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 Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:15 pm
Yeah! I bought a telescope! It's exactly like this one---  The Orion SpaceProbe 130mm (5.1") short tube reflector telescope I brought it outside the other night when we had some nice clear weather here and looked at Saturn. It was beautiful and golden with bluish-white rings. I could also see 2 of Saturn's moons; Titan and Rhea. Pictures are great, but if you or someone you know has a telescope you should try checking out Saturn. It's in the western sky in the constellation Cancer, right next to the Beehive cluster.
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:07 pm
OMG!!! It's beautiful heart
I'm gonna have to invest in one sometime soon, so far I've just been asking the neighbors to use their telescope.
Which is pretty neat, has this little filter that allows you to view the sun, it's amazing how the sun looks through the assistance of a telescope, truly marvelous.
But yeah, I need to stop pestering them.
You should see this one website, www.slooh.com, it uses a client that allows you to use a semi-professional telescope to explore the cosmos from the comfort of your own computer. Unfortunately they ask that you pay up to use their telescopes.
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:20 am
OMG u r soooo lucky!!! it's wonderful!!! i only have a crappy telescope that i cant evne get to work....all i can do is look at the moon thorugh my binoculars sad
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:47 am
Secret Penguin Man OMG!!! It's beautiful heart I'm gonna have to invest in one sometime soon, so far I've just been asking the neighbors to use their telescope. Which is pretty neat, has this little filter that allows you to view the sun, it's amazing how the sun looks through the assistance of a telescope, truly marvelous. But yeah, I need to stop pestering them. A sun filter? Cool! I would love to get one, but they are really expensive. I believe the one made to fit my telescope costs around $100. Can you just see sunspots, or can you see other things like flares and surface granulation too? Secret Penguin Man You should see this one website, www.slooh.com, it uses a client that allows you to use a semi-professional telescope to explore the cosmos from the comfort of your own computer. Unfortunately they ask that you pay up to use their telescopes. You can watch what other people are observing too. I like their music. cool ChibiSnakePriestess OMG u r soooo lucky!!! it's wonderful!!! i only have a crappy telescope that i cant evne get to work....all i can do is look at the moon thorugh my binoculars sad Why won't your telescope work? Do you know what's wrong with it? Looking at the moon through binoculars is pretty cool anyway. Plus there are other things you can see with binoculars-- like the Orion nebula, different star clusters, the Andromeda galaxy, Jupiter and its 4 Galilean moons... http://www.lightandmatter.com/binosky/binosky.html
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:05 pm
You can see the sunspots and the granulations, but no flares.
Unless of course at the time I viewed the sun I so happened to stumble on an extremely dull sun, I'm not sure about that though.
Overall it was still pretty neat.
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:41 pm
ooooOOOOOOooooo! Spiffy! 4laugh
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:49 pm
your lucky! I've always wanted a telescope but i have no idea where i would put it. Anyways where i live i dont think theres much clear skies. I wouldnt see anything. sad
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 4:36 pm
Wow that's very nice. I have a stupid telescope that doesn't work well. I really wish I had a better location at night to go to try to use it (my house is surrounded by streetlights cry ).
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 7:44 pm
The weather here certainly hasn't been cooperating... I've only had a chance to use it a few times so far. I'm going to try viewing Jupiter later tonight if the haze clears out.
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:25 pm
i've got a telescope and all the stupid thing does is make the starts brighter...not larger...it pointless all i see is the same thing...the only thing that it's good for is looking at the moon
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:54 pm
Astrophilia The weather here certainly hasn't been cooperating... I've only had a chance to use it a few times so far. I'm going to try viewing Jupiter later tonight if the haze clears out. aww that sucks that you haven't had good weather. Hope it clears up for you. ^_^
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:00 am
thats not bad, its got a better primary then what mine is based on atm ^^;;
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:30 pm
Speaking of telescopes, what would be a good one for a beginner? I'm meaning to get me one for Christmas. sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:42 pm
(~)Glacthor6(~) Speaking of telescopes, what would be a good one for a beginner? I'm meaning to get me one for Christmas. sweatdrop try looking for a newtonian with about a 3" Mirror, they can be had for pretty cheaply (about 100$) and will give you halfway decent capabilities
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Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:05 am
Noxes Kaj (~)Glacthor6(~) Speaking of telescopes, what would be a good one for a beginner? I'm meaning to get me one for Christmas. sweatdrop try looking for a newtonian with about a 3" Mirror, they can be had for pretty cheaply (about 100$) and will give you halfway decent capabilities I'll keep that in mind. 3nodding I found a pretty good one off of Telescopes.com: Meade 70AZ-AR Altazimuth RefractorThis one isn't a Newtonian, but it's decent for a beginner and in my price range. I'm not sure if I should get this one or not yet.
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