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Saw this tonight, with my telescope...
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:39 am
by tnf
[lvlshot]http://www.astrocruise.com/m42.jpg[/lvlshot]
But with my scope it actually looked more like this:
I want my $200 back.
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:47 am
by FragaGeddon
laff...take off the lens cover.
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:55 am
by tnf
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.)
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:59 am
by Bdw3
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. =/
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:39 am
by Denz
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:41 am
by +JuggerNaut+
lol denz
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:01 am
by SplishSplash
direct it at your neighbours house for more fun
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:38 pm
by MKJ
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
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:51 pm
by Jackal
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:52 pm
by Jackal
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:24 pm
by Freakaloin
u guys do know that stars rn't real...they r just pinholes in a black curtain...
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:27 pm
by menkent
and aren't all the hubble pictures (of nebulae) artificially colored?
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:29 pm
by Freakaloin
yup...and enhanced...edited, modified...etc etc...
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:09 pm
by tnf
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:12 pm
by tnf
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.
