Seeing M13 though my university's 14" refractor was jaw-droppingly astonishing. It was like a 3D holographic projection... but all of the dots were real stars, circling each other in a billion-year dance.
It's why globular clusters will always be my favorite deep-sky object, and why I bother trying to do the occasional bit of astrophotography myself.
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Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:13 pm
#17
Re: SPAAACE
Got my first telescope when I was twelve, and the first thing I went looking for was Saturn.
Seeing it with my own eyes was awesome! This is Cassini's final full-ring portrait - beautiful!
Seeing it with my own eyes was awesome! This is Cassini's final full-ring portrait - beautiful!
Oolite Naval Attaché
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Fri Sep 29, 2017 2:27 am
#19
Re: SPAAACE
Warning: do not ask about physics unless you really want to know about physics.
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Mon Oct 02, 2017 2:33 am
#21
Re: SPAAACE
Warning: do not ask about physics unless you really want to know about physics.
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Mon Oct 02, 2017 1:18 pm
#22
Re: SPAAACE
One from the archive - three galaxies and a comet:
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Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:12 am
#23
Re: SPAAACE
Lorand Feyes has some stunning photos on their site:
http://fenyeslorand.hu/asztrofotok/
Such as my window's lock screen of today:
And these:
http://fenyeslorand.hu/asztrofotok/
Such as my window's lock screen of today:
And these:
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Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:58 pm
#24
Re: SPAAACE
Even the prettiest of space games never look quite that pretty. @.@
--IronDuke
--IronDuke
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Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:37 pm
#25
The Horsehead Nebula in infrared is nice:
Re: SPAAACE
Filters have a lot to answer for - a lot of that stuff you'd not see with normal vision.
The Horsehead Nebula in infrared is nice:
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Thu Oct 05, 2017 7:21 pm
#26
Re: SPAAACE
Hokey smokes -- somebody's got Astrodon filters and a good tracking mount.
A request, though: for those of us who sometimes view this forum on a dinky phone with a less-than-stellar data connection, could we please wrap images in a spoiler tag?
Merci!
A request, though: for those of us who sometimes view this forum on a dinky phone with a less-than-stellar data connection, could we please wrap images in a spoiler tag?
Merci!
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Thu Oct 05, 2017 7:25 pm
#27
Re: SPAAACE
Beautiful images, ladies and gentlemen. Just keep them coming!
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Wed Oct 18, 2017 2:39 am
#28
Re: SPAAACE
Stars and Dust in Corona Australis
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171018.html
Spoiler: SHOW
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Wed Oct 18, 2017 6:56 am
#29
Re: SPAAACE
Gotta love APOD! It's been my browser's homepage for years - first thing I see every morning on boot-up.
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Fri Oct 20, 2017 4:20 pm
#30
Re: SPAAACE
If you're lucky enough to have clear skies, the Orionids peak this weekend.
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