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Postby timelapse » September 18th, 2020, 1:14 pm

Any of you guys into astronomy and/or astrophotography? Wife bought me a telescope as a present and it has been fun so far with the basic lenses that came with it.Still have yet to purchase attachments for using phone as a camera etc. Any of you guys care to share?

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Re: Astronomy

Postby bluefete » September 18th, 2020, 2:00 pm

I just watch the stars from my backyard with my eyes. Sorry.

But this time of year is GREAT viewing for planets and galaxies and constellations.

Constellation of Orion (with Orion's belt) is most prominent in the early morning eastern sky with its attendant Pleaides (with its "7" sisters) and Taurus the Bull (with Aldebaran most prominent at one tip of the bull's horn in red).

As an extra, the planet Venus is also in Orion in the early morning.

Very early in the evening around 7:00 p.m. you can still see Jupiter and Saturn one behind the other in the south east sky moving towards the south west.

Mars comes over the north eastern horizon around 11:00 p.m.

Tried with a small scale telescope once. It did not work out.

Have fun.

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Orion & the Pleiades Speak Truth

Last week’s article, The Hunter and Seven Sisters, surveyed two groups of stars which are mentioned several times in the Bible: Orion (the Hunter) and the Pleiades (the Seven Sisters).

Several Old Testament books use these two star groups, along with the Bear (Ursa Major, of which the Big Dipper is a part), to seize attention and megaphone truth to mankind (Job 9:8-10; 38:31-32; Amos 5:8).

Orion and the Pleiades in the Bible
The book of Job is probably the oldest book in the Bible. It relates the troubles of a man named Job who lived after the Flood, probably around the time of Abraham.

Job had been proclaiming his innocence of wrongdoing, insisting that his suffering was not fair, and calling for an answer from God. Instead of giving Job an explanation, God asked him a series of unanswerable questions to demonstrate His superior wisdom in ruling the world, including His sovereign decision to permit Job’s suffering. Here are several of the questions that God asked Job related to constellations:
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of Orion?
Can you lead forth a constellation in its season,
And guide the Bear with her satellites?” (Job 38:31-32 NASB)

Astronomers today know that the Pleiades is a gravitationally-bound star cluster. All the stars of the Pleiades are moving in the same direction across the sky at the same speed. In contrast, Orion’s stars are not gravitationally-bound; they are gradually moving away from each other.

Was this bound/unbound nature of the Pleiades and Orion known in Job’s day? It’s very unlikely! The Creator alone would be able to hint to Job that the Pleiades are bound together, but Orion’s stars are “loosed” (not bound). This “inside information” testifies to the divine origin of the Bible.

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Orion Constellation
Shoulders, belt, sword, & feet.

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Orion’s Belt
Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka (left to right)
Best way to locate Orion.

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Re: Astronomy

Postby maj. tom » September 18th, 2020, 3:32 pm

what model telescope, what type of mount?

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Re: Astronomy

Postby Duane 3NE 2NR » October 17th, 2021, 3:53 pm

Didnt realise the James Webb Space Telescope passed through our waters on its way to French Guiana to be launched into space



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Re: Astronomy

Postby timelapse » October 17th, 2021, 5:50 pm

Pluto visible tonight again.Follow Jupiter and Saturn's path.

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Re: Astronomy

Postby Soul Collector » December 21st, 2021, 11:26 pm

Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:Didnt realise the James Webb Space Telescope passed through our waters on its way to French Guiana to be launched into space

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Well damn, I didn't know it passed so close to us :shock:

I see the launch was delayed again to Christmas eve. Fingers crossed (again, lol)

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Re: Astronomy

Postby matr1x » December 22nd, 2021, 3:35 am

timelapse wrote:Any of you guys into astronomy and/or astrophotography? Wife bought me a telescope as a present and it has been fun so far with the basic lenses that came with it.Still have yet to purchase attachments for using phone as a camera etc. Any of you guys care to share?


Share a pic of the new scope man!

Been into it since the early 90s

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Re: Astronomy

Postby aaron17 » December 22nd, 2021, 6:22 am

I hear james webb telescope will reveal soo much ..it will be a game changer like never seen b4.

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Re: Astronomy

Postby matr1x » December 22nd, 2021, 8:31 am

It's got the resolution

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Re: Astronomy

Postby Country_Bookie » December 24th, 2021, 9:40 pm

So anyone knows which channel gonna be showing the launch tomorrow morning? Supposed to be 8.20 AM our time.

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Re: Astronomy

Postby teems1 » December 25th, 2021, 6:34 am

Soul Collector wrote:
Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:Didnt realise the James Webb Space Telescope passed through our waters on its way to French Guiana to be launched into space

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Well damn, I didn't know it passed so close to us :shock:

I see the launch was delayed again to Christmas eve. Fingers crossed (again, lol)
All Arianespace's launches happen in French Guiana.

Same for NASA doing their launches in Florida.

Launching closer to the equator saves tonnes of fuel due to the fact that the atmosphere moves at a faster speed when compared to the poles.

Less fuel required means lighter rocket for easier liftoff and quicker to escape velocity.

Imagine spinning a basketball on your finger.

The middle moves at a much higher speed when compared to the part close to your finger.

Utilizing earth's spherical shape and rotation to your advantage.

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Re: Astronomy

Postby sMASH » December 25th, 2021, 8:34 am

So far all went well.
Tried to see if I coukd see the Chem trails from here, but it went through cloud cover and by the time it climb out, it would be very far away. So bleh.

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Re: Astronomy

Postby sMASH » December 25th, 2021, 8:35 am

5.5km/s

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Re: Astronomy

Postby sMASH » December 25th, 2021, 8:51 am

Scope separated totally from boosters, so on its own, and solar panels extending.
Working well thus far.

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Re: Astronomy

Postby 0rb1tz » December 25th, 2021, 8:53 am

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Re: Astronomy

Postby matr1x » December 25th, 2021, 3:36 pm

OP, you ever set up your telescope?

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Re: Astronomy

Postby Soul Collector » December 25th, 2021, 8:18 pm

teems1 wrote:
Soul Collector wrote:
Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:Didnt realise the James Webb Space Telescope passed through our waters on its way to French Guiana to be launched into space

Screenshot 2021-10-17 at 3.49.03 PM.jpg

Well damn, I didn't know it passed so close to us :shock:

I see the launch was delayed again to Christmas eve. Fingers crossed (again, lol)
All Arianespace's launches happen in French Guiana.

Same for NASA doing their launches in Florida.

Launching closer to the equator saves tonnes of fuel due to the fact that the atmosphere moves at a faster speed when compared to the poles.

Less fuel required means lighter rocket for easier liftoff and quicker to escape velocity.

Imagine spinning a basketball on your finger.

The middle moves at a much higher speed when compared to the part close to your finger.

Utilizing earth's spherical shape and rotation to your advantage.

Knew it was somehow beneficial to launch from the equator for certain missions but didn't know it had anything to do with the amount of fuel used / weight reduction from it. Nice info there.

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Re: Astronomy

Postby Soul Collector » December 25th, 2021, 8:37 pm

A JWST live tracker. Pretty cool site.

https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunc ... sWebb.html

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Tracking the James Webb Space Telescope as it Heads to the L2 Point!
Tracking JWST with an 8" Meade LX200 Classic telescope and SBIG ST-2000XCM camera and SBIG AO-7 Adaptive Optics.

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Re: Astronomy

Postby timelapse » December 26th, 2021, 7:27 am

matr1x wrote:OP, you ever set up your telescope?
Long time.Still haven't bothered to get a camera adapter.For the size and price as a travel telescope,it does pretty well I think.We have seen,among other things:
Rings of Saturn
Moons of Jupiter
Neowise
Our Moon
Venus
Mars

Haven't used it much this year, sky was cloudy by me most times

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Re: Astronomy

Postby matr1x » December 26th, 2021, 8:00 am

Very nice! Equatorial mount?

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Re: Astronomy

Postby nismotrinidappa » December 26th, 2021, 11:29 pm

What telescope you using

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Re: Astronomy

Postby timelapse » December 27th, 2021, 8:06 am

Nothing fancy, basic Celestron travel scope.
No equatorial mount.Basic level.
Comes in a backpack, quick setup/dismantling.
Very good for when you moving through bush to get to good observation places

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Re: Astronomy

Postby matr1x » December 27th, 2021, 8:51 am

Nice nice. I gifted a nephew one of those. Decent scope for the price

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Re: Astronomy

Postby aaron17 » December 27th, 2021, 6:25 pm

Soo we suppose to spot advance civilizations better with this one?

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Re: Astronomy

Postby Soul Collector » December 29th, 2021, 7:21 pm

aaron17 wrote:Soo we suppose to spot advance civilizations better with this one?

Should be able to see exoplanets with way more clarity now providing all goes well.




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Re: Astronomy

Postby Soul Collector » January 9th, 2022, 11:15 pm

So the JWST is doing great so far. Sunshield is tensioned, secondary mirror has folded out and locked into position and side mirrors have deployed successfully. Telescope is functional now and still on its way to its final destination!

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Re: Astronomy

Postby Duane 3NE 2NR » January 10th, 2022, 11:56 pm

Lagrange points explained


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Postby timelapse » January 11th, 2022, 7:08 am

Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:Lagrange points explained

Oh jeez, La Grange .Brings back terrible memories of University Maths and Stats.....

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Re: Astronomy

Postby Duane 3NE 2NR » January 24th, 2022, 7:29 pm

James Webb telescope has reached its final destination around Lagrange Point 2


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Re: Astronomy

Postby matr1x » January 24th, 2022, 8:46 pm

To be clear, it's orbiting around L2

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