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We all started somewhere! We are a friendly bunch! Most of your questions can be posted here, but if you are interested in Astrophotography please use the new Beginner Astrophotography forum. The response time will be much better.
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Bare with me, I have been observing since 1968 and other than when I had my own darkroom back in the 70s, I have not done any type of...
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It's fun to get on during the live streams. He takes requests....
:observatory: okay so I have recently acquired a skywatcher 130M telescope and have been out with it a couple of times and seen some fantastic views....
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Jupiter and Saturn are poorly placed for photography from the UK and Cumbria is much further north than I am (51.5 deg). The biggest problem is focus...
Don't know if beginners forum is the right place, but here I am. Planning on imaging Saturn and then later, some unguided shots of m42. Probably...
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You may find it helpful to make your first goto to a bright named star and then adjust the mount to center the star and then sync to it just to touch...
Note: The following is purely a Public Service Announcement (PSA) only, and is not intended to be representative of any particular real-world event....
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That was the best PSA I have read in quite some time! Hypothetically speaking, of course. I hope the hypothetically said OTA is clear of web material...
I’m sorry to ask questions that have probably been asked many times but I need so assistance!
I have finally decided to take the plunge...
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As you and many other said, AP on my budget isn’t really feasible. The last thing I want is to attempt something that will not be up to a standard I...
Hello everyone! I am in need of some expert opinions. I have always found astronomy fascinating and have studied a little, but I definitely need the...
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If you have the moon's rotational axis perpendicular to its orbit and invoke tidal locking you will have a very reasonable and potentially rather...
Looking to buy a solar filter, and telescopes.net is the only place so far that I found who has the one I want in stock. Has anyone bought from here?...
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You do realize the sun is actually white? :)
I would go with the Baader for the transit, as I said already, better resolution and contrast will be...
Tonight is suppose to be a good night for observing here. I'm looking for possible targets.
On the top of the list will be Mini Cassiopeia. Little...
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And of course, don't forget that we have a vendor that is promoting his astro-planning website. A lot of us use this site quite a bit for our nightly...
Just bought the above Celestron Crossaim reticle eye-piece. Got home and put it together. However the illumination just flickered as it was switched...
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I'm not sure. I had a similar problem on a remote keyless entry key on my Lexus. Bought something that was slightly off that should have worked, but...
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I have a Crayford-style non-rotabable focuser on my ES AR 102. I have noticed that the flat plane on the bottom side of the drawtube that...
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Thanks very much Gabby. That is a great link, although I don't think the focuser is quit ready for that. It is working fine now. I did save the link...
I took a picture of Saturn last night it's no where near as good as some of the picture I've seen in the astrophotography section (which I can't post...
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Considering that you were using a camera 'phone, this is a good effort. Saturn is poorly placed from the UK at the moment and will be for a few...
Been asking advice for lenses foe deep sky viewing with my Celestron 8 Ultima SCT. Some have asked if I had a focal reducer & that I should get one....
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SCT (and Mak) field of view is limited by the baffle tube diameter (which in case of 8 SCT is 37mm). Since 2 38mm Q70 has field stop of ~45mm, you...
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