by Boomer12k » Sun Aug 28, 2016 4:00 am
Awesome... too bad black and White, a color Earth would be reminiscent of "Earth Rise".... but as it was 1966..... VERY UNDERSTANDABLE....
Well, I have been thinking about a smaller scope, because my 10" Meade, is too big, and heavy to really use here, the walkway is too narrow, and if I take it around from the back way, the lawn has a nasty tilt and turn, and I don't want any accidents. So..... I bought a smaller scope... a 6" LightSwitch Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope from Meade,... seems they are fully automatic, flick a switch and it aligns up and everything.... and has a built in camera, and at less than 45 pounds much less difficult to handle than the 100+ pound 10" er....And I got the Promo Bundle that was just about over. So, I look forward to getting back into astrophotography. I saw some pictures take by one, and they look really good... much better than my low resolution Deep Sky Imager. So here is hoping....
Really nice pic today.....
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Awesome... too bad black and White, a color Earth would be reminiscent of "Earth Rise".... but as it was 1966..... VERY UNDERSTANDABLE....
Well, I have been thinking about a smaller scope, because my 10" Meade, is too big, and heavy to really use here, the walkway is too narrow, and if I take it around from the back way, the lawn has a nasty tilt and turn, and I don't want any accidents. So..... I bought a smaller scope... a 6" LightSwitch Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope from Meade,... seems they are fully automatic, flick a switch and it aligns up and everything.... and has a built in camera, and at less than 45 pounds much less difficult to handle than the 100+ pound 10" er....And I got the Promo Bundle that was just about over. So, I look forward to getting back into astrophotography. I saw some pictures take by one, and they look really good... much better than my low resolution Deep Sky Imager. So here is hoping....
Really nice pic today.....
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