Saturn through my telescope

[Mizel]

Is it really hard to find the planets?

[thedeparted]

My best shot of Saturn so far: Saturn Image 3

Can actually see some color, I wonder what it would look like if my sky wasn't glowing from the city's light pollution.

thats really amazing

[LiNuX]

Is it really hard to find the planets?

Not really. I mean, at first could take some getting used to but you just look for the brightest dots in the sky.

The telescope I use is a computerized telescope, so once I align it, it can find everything for me. It has a database of about 40,000 objects which is nuts.

I can find the 5 inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) without using the telescope's computer because they stick out quite nicely in the light polluted city. They are one of the very few objects that get through all the lights so they're easy to spot.

thats really amazing

Thanks I have more filters coming to help with all the noise and excess light. Wonder how it's gonna look then.

[Mizel]

Not really. I mean, at first could take some getting used to but you just look for the brightest dots in the sky.

The telescope I use is a computerized telescope, so once I align it, it can find everything for me. It has a database of about 40,000 objects which is nuts.

I can find the 5 inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) without using the telescope's computer because they stick out quite nicely in the light polluted city. They are one of the very few objects that get through all the lights so they're easy to spot.

Ah, ok. I figured it had something to help you find everything. Very nifty :]

[LiNuX]

I haven't been out stargazing in some time but went back this past Sunday and it was amazing. Great weather and went with great friends, here are a few shots that I took.

General Star Field, the night sky was littered with stars like this, probably had the most visibility of any night that I've been out:
http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...StarField1.jpg

The 4th Brightest Star in the Sky, Arcturus. This was about a 10 second exposure and you can see that a lot more light was collected from Arcturus compared to all the stars in its direction:
http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por.../Arcturus1.jpg

My next goal is to capture a shot of the Andromeda Galaxy, it has finally come out since I got my telescope and I need to capture it!

[TheGateKeeper]

Wow that's amazing man. Have you seen any aliens yet? XD

Always wondered how they take those photos, thanks for clearing up for me.

[Mizel]

Love your pics. Im jelly of your scope :P

[LemonRising]

You definitely have to let us know if you see any little green men running around ;p

Your pictures continue to amaze me Linux.

[LiNuX]

Thanks Lemon

My Next outing is planned for Oct 28th, hopefully weather complies.

I've been trying to expose more people to the wonders of the universe and so far I've taken about a dozen different people. From this forum, I believe only Blackleo has gone. If anyone lives in NYC or is Visiting, feel free to let me know if you're interested in going to one of my stargazing parties (more like a nerd night out under the stars).

[LiNuX]

Haven't updated this thread in a while but I did go back out stargazing a few more times. I updated the first post with a few more pics:

Supermoon:

http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...supermoon1.jpg
http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...supermoon4.jpg
http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...supermoon5.jpg - This one caught a random Airplane trying to pass by the moon, I took the shot a second too early, it's right on the edge.

If you were wondering what my Telescope looked like:
http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...telescope6.jpg