

[Loredoctor]

On a side note, when is Halley supposed to swing by again?

In another sixty years (thereabouts). I missed it back in the '80s.

[Loredoctor]

Oh yeah! I forgot where you live! Sorry!

Do you have any pic's from your night sky? I'd love to see what its like there.

Uploading now.

[stonemaybe]

*extreme jealousy*

I had a decent telescope for about five years. unfortunately due to living in a flat in the middle of town, it being a huge unwieldy ****, and me not driving, it never got used, so I sold it for a pittance, and ended up moving house 6 months later to a place with a (decently dark) garden I MISS MY TELESCOPE WANT ANOTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edit - my dream is to view orion nebula through proper astronomical one

[Damelon]

Can you put up a observatory shed somewhere to keep it? An 8" is probably at the limit for easy portability for that type of telescope.

[Loredoctor]

Edit - my dream is to view orion nebula through proper astronomical one

I've done that, but the 4.5" mirror doesn't capture enough light to get the glorious colours. The one I will order tomorrow will.

[balon!]

How big a telescope do you need to view planets? And how much would one cost?

All I want is to see Mars.

[Loredoctor]

Can you put up a observatory shed somewhere to keep it? An 8" is probably at the limit for easy portability for that type of telescope.

My father will build one.

Here is a picture I took using my digital camera (Looking at the galactic core). Note that not many stars are visible as the shutter speed was set to 30s. If I had it an telescope with a drive mount, you'd see more stars.

[balon!]

Not a thing, Lore.

Link's blank.

[Loredoctor]

How big a telescope do you need to view planets? And how much would one cost?

All I want is to see Mars.

You can view the planets with a telescope that has a mirror as small as 1" mirror. However, to get good detail start at 4.5". You're looking at 400 US$.

[Loredoctor]

Not a thing, Lore.

Link's blank.

Try again.

[balon!]

Your doing it AGAIN!



That's a good sky! I need to get some cash to get a Telescope. *jealous*

[Loredoctor]

Your doing it AGAIN!



That's a good sky! I need to get some cash to get a Telescope. *jealous*

Doing what? Did you know that Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia?

If you lived near me, I'd give you my 4.5" (though it doesn't have the tripod).

[Damelon]

Mars is, unless it's in a close approach, a disappointing site. Even then it's not as good as Jupiter.

Jupiter, on the other hand, is great. Even over the course of a couple of hours you can notice changes, both on the face of the planet, and in the positions of the 4 main moons.

[balon!]

Mars is, unless it's in a close approach, a disappointing site. Even then it's not as good as Jupiter.

Jupiter, on the other hand, is great. Even over the course of a couple of hours you can notice changes, both on the face of the planet, and in the positions of the 4 main moons.

Really! Cool!

I wonder if I stacked a bunch of field glasses in front of each other I could see jupiter......

[Loredoctor]

Mars is, unless it's in a close approach, a disappointing site. Even then it's not as good as Jupiter.

Jupiter, on the other hand, is great. Even over the course of a couple of hours you can notice changes, both on the face of the planet, and in the positions of the 4 main moons.

Mars is a bit disappointing. I had to watch it for at least 20mins before any detail could come out. As for Jupiter . . . great.

[I'm Murrin]

I wonder if I stacked a bunch of field glasses in front of each other I could see jupiter......

I wonder what kind of telescope Galileo used. Nothing as fancy as these ones, surely.

[Loredoctor]

I wonder if I stacked a bunch of field glasses in front of each other I could see jupiter......

What will happen is that you'll lose resolution and there will be less light. You need a really good mirror to focus the light.

[balon!]

Your doing it AGAIN!



That's a good sky! I need to get some cash to get a Telescope. *jealous*

Doing what? Did you know that Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia?

If you lived near me, I'd give you my 4.5" (though it doesn't have the tripod).

I could always make a tripod, and I always WANTES to travel the world!

[Damelon]

Really! Cool!

I wonder if I stacked a bunch of field glasses in front of each other I could see jupiter......

If you have very good eyesight, I've read that you can occasionally see Jupiter's moons. You can see them, I should think, with a good pair of binoculars.