Any astronomers on here?

[chriswjx]

not a star watcher but do find it fascinating how the universe came to be and the mind boggling size of it and just how all the matter came to be and how old it all is. All them galaxies, stars, black hole and planets, Trillions of them.
Then how it will all eventually end, the fate of are sun and earth not that I will be around to see it

Indeed, but here's a little fact I learnt earlier in the week. You'll have more molecules of water in a small glass of water than there are stars in the observable universe. The magnitude of these numbers and the scale of these objects (both large and small) are incredible.

 

[Triggermortis]

And here we have the spiral galaxy knowm “as Andromeda”

 

[Triggermortis]

 

[Yorkie]

One of the many pleasures of stalking on one particular lease we had was the total lack of light pollution. On a clear winters night i could just lay on my back and stare in utter amazement at the heavens.
I love Astronomy. It is difficult just to comprehend the enormity of it all. The fact that we are actually looking back in time.

 

[Triggermortis]

Orion Nebula….

 

[Morkai]

One of the many pleasures of stalking on one particular lease we had was the total lack of light pollution. On a clear winters night i could just lay on my back and stare in utter amazement at the heavens.

More people need to do this, it's like meditation.

I love Astronomy. It is difficult just to comprehend the enormity of it all. The fact that we are actually looking back in time.

It is pretty mind blowing and the feeling doesn't seem to wane.

 

[Triggermortis]

I never imagined that in my seventh decade I’d be so awestruck by by something I’ve been looking at all my life but have now had the good fortune to “rediscover “ by looking at it from a different angle.

 

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StarWalk2 is a good app to put a name to what your looking at

 

[Morkai]

I never imagined that in my seventh decade I’d be so awestruck by by something I’ve been looking at all my life but have now had the good fortune to “rediscover “ by looking at it from a different angle.

What have you been using?

I have a Celestron Nexstar 130 SLT, I have rigged a camera to it before and impressive as the images can be, I dont think you can beat just watching through the scope with your eyes and eliminating the digital aspect.

(EDIT - sorry, just seen the first post)

 

[angel eyes]

I think astronomy is an awesome subject, it’s mind blowing to think an Apollo spacecraft travelling at 24,000 mph would take 27,000 years to travel a lightyear!!

 

[Triggermortis]

I’m a technophobe and struggle to turn the kettle on so don’t ask how it does it but apparently this thing takes a picture every 10 seconds for 10/20 or 30 mins(however long you leave it running) then overlays or combines them to maximise the detail in the picture, I hate technology but sometime you have to tip your hat to it.

 

[angusb1]

I’m a technophobe and struggle to turn the kettle on so don’t ask how it does it but apparently this thing takes a picture every 10 seconds for 10/20 or 30 mins(however long you leave it running) then overlays or combines them to maximise the detail in the picture, I hate technology but sometime you have to tip your hat to it.

The fact that this thing does all that reliably without the owner doing anything at all is just superb. Having had a go at this from a more hands on approach a few years ago it's a very difficult thing to understand never mind execute. I gave up, there just wasn't enough time for me to get good at it.

 

[sauer]

have too many telescopes and loads of parts I will make into telescopes when I retire.

You don't have a handset/ controller for a Meade LX90 do you ?

Mine fires up and works but can longer read any text on it ....just the red coloured screen

Paul

 

[GlennUK]

not a star watcher but do find it fascinating how the universe came to be and the mind boggling size of it and just how all the matter came to be and how old it all is. All them galaxies, stars, black hole and planets, Trillions of them.
Then how it will all eventually end, the fate of are sun and earth not that I will be around to see it

What i find interesting is how just when 'science' thinks it knows how things work, it changes, maybe not quite back to the start but just enough to say that we are still learning.

 

[angusb1]

You don't have a handset/ controller for a Meade LX90 do you ?

Mine fires up and works but can longer read any text on it ....just the red coloured screen

Paul

Hi Paul, most of my stuff is old Vixen kit, sorry I don't have a Meade LX90 controller. Looks like eBay is a possibility for finding one. £60 should do it:

Meade Autostar Controller for sale | eBay

 

[sauer]

Thank you ... I'll check my handset/ part number and confirm

 

[Triggermortis]

And tonight’s thrilling instalment comes from the Triangulum spiral galaxy…

 

[angusb1]

And tonight’s thrilling instalment comes from the Triangulum spiral galaxy…

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Brilliant

 

[Tom270]

That is an amazing piece of kit, I bet you will be able to see Captain Kirks 3 ears with that, his left ear ,his right ear and his final frontier.

 

[Triggermortis]