I recommend buying a telescope.

[Ironmanlet]

And using it regularly.


I really really do.

[blueberryboy]

For what exactly

[Ironmanlet]

For what exactly

Well, it starts off as general star gazing. You can quickly become familiar with deeper concepts and then you find yourself.

I recommend buying a telescope so you can see how unimaginably beautiful and amazing you really are.

[blueberryboy]

Well, it starts off as general star gazing. You can quickly become familiar with deeper concepts and then you find yourself.

I recommend buying a telescope so you can see how unimaginably beautiful and amazing you really are.

Well I live in a condo . Will it give me cool views from my balcony ?

[freeburn]

My girlfriends dad has a really expensive one, I don't know much about it truthfully other than it was expensive and he loves it.

We have taken it camping a couple times and it's really spectacular when you get out of the city lights.

One time I ate a bunch of mushrooms and was star gazing through it, that was really cool too.

[Wayne Evans]

And using it regularly. I really really do.

Howdy Iron....

Being a life long science junkie, I've thought of how cool it might be to delve into that interest.

If I did take that plunge I'd guess it could be a bottomless fiscal abyss because I'd want to add on all kinds of gadgets and upgrades for the obvious reasons.
I also think that it would take some effort to find a location far away from any city lights.

Keep us informed?

Back to it.

[MikeLowrrrey]

Years ago I was looking into beginner telescopes.

Got any in mind? Nothing cheap, something quality, but beginner.

[JuanLee]

For what exactly

I guess so you to can engage in high powered spy-fapping.

[helpmee]

Well, it starts off as general star gazing. You can quickly become familiar with deeper concepts and then you find yourself.

I recommend buying a telescope so you can see how unimaginably beautiful and amazing you really are.

The unknown makes me feel bad bro.
srs

[300Lane1]

[lightsarefallin]

100% agree, OP. Space is infinitely fascinating. Talk about a way of putting things in perspective and recognizing how insignificant and minuscule we are. Truly a drop in the vastest of oceans.

[MajorTendonitis]

I was going to buy one till my friend in Hawaii lost an eye when his was hit with a space laser

[FarmersSon]

I've mentioned this before, but I used to volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America and one of the activities we did was to take the boys to an observatory. The guy who ran it was a personal friend through work and he let the boys get a lot more hands on with the equipment than he normally would. I had a really good group of 16-17 year old boys so that probably helped. My friend had a laser pointer that he would use to show where we were looking so you could compare the unaided view to the telescope view. In several instances he point out what looked to be stars with his laser pointer and then we would look through the telescope and find out we were actually looking at galaxies that were just so far away they appeared as single pin pricks to the unaided eye, but when you looked through the telescope there were as many stars in that pinprick as were observed to unaided eye in the entire night sky. Really made you feel small.

[stevebec]

For what exactly

Uranus

[ProudKraut]

Can't see chit captain

[lightsarefallin]

Uranus

Guaranteed at least a few miscers would learn the telescope in and out to peer into the neighbouring building to look at neighbour lady's uranus up close, close enough to see the little flecks of brown in that otherwise pink ring in full HD detail.

[LinuxJon]

Be careful. Op might be a fed.

[nothingshocking]

I was going to buy one till my friend in Hawaii lost an eye when his was hit with a space laser

Fukn space lasers

[Bigbuster1]

Howdy Iron....

Being a life long science junkie, I've thought of how cool it might be to delve into that interest.

If I did take that plunge I'd guess it could be a bottomless fiscal abyss because I'd want to add on all kinds of gadgets and upgrades for the obvious reasons.
I also think that it would take some effort to find a location far away from any city lights.

Keep us informed?

Back to it.

ChatGBT buying up old misc accounts it seems

[dingler]

I have this one


Meade LXD75 ACF-8AT 8" Advanced Coma-Free Telescope w/ UHTC Coatings - 0810-75-03

Chit rocks.

[lightsarefallin]

I have this one


Meade LXD75 ACF-8AT 8" Advanced Coma-Free Telescope w/ UHTC Coatings - 0810-75-03

Chit rocks.

Nice. What an evening. Warm, clear night, fire off in the near distance on your property, looming forest around you, infinite heavens above. Cold beer on the arm of your adirondack chair.

[Victarion]

I'll never forget the first time I saw Saturn through my scope. Was just randomly looking at **** and tried to focus on what I thought was this bright star and boom Saturn pops into view with 3 or 4 moons visible around it. Incredible sight.

[jmal2000]

Get a laser too for star gazing.

[wasp9166]

I have a periscope

[ParsleyTea]

I bought a telescope when I moved to Florida. Where I live there are no street lights, and houses are asked to not turn on outdoor lights, as the lights might confuse the turtles. So it is quite dark at night.

Then I learned Florida has a lot of itchy bugs that come out at night. The telescope looks nice on display in the TV room.

[akferd]

Absolutely agree. Telescopes are amazing once you start learning what's out there.

I've got this one for home:



And this one for camping:




But even a good pair of $100 binoculars will blow your mind with how many stars there really are. You can see the depth of stars that just goes on and on and on.

[blindsideflank]

Had a cheap one as a kid and loved the sun filter I had. I follow lots of space news still but can't say I've gotten into astronomy. I love looking at astrophotography but it seems difficult to get into. Wife has a decent Nikon dslr. My kids are 8/6/2. Any recommendations for a way to include them?

Telescope?
Best way to display on a screen for them to see? DSLR mount to computer? Or should I have them use normal eyepiece?

[FoulSmell]

When I looked through a telescope I saw a Death Star. No thx Jeff, I don’t need that kind of negativity in my life.

[jamalfudge]

I've got a decent one but have lived in a high tree cover area most of that time. All the public parks close at dusk so mine has had minimal use. But yeah they are fun.

[MrQuint]

This seems like a decent reason to have a telescope. I assume you'd need some type of filter to see the upcoming eclipse?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cosmic-ex...111125546.html