tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044784353067686026.post4342987755793479623..comments2024-02-25T10:43:28.969+00:00Comments on m0xpd's <i>'Shack Nasties'</i>: m0xpd Observatorym0xpdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13241728975907453128noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044784353067686026.post-31628691746809761892011-01-31T21:22:47.209+00:002011-01-31T21:22:47.209+00:00Nice scope you bought! Next to others, I am using ...Nice scope you bought! Next to others, I am using an 8in Newtonian, with a (manual) Dobsonian mount, myself for stargazing.<br />Digging deeper into amateur astronomy, you will find many interesting aspects, such as modifying webcams for long exposure astro-photography. I had a lot of fun with a cheap computerised ETX-70 in combination with such a camera (check out the astronomy section of my webpage at http:/qsl.net/dl1gsj/astronomy/astro/).<br /><br />73, JoachimJoachim Seiberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766975824128341507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044784353067686026.post-38493668395948910532011-01-29T17:11:51.883+00:002011-01-29T17:11:51.883+00:00I too have been tempted into buying a telescope bu...I too have been tempted into buying a telescope but after the initial enthusiasm I didn't use it for several years and recently sold it. The trouble is amateur astronomy never lives up to the "wow" factor of those Hubble Space Telescope images. You look at a point of light in the sky and see ... the same point of light only brighter. Saturn's rings are just about visible if you can stop the image jiggling about whenever you bump the eyepiece with your eye. You would never know Jupiter had a red spot if someone handn't told you. And things like variable star cycles happen on a timescale that make even JT65A QSOs seem exciting.<br /><br />Have fun. I look forward to reading about your experiences with it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11984840704237681015noreply@blogger.com