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Originally posted by Omega_M I've already used one for over 4-5 years. Left it in India before coming over to US. Telescopes are actually useful to see deep sky objects like star-clusters, nebulae and galaxies. Of course, gazing at planets and our moon is also fun.

well the telescope i have is nothing like what the real astronomers use. i mean, it's basically for just stuff in our solarsystem....not other galaxies and whatnot.

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Originally posted by tubularbills well the telescope i have is nothing like what the real astronomers use. i mean, it's basically for just stuff in our solarsystem....not other galaxies and whatnot.

what kind is it ? Newtonian reflector, Galilean refractor ? Schmidt-Cassegrain ? What are t3h specs ? A simple to moderate telescope is sufficient to view the deep sky objects.

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Originally posted by twilightki : It feels like something you'd listen to at 4 in the morning, or listen to in your car while you're going in a tunnel.

I was at a campout last weekend and I was utterly amazed at how clear the night sky was at the location there. Saw so many stars up above, many that I couldn't normally see back in town. I was content to see the sky with such clarity, but I was also a bit pissed off to know that all the pollution we've caused in the cities have hampered our view of the night sky. Just one of many things we take for granted.

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Originally posted by Omega_M what kind is it ? Newtonian reflector, Galilean refractor ? Schmidt-Cassegrain ? What are t3h specs ? A simple to moderate telescope is sufficient to view the deep sky objects.

uh, it's called "Jason" F=700mm, D=60mm, model 408 'Mercury'.


coolest thing i evar saw w/ it was the rings on Saturn. [i had a bunch of lenses for it, but have since lost them all - just have th ebasic one on it now. thing's like 14 years old.

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Originally posted by Sunsnail My eyesight is actually too poor for me to focus on any stars. I do enjoy laying down and watching clouds

i had a similar problem. got contacts and it was solved. glasses hinder the eyesight when it comes to dark objects. mostly because the way in which the light is focused on your eye. its because of that distance between the eye and the lens. too much light polution intersects this and fucks up night vision badly. get contacts or lasik. solves it all.

btw im -8 in both eyes with contacts. glasses -9.

My first track I made in FL was called Stargazing!

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Whenever I go to my aunt's house at the keys I like to go out on the balcony and just stay there for hours. Very relaxing.

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Every once in a while I download one of the star maps found here:
http://skymaps.com/downloads.html

Word of advice... the map orientation assumes you are lying on your back, and not standing looking down at it!

My favourite find so far was identifying Auriga


It's also pretty neat looking through a backyard telescope and seeing a star resolve into a galaxy.

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I like staring at the stars around noon time.


I wear glasses now.

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Originally posted by twilightki : It feels like something you'd listen to at 4 in the morning, or listen to in your car while you're going in a tunnel.

Orion ftw.

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