Quote from: DocCharly65 on July 20, 2019, 01:49:14 AM
Oh cool! Nice shot!
Many thanks Doc!
The conversion work on my recently acquired 8 inch Dobson is progressing well. Since I prefer to set my target objects with an LED viewfinder, I have now rebuilt my LED viewfinder from the 4 inch ED refractor so that I can put it on the 9 x 50 lens finder from the Dobson and also turn it into a more comfortable position. The storage at the base of the Rocker Box was made smooth by a roller bearing ring, so that you can rotate by gently tapping it without shaking it.
I now have a small telescope to carry out quickly and this 8 inches, so the construction takes only about 3 minutes, I have to go only 3 meters outside the door and it is a dark night because we live in the country without street lighting where the Andromeda nebula with can already see the naked eye:)
This night was so warm that at 1:00 o'clock barefoot out could observe. Gorgeous my first test.
Andromeda galaxy and the globular cluster M 13 in Hercules with 1000 stars that were individually recognizable. In Sagittarius the deep south stand a wealth of star clusters. Saturn shone with his ring and Jupiter with his planets
Photos taken from our garden in combination of a work of mine.