Saw this tonight, with my telescope...

Post by **tnf** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:39 am

[lvlshot]http://www.astrocruise.com/m42.jpg[/lvlshot]

But with my scope it actually looked more like this:

I want my $200 back.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:47 am

laff...take off the lens cover.

Post by **tnf** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:55 am

I did. In seriousness, though, I do wonder how many people buy telescopes after seeing Hubble images and whatnot and then get home and point them at the sky and see white dots and the occasional gray smudge of a galaxy or nebula IF they are able to find them (which can be a real pain in the ass, even with an computerized drive like this scope has.)

Post by **Bdw3** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:59 am

Yeah, Seeing the rings of saturn was the coolest thing I ever remember doing with my telescope.

Just looked like a whitespot with a white swoosh around it. =/

Post by **Denz** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:39 am

Your first problem is you only spent $200. You can't get any kind of a decent telescope for $200.

Mine cost me $1,500 and it's nice but you still can't see images like you can with the hubble telescope.

Hell even the biggest Telescope on earth can't see images like the Hubble Telescope. That's why the hubble telescope was built in the first place.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:41 am

lol denz

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:01 am

direct it at your neighbours house for more fun

Post by **MKJ** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:38 pm

get a real telescope.
my brother has one and you can see stuff like that for real (although a bit less saturated and ofcourse a lot smaller).
looking at Io is actually possible with that thing :icon14:

ofcourse his wasnt 200 bucks

Post by **Jackal** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:51 pm

MKJ wrote:get a real telescope.
my brother has one and you can see stuff like that for real (although a bit less saturated and ofcourse a lot smaller).
looking at Io is actually possible with that thing :icon14:

ofcourse his wasnt 200 bucks

Yeah the gf's father has a scope like that. The thing is great.

Post by **Jackal** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:52 pm

tnf wrote:I did. In seriousness, though, I do wonder how many people buy telescopes after seeing Hubble images and whatnot and then get home and point them at the sky and see white dots and the occasional gray smudge of a galaxy or nebula IF they are able to find them (which can be a real pain in the ass, even with an computerized drive like this scope has.)

and I would bet not many.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:24 pm

u guys do know that stars rn't real...they r just pinholes in a black curtain...

Post by **menkent** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:27 pm

and aren't all the hubble pictures (of nebulae) artificially colored?

Post by **Freakaloin** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:29 pm

yup...and enhanced...edited, modified...etc etc...

Post by **tnf** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:09 pm

Denz wrote:Your first problem is you only spent $200. You can't get any kind of a decent telescope for $200.

Mine cost me $1,500 and it's nice but you still can't see images like you can with the hubble telescope.

Hell even the biggest Telescope on earth can't see images like the Hubble Telescope. That's why the hubble telescope was built in the first place.

I'm not serious man.

Post by **tnf** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:12 pm

And yea, all the pics you see from HST and pretty much anything else with color is the result of different filters, etc. The colors you see do represent different temps and gas compositions or whatnot, but you aren't going to resolve those things with any regular scope unless you are doing some astrophotography stuff yourself.

I use one of these when I teach astronomy.