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My buddy has a small telescope and a camera mount, here's what he got in CTDogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
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I didn't have a good place to put stuff from my pockets overnight. I always carry a few little things or things I want handy or secure, like wallet, pocket knife, hand sanitizer, eye glass cleaning cloth, pen, maps, etc... So now I hang the mesh bag that came with my cooking pot from the mitten clip that came attached to my tent. This is my Pocket Stuff Loft (TM). The pot lid is secured with a piece of scrap micro bungee cord I had lying around. This is my Pot Lid Securing Bungee (TM). I am now selling these products for $50 each (or both for $100). Please PM me if interested.
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hikerboy wrote:
so how long do I have to watch it? Yes it's red.now what?
I remember sitting on a hillside in Portland, Oregon, 35 years ago, with a woman I was dating, and her daughter. We were watching Mt. St. Helens put on a show. The young girl was bored. As if, you know, volcanic eruptions in your back yard are no big deal.
The post was edited 1 time, last by rafe: good god i'm not quite that old... ().
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rafe wrote:
hikerboy wrote:
so how long do I have to watch it? Yes it's red.now what?
I remember sitting on a hillside in Portland, Oregon, 45 years ago, with a woman I was dating, and her daughter. We were watching Mt. St. Helens put on a show. The young girl was bored. As if, you know, volcanic eruptions in your back yard are no big deal.
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2 years ago i stayed at overmountain shelter with just homebrew, grizzley,shaman,gardengirl and aquaman. we watched the ful moon rise over the ridge in complete silence for hours.
it was a magical night.its all good -
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Lasted a lt longer her in WV, It was eclipsed by the clouds all night!
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I'm not lost. I know where I am. I'm right here.
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AnotherKevin wrote:
I wasn't up to setting up my 'scope Monday night, but snagged a few shots off the front porch with a point-n-shoot camera. I didn't get good ones at totality. The exposure for them had to be long enough that there was motion blur just from the turning of the Earth.
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When I was a teen, a friend of mine built a 6" reflecting telescope. Very cool, but without a motorized mount, it was nearly impossible to use. You could feel the rotation of the earth, looking through that thing.
It would take us five minutes to properly aim it at any given target, and that target would drift out of view in seconds. Like... 1, 2, 3... gone. -
Dobsonian mounts are okay for looking but no good for photography.
If you want photos you have to spend a bomb on a good mount.
I have my eldest sons telescope here. 10 inch Newtonian with Dobsonian mount. I have yet to bother set it up.
Clear nights are cold nights.Resident Australian, proving being a grumpy old man is not just an American trait. -
When our kids were small Annie and I used to lay on their trampoline on warm nights and spot satellites.
We have talked about it and will get something weatherproof and suitable to do it again soon.Resident Australian, proving being a grumpy old man is not just an American trait. -
rafe wrote:
When I was a teen, a friend of mine built a 6" reflecting telescope. Very cool, but without a motorized mount, it was nearly impossible to use. You could feel the rotation of the earth, looking through that thing.
It would take us five minutes to properly aim it at any given target, and that target would drift out of view in seconds. Like... 1, 2, 3... gone.
OzJacko wrote:
Dobsonian mounts are okay for looking but no good for photography.
If you want photos you have to spend a bomb on a good mount.
I have my eldest sons telescope here. 10 inch Newtonian with Dobsonian mount. I have yet to bother set it up.
Clear nights are cold nights.
OzJacko wrote:
When our kids were small Annie and I used to lay on their trampoline on warm nights and spot satellites.
We have talked about it and will get something weatherproof and suitable to do it again soon.
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For wide-field work, it's amazing how well you can do with a SLR with a long lens and a barn door tracker. Alas, I didn't have a tracker to hand or time to build one before the last eclipse. Then again, I already have too many projects and too little time.I'm not lost. I know where I am. I'm right here.
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Years ago, before the company was sold and the new people turned out junk, I bought an 8" Coulter Odyssey Dobsonian mount. I learned how to turn it by hand so I could look at galaxies and the moon.
Gave it to one of the nephews for Christmas, he is away at university and it is stored away.--
"What do you mean its sunrise already ?!", me.
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