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(OP) User ID: 25029586 United States02/21/2014 03:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yes. Lol |
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(OP) User ID: 44557506 United States02/21/2014 04:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 5* OP, nice vid Quoting: Mechatronics How come no moons show up on here? I used my Nikon with just a 70-300 lens and was able to see 4 moons. Just wondering how come I see none on your video. I don't have the best webcam. I kept it at a low exposure. If I went a little higher, I probably would be able to capture a couple moons. |
| Karlos
User ID: 54641627  United Kingdom02/21/2014 08:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wow, I could never see anything like that with my ol 4,5 10.1" Odyssey II Coulter Dobsonian. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 786580 I was always too busy with the bump and pull to let the scope settle down for more than a few seconds at high mag with the Meade ultra wide angle 4.8 mm. Rarely did the scope and the sky settle down at the same time. Computer control of the scope hooked up to a laptop is giving me the itch to get back in the groove. You don't need computer control to keep an object steady in the frame at high magnification - just a decent equatorial mount. In 35+ yrs of watching the sky through telescopes I've never owned a computer controlled 'scope. A bit of experience, and you can find anything you want by star-hopping, and a properly aligned EQ mount will keep it centred in the field for as long as you want. 'Goto' is for wimps** - LOL **or for imaging things that are too dim to see by eye through the eyepiece. Last Edited by Karlos on 02/21/2014 08:59 AM |
| Karlos
User ID: 54641627 United Kingdom02/21/2014 08:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't believe it's just a star. I would like to know what it is. Thank's anyway. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 54218981 Thread: What is this? Strange lights in the sky! That light in the west is STILL there! (Page 2) Bright star-like object, mid february, around 2am, in the SW... It's Sirius Brightest star in the sky, it flashes, scintillates, and changes colour, due to the light coming through many, many miles of constantly moving air. When you look out of our atmosphere at an object low in the sky, you can be looking through 5 or 6 times as much air as you are when looking straight up. That's why stars nearer the horizon twinkle far more than those near the zenith, and it can often be spectacular. The effect is like the light is coming through a constantly changing prism - hence the changing colours. |
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| Dr. Astro
Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 4211721 United States02/22/2014 01:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wow, I could never see anything like that with my ol 4,5 10.1" Odyssey II Coulter Dobsonian. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 786580 I was always too busy with the bump and pull to let the scope settle down for more than a few seconds at high mag with the Meade ultra wide angle 4.8 mm. Rarely did the scope and the sky settle down at the same time. Computer control of the scope hooked up to a laptop is giving me the itch to get back in the groove. You don't need computer control to keep an object steady in the frame at high magnification - just a decent equatorial mount. In 35+ yrs of watching the sky through telescopes I've never owned a computer controlled 'scope. A bit of experience, and you can find anything you want by star-hopping, and a properly aligned EQ mount will keep it centred in the field for as long as you want. 'Goto' is for wimps** - LOL  **or for imaging things that are too dim to see by eye through the eyepiece. Quoting: KarlosThat's better. lol  |
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| Atomic User ID: 53288942 United Kingdom02/22/2014 01:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Very nice video OP!  Beautiful. Thank you! Quoting: RedRoad Since you are equipped...could you please check, record and post one of those strobing red-blue-green-yellow stars? I would very much appreciate it. I would really like to know what they are and what they look like up close. I was seeing these almost every night in central Texas, back in late Nov. They aren't stars. I haven't noticed or looked for them in a few months. There were two I could see simultaneously. I have a Celestron CPC925 XLT, but didn't scope the objects. I could tell from looking through bino's they aren't stars, or I never seen stars with flashing lights like that. Next few weeks I'll be out more with the scope, it's warming up now. If I see em, I'll image one with an Atik Titan CCD and see what I get, and post it. No stacking I am guessing due to the flashing lights but with 15 frames a sec, maybe catch a good frame. They are bizarre, maybe another sky watcher knows what these are? Twinkling stars. Scintillation causes rapid color shifts. Could be wrong about this but sometimes the ones with twinkling colour variations are actually a couple/few stars in roughly the same trajectory battling for light supremacy? Think I heard that somewhere... |
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(OP) User ID: 43992209 United States02/22/2014 01:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wow, I could never see anything like that with my ol 4,5 10.1" Odyssey II Coulter Dobsonian. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 786580 I was always too busy with the bump and pull to let the scope settle down for more than a few seconds at high mag with the Meade ultra wide angle 4.8 mm. Rarely did the scope and the sky settle down at the same time. Computer control of the scope hooked up to a laptop is giving me the itch to get back in the groove. You don't need computer control to keep an object steady in the frame at high magnification - just a decent equatorial mount. In 35+ yrs of watching the sky through telescopes I've never owned a computer controlled 'scope. A bit of experience, and you can find anything you want by star-hopping, and a properly aligned EQ mount will keep it centred in the field for as long as you want. 'Goto' is for wimps** - LOL **or for imaging things that are too dim to see by eye through the eyepiece.  |
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User ID: 51550563 United States02/22/2014 02:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wow, I could never see anything like that with my ol 4,5 10.1" Odyssey II Coulter Dobsonian. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 786580 I was always too busy with the bump and pull to let the scope settle down for more than a few seconds at high mag with the Meade ultra wide angle 4.8 mm. Rarely did the scope and the sky settle down at the same time. Computer control of the scope hooked up to a laptop is giving me the itch to get back in the groove. You don't need computer control to keep an object steady in the frame at high magnification - just a decent equatorial mount. In 35+ yrs of watching the sky through telescopes I've never owned a computer controlled 'scope. A bit of experience, and you can find anything you want by star-hopping, and a properly aligned EQ mount will keep it centred in the field for as long as you want. 'Goto' is for wimps** - LOL **or for imaging things that are too dim to see by eye through the eyepiece.  ~*Ride the Wave*~ |
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(OP) User ID: 38265636 United States02/22/2014 02:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wow, I could never see anything like that with my ol 4,5 10.1" Odyssey II Coulter Dobsonian. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 786580 I was always too busy with the bump and pull to let the scope settle down for more than a few seconds at high mag with the Meade ultra wide angle 4.8 mm. Rarely did the scope and the sky settle down at the same time. Computer control of the scope hooked up to a laptop is giving me the itch to get back in the groove. You don't need computer control to keep an object steady in the frame at high magnification - just a decent equatorial mount. In 35+ yrs of watching the sky through telescopes I've never owned a computer controlled 'scope. A bit of experience, and you can find anything you want by star-hopping, and a properly aligned EQ mount will keep it centred in the field for as long as you want. 'Goto' is for wimps** - LOL **or for imaging things that are too dim to see by eye through the eyepiece.  |
| Simple27
User ID: 51550563 United States02/22/2014 02:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Karlos You don't need computer control to keep an object steady in the frame at high magnification - just a decent equatorial mount. In 35+ yrs of watching the sky through telescopes I've never owned a computer controlled 'scope. A bit of experience, and you can find anything you want by star-hopping, and a properly aligned EQ mount will keep it centred in the field for as long as you want. 'Goto' is for wimps** - LOL **or for imaging things that are too dim to see by eye through the eyepiece. Lmao!  ~*Ride the Wave*~ |
| Dr. Astro
Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 4211721 United States02/22/2014 02:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Karlos You don't need computer control to keep an object steady in the frame at high magnification - just a decent equatorial mount. In 35+ yrs of watching the sky through telescopes I've never owned a computer controlled 'scope. A bit of experience, and you can find anything you want by star-hopping, and a properly aligned EQ mount will keep it centred in the field for as long as you want. 'Goto' is for wimps** - LOL **or for imaging things that are too dim to see by eye through the eyepiece. |
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(OP) User ID: 37875356 United States02/22/2014 02:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Haha. Nice. |
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| Flameworker
User ID: 10990462 United States02/22/2014 03:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks Geo!!! + Last Edited by Flameworker on 02/22/2014 03:38 AM MORE FIRE!!!... and sling it while it's hot.!! Ass, gas, or grass, nobody rides for free.! |
| sreglof23
User ID: 21161999 United States02/22/2014 04:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sweet video......not had my scope running right since my pc crashed. My Starshoot Autoguider won't work. The error says Ascom couldn't connect with pulse guiding. With the pc crash, guiding error, clouds, -0 temps,snow and wind it has been a rough Winter for for Astrophotos. |
