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re: You can see Mars really well right now
Posted on 4/24/14 at 8:30 am to DynastyDawg
Posted on 4/24/14 at 8:30 am to DynastyDawg
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That was like his lifetime hobby outside of playing golf once he retired. He had this little shack built behind his house and from what I can remember, it was cool as frick to me when I was 5-10 years old.
Seems like you still consider it super cool because that memory most definitely left a lasting impression on you as indicated by your post...and that's great!
That kind of hobby is incredibly cool and you should always cherish that you had an uncle like that.
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Posted on 4/24/14 at 8:50 am to mizzoukills
Yeah I do, I just meant that he had it when I was probably around that age.
I can appreciate it more now, but as a kid that shite was mesmerizing.
I can appreciate it more now, but as a kid that shite was mesmerizing.
Posted on 4/24/14 at 10:53 am to sorantable
I wish $200 would buy a decent telescope. About the cheapest (new) you can get a 14" Meade LX200 is about $2500 before all the extra stuff. That is what is needed to see things like Saturns rings, Orion Nebula with any degree of clarity. Of course, you can find them used on EBay about half that price.
One thing you can get for pretty cheap that's worth it is some astronomical binoculars. I bought some Zhumell 80x 100 ones on Hayneedle for about $120. But they are real big and weigh about 5 lbs so it is a must to buy a tripod to hold them still. You can easily see the 4 Gallilean moons of Jupiter and make out the red/orange colors on the planet. The best thing is it enhances star gazing. The empty voids you see when you look into the sky with the naked eye on a starry night become filled with hundreds of stars with my binoculars. It just amazes me how much we can't see with the naked eye even on a starlit night that becomes visible with the binocs. And, of course, you can sit and survey the craters on the moon and also see a bright halo around the Orion Nebula.
One thing you can get for pretty cheap that's worth it is some astronomical binoculars. I bought some Zhumell 80x 100 ones on Hayneedle for about $120. But they are real big and weigh about 5 lbs so it is a must to buy a tripod to hold them still. You can easily see the 4 Gallilean moons of Jupiter and make out the red/orange colors on the planet. The best thing is it enhances star gazing. The empty voids you see when you look into the sky with the naked eye on a starry night become filled with hundreds of stars with my binoculars. It just amazes me how much we can't see with the naked eye even on a starlit night that becomes visible with the binocs. And, of course, you can sit and survey the craters on the moon and also see a bright halo around the Orion Nebula.
Posted on 4/24/14 at 10:57 am to NATidefan
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I love astronomy.. but Mars is so boring to me... with my telescope I can see all the Galilean moons, the stripes on Jupiter, and the rings of Saturn and it's moon Titan... Mars just looks like a red star... I know it's not boring... but for me it is.
This is for us pleebs without telescopes.
When I see Mars, I thinks about Total Recall so it's not boring for me. Different strokes.
Posted on 4/24/14 at 11:11 am to Dick Leverage
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Dick Leverage
Posted on 4/24/14 at 11:15 am to Dick Leverage
Dick Leverage
I'm going to purchase these!
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One thing you can get for pretty cheap that's worth it is some astronomical binoculars. I bought some Zhumell 80x 100 ones on Hayneedle for about $120. But they are real big and weigh about 5 lbs so it is a must to buy a tripod to hold them still. You can easily see the 4 Gallilean moons of Jupiter and make out the red/orange colors on the planet. The best thing is it enhances star gazing. The empty voids you see when you look into the sky with the naked eye on a starry night become filled with hundreds of stars with my binoculars. It just amazes me how much we can't see with the naked eye even on a starlit night that becomes visible with the binocs. And, of course, you can sit and survey the craters on the moon and also see a bright halo around the Orion Nebula.
I'm going to purchase these!
Posted on 4/24/14 at 12:33 pm to mizzoukills
You should. I always tell any friends who want to look through them to look at an empty area between some visible stars and then to look through the binocs. Ask them to count the stars they can now see just in that same area that they could not see with the naked eye. Always hear "'oh man'... or, 'damnnnn'". Looking into areas around the Pleides you can count 60 or more stars in areas where your eye sees none.
Of course, there is always the guy who isn't easily impressed and expected to see storms raging on Jupiter.
BTW...if anyone doesn't know, Jupiter is always the brightest and biggest thing in the sky. When you look up and see the one that is most bright than everything else, that is Jupiter.
Of course, there is always the guy who isn't easily impressed and expected to see storms raging on Jupiter.
BTW...if anyone doesn't know, Jupiter is always the brightest and biggest thing in the sky. When you look up and see the one that is most bright than everything else, that is Jupiter.
This post was edited on 4/24/14 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 4/24/14 at 10:59 pm to Stonehog
Bump for tonight.
Posted on 4/24/14 at 11:35 pm to sorantable
Posted on 4/24/14 at 11:37 pm to DynastyDawg
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I know, I was just saying to see the rings on Jupiter and shite like that you have to have a pretty high powered telescope and a computer set up.
To see the rings on jupiter would cost you probably more money than the whole world has.
Posted on 4/24/14 at 11:39 pm to Dick Leverage
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I wish $200 would buy a decent telescope. About the cheapest (new) you can get a 14" Meade LX200 is about $2500 before all the extra stuff. That is what is needed to see things like Saturns rings, Orion Nebula with any degree of clarity. Of course, you can find them used on EBay about half that price.
No, you can do it for around 600 or so.
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