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Observing Mars, Worst telescope in the world
djellison
post Sep 23 2005, 08:52 AM
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At some point - i'll take a picture of my telescope doing it's thing with Mars - it defines the phrase Heath Robinson.

Anway - using my Powershot S2IS yesterday...



then my very bad, un-collamated, wobbly, dented, occasionally rusty, dusty 4" reflector, on a dodgy tripod with no fine controls, wobbly paving and a webcam blue-tacked onto the focus assembley...



Might not look like much - but it's the very first time, in more than 15 years of occasional observing that I've seen features on mars with my own eyes smile.gif

Doug
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- djellison   Observing Mars   Sep 23 2005, 08:52 AM
- - dvandorn   Not bad, Doug! Looks like you can see an ice ...   Sep 23 2005, 09:00 AM
- - djellison   I'm going to try a few more techniques, then p...   Sep 23 2005, 09:32 AM
- - 4th rock from the sun   Not bad to start with! You just need to colima...   Sep 23 2005, 09:52 AM
- - djellison   Just re-processed. Took the avi - output as seque...   Sep 23 2005, 11:26 AM
- - djellison   My neigbours have a really bad cheap refractor wit...   Sep 23 2005, 11:27 AM
|- - odave   Now, now - the best telescope is one that gets use...   Sep 23 2005, 11:39 AM
- - Bill Harris   This is the power of digital imaging. Even using ...   Sep 23 2005, 12:30 PM
- - um3k   I spy the Pleiades!   Sep 23 2005, 03:50 PM
- - PhilCo126   I'm using a large refraktor ( 152 mm Diameter ...   Oct 28 2005, 09:18 AM
- - djellison   Hopefully, I may be at the eyepiece of something m...   Oct 28 2005, 09:21 AM
- - PhilCo126   Well as Mars is moving away from us... Saturn is a...   Feb 4 2006, 06:14 PM
- - djellison   Indeed it is - the moment the clouds bugger off, I...   Feb 4 2006, 06:17 PM

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