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« on: May 09, 2010, 04:28:23 PM » |
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http://www.nightskyhunter.com/Visual%20Comet%20Hunting.htmlIf you have a telescope, and you would like comet hunting... I think we should make a search program for people that are on these forums. Something like "Universe Sandbox Comet Search" (USCS) or something. Even just 15 minutes of thorough searching a night for this program would be good. Anyone have a scope?
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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2010, 10:11:30 PM » |
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I have a telescope. But it's bright during the whole day, and I always go to bed at 21:00 my time, so... Hmm.
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« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2010, 07:11:27 AM » |
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Yeah... Summer is a problem over there isn't it! You could wait half of a year, but then it's like -20C or something. I'm not sure. I tried to search last night. But I went out a little TOO early, and also I had no relative stars so i couldn't focus, cause I came from looking at Saturn. So I wasn't gonna take all that time, and I had to go in anyway... I actually am going to build an 8" Dobsonian (Newtonian), I think I am needing something more than a 5" Nexstar, and the cheapest 8" around is like $900! No way I am paying for that. So I'll just pay around $100, and take a few weeks!  Btw, what is the aperture of your telescope? |
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2010, 07:53:59 AM » |
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Aperture? My telescope is a Skywatcher Explorer 130. I think it's best at nebulae etc. |
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« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2010, 04:02:28 PM » |
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5.12 inches. Aperture is an opening. Nebulae? You've seen them? Do you use the AutoAlign? I just scope it in (thats the problem) The AutoAlign never worked for me. Since I can't scope it in, my dad helps me. He can't ever get anything he can't see. I can see more than him... so... Yeah. I wanted to get the Owl Nebula (i think that was it), and my dad couldn't even understand where I was telling him it was! |
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« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2010, 04:07:46 PM » |
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OH! THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT APERTURE SCIENCE IN PORTAL!
Aperture Science, means Opening Science, because a portal is an opening.
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« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2010, 04:15:35 PM » |
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Yup.  |
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« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2010, 04:16:47 PM » |
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Yup. Yup. |
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« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2010, 10:27:10 PM » |
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My aperture is 130 mm. And I haven't seen any nebulae yet. In fact I haven't seen anything in it yet, except some plants, but it's always bright, so I can't use it yet.  |
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« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2010, 10:41:13 PM » |
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My aperture is 130 mm. And I haven't seen any nebulae yet. In fact I haven't seen anything in it yet, except some plants, but it's always bright, so I can't use it yet. 130 mm is 5.11811024 in. So your aperture is a little bit shorter than NeutronStar said yours was. |
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Dan Dixon
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« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2010, 10:45:56 PM » |
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130 mm is 5.11811024 in.
So your aperture is a little bit shorter than NeutronStar said yours was.
But if you round 5.11811024 in up to just 2 decimal places you get 5.12 in. The difference of .002 in is only 1/20 of a mm (.002 in = .05 mm). So for all practical purposes 130 mm = 5.12 inches. |
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« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2010, 10:47:48 PM » |
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130 mm is 5.11811024 in.
So your aperture is a little bit shorter than NeutronStar said yours was.
But if you round 5.11811024 in up to just 2 decimal places you get 5.12 in. The difference of .002 in is only 1/20 of a mm (.002 in = .05 mm). So for all practical purposes 130 mm = 5.12 inches. I like high precision, when I made a game board, the answers of the question cards were not rounded. |
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« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2010, 10:49:01 PM » |
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I have a telescope. But it's bright during the whole day, and I always go to bed at 21:00 my time, so... Hmm.
9:00 PM! I go to bed at 10:00 PM my time. |
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« Reply #13 on: May 11, 2010, 07:21:34 AM » |
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9:00 PM! I go to bed at 10:00 PM my time.
22:30 to 23:00 over here. |
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« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2010, 07:22:44 AM » |
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My aperture is 130 mm. And I haven't seen any nebulae yet. In fact I haven't seen anything in it yet, except some plants, but it's always bright, so I can't use it yet. Did you get it just recently? Or did you just happen to forget, on all of the winters you've had, about your telescope. |
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« Reply #15 on: May 11, 2010, 08:21:39 AM » |
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9:00 PM! I go to bed at 10:00 PM my time.
22:30 to 23:00 over here. 24 HOUR! I don't like that way of measuring time. So, I read this on Wikipedia, and the time you go to bed at is: 10:30-11:00 |
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« Reply #16 on: May 11, 2010, 03:47:56 PM » |
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Yeah... 24 hour is simple, you don't have ante meridiem and post meridiem
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« Reply #17 on: May 11, 2010, 10:30:10 PM » |
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Yes, I got it recently.
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« Reply #18 on: May 12, 2010, 07:24:27 AM » |
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For what? This topic? jk When did you get it and why? |
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« Reply #19 on: May 12, 2010, 08:01:51 AM » |
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I got it a few weeks ago (I got money for it when it was my birthday, on 20100424). I had considered getting it for more than a year. I wanted it because I wanted to look at the sky through it.  I want to see the Andromeda Galaxy IRL, and the Orion Nebula, and... Everything. |
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« Reply #20 on: May 12, 2010, 08:03:49 AM » |
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Yeah... 24 hour is simple, you don't have ante meridiem and post meridiem
Who cares if there is no Ante Meridiem or Post Meridiem? I would rather use them. |
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« Reply #21 on: May 12, 2010, 04:11:57 PM » |
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Not to unconvince you, but... They look... well... gray. Not colorful. You need a camera mount, for like 5 minutes up there to make it have color.
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« Reply #22 on: May 13, 2010, 03:22:57 AM » |
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I know. I've seen it before in another person's telescope, and... Yes. Hopefully the shapes will be exciting, if they're visible at all. But I have no motor on the telescope, and no camera either. And I don't have a camera mount either, so... |
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atomic7732
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« Reply #23 on: May 13, 2010, 07:28:15 AM » |
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Why do you not have a motor... Didn't it come with one?
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« Reply #24 on: May 13, 2010, 05:10:25 PM » |
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No. |
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