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I'm incredibly jealous of those of you who can see galaxies. I love the idea of amateur astronomy I just never had time to get into it. But I'm starting to look into it now. Is there a particular type of telescope or mount more suited for viewing of galaxies? I am fortunate that my parent's house is in an extremely dark and clear place in the Shenandoah mountains and it's only an hour away from me. Sometimes I can't help but stop and look up when the sky there seems literally filled with more stars than black space. I walked out of the front door a long while ago and looked up and froze because the milky way was just right there in my face. I want a telescope there so badly. FalconGuy016 fucked around with this message at 07:22 on Jul 6, 2009 |
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Loztblaz posted:I'll echo Jekub's recommendation for a Dobsonian mounted Newtonian telescope. After thinking a bit, I'd probably just leave it there. Jekub posted:I dream of locations like that. Haha, it is possibly the only good thing about that place. I don't mind looking for things on my own (of course, I haven't tried both), but more importantly if I can use the money for a better picture instead of a tracking stars mount I most definitely would. My budget would be $300-$500 or around there. I have some things that I never use I could sell pretty much instantly. Edit: Hmm, I just realized galaxies are extremely far, and I imagine I'd need a really strong eyepiece. Wouldn't that make the Earth's rotation extremely noticeable? Or would it be completely managable FalconGuy016 fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Jul 7, 2009 |
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I have a question with field of view in eyepieces. It seems the higher the FOV the more money, but when a eyepiece is say 60 degrees field of view does that literally mean you can see 60 degrees of the sky? How does that work with different magnifications with the same FOV?
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