Wow...that's a lot of information. If you don't mind, I have a few questions.
Tom Send a noteboard - 25/01/2010 04:20:40 AM
Thank you for the information.
I noticed that there is a big price break at around $1500 and I certainly want to stay below that, but I wouldn't mind spending $1200 and I see that there are a lot of good telescopes in that range.
For me there are several considerations:
1. I DO want to have a nice digital camera affixed somehow to take pictures of what I find and observe.
2. I need a good refractor lens due to urban light interference.
3. I DO want to observe deep space, if possible.
Obviously, a first step would be to plot planetary movement, lunar cycles and other similar things by using the methods outlined in the book reviewed. I'm also going to be doing the "low-tech" things such as building a simple sundial, etc. However, once I've done that I do want to start looking deeper into space.
When I read about telescopes, though, there are so many features I feel as though I'm buying a car but don't know how it works at all...I see things and wonder if the specs are the equivalent of "4-cylinder engine" or "V8 fuel-injected"...I just don't know.
I noticed that there is a big price break at around $1500 and I certainly want to stay below that, but I wouldn't mind spending $1200 and I see that there are a lot of good telescopes in that range.
For me there are several considerations:
1. I DO want to have a nice digital camera affixed somehow to take pictures of what I find and observe.
2. I need a good refractor lens due to urban light interference.
3. I DO want to observe deep space, if possible.
Obviously, a first step would be to plot planetary movement, lunar cycles and other similar things by using the methods outlined in the book reviewed. I'm also going to be doing the "low-tech" things such as building a simple sundial, etc. However, once I've done that I do want to start looking deeper into space.
When I read about telescopes, though, there are so many features I feel as though I'm buying a car but don't know how it works at all...I see things and wonder if the specs are the equivalent of "4-cylinder engine" or "V8 fuel-injected"...I just don't know.
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy by James Evans
- 22/01/2010 03:26:13 PM
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I remember about seven or eight years ago buying a basic atronomy book.
- 24/01/2010 12:18:33 AM
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You may have missed your calling in life. *NM*
- 24/01/2010 04:32:14 AM
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No, that would have been Antiquities.
- 24/01/2010 02:48:53 PM
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Actually, you may not have missed your calling in life...I thought about that later.
- 24/01/2010 09:55:54 PM
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If you can, try to get an 8" (or larger) aperture Schmidt-Cassegrain from Celestron.
- 24/01/2010 11:18:05 PM
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I didn't know you were such an astronomy buff. *NM*
- 25/01/2010 01:59:54 AM
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Not as much anymore, 'cos I'm bored with anything but deep sky, and that means motors.
- 25/01/2010 02:22:01 AM
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Wow...that's a lot of information. If you don't mind, I have a few questions.
- 25/01/2010 04:20:40 AM
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No problem; I think it best, and certainly least expensive, to keep it simple
- 25/01/2010 09:12:20 AM
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