Amateur astronomy: Space is pretty awesome

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Hobbies, Crafts, & Houses > Amateur astronomy: Space is pretty awesome

fuzzi: Oct 14, 2002

blugu64 posted:

I think I saw andromeda in my galileoscope last night. Hard to find, and it was just a gray-ish mass. Need more power I guess. Also while gawking at pleiades a meteor flew across my field of view.

Excuse my lack of knowledge if I'm wrong but I think you just need a bigger telescope but not more power. The bigger the telescope, the more light it gathers and focuses. And it never looks like it does in the pictures because those are long exposure pictures.

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fuzzi: Oct 14, 2002

Jekub posted:

Pictures

Man I would love to see some pictures of the setup you have to take these pics. I think I remember somewhere in this thread where you described your setup, but I'd love to see what it looks like.

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