[WoorLord]

You can view the article at https://ufplanets.com/news.php?1526-...y-January-2024

[Solace]

I've always been fascinated by Nebulae, the sheer abject beauty of them puts me in awe of our galaxy.

[Eaglesg]

Nice article!
Last November I tried to take some pictures of the Orion Nebula though my telescope using just my smartphone, I was really surprised by the result

[Solace]

Nice article!
Last November I tried to take some pictures of the Orion Nebula though my telescope using just my smartphone, I was really surprised by the result

Wow! Thats really cool, I should invest in a telescope now.. to amazon!

[WoorLord]

Nice article!
Last November I tried to take some pictures of the Orion Nebula through my telescope using just my smartphone, I was really surprised by the result

That's amazing, what scope do you use? I'm in the market looking for my first owned scope - I was looking at a Schmidt-Cassegrain... as opposed to a reflector or refractor. but a bit pricey.

[RavenSplat]

I have always loved looking at Nebula. I don't often get out to somewhere dark enough to capture one unfortunately (especially with how cold it is this time of year) but I do have a very good pair of binoculars I use for Star gazing that have provided me some pretty good results even with towns. I have managed to spy the ISS from it before where I was able to distinguish both side of Solar Panels which I'm counting a pretty good success considering how fast it moves across the sky.

Will have to look to spy some Nebula's myself soon.

[Eaglesg]

That's amazing, what scope do you use? I'm in the market looking for my first owned scope - I was looking at a Schmidt-Cassegrain... as opposed to a reflector or refractor. but a bit pricey.

I was lucky enough to have for my 30th birthday a Dobson Sky-Watcher Classic 250: very good and reliable.

I did a week's training at an observatory last November with this one (that's when I took the Orion Nebula picture), and all the technicians and astrophysicists present told me it was a very good instrument, whether for beginners or professionals: we used it in class to observe Venus during the day, and I even got to see its phase!

[WoorLord]

I was lucky enough to have for my 30th birthday a Dobson Sky-Watcher Classic 250: very good and reliable.

I did a week's training at an observatory last November with this one (that's when I took the Orion Nebula picture), and all the technicians and astrophysicists present told me it was a very good instrument, whether for beginners or professionals: we used it in class to observe Venus during the day, and I even got to see its phase!

Fantastic, how portable is it? I live in a town bursting with light pollution, so I have to load up the car and head out to darker skies at the local astronomy club. I want something I can move around quickly which isn't going to require a spine operation every time I hunt comets.

[Eaglesg]

Fantastic, how portable is it? I live in a town bursting with light pollution, so I have to load up the car and head out to darker skies at the local astronomy club. I want something I can move around quickly which isn't going to require a spine operation every time I hunt comets.

Not very portable unfortunately like most "deep space" telescopes, but recently they made more portable versions ... at a cost ^^"
I'm also living near a big light pollution, filters can help (even if dark skies are better, of course)