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No I never shagged my cousins 😛 I should have said I had a dabble on my cousin’s telecope, but it shouldn’t have been necessary, pervs!
Well my pair of Bushnell 15×70’s arrived yesterday so I had my first try and stargazing last night. I didn’t get to see much, but I got a look at Jupiter and its moons which was pretty amazing. There was a fair amount of thin cloud about, so I couldn’t see any nebulas, although I looked for M8 and M20.
Managed to map out the Sagittus, Aquila and Ophiuchus constellations and begin learning my way around.
Although I need to lay off the coffee so I don’y shake as much…
Im sure he probaly only got a whiteish grey blob with the moons around it. I get that with a 6″ with my lenses at full mag In clear Spanish sky so I cant imagine it’s going to be any better in London.
Apparently Mars will be at its closest to the earth on the 27th August from about midnight onwards@=XDC=NeonSamurai wrote:
Although I need to lay off the coffee so I don’y shake as much…
Get yourself a binocular clamp for a tripod. Then buy a tripod if you need to. Can be very cheap.
A clamp will cost you £15-£25. Tripod can be less or a great deal more, depending on what you get.
Fuck this is a boring thread… Id rather write my dissertaion than read this… Geeks!
Never seen the appeal of staring at the sky!
I never saw the point in colouring in nmaps, at least I didn’t do a degree and spend my summer writing a dissertation about Astronomy! ;0
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@LeGIt wrote:
Had a dabble on my cousins years ago
I hear banjos……………..
PMSL 😆 😆 😆 😆
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Im sure he probaly only got a whiteish grey blob with the moons around it. I get that with a 6″ with my lenses at full mag In clear Spanish sky so I cant imagine it’s going to be any better in London.
Apparently Mars will be at its closest to the earth on the 27th August from about midnight onwardsI actually saw Jupiter quite clearly. The bins aren’t made by Zeiss, but I could see that it was a creamy-white disk (not a star), and saw the pin pricks of light that were the moons. Luckily I’m outside of London in a commuter belt area, so the light polution isn’t too bad.
I actually got myself a tripod too, a cheap one of eBay, which isn’t great, but it helps. I think the problem is that the bracket that comes with the bins isn’t really suited to the monsters I’ve got, so they still wobble a bit.
Depending how I get on with the astronomy I might consider buying a better, purpose built tripod. That way I can slowly buy quality bits for the hobby, as and when I know what I need.
Plus it will be easier for you to bang one out whilst watching the people across the street than if you were holding it 😆
Cmon tell the truth 😆
Dammit Mouse! I’d almost convinced everyone here that I wasn’t a peeping Tom!
And yes. That is the real reason for the tripod 😳
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