Astronomy photos
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Those skinny, long focal length, refractors are almost painful. They would have been frustrating to use because they had very little magnification. Over thirty years ago we bought our son a 50 mm Tasco refractor for around a hundred and forty dollars. That little telescope would have out performed Galileo's wonder by a factor of ten at least.
Here is what it looked like:
That telescope was a piece of junk but it was what we had. The thing had no motor drive so whatever you were looking at rushed out of the eye piece because of the Earth's rotation. It made us appreciate all the better telescopes we bought over the years.
Yeah,and it only took roughly 1000 yrs from the first recorded study of optics to Galileo to come with a useable telescope.Talk about old school hi tech, it had 18degree view with a magnification of 8X.The ones made before then were worse...
I've never seen them, these photo's are neat , but I always find myself thinking that the lights are photoshopped. Enough ppl have told me otherwiseAhh, I remember the first time I saw the Northern lights. I was farther North than Yellowknife, in Rankin Inlet.
Looked like this:
Oh,I believe you ( at this point ,another brick to the pile, as it were).They WERE visible in Sth Ont. in the last 10 years ( not sure when ) just not by me.They were ( I hear )rather faint.
Man ..I love space...Spend have my time there..
...Great pics
B sure to wave at Mr. Thirsk and the rest of the human aliens up there, if anyone happens to be looking there...Earth to space station: Dream
Over and out there..
...Great picsB sure to wave at Mr. Thirsk and the rest of the human aliens up there, if anyone happens to be looking there...Earth to space station: Dream
Over and out there..
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Something like this:
On a clear night it might have been difficult to see from the space station. A bit of cloud would have made it impossible.
There are times I miss the schooling.............Something like this:
On a clear night it might have been difficult to see from the space station. A bit of cloud would have made it impossible.
Btw , nicely done I'll bug you as to the tools you used?!?!?
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There are times I miss the schooling.............
Hey, I'm just glad I don't have to pass grade 12 algebra again.;-)
I never did, mathmatically? well give me a brown paper bag and a pencil stub, I'd stii have to average it out after three attempts ( thank GAWD for calculators and computers)
Mmmm...gorgonzola.And here is the obligatory shot of the moon:
I will try to limit the photos on this thread to deep space objects. I kind of wish there were a few other contributors.