Star gazing

Thank you very much. Most informative. I have seen Venus, Jupiter & a couple of others recently. I'll have to check the piggy bank and prices of scopes. Thanks again.

 

Hello @ARMANDII have you managed to get a better focus

 

Hello ARMANDII, Right i'm with you regarding how the focus looked to my eyes...mind you they need doing bad but for some reason the shredder loves the letters ….well I hope skies and Moon adjust for you soon to take more pic's
Very nice I must say...another new cam to your nice collection...do you think you might have to download an app to work with the software to make it compatible ….don't start tatting with that get your first issue sorted first

 

Hello @ARMANDII hows the focusing going?...or have the skies still not been to good to sort it out

 

Hello @ARMANDII I know the skies are not good for you at the moment and it's a shame as you love it but at least you have it ready to test images when your able to take them

Your like a kid I knew you'd be on that new camera but knowing how to use them like you do, you should be able to capture some nice pic's...I bet it's annoying you being your hobby

 

I had a friend once. He was what I'd call an impulse buyer. Come round and see it. I did just that. I think it was called a 4" or 4,5" reflector scope. It had everything, side tubes and canera fixing points. Stout tripod with a mechanical device that if set correct would track a star or planet. He st the scope up and eventually he found what he identified the moon. In the background, his wife was going back and fro muttering, waste of money etc. How these two ever fell in love and got married, heaven knows. Some years later I do believe they parted company. Admiring the moon I couldn't help shouting out. Hey look at that. What's that Mick he says. That. Look at that crater down on the left. Isn't that someone climbing out? Blimey mate, I think you're right. SORRY. So much for my friends. I believe the scope ended up on top of his wardrobe. What a waste.

 

Actually I don't blame you buying it and having the luxury of just going from one place to another and it being rigged up ready, then having to rig it up on the night and then your most likely missing what you want to capture

 

Nice one Mike just coming on the forum and having a ….they most likely parted company Mike through him paying more attention to his reflector scope than his wife

 

All you need to know: Geminid meteor shower in 2018
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On Jan. 1, 2019, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will ring in the New Year by making history: the first flyby of an object in the Kuiper Belt in the extreme outer solar system.

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New Horizons' Historic Flyby of Ultima Thule: Full Coverage

 

Yes , and even that is nowhere near the edge of the Solar System . That vast realm of cometary debris known as the Oort cloud lies much further away .
The BBC news depictions or graphics show the planets seemingly close enough to cast shadows on each other (!) . Quite amusing really .
The average human mind would recoil in horror facing such unimaginable distances .

Voyager 2 , launched in the 70's ,currently hurtling through the cosmos at around 30,000mph ,will come within about 4ly. of Sirius in around 296,000 years from now !

Now there's food for thought when looking at this star tonight !