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I saw a comet tonight! | |
| BoxerLvr Offer Upgrade  User ID: 884837  Puerto Rico08/29/2011 01:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I finally bought the cable to connect my telescope to my laptop so I can control it with Stellarium. The first object I selected in Stellarium was Saturn just to test it out. The scope went right to it and Saturn was visible in the center of the eyepiece. Yay it works! Next, I selected C/2010 X1 (Elenin), but didn't see anything. I'm not surprised though, it was very low by this time (8:45pm cst) at ~ 3 degrees above the horizon. And with all the light pollution near the horizon it would be very difficult to see. My third object was another comet, C/2009 P1 (Garradd). It was much higher in the sky at ~ 65 degrees. This time I saw a faint fuzzy. WooHoo!, my first comet viewed with my telescope. I guess I'm going to have to wait until October to be able to see Elenin.  It is precisely because it is fashionable for Americans to know no science, even though they may be well educated otherwise, that they so easily fall prey to nonsense. They thus become part of the armies of the night, the purveyors of nitwittery, the retailers of intellectual junk food, the feeders on mental cardboard, for their ignorance keeps them from distinguishing nectar from sewage. — Isaac Asimov |
| Strossus User ID: 1486594  Canada08/29/2011 04:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| BoxerLvr (OP) User ID: 884837 Puerto Rico09/02/2011 01:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Awesome, I'd like to own one of those.. Quoting: Daikirai What model do you have? Any new sightings on Elenin?  I haven't had a chance to try again. It's been too cloudy. Now with reports of it disintegrating, we might never get to see it. It's a Celestron NexStar GPS 9.25".  It is precisely because it is fashionable for Americans to know no science, even though they may be well educated otherwise, that they so easily fall prey to nonsense. They thus become part of the armies of the night, the purveyors of nitwittery, the retailers of intellectual junk food, the feeders on mental cardboard, for their ignorance keeps them from distinguishing nectar from sewage. — Isaac Asimov |
| NowUNoIT User ID: 1474586  United States09/02/2011 01:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Next, I selected C/2010 X1 (Elenin), but didn't see anything. I'm not surprised though, it was very low by this time (8:45pm cst) at ~ 3 degrees above the horizon. And with all the light pollution near the horizon it would be very difficult to see. Quoting: BoxerLvr Are you able to take photos or even a screen shot through your laptop? Tomorrow (or the next) can you post a photo of Elenin? Nice Scope BTW... |
| Rise Above The Fear User ID: 1502560 United States09/02/2011 01:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| BoxerLvr (OP) User ID: 884837 Puerto Rico09/02/2011 02:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Next, I selected C/2010 X1 (Elenin), but didn't see anything. I'm not surprised though, it was very low by this time (8:45pm cst) at ~ 3 degrees above the horizon. And with all the light pollution near the horizon it would be very difficult to see. Quoting: BoxerLvr Are you able to take photos or even a screen shot through your laptop? Tomorrow (or the next) can you post a photo of Elenin? Nice Scope BTW... Not any more. I had one of those cheap webcam type cameras, but didn't like the results I got with it so I sent it back. I'm saving my money to buy a better one. Before I sent it back I did take this pic of Saturn....the one on the left. The one on the right is from Stellarium. I made this pic to show how images are flipped horizontally when viewed through a telescope.  It is precisely because it is fashionable for Americans to know no science, even though they may be well educated otherwise, that they so easily fall prey to nonsense. They thus become part of the armies of the night, the purveyors of nitwittery, the retailers of intellectual junk food, the feeders on mental cardboard, for their ignorance keeps them from distinguishing nectar from sewage. — Isaac Asimov |
| Daikirai User ID: 1528322 Netherlands09/03/2011 09:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Looks pretty awesome, but does it originally come in a higher res? Hope you could snap one of Elenin lol :) Last Edited by Daikirai on 09/03/2011 11:48 AM Chi pecora si fa, il lupo se la mangia |
