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Mars and Saturn are rising in the East atm, but 5pm is too early for Saturn..... I'm gonna guess probably Capella or Sirius for the other one. Any other takers?

I've not been out since before Christmas:o
 
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Forgot about this thread, above is a pic a got of the orion nebula through my 150p, it was unguided and not polar aligned and a bit out of focus thus the poor quality of the photo, still i think its pretty damn good for a first try.
 
Ahleckz said:
I saw two very bright lights in the sky last night, in the Eastern sky around 5pm (so before it was that dark). One a lot brighter, and lower than the other. They weren't twinkling which made me assume they were planets but I've never seen two planets together before.

Anyone know what they could have been?

It was just over Helensburgh. (Western Scotland).
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5 planets will be visible with the naked eye over the next few nights, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn.

Jupiter & Venus will be crossing by each other, just to the left of the moon.

Amazing :)
 
Freakbro said:
5 planets will be visible with the naked eye over the next few nights, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn.

Jupiter & Venus will be crossing by each other, just to the left of the moon.

Amazing :)
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Is it ever going to happen again...would like to have an opportunity to have a decent scope by then! :p
 
Celestial Nostos said:
Your pictures alone make me want to get one now. Just wow.
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Agree, amazing pictures!:)

Ahleckz said:
I saw two very bright lights in the sky last night, in the Eastern sky around 5pm (so before it was that dark). One a lot brighter, and lower than the other. They weren't twinkling which made me assume they were planets but I've never seen two planets together before.

Anyone know what they could have been?

It was just over Helensburgh. (Western Scotland).
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Timing wise sounds like Venus and Jupiter but they would have been more South/Westerly.
 
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Hi, I got a budget of around £500 for a nice telescope.

I'm looking at about 8" reflective, I'd like to look at planets, galaxies and nebula.

Can anyone give any recommendations?

Thanks.
 
djkav said:
Hi, I got a budget of around £500 for a nice telescope.

I'm looking at about 8" reflective, I'd like to look at planets, galaxies and nebula.

Can anyone give any recommendations?

Thanks.
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My advice would be for the skywatcher 200p dob or if you can the 250px.
I have the 250px flex auto and its great to just stick it out in the garden when the mood takes me and not worrying about polar alignment etc(unless I am tracking).

Bear in mind though the additional cost of accessories such as eyepieces, maybe a telrad etc.
 
Great thread :)

I don't have any specialist gear but here are some of the photos I have taken:

Moon with a 70-200mm f/4 L. Was pleased with this considering the limited range. Don't think I will get much better than this with my current gear as will need more range. This was a major crop.


Moon 2 by MrPeriPeri, on Flickr

Took this of the Milky Way in the lake district, was a single shot. Wish I had taken some more to stack.


Sky 2 by MrPeriPeri, on Flickr

This wastaken from my back garden in Surrey. Light pollution is a big problem so thinking of investing in a filter to cut some of this out. It is a stacked image of about 30 frames and was taken on a static tripod, 17mm lens.


Orion Nebula by MrPeriPeri, on Flickr

Have been looking in to making some sort of tracking mount so I can get longer exposures. Might make a barn door (scotch mount) on the cheap until I can afford to make a motorised tracking mount or buy a telescope with mount and piggy back that.

Would be interesting to see images of peoples setups as well as the pictures you have captured with them.

P.S. Does anyone have recommendations on a scope that could be used for imaging on a budget? Obviously the quality wouldn't be top notch but would be great to get some better images of the Orion nebula using my DSLR (Canon 550d)
 
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