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Title: A real planet
Post by: MF_Erwan on December 12, 2007, 06:55:02 PM
This view of Mars hasn't been made with Terragen, but 2 hours ago, with my 114mm diameter telescope...
(http://elgastro22.free.fr/astronomie/images/planetes/mars/121207/x3/1/planche.jpg)

Erwan
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Post by: Oshyan on December 12, 2007, 07:31:36 PM
Wow, excellent detail. I envy your scope! ;D I actually have a decent little Celestron, I just need to get a better lens for it (and a camera mount). Hmm...

- Oshyan
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Post by: dhavalmistry on December 12, 2007, 10:35:54 PM
I have Orion skyquest xt6...I also have a 16, 10 and 25mm lenses and a barlow 2x....
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Post by: Sethren on December 12, 2007, 10:51:25 PM
Mars is looking good.     :)
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Post by: RealUser on December 13, 2007, 03:12:07 AM
Cool Galileo! ;-) Light pollution makes it impossible here to view the stars, you can't even see the milky way band ... sigh
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Post by: Will on December 13, 2007, 05:56:25 AM
I live next to a college so the light pollutions pretty bad but if theres a storm and power gets knocked out its spectacular.
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Post by: rcallicotte on December 13, 2007, 08:58:06 AM
Excellent images.
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Post by: MF_Erwan on December 14, 2007, 01:22:50 PM
This morning, I woke up at 6 am to take another planet:
(http://elgastro22.free.fr/astronomie/images/planetes/saturne/141207/3x/1/planche.jpg)

Now bad weather is back...plenty of time tonight for Terragen!
Erwan
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Post by: rcallicotte on December 14, 2007, 02:48:45 PM
Cool!!!   ;D
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Post by: Will on December 14, 2007, 02:59:22 PM
nice, not to be rude but how roughly how much did this set up cost you. I ask because I'm thinking about getting a new telescope.
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Post by: Sethren on December 14, 2007, 03:44:20 PM
There was a story in the news paper a few years back. Los Angelis had a major power outage and some people were freaking out and or confused upon seeing a band across the sky, i kid you not. Gee, i wonder what it could be? Aliens crop dusting the earth again?    ;D

It must have been a good day because usually the smog layer cancels out the majority of stars and all interstellar gases and dust.
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Post by: rcallicotte on December 14, 2007, 03:54:23 PM
Sethren - The band was the pollution?  Geez.  I remember being there many years ago visiting and my lungs hurt within a day.
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Post by: Sethren on December 14, 2007, 04:42:29 PM
The Milky Way.     ;D
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Post by: rcallicotte on December 14, 2007, 07:55:27 PM
 ;D  Coooool.  I wish I could have seen it.  I would have been willing to choke for that.   ;D
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Post by: Will on December 14, 2007, 08:53:29 PM
Yea you can see it well form where I live if you let your eyes adjust a bit and squint.