Went to a Star watching party in the Thacahachee Strand, south of Everglades City and got to see the sky like I've never seen before.
This one guy had a 10 foot 12inch Dobsonian.
It was so wicked, gonna built my own(not as big) to take camping.
Saw Saturn, Jupiter with 4 of its Moons and Mars.
Orion and the Crab Nebula and many diffrent star clusters.
IT ROCKED!
Anybody else do any star gaze'n?
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Please get me those plans!
"The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at!!"
I have two smaller scopes and do alot of star gazing myself. Always wanted a bigger one but could not afford one.
It would be a great project!
"The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at!!"
I would assume that the mirror would be expensive.
Dam nice scopes to snipe !!!
Sky is great and when I consider how small we all are, I feel much more humble. Nothing can look important besides of our universe !
I started sky watching when I was 16 and stopped then but I think it's a thing everyone should do a time in his life.
Things take a better real place then...
Have fun guys !...
Moon wrote: Dam nice scopes to snipe !!!
I think Jupiter is just a weeeeeee bit out of range.
I want to get into that myself but there's always something else going on.
I did take a camping trip to the UP (Michigan's Upper Peninsula) 7 or 8 years ago. I was on the western shore of Lake Gogebic. Caught several small walleyes and had the pleasure of viewing a spectacular Northern Lights.
Around here, we have the Barlow Planetarium and they give entertaining shows year 'round.
But if you really want to view some cold, dead space, come to Oshkosh and have a look inside upper management's heads where I work.
-JB
{dou-r} Cygnus X-1 wrote: [quote=Moon]Dam nice scopes to snipe !!!
But if you really want to view some cold, dead space, come to Oshkosh and have a look inside upper management's heads where I work.
-JB
:rollinglaugh:
{DOU}Charger wrote: [quote={dou-r} Cygnus X-1][quote=Moon]Dam nice scopes to snipe !!!
But if you really want to view some cold, dead space, come to Oshkosh and have a look inside upper management's heads where I work.
-JB
:rollinglaugh:
Hes not kidding 🙄 its sad...... reeeeeeally sad 
-=Bi§oN=- wrote: [quote={DOU}Charger][quote={dou-r} Cygnus X-1]
But if you really want to view some cold, dead space, come to Oshkosh and have a look inside upper management's heads where I work.
-JB
:rollinglaugh:
Hes not kidding 🙄 its sad...... reeeeeeally sad
Yeah, can't believe no one has gone postal yet.
::violent069::
-JB
The Jargonaut wrote: I would assume that the mirror would be expensive.
Depends, seems you can spend as much as you want 🙄
Tracking a 10 inch primary mirror on the E-bay its up to 160.00,
all by itself.
Gonna build me an 8 I think. cuz like I said want to carry it camping.
Its truly something everyone should do, Thats how much star gaze'n
kicks ass! 8)
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{DOU}plumber wrote: [quote=The Jargonaut]I would assume that the mirror would be expensive.
Depends, seems you can spend as much as you want 🙄
Tracking a 10 inch primary mirror on the E-bay its up to 160.00,
all by itself.
Gonna build me an 8 I think. cuz like I said want to carry it camping.
Its truly something everyone should do, Thats how much star gaze'n
kicks ass! 8)
WHAT??? no plans???
Not even some simple math on how to put it together???
"The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at!!"
Plans for them are all over the web,
you can even get lens kits.
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Did a search for Hubble images....some of these are simply breath-taking....
http://images.google.com/images?q=hubble+images&hl=en&lr=&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title
{dou-r} Cygnus X-1 wrote: Did a search for Hubble images....some of these are simply breath-taking....
http://images.google.com/images?q=hubble+images&hl=en&lr=&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title
I have a bunch in a folder somewhere. I downloaded all that stuff 5 or 6 years ago and that already was amazing !!! I think there are much better more now !
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