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[Dave]

I didn't know @Dave had a backyard up in honey-boo-boo land

Thats @Grant, you monkey muppet.

 

[biometrics]

Yes, I have a SkyProdigy 130 that I hardly ever use.

An 11" scope sounds like a lot of effort. I doubt I'll ever top my accidental sighting of the ISS so I mostly just use my eyes these days.

Size queen.
For most, 8" is sufficient

This was taken with an 11" in a desert. Sure a 8" will be fine to start with, but this is where I'd like to end up at least:



https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/j4um5q

 

[Dave]

This was taken with an 11" in a desert. Sure a 8" will be fine to start with, but this is where I'd like to end up at least:

View attachment 7565

https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/j4um5q

You want to end up in the Andromeda galaxy? It's a bit far away, you know?

 

[biometrics]

Oh I remember. So you assume you'll get ill? If not by Thu/Friday you should be fine

No I'm not assuming I will get sick. But that was certainly not a good thing to happen...

 

[Sinbad]

Do you have a telescope? I'm keen to get into this but it's like R30k-R40k for an 8" and it seems you really need an 11".

You can start Astrophotography with little more than a dslr and a tripod

 

[dabean]

This was taken with an 11" in a desert. Sure a 8" will be fine to start with, but this is where I'd like to end up at least:

View attachment 7565

https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/j4um5q

Don't expect anything like that without at least R100 000 investment easily.

Besides Andromeda never really rising high enough for us anyway.

 

[Sinbad]

Hamish has always been the Xiaomi ambassador but he's so shit at the job he only gets a cheapie.

Not like @Sinbad who gets top of the range for his Huawei promotion.

Haven't got anything from Huawei in over a year

 

[biometrics]

You want to end up in the Andromeda galaxy? It's a bit far away, you know?

Ugh

 

[LD50]

No I'm not assuming I will get sick. Bet that was certainly not a good thing to happen...

Veral jy. Moet maar wakker wees. Eerder bang Jan as dooie Jan ne?

 

[Hamish the Cow]

Times are tough?

Ja. Tapatalk went belly up the other day, and reset my settings

Sent from my Redmi Note 5 using Tapatalk

 

[biometrics]

You can start Astrophotography with little more than a dslr and a tripod

I don't have a dslr, so staring from scratch.

 

[dabean]

Like any hobby, it's a rabbit hole.

 

[biometrics]

Don't expect anything like that without at least R100 000 investment easily.

Besides Andromeda never really rising high enough for us anyway.

I realise the investment goes up quickly. But an 8" seems like the sweet spot to start.

I don't even know what's visible this side, never really been interested in it. But some expensive gear will get me into it...

 

[biometrics]

Haven't got anything from Huawei in over a year

Sensible.

 

[Hamish the Cow]

Testing

 

[biometrics]

Veral jy. Moet maar wakker wees. Eerder bang Jan as dooie Jan ne?

Dis verby, nou wag ons en kyk. Niks wat ek kan doen nie.

 

[dabean]

I realise the investment goes up quickly. But an 8" seems like the sweet spot to start.

I don't even know what's visible this side, never really been interested in it. But some expensive gear will get me into it...

Understand that you'll never see colour on deep-space objects with your eyes. Grey-scale only.

The colour images you see are multiple photos that have been stacked, so you need an equatorial mount. A good one.

Costs rack up quickly.

 

[biometrics]

Understand that you'll never see colour on deep-space objects with your eyes. Grey-scale only.

The colour images you see are multiple photos that have been stacked, so you need an equatorial mount. A good one.

Costs rack up quickly.

Yeah, I'd rather not start cheap. So will wait till I can do it properly.

 

[Dave]

Haven't got anything from Huawei in over a year

Do you blame Trump?

 

[Dave]

Eddie Van Halen has died..