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Leo's Triplets
December 8, 2012 at 6:56 am
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This is one of the first astrophotos I took with my current set up, sometime in April, 2010. It isn't great, needs more exposure, which I plan to do next spring. Still, this remix looks halfway decent.
Enjoy,
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RE: Leo's Triplets
December 9, 2012 at 6:12 am
Great shots as always orogenicman!
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RE: Leo's Triplets
December 9, 2012 at 11:45 am
Thanks.
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RE: Leo's Triplets
December 9, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Athough I don't have the money to get good equipment, I've bought my little brother (6 y.o.) a telescope. He is all sciency like me, I think he will enjoy it and I will enjoy teaching him how to use it.
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RE: Leo's Triplets
December 9, 2012 at 1:45 pm
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(December 9, 2012 at 12:06 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Athough I don't have the money to get good equipment, I've bought my little brother (6 y.o.) a telescope. He is all sciency like me, I think he will enjoy it and I will enjoy teaching him how to use it.
What kind did you get him? What is the focal ratio? The reason I ask is that a longer focal ratio is less useful than a shorter one for visual astronomy. For instance, you can get better detail of the moon with an f10 scope, but that and the planets is just about all it is good for. On the other hand, an f5 telescope will give you the stars, nebula, globular clusters, and much much more. Just an fyi.
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-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
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RE: Leo's Triplets
December 9, 2012 at 2:06 pm
(December 9, 2012 at 1:45 pm)orogenicman Wrote: (December 9, 2012 at 12:06 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Athough I don't have the money to get good equipment, I've bought my little brother (6 y.o.) a telescope. He is all sciency like me, I think he will enjoy it and I will enjoy teaching him how to use it.
What kind did you get him? What is the focal ratio? The reason I ask is that a longer focal ratio is less useful than a shorter one for visual astronomy. For instance, you can get better detail of the moon with an f10 scope, but that and the planets is just about all it is good for. On the other hand, an f5 telescope will give you the stars, nebula, globular clusters, and much much more. Just an fyi.
It is an f10, it is designed for kids by the Lisbon university of science,comes with a book with the basics, several experiments, plus a 110€ discount on museums. It said it was for 8 y.o. and above so I figured it would be proper for him, as long as he doesn't destroy it on the first day 
It was rather a dillemma I was into. A microscope or a telescope.
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RE: Leo's Triplets
December 9, 2012 at 2:19 pm
Another beautifully inspiring picture. Love the over-exposed star, or is it the Enterprise going into warp? Either way it's a nice accent.
(December 9, 2012 at 2:06 pm)LastPoet Wrote: It was rather a dillemma I was into. A microscope or a telescope.
If he turns it round and looks down the business end, he can use it as a microscope. Probably.
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RE: Leo's Triplets
December 9, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Oooh! For some reason this is my favorite of your pictures so far. Wonderful! 
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RE: Leo's Triplets
December 10, 2012 at 1:14 am
(December 9, 2012 at 2:06 pm)LastPoet Wrote: (December 9, 2012 at 1:45 pm)orogenicman Wrote: What kind did you get him? What is the focal ratio? The reason I ask is that a longer focal ratio is less useful than a shorter one for visual astronomy. For instance, you can get better detail of the moon with an f10 scope, but that and the planets is just about all it is good for. On the other hand, an f5 telescope will give you the stars, nebula, globular clusters, and much much more. Just an fyi.
It is an f10, it is designed for kids by the Lisbon university of science,comes with a book with the basics, several experiments, plus a 110€ discount on museums. It said it was for 8 y.o. and above so I figured it would be proper for him, as long as he doesn't destroy it on the first day
It was rather a dillemma I was into. A microscope or a telescope.
A telescope is a good choice. And if he really likes using it, he can always work towards an upgrade later. The important thing for him to learn at his age is the layout of the sky so he not only knows what he is looking at, but where objects of interest are located during the year.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
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