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Looking at eclipse??? (1 Viewer)
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Pinewood
New York correspondent
Hello Chuck,
At 15ºF, or -13ºC, I cannot watch for long periods. I have seen the start of the shadow moving across the lunar disk. Now, I am going to look at the eclipse reach totality with my 7x50. My major problem is that the moon is close to the zenith.
P.S. I just returned from seeing totality. It was a real thrill to see the copper colour over much of the lunar disk.
Clear skies,
Arthur :hi:
At 15ºF, or -13ºC, I cannot watch for long periods. I have seen the start of the shadow moving across the lunar disk. Now, I am going to look at the eclipse reach totality with my 7x50. My major problem is that the moon is close to the zenith.
P.S. I just returned from seeing totality. It was a real thrill to see the copper colour over much of the lunar disk.
Clear skies,
Arthur :hi:
Pinewood
New York correspondent
Hello Gunut,
Are using a Marsept or a Marseptit. In either case, it would be a fine glass.
Clear skies,
Arthur :hi:
gunut
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Pinewood;
using a center focus Marseptit…..thought about digging out a 8x60 late war Marocto IF ….but naaa the 7x50 did fine
Dave
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A bit cloudy at 5:40 on the Balearic Islands, but great sight nonetheless. Bare eyes was good, binoculars were better, but scope was best 
I remember when I first saw the Galilean moons around Jupiter with the small scope I use for birdwatching, and then reading in awe that Galieo Galilei saw them first back in 1610 with a x20 telescope of his own invention. I wonder what could have Galileo do if we travelled back in time and handed him a humble Opticron MM3 60 and a x45 eyepiece :brains:
I remember when I first saw the Galilean moons around Jupiter with the small scope I use for birdwatching, and then reading in awe that Galieo Galilei saw them first back in 1610 with a x20 telescope of his own invention. I wonder what could have Galileo do if we travelled back in time and handed him a humble Opticron MM3 60 and a x45 eyepiece :brains:
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Hi all,
Well done.
Here it was mainly cloudy in the early hours, and I didn't see much, although I have seen numerous lunar eclipses.
One was so dark that the Moon was almost invisible.
It depends on the positioning of the Moon relative to the Earth and cloud cover on the Earth.
In the U.S.A it was at a more friendly time.
Minus 2C here. (15F is minus 9C, i.e. quite cold).
Wind here northerly 2 knots. Cloud broken 3,000 ft 1024 hPa. visibility 5,000m haze.
P.S.
yarrellii, nice photo.
Nearly any scope is better than Galileo's very long single glass objective scope.
Some people see Jupiter's moons without optical aid.
Well done.
Here it was mainly cloudy in the early hours, and I didn't see much, although I have seen numerous lunar eclipses.
One was so dark that the Moon was almost invisible.
It depends on the positioning of the Moon relative to the Earth and cloud cover on the Earth.
In the U.S.A it was at a more friendly time.
Minus 2C here. (15F is minus 9C, i.e. quite cold).
Wind here northerly 2 knots. Cloud broken 3,000 ft 1024 hPa. visibility 5,000m haze.
P.S.
yarrellii, nice photo.
Nearly any scope is better than Galileo's very long single glass objective scope.
Some people see Jupiter's moons without optical aid.
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Can you imagine Galileo's face if someone gave him a pair of current top-of-the-range Zeiss/Swarovski/Leica/etc.? Now that would be something inspiring
I wonder what the transmission figure of his telescope could be...The transmission of Galileo's scope was possibly 80%.
I think that his original scope had only two pieces of glass.
A single element objective and single lens eyepiece.
I think that doublet objectives came in the early 1800s. (Correction. Chester Moore Hall c. 1730 invented first doublets. Kept secret and pinched by Dollond who patented it).
Huygens are two element eyepieces. (Invented late 1660s).
Even Herschel used single ball glass eyepieces giving extremely high magnification.
As scopes got larger in the 1600s they became enormously long aerial scopes with no tubes, as CA became impossible with shorter focal length single lens objectives.
Although transmission was high, unless it was pitch dark, which it never is, light intrusion must have been great.
I think that his original scope had only two pieces of glass.
A single element objective and single lens eyepiece.
I think that doublet objectives came in the early 1800s. (Correction. Chester Moore Hall c. 1730 invented first doublets. Kept secret and pinched by Dollond who patented it).
Huygens are two element eyepieces. (Invented late 1660s).
Even Herschel used single ball glass eyepieces giving extremely high magnification.
As scopes got larger in the 1600s they became enormously long aerial scopes with no tubes, as CA became impossible with shorter focal length single lens objectives.
Although transmission was high, unless it was pitch dark, which it never is, light intrusion must have been great.
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It was GREAT here in Alabama! Sky conditions were perfect....cold for US in the mid-20s. Probably one of the best ones I've seen. I couldn't use the binoculars on a tripod as the angle was pretty close to zenith. But I braced several on my porch post and was able to get an excellent view. SV 10X50 stole the show!
A2GG
Beth
I missed it since I don't stay up that late. But I did look at Venus right before dawn and I believe
Jupiter was below slightly to the right. Tomorrow morning those two planets should be in conjunction and closer
to each other. I'm just starting out with astronomy. Bought a beginner's book last week. I don't know what I'm doing yet, but will treat it as a more casual hobby compared to birding and take it slow. Not staying up late doesn't help, but there are still things to see early evening and before dawn. I had a telescope as a kid and learned some
stuff, but don't have a good ability to retain info. It's fun to learn and use binoculars for different observations.
Jupiter was below slightly to the right. Tomorrow morning those two planets should be in conjunction and closer
to each other. I'm just starting out with astronomy. Bought a beginner's book last week. I don't know what I'm doing yet, but will treat it as a more casual hobby compared to birding and take it slow. Not staying up late doesn't help, but there are still things to see early evening and before dawn. I had a telescope as a kid and learned some
stuff, but don't have a good ability to retain info. It's fun to learn and use binoculars for different observations.
mark clements
New member
Totally clear skys until 01.00, brilliant full moon; full cloud on each of the three occasions I looked after that, so dipped it.
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doug el10x32
Well-known member
John Frink
Well-known member
Great views in Delaware through 7x42 UV HD+
A2GG
Beth
Can you imagine Galileo's face if someone gave him a pair of current top-of-the-range Zeiss/Swarovski/Leica/etc.? Now that would be something inspiring
I can see it now ...
First look through the Zeiss ... "what's this miserable green color cast!", then he
spikes it to the ground.
A look through the Swaro ... "what's this sickening panning motion !" , then he
throws it against the nearest tree trunk.
Finally the Leica .. "what's this ghastly color fringing!" , then he punts it into the pond.
Back to his scope ... "ahhh they don't make them like they used to..."
Pinewood
New York correspondent
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