If so, let me know
Hahaha! Finally got myself a telescope! Now I just have to learn how to use it!
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Does your mom shower near a window?
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Hahaha! Finally got myself a telescope! Now I just have to learn how to use it!
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Managed to get myself a couple good photos of the moon. Pretty good, considering it was cold and cloudy out and I don't know a thing about photography!
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Thats pretty kwel!
That the best a simple digital camera will showCan't even see the craters - lol
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Thats sweet man....
I have a telescope that I still havent figured out how to use. That one looks really expensive too....
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hey how much did thing thing cost ya? im planning to get one next year when i move out of campus and into my own place hopefully.. wat kind of budget should i be looking at
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woah thats sweet , how much does that one cost??
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Actually, the telescope isn't really that expensive in comparison to other decent ones out there. The one I got is at Costco for $265, which is a really smoking good price seeing's how it's got the motorized arm. The one I got (Celestron Nexstar 114GT) is a recently discontinued model and somehow Costco managed to get a shit load of them and they're selling them off at bargain prices. Costco was selling the same model a few months back during the Mars hype and they sold out really quickly. I've been reading that a lot of the people in the US have been snatching them up and selling them off on eBay for a nice amount of profit. If you're interested in one, I'd really suggest getting your ass to Costco tomorrow, cause they're not going to last long. I checked out some of the telescopes at the store at the science center and the closest one they have that's about the same quality starts at $300 (Celestron Firstscope 114) and doesn't even have the motorized arm.
I've been doing a lot of reading around on telescopes for the last little while and it seems the budget for a decent telescope for beginners is around $300-400'ish.
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sweet id like one, is that the closest you can get to the moon, i know nothing about telescopes!!
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Actually it's the closest I could get the picture with! I was using the 10x eyepiece for the picture. The 25x eyepiece could see quite a bit better but I couldn't get a decent shot with my camera. Once I get more used to using it, I'll pick up some better eyepieces.Originally posted by 04blackMAX
sweet id like one, is that the closest you can get to the moon, i know nothing about telescopes!!
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Sweet pics man!
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I have a huge B&L Telescope, stands like 5.5 feet tall, it shows mars as red and you can distinctly see the shape of saturn with the rings. I'm gonna try for some pictures when its warmer out (ice crystals screw your clarity at that distance)
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I had a ton of fun with my telescope only problem is its one of those things that you use for a month or so then you get sick of it and it just starts getting in the way. Eventually I packed it backup into the box and it just sits in the closet now.
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Damn those pictures are sweet. Quality looks awesome.
Costco has a lot of good stuff
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do those telescopes have built in cameras or something? how do you take pics with them?
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Nope. I had to point my digicam into the eye piece for the pictures, which is why it's not that sharp (atleast not as sharp as I could see with my eye). I'm definitely going to be getting a camera adaptor for the telescope though.Originally posted by ~$eanith~
do those telescopes have built in cameras or something? how do you take pics with them?
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Just playing around with the contrast/brightness in Photoshop on the moon image I posted:
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that's cool Derrick!
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What's 30 grand when you're buying a BMW, M6 please.
Oooh the irony.Originally posted by t-im
You sound like the type of guy who would buy a C-Class just so you could tell people you have a Benz.
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yah costco is great, i work there lets see some beyond hoddies at work tonight picking up telerscopes, lol
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no but my gramma does
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