Post by katodog on Aug 31, 2007 8:47:31 GMT -6
Went over to my cousin's house last night, manly to show off the new TMB Paragon and Proxima zoom eyepieces, and to give him a chance to use the binoviewer. I brought my SCT with and managed to get some fairly decent shots of the Ring Nebula and Hercules Cluster. The seeing was actually pretty decent, considering that the Moon was giving off it's typical light pollution. We managed to see quite a few things.
These shots are each one jpg shot with the Fuji S5100 @ 15 seconds with a 32mm ep in the Meade 12" LX200R
M13
And the shot that got my cousin mad at me for the evening...
...M57 with an airplane through the shot
He wasn't mad, but I sure would have been if he was the one who got the shot!
I do have to say that no matter what I look at, the view always knocks me out. The TMB Paragon in the SCT makes M13 look totally 3D. It's like you can see layers of stars on top of each other. It's also impressive to see the Moon when there's detail on the craters. My cousin put the binoviewer in his AR5, and despite being blinded, the view was enough to make us say "Holy S**T". I can't believe that no matter how many times I look at something, it always continues to blow me away. I could spend a lifetime just looking at the Moon, and be wowed every time.
These shots are each one jpg shot with the Fuji S5100 @ 15 seconds with a 32mm ep in the Meade 12" LX200R
M13
And the shot that got my cousin mad at me for the evening...
...M57 with an airplane through the shot
He wasn't mad, but I sure would have been if he was the one who got the shot!
I do have to say that no matter what I look at, the view always knocks me out. The TMB Paragon in the SCT makes M13 look totally 3D. It's like you can see layers of stars on top of each other. It's also impressive to see the Moon when there's detail on the craters. My cousin put the binoviewer in his AR5, and despite being blinded, the view was enough to make us say "Holy S**T". I can't believe that no matter how many times I look at something, it always continues to blow me away. I could spend a lifetime just looking at the Moon, and be wowed every time.