Advise to buy a telescope

Discussion in 'Astronomy, Exobiology, & Cosmology' started by Saint, Dec 20, 2014.

  1. krash661 [MK6] transitioning scifi to reality Valued Senior Member

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    do you realize these scopes you are referring to are in orbit and not on earth's surface ?
     
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  3. leopold Valued Senior Member

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    i haven't a clue, you need to ask one of the mods.
    i have the person on ignore, mainly because he posts the same tired crap over and over.
    you can tell a lot about a person by what they are willing to state with assurance.
    apparently paddoboy has a need to "belong", and its affecting his crebibility as an objective observer.
     
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  5. Seattle Valued Senior Member

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    Paddoboy's post reminded me of some free software you might also be interested in ...Stellarium.http://www.stellarium.org/

    Astronomy can get expensive but it doesn't have to.
     
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  7. krash661 [MK6] transitioning scifi to reality Valued Senior Member

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    Saint, the main things are, exposure and light pollution. the aperture is the exposure.
    light pollution is surrounding light around the scope. eliminating light pollution and increase exposure will be the most effective.
     
  8. leopold Valued Senior Member

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    imagining software?
    now that's funny.
     
  9. The. Ring. Banned Banned

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    Thanks leopold, I just put him on ignore as well. Typically I do not do this, because I have found out, that I learn the most from those with different views, however there are limits to what behavior is acceptable, and I am enjoying this forum overall.

    And I had the most waste of money telescope ever, and I know full well that there are actually very good scopes out there, that just do not work unless you take them to a mountaintop, in a forest, and find a hill with no trees, and are there on a night without clouds. I remember my last trip to the green mountains in Vermont, and camping under the stars on the first night, when I could not pitch my tent, and slept in my sleeping bag, just looking at the billions of stars, that are just not visible from NJ. Actually binoculars would have been nice that night.
     
  10. krash661 [MK6] transitioning scifi to reality Valued Senior Member

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    oh sorry, i added an extra " in " ,
     
  11. leopold Valued Senior Member

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    there is also the quality of "seeing", atmospheric conditions.
    not only are telescopes in remote areas, but they are usually located on mountain tops.

    there are also other wavelenghts that are blocked by our atmosphere.
    some cosmic sources are identified on these other wavelenghts and cannot be seen with an optical 'scope.
     
  12. Saint Valued Senior Member

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    Those astronomical photos with color, is it really colored when we see them, or are they colored artificially ?
     
  13. Saint Valued Senior Member

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    My objective is just to see the solar system planets like MARS, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn etc,
    things within our solar system.
     
  14. krash661 [MK6] transitioning scifi to reality Valued Senior Member

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    well, of course.
    my telescopes are not. but you are referring to laboratory scopes., saint is not.
    yes, but the imaging software has filters.
     
  15. The. Ring. Banned Banned

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    It's a computer program with fuzzy logic that does the coloring, or some dude with photoshop.
     
  16. krash661 [MK6] transitioning scifi to reality Valued Senior Member

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    both.mainly from spiffing up the image.
     
  17. The. Ring. Banned Banned

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    You can do this, but remember this, either it's a passing fad in your life, or you will then need a better telescope, to see more, and there is just no end, to the price.
     
  18. krash661 [MK6] transitioning scifi to reality Valued Senior Member

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    yes a typical 4 or 4.5 is just fine. i think you can get one for 200$ uds. but again, light pollution is a big part of the whole situation. even in a lightly polluted area, i can still see nebulas and such. don't let the na sayers discourage you, because they are not being completely honest, they just want to cause problems.
     
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  19. krash661 [MK6] transitioning scifi to reality Valued Senior Member

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    yes, i agree, this is something you should think about.
     
  20. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    It's probably analogous as comparing watching a white fluffy cloud from ground level, and then flying through one in a plane.
    The nebula are composed of different elements and the EMR received from these nebula have an emission spectrum based on a particular chemical element. These colours are then enhanced somewhat.
     
  21. Saint Valued Senior Member

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  22. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    Having a need to belong with me is not a part of my forum escapades.
    Any need for me to belong exists with my family and friends.
    I do realise its hard for you to let bygones be bygones after me showing you out to be telling lies, but that appears to be what most God botherers such as yourself will stoop to.
    I know already who to respect and who not to on this forum, and right at the bottom of that list is God Botherers that set out to infest a science thread that "the ring" has done, under the guise of science.
    You also tried that once with the thread on Evolution and Abiogenesis.
     
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