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Can you set the shudder speed on your camera? If you can set it to bulb and hold it in for a few minutes. If you wait too long you'll get trails (not the good kind) however you'll get great images of those deep sky objects. The Crab Nebula (M31 I think) is supposedly an easy one to start with.
...and in response to Pass_The_Dubbie keep looking up and you'll see some cool shit. Of course no one will believe you if you tell them because they'll think you were stoned but cool shit none the less.
thanks bud! ive always LOVED space, any more you could take would be much appreciated
This pictures are very nice!!! :eek: :thumbsup:
Do you have some picture of the planets?
Im sure you already knows where they are, but anyway... Jupiter is near Scorpio, Mars is in Gemini, Saturn is near Leo and Venus is unmistakeable... its visible before the sunrise.
If you have a pair of binoculars, you can see a lot of great things in the sky. I actually pull out my binoculars more often than the telescope. Just kick back in the patio lounge chair, or lay on a blanket and scan around the sky with the binos. Good binos for astronomy are 7x50, but a lot os different kinds will do. The first number should be under 10x or it will be hard to hold steady without wiggling, and the last number should be over 40 --- the higher the better.Quote:
Originally Posted by pass_the_dubbie
I haven't experimented too much with the rig I set up, but I was having trouble getting a focus on faint objects through the camera. I can look at different faint deep sky objects through the telescope, but the photography wasn't working that well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doctor Whoov
Same as for the deep sky objects, I was having trouble getting a good focus on the planets through the camera. I can look at the planets through the telescope, but the photography wasn't working that well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coelho
If I do take some more pics I'll be sure to post them!
Very cool. I have had a telescope for a little under a year now, yet I've only had the opportunity to view the moon from it. apparently it needs to be focused or realigned or something, but my star-finder, whenever I try to use it, doesn't seem to work. I'll line a planet up with the red dot in my star finder, yet
I still can't see it.
Anyways, I've seen some pretty spectacular things on the moon that I'm not willing to discuss. I've told very few people. Last winter, during a 4 night stretch, every time I viewed the moon, certain 'events' were taking place. That's all I can really say, but keep watching the sky!
You know about my sexy parties on the moon? SHIT! :mad:Quote:
Anyways, I've seen some pretty spectacular things on the moon that I'm not willing to discuss. I've told very few people. Last winter, during a 4 night stretch, every time I viewed the moon, certain 'events' were taking place. That's all I can really say, but keep watching the sky!
Macro that shit man :thumbsup:
LOL, just kidding guys, great pics though.. I remember when I had my telescope..
What???Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghengis Chron
Do you mean, like, family reunions and frat parties?
Or, is it getting pelted by meteors? Or, are they building a jail?
I was curious about these "events" as well. I've watched the moon a lot, and have never seen any kind of mysterious "event."
There is a decent restaurant on the moon --- good food, but no atmosphere. Maybe they could liven the place up with some events.