My First Photos!

[Kensci]

I am vvery happy of the out come and I wanted to shre them with u :)

Equipment:

Celestron Nexstar 8" XLT
Focal Reducer f6
Eypieace 25mm
Camera: Canon 540 with Digital Camera Tripod


First Image:

http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0345xg9.jpg

Second Image:

http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0349nx3.jpg

I tried my best with the equipment that I have at hand. Hope you like them

[Corrosion]

Nice shots - I know this might sound stupid but, that is the moon right?

Did you ever see satellites or I'm asking too much?

[Kensci]

yes it is the moon :)

Never saw satellites with the telly. Only with Bino. Satellites might be a bit difficult to see with telescope since they can only be visible for a few seconds or a bit more. What you can is is the IIS maybe... but still I think it is hard to see since it moves at 27,000 km/h:p

[Kevin]

bad day to take the photos i'm guessing no?

but wicked nonetheless! =D hu tnejn gimatejn ohra issa! lol

[Stewwi]

very cool :D Great shots !!


Is it possible to attach an slr camera directly to your telescope ?? Think it would give interesting results :)


and netx time post in the gallery section :p

[Dragunu]

nice photos xbin!

[Kensci]

oops sry....,


Ija, SLR camera jigu ahjar ax tista tehel ma telescope. Imma issa next year nixtrija. Ninqeda bli andi qied

Wara ix xita is sema tkun iktar cara so tonight it was good laqqas shaba ma kien hemm mal qamar;)

Thanks a lot for the comments:dance:

[FrodoLives]

Hah! 8" me 10" :p nice pics there mate, are you going at ahrax to watch the leonids?
me used to be like you, built my own 10", bought an SLR and loads and loads of books... but found no help/support/interest in cotinueing on the subject here at malta and slowly that hobby died away... :'(

keep it up mate!

[Kensci]

Hehe, maybe, depends how the weather will be on that particular date, next will be the Orionids but still need to read about them.

I am in the Maltese community and in a British forum. Whenever I need help I ask them both and always got the necessary information.

Till now I always used the telescope at home and once I went behind golden sands hotel but that hotel produces too much light pollution. When I make the telescope database work i will try to go dingli manikata etc

[V0rteX]

wow. next time post some full moon pics pls :D

thread moved

[Psy]

nice photos m8

[FrodoLives]

Originally posted by Kensci
I am in the Maltese community and in a British forum. Whenever I need help I ask them both and always got the necessary information.



The Maltastro is defenetly the most booring community ever to be formed on this island, i rember them 5 faces whic you always saw 6yrs ago. this year i went at ahrax to watch the perseids. they where still the frikin 5 same faces and all do is talk & talk...

whats the forum then that your in?

[Kensci]

yeah and they are abit old hehe!!

I am in the forums.skyatnightmagazine.com

Hemmhekk kont ija? jin fil fatt ma qadtx fejn kien hemm il folla, qadt wara il kapella al kwiet noserva. Lunika haga li ma fimtx ija il projector. Ma nafx alfejn gabuh! dawwal kull mhemm:crazy?:

Frodo I think astronomy is a hobby to pass sometime alone. So the community is really not important at this point. If you need some help etc... I ask in the forums above. I am still a beginner and they are very helpful.

[FrodoLives]

jin kont nnaha lohra dakinar fejn ttarf fil kantunira kwazi. thx tal forum, maybe will meet sometime alone in the dark :p

[Kensci]

Originally posted by FrodoLives
jin kont nnaha lohra dakinar fejn ttarf fil kantunira kwazi. thx tal forum, maybe will meet sometime alone in the dark :p

......to observe the sky:p

[moonbeam]

uff qed nghir ghalik. :ang:

[FrodoLives]

Originally posted by Kensci
......to observe the sky:p

yes obviously.. uhm :confused:

[MaRkDeLf]

ha nigi kenneth ha nigi a a a :(

kinky pics, minn djm xtaqt nixtri telescope uek me imma nahseb trid tonfoq hafna e ? :/

[Corrosion]

Min jaf al xiex tuzah iktar it telescope eh.. bil lejl fis sajf fxi tieqa jew xi bajja..lol jk

[V0rteX]

reminds me of ...

http://www.pbfcomics.com/archive/PBF052AD-We_Got_It.jpg

[MaRkDeLf]

Originally posted by Corrosion
Min jaf al xiex tuzah iktar it telescope eh.. bil lejl fis sajf fxi tieqa jew xi bajja..lol jk

fdak il-kas jien inkun fil-bajja mux wara it-tscope :cool: :p

[Kensci]

Originally posted by MaRkDeLf
ha nigi kenneth ha nigi a a a :(

kinky pics, minn djm xtaqt nixtri telescope uek me imma nahseb trid tonfoq hafna e ? :/

Dejjem tista tamel wiehed inti u jigi irhas. Tista min flok tixtri reflector telescope tista tixtri refractor jigik hafna irhas. Dan li xtrajt jin gieni Lm900. vera naqa oli imma fic cert li ad fadalli snin twal ma nixtri wiehed. On the whole it is worth it :)

and no i don't use it to spy what;s on the beaches! :p

bhala activties ftit jamlu awn malta. meta jkunu ha nitilaw ximkien nejdilkom :) supost daqt anna nitilaw ximkien ax siehbi andu jasalu il 14":dance:

edit: If you have bino you will see a lot of things like clusters of stars! So if you have one use it. With a bino 10x50 you can see the 4 moons of Juptier. You can see andromeda galaxy (you see it as a cloud) which is 3.2 million light years away, yet the closest galaxy to our milky way. and much more. The interesting part is the challenge to find something :)

[FrodoLives]

This is my equipment, Home made 10" F4.5 Newtonian Refractor - all in wood, Mirrors bought for Antares, Canada for lm140 (Primary Mirror, Secondary Mirror, Focuser and 40mm Finder scope)

Telescope (http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture0776zi0.jpg)

Shot from the focuser without eyepeice. Not aligned lol!

Mirror shot (http://img106.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture0778dm6.jpg)

the Mirror and The Mirror cell. The mirror cell made thank to my bro!

Mirror (http://img137.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture0779br6.jpg)

Mirror Cell (http://img137.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture0781hu5.jpg)

The focuser, Finder and the Eyepieces, one 8mm one 20mm. They're Konus, from a 3" telescope. Never got to chance to buy a real one! :(

Secondary Mirror House (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture0782zp0.jpg)


So what do you use?

[Kensci]

Nicely built :)

http://www.celestron.com/c2/product.php?CatID=13&ProdID=416 I got this one, all the details are on the website ;) I bought a focal reducer to reduce f11 to f 6. and a 40mm eyepiece. I will buy a light pollution filter anytime soon.

[Drowen]

apparti c-cajt, tista timmira t-telescope lisfel u tuzah bix tara l-art? fis-sens, jien qied birzebbuga u rrid nara z-zejtun (li jider, imma l-bod), nista nuza t-telescope?

[Kensci]

yes u can, but everything should be upside down. you should have an adapter to arrange the reflection.

[FrodoLives]

Nice telescope there!!!
listen if your interested i used to have a subcription of this (http://www.skyandtelescope.com/) magazine which was really worthed and used to had a lot of information with tips, events, hints and many other useful things!! I really suggest you subscribe if i remeber it was lm24 a year for 12 issues but it was really worthed and full of info!

[Sentix]

Originally posted by Drowen
apparti c-cajt, tista timmira t-telescope lisfel u tuzah bix tara l-art? fis-sens, jien qied birzebbuga u rrid nara z-zejtun (li jider, imma l-bod), nista nuza t-telescope?

u bhalek iz zejtun xi trid tara fih??

maw xed jodd alik :p

[Kensci]

Originally posted by FrodoLives
Nice telescope there!!!
listen if your interested i used to have a subcription of this (http://www.skyandtelescope.com/) magazine which was really worthed and used to had a lot of information with tips, events, hints and many other useful things!! I really suggest you subscribe if i remeber it was lm24 a year for 12 issues but it was really worthed and full of info!

ija naf bih imma andi problema ax il letter box mhux kbira bizejjed irid inkabbar adni :\: Iselifuli siehbi xi kultant u kif edt huwa interresanti :)

[Exclusive]

any ufo sightings yet?

[PostHuMaN]

I-F maybe hehehe

[Drowen]

Originally posted by Sentix
u bhalek iz zejtun xi trid tara fih??

maw xed jodd alik :p

u le gibt ezempju :p heqq mid-dar tiej tider il-bajja :cool: :rolleyes:

haha

le le just kelli kurzita...

[Kensci]

Originally posted by Exclusive
any ufo sightings yet?

maybe 24 LY away.....

But be careful when you go out.... they might see u and think there is one among us:fun:

[dynamited]

WOW! Nice shots!

[Mathew]

Yeah very cool. I bet its amazing watching the Moon directly through a telescope, i mean its better than watching pictures on internet or tv.

[Exclusive]

Originally posted by Kensci
maybe 24 LY away.....

But be careful when you go out.... they might see u and think there is one among us:fun:

:bang:

i dont fly stupid.....

[Juventino]

Originally posted by PostHuMaN
I-F maybe hehehe

space invaders are smoking grass maybe? :dance:

[Pirvy]

nice pics!

[Kensci]

Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated.