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Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 13:16:19 2020 No.12234464 View Reply Original Report

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Are there any astronomers here, amateur or professional? I've been looking into getting a telescope, probably an 8" Dobsonian to start out with, would that be a good choice?

Also astronomy general thread.

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Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2020 14:40:08 No.12234645 Report

Quoted By: >>12236848

A 8" dobsonian is a good start. It will allow you to see colours in the Orion nebula and such. Hope you don't live in a large city or have a car though, because light pollution is a bitch. I use SkyPortal as map app.

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Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2020 20:00:04 No.12235739 Report

Quoted By: >>12235759 >>12236848

Here's my picture of the Pac Man nebula using a hydrogen alpha filter. I'm not that satisfied with the image, the focus could be better. This was when I started with astrophotography.
>>12234464
>I've been looking into getting a telescope, probably an 8" Dobsonian to start out with
That's perfect. I started out with a 5" reflector mounted on a flimsy and unstable equatorial mount.

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Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2020 20:06:26 No.12235759 Report

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>>12235739
And here's a picture of the Moon-Venus conjunction yesterday.

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Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2020 20:25:10 No.12235804 Report

Quoted By: >>12235811 >>12236848

8" Dobson on the moon +a cellphone

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Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2020 20:27:09 No.12235811 Report

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>>12235804

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Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2020 01:43:28 No.12236848 Report

Quoted By: >>12237949 >>12238442

>>12234645
I live on the outskirts of a large city, but if I drive about 40 minutes out on the toll way I think I'll be able to get away from the light pollution a bit.

>>12235739
NOICE.

>>12235759
Also NOICE.

>>12235804
>>12235811
Do you just put your phones camera eye over the eyepiece or whatever it's called to get the picture?

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Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2020 10:14:17 No.12237949 Report

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>>12236848
>Do you just put your phones camera eye over the eyepiece or whatever it's called to get the picture?
Pretty much.

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Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2020 13:56:09 No.12238442 Report

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>>12237949
>>Do you just put your phones camera eye over the eyepiece or whatever it's called to get the picture?
Yeah, works fine for brighter stuff. For anything else you would want an adapter for a DSLR and a tracking telescope anyway. But that's all advanced stuff and a Dobson is a great start to get into the hobby, as it allows you to learn the basics and you get a lot of bang for your buck.

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