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some_admin
Oct 11, 2011

Grimey Drawer
Well, unexpectedly, we’re going to the eclipse.
I have a Celestron PowerSeeker 127 EQ telescope, should I get some accessories and attempt to use this during the eclipse or should I just skip it because I know nearly nothing about the telescope, astronomy, and just enjoy the totality?

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some_admin
Oct 11, 2011

Grimey Drawer
Thx Duodenum! I was thinking it would probably be very much not worth the effort to drag the telescope to Texas.
Spouse will be skeptical of the colander trick, she’ll have to read it before she believes me.


Unrelated to eclipse, is there a decent cell phone mount or some other way to image from this telescope? (Or is like, “get a colander” again?)
I am completely aware that this is a very meager telescope, and that I live in dense urban area, so prospects of actual “Celestial Photography” are pretty slim. I did shoot picture of Moon, while I was standing on a stool (yeah, I get it now, I can just lower the legs on the tripod), while inside my house (it was cold!), while holding the phone against the eyepiece mount.

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