I got my new telescope today.

[Candymancan21]

This thing is massive... I wasnt expecting it to be THIS big. Its a 10" Dobsionian Reflector, about 4"10 in total height and 2 feet wide at the base. Tell me what you guys think hehe.



http://img.photobucket.com/alb...ndymancan/HPIM1038.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/alb...ndymancan/HPIM1039.jpg

 

[ElFenix]

so does it track? and what would it take to hook up my SLR to it?

 

[Candymancan21]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
so does it track? and what would it take to hook up my SLR to it?

No it doesn't track, the ones with tracking are too expensive. I could either get a 4.5" scope with a computer, or a 10" without. Considering I have level 7-8 light pollution (thats Red on the scale) in my sky i opted for the bigger scope. I'm just going to use Binoc's and a skymap to navigate.

To hookup a camera you would need some kinda adapter that goes in the Clutch mount (the thing you look through). I can take pictures of the Planets and the Moon with this scope but since it doesnt track nebula,clusters, and galaxies I can't. I wonder if you could take a picture tho if you manually track the object so long as your camera has a LCD screen. Im not sure how that works tho im still new to this.

 

[Fritzo]

Yet another phallic symbol.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Damn I want a good telescope. My Kmart 3" just doens't do it for me... the mirror looks like an old CD. I've been looking here and there on Ebay at 6-8" scopes, I hear the non-name brand ones can be pretty hit and miss. Some turn out to be spectacular deals, others are the 'you get what you pay for type.' Anyway, enjoy it, good luck with it!!!

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Candymancan21
To hookup a camera you would need some kinda adapter that goes in the Clutch mount (the thing you look through). I can take pictures of the Planets and the Moon with this scope but since it doesnt track nebula,clusters, and galaxies I can't. I wonder if you could take a picture tho if you manually track the object so long as your camera has a LCD screen. Im not sure how that works tho im still new to this.

i'd really like to do some astro photography but the expense of tracking keeps turning me away. considering my experiences with lack of tracking ("hey, stop leaning on the scope, you keep moving me off the moon!" "uh, no one is touching the scope") i'm not sure how easy it would be to do it manually.

moon you can do pretty well with regular camera lenses. a small telescope would be needed for the moons of jupiter to be anything other than hot pixels. i did manage to spot them in some stabilized binoculars last year.

 

[oiprocs]

Can you see me tea bagging this thread? Look closer.

 

[funkymatt]

a buddy of mine that goes to the university of Wyoming helped develop this:
https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/
for $15 you get optics that rival a hundred dollar telescope. the state of WY is sending them out to all 5th graders this year.

 

[jtvang125]

So you needed to bust someone's lock just for a telescope?

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Yet another phallic symbol.

You know I was thinking I haven't seen something that big, black and round since prison.

Oh and this.....


And again...

 

[Candymancan21]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Yet another phallic symbol.

You think it looks like a Penis ? Lol it doesnt even come close..

Elfenix, like i can you can take pictures of the moon and planets with this scope. You just can't do deep space objects. I agree tho the tracking mounts are stupid in price, and little flash memory keypad and a motorized mount increase's the cost by about $200+

There is a Scope right here http://www.telescopes.com/tele...tar130slttelescope.cfm that i was looking at but its only a 4.5" scope. So you could only see the closest of things with good sky's (low light pollution) like the Orion nebula and other things like that.


Sonny lol thats funny.

Originally posted by: funkymatt
a buddy of mine that goes to the university of Wyoming helped develop this:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/">https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/</a></a>
for $15 you get optics that rival a hundred dollar telescope. the state of WY is sending them out to all 5th graders this year.

Its $15 because it doesnt have a mount. How are you going to look at the sky's without a mount ? They sell 60mm telescope's with tripod's for $40 online. $15 is a good price but the mounts are going to bring the cost up alot and it also doesnt have a angle adapter for the eye peice. Those $100 telescope's your talking about is what i have in the background on my picture. It came with 3 eye peices, and a tripod mount tho. Equitorial mounts like the one mine has cost alot.

Here is a $40 telescope that has a 25mm Eyepeice, with a angle adapter. Without the angle adapter you are going to have to lay flat on the ground with your head up in order to see anything high in the sky.

http://www.telescopes.com/tele...refractortelescope.cfm

 

[Analog]

Nice, but can I mount that on my sniper rifle?

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: Candymancan21

Originally posted by: ElFenix
so does it track? and what would it take to hook up my SLR to it?

No it doesn't track, the ones with tracking are too expensive. I could either get a 4.5" scope with a computer, or a 10" without. Considering I have level 7-8 light pollution (thats Red on the scale) in my sky i opted for the bigger scope. I'm just going to use Binoc's and a skymap to navigate.

To hookup a camera you would need some kinda adapter that goes in the Clutch mount (the thing you look through). I can take pictures of the Planets and the Moon with this scope but since it doesnt track nebula,clusters, and galaxies I can't. I wonder if you could take a picture tho if you manually track the object so long as your camera has a LCD screen. Im not sure how that works tho im still new to this.

Unfortunately you'd only ever be able to get pictures of the moon and perhaps "star trail" pictures.

Here's the issue. The moon is bright enough to take a quick picture and it'll still work. Also, you can take moon pictures with rather low magnification, which means the effects of drifting due to the earth's rotation will be less pronounced. I'm not sure how long of an exposure you need for planets, but they tend to require a bit higher magnification than the moon, which amplifies the effects of drift.

Also, you won't be able to just re-adjust the scope to keep it pointed at the right spot. Especially through a digital camera's LCD, which would probably not even see anything because it'd be too dim. Unless you get it perfect, it simply won't work. It is possible to adjust a telescope to keep it pointed correctly during a long-exposure photograph, but that's generally done with a scope that has a motorized mount. The corrections are done using a separate "guide scope" mounted to the main telescope. The guide scope uses a reticle eyepiece to center on a guide star. Corrections are made not to adjust for drift, but to adjust out the errors in the motorized gears.

 

[Candymancan21]

Oh well it doesnt matter, i dont have a $900 camera for astrophotagraphy anyway, and a 5" scope with a motor wouldnt be able to see anything with the light pollution i have anyway. The only good scope for astrophography are 6" or higher and they cost in the $800-2k range


I found a link that shows some pics of Jupiter and some Clusters using his Dob and tells you how to do it.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/i....php?id=63,201,0,0,1,0

 

[amdhunter]

HAhahaha, holy shit. I bet you can get a great view of Uranus with that.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
HAhahaha, holy shit. I bet you can get a great view of Uranus with that.

[serious]Actually, not so much. To a backyard telescope, Uranus looks like just another dim star. It's not visible to the naked eye even at its brightest.[/serious]

 

[SunSamurai]

Originally posted by: scorpious
Can you see me tea bagging this thread? Look closer.

Telescope =! Microscope

 

[SunSamurai]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
HAhahaha, holy shit. I bet you can get a great view of Uranus with that.

Yes yes, and you would be a pro at it.

 

[pontifex]

i have an 8" orion intelliscope that i bought a few years ago. I barely use it so I should sell it, but i know once I sell it I'll want it back.

 

[Baked]

So long and thick.

 

[Fayd]

puts my 8" Schmidt-Cassagranian to shame.

 

[Fayd]

Originally posted by: Candymancan21
Oh well it doesnt matter, i dont have a $900 camera for astrophotagraphy anyway, and a 5" scope with a motor wouldnt be able to see anything with the light pollution i have anyway. The only good scope for astrophography are 6" or higher and they cost in the $800-2k range


I found a link that shows some pics of Jupiter and some Clusters using his Dob and tells you how to do it.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/i....php?id=63,201,0,0,1,0

why would you need a $900 camera? just get a decent camera body (preferably one that can do mirror lockup) and the right adapters...

here's the one i have. i dunno how expensive it'd currently be. >_<

 

[Spacehead]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: amdhunter
HAhahaha, holy shit. I bet you can get a great view of Uranus with that.

[serious]Actually, not so much. To a backyard telescope, Uranus looks like just another dim star. It's not visible to the naked eye even at its brightest.[/serious]

Uranus is at 5.8 magnitude now so that's in the realm of naked eye under dark skies. Uranus & Neptune have a disk shape in my 8" & some slight color so they're pretty distinct from a star.

 

[Spacehead]

Originally posted by: Candymancan21
This thing is massive... I wasnt expecting it to be THIS big. Its a 10" Dobsionian Reflector, about 4"10 in total height and 2 feet wide at the base. Tell me what you guys think hehe.

Wait till you move up in size
In addition to my 8", i have a Meade 16" dob. Friend of mine was over one time & we were out in the garage. The tube was off the base laying on the floor... he thought it was a hot water tank laying there :laugh:

Good luck with the new toy. Let us know how "first light" was.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: Spacehead

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: amdhunter
HAhahaha, holy shit. I bet you can get a great view of Uranus with that.

[serious]Actually, not so much. To a backyard telescope, Uranus looks like just another dim star. It's not visible to the naked eye even at its brightest.[/serious]

Uranus is at 5.8 magnitude now so that's in the realm of naked eye under dark skies. Uranus & Neptune have a disk shape in my 8" & some slight color so they're pretty distinct from a star.

Thanks for the information!