Mars with 3 different scopes - comparison

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 1:58:08 AM UTC-4, Gerald Kelleher wrote:

Integrity indeed !, when you post in the same thread under two different
pseudonyms it is sockpuppetry lite and that is fatal no matter how good his
magnification images are.

Not to mention the hypocrisy, and some other things.

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 10:54:00 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 10:07:24 AM UTC-4, Razzmatazz wrote:

Poor seeing favors small apertures on double stars and planets.

I have never found that to be the case.

It's very true. Once, I had my 8" SCT set-up looking at Jupiter and it's moons, good views only lasted for an hour or so, because the seeing got so bad, Jupiterturned to an orange blob. Switched to my 4" refractor and I still had good viewing of the planets through the night.
My first refractor was an old, scratched up Edscorp 3"F15 OTA, bought it on the flea market for $20, LOL! which showed wonderful views of the planets, even on days when my 8" SCT was useless. Use to ask my wife, do you want to see the planets tonight?
She's respond was - Only if you set up that old telescope! She didn't like my 8" SCT!
The old 3" refractor made me a refractor nut!

StarDust:
Best views of Mars found here!
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/home/

Perhaps. But this forum is about astronomy and those photos have more
to do with robotics than with astronomy. Try comp.robotics.misc.

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On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 5:54:02 PM UTC-7, Davoud wrote:
StarDust:
Best views of Mars found here!
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/home/

Perhaps. But this forum is about astronomy and those photos have more
to do with robotics than with astronomy. Try comp.robotics.misc.

Your goto telescope is not a robot? (o:
Last time went to star party every one was looking at their laptop, not the telescope! LOL!
Newer toy telescopes hook up with the Iphone, by wifi, BT, than the phone pointed at the sky object and the telescope points there.
How retarded it is?
Not sure, why we need a telescope any more? LOL!
Last solar eclipse (partial) I just used my Canon SX40 zoom camera (800 mm lens) /w a piece of solar filter on lens, hand held, took perfect photos of the eclipse.
Not even the latest technology, here's the SX 60 /w 65x zoom, (1365 mm lens)!
http://www.dailycameranews.com/wp-co...era-patent.png

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 7:33:19 PM UTC-7, StarDust wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 5:54:02 PM UTC-7, Davoud wrote:
StarDust:
Best views of Mars found here!
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/home/

Perhaps. But this forum is about astronomy and those photos have more
to do with robotics than with astronomy. Try comp.robotics.misc.

Your goto telescope is not a robot? (o:
Last time went to star party every one was looking at their laptop, not the telescope! LOL!
Newer toy telescopes hook up with the Iphone, by wifi, BT, than the phone pointed at the sky object and the telescope points there.
How retarded it is?
Not sure, why we need a telescope any more? LOL!
Last solar eclipse (partial) I just used my Canon SX40 zoom camera (800 mm lens) /w a piece of solar filter on lens, hand held, took perfect photos of the eclipse.
Not even the latest technology, here's the SX 60 /w 65x zoom, (1365 mm lens)!
http://www.dailycameranews.com/wp-co...era-patent.png

TEST Zoom 35X, Canon SX40 HS - Moon
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7190/6...3502a946_b.jpg

StarDust:
Best views of Mars found here!
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/home/

Davoud:
Perhaps. But this forum is about astronomy and those photos have more
to do with robotics than with astronomy. Try comp.robotics.misc.

Newer toy telescopes hook up with the Iphone [sic], by wifi, BT, than [sic] the phone
pointed [sic] at the sky object and the telescope points there.
How retarded it is?

You mean the mount, not the telescope. My Astro-Physics mount, which
carries two research-grade refractors, a research-grade CCD camera and
a guide telescope with a combined weight of about 41 kg, is
controllable from my iOS devices. Some "toy!" A precision,
research-grade telescope mount controlled by a device that fits in a
shirt pocket. How "retarded" is that? Report back after you have done
it yourself. Until then you know nothing.

--
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 9:48:22 PM UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 7:33:19 PM UTC-7, StarDust wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 5:54:02 PM UTC-7, Davoud wrote:
StarDust:
Best views of Mars found here!
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/home/

Perhaps. But this forum is about astronomy and those photos have more
to do with robotics than with astronomy. Try comp.robotics.misc.

Your goto telescope is not a robot? (o:
Last time went to star party every one was looking at their laptop, not the telescope! LOL!
Newer toy telescopes hook up with the Iphone, by wifi, BT, than the phone pointed at the sky object and the telescope points there.
How retarded it is?
Not sure, why we need a telescope any more? LOL!
Last solar eclipse (partial) I just used my Canon SX40 zoom camera (800 mm lens) /w a piece of solar filter on lens, hand held, took perfect photos of the eclipse.
Not even the latest technology, here's the SX 60 /w 65x zoom, (1365 mm lens)!
http://www.dailycameranews.com/wp-co...era-patent.png

TEST Zoom 35X, Canon SX40 HS - Moon
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7190/6...3502a946_b.jpg

Nice. Shows nice detail for such a tiny lens.
Here are some outstanding lunar images taken by amateur telescopes: http://inovaccdusa.com/tag/moon/

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 8:20:50 PM UTC-7, Razzmatazz wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 9:48:22 PM UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 7:33:19 PM UTC-7, StarDust wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 5:54:02 PM UTC-7, Davoud wrote:
StarDust:
Best views of Mars found here!
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/home/

Perhaps. But this forum is about astronomy and those photos have more
to do with robotics than with astronomy. Try comp.robotics.misc.

Your goto telescope is not a robot? (o:
Last time went to star party every one was looking at their laptop, not the telescope! LOL!
Newer toy telescopes hook up with the Iphone, by wifi, BT, than the phone pointed at the sky object and the telescope points there.
How retarded it is?
Not sure, why we need a telescope any more? LOL!
Last solar eclipse (partial) I just used my Canon SX40 zoom camera (800 mm lens) /w a piece of solar filter on lens, hand held, took perfect photos of the eclipse.
Not even the latest technology, here's the SX 60 /w 65x zoom, (1365 mm lens)!
http://www.dailycameranews.com/wp-co...era-patent.png

TEST Zoom 35X, Canon SX40 HS - Moon
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7190/6...3502a946_b.jpg

Nice. Shows nice detail for such a tiny lens.
Here are some outstanding lunar images taken by amateur telescopes: http://inovaccdusa.com/tag/moon/

Nice, detailed pictures indeed with a sub $300 camera. But you still need a telescope to use it!
Looks like a C-14 was used?

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 10:46:18 PM UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 8:20:50 PM UTC-7, Razzmatazz wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 9:48:22 PM UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 7:33:19 PM UTC-7, StarDust wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 5:54:02 PM UTC-7, Davoud wrote:
StarDust:
Best views of Mars found here!
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/home/

Perhaps. But this forum is about astronomy and those photos have more
to do with robotics than with astronomy. Try comp.robotics.misc.

Your goto telescope is not a robot? (o:
Last time went to star party every one was looking at their laptop, not the telescope! LOL!
Newer toy telescopes hook up with the Iphone, by wifi, BT, than the phone pointed at the sky object and the telescope points there.
How retarded it is?
Not sure, why we need a telescope any more? LOL!
Last solar eclipse (partial) I just used my Canon SX40 zoom camera (800 mm lens) /w a piece of solar filter on lens, hand held, took perfect photos of the eclipse.
Not even the latest technology, here's the SX 60 /w 65x zoom, (1365 mm lens)!
http://www.dailycameranews.com/wp-co...era-patent.png

TEST Zoom 35X, Canon SX40 HS - Moon
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7190/6...3502a946_b.jpg

Nice. Shows nice detail for such a tiny lens.
Here are some outstanding lunar images taken by amateur telescopes: http://inovaccdusa.com/tag/moon/

Nice, detailed pictures indeed with a sub $300 camera. But you still need a telescope to use it!
Looks like a C-14 was used?

The Mars pixs were done with a C14. The Lunar pix were done with a 17" Dob at a very steady site. The solar pixs were done with a 90mm refractor.

Best Lunar/Planet images require shooting at low latitudes where the objects are high in the sky and preferably near water where airflow is laminar. It is not always mountaintops that have the best seeing. Some of the finest high resolution shots are taken at sea level in the tropics. The place where I took my Mars images has consistently very poor seeing due to the jet stream that causes atmospheric disturbance of the air layers above the scope.

I've been to Mauna Kea in Hawaii at 9000ft and even 14,000 ft altitudes and experienced seeing of around 0.4 arc sec routinely, however I have seen even better at sea level in the Caribbean.

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 10:59:35 PM UTC-5, Razzmatazz wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 10:46:18 PM UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 8:20:50 PM UTC-7, Razzmatazz wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 9:48:22 PM UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 7:33:19 PM UTC-7, StarDust wrote:
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 5:54:02 PM UTC-7, Davoud wrote:
StarDust:
Best views of Mars found here!
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/home/

Perhaps. But this forum is about astronomy and those photos have more
to do with robotics than with astronomy. Try comp.robotics.misc..

Your goto telescope is not a robot? (o:
Last time went to star party every one was looking at their laptop, not the telescope! LOL!
Newer toy telescopes hook up with the Iphone, by wifi, BT, than the phone pointed at the sky object and the telescope points there.
How retarded it is?
Not sure, why we need a telescope any more? LOL!
Last solar eclipse (partial) I just used my Canon SX40 zoom camera (800 mm lens) /w a piece of solar filter on lens, hand held, took perfect photos of the eclipse.
Not even the latest technology, here's the SX 60 /w 65x zoom, (1365 mm lens)!
http://www.dailycameranews.com/wp-co...era-patent.png

TEST Zoom 35X, Canon SX40 HS - Moon
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7190/6...3502a946_b.jpg

Nice. Shows nice detail for such a tiny lens.
Here are some outstanding lunar images taken by amateur telescopes: http://inovaccdusa.com/tag/moon/

Nice, detailed pictures indeed with a sub $300 camera. But you still need a telescope to use it!
Looks like a C-14 was used?

The Mars pixs were done with a C14. The Lunar pix were done with a 17" Dob at a very steady site. The solar pixs were done with a 90mm refractor.

Best Lunar/Planet images require shooting at low latitudes where the objects are high in the sky and preferably near water where airflow is laminar. It is not always mountaintops that have the best seeing. Some of the finest high resolution shots are taken at sea level in the tropics. The place where I took my Mars images has consistently very poor seeing due to the jet stream that causes atmospheric disturbance of the air layers above the scope.

I've been to Mauna Kea in Hawaii at 9000ft and even 14,000 ft altitudes and experienced seeing of around 0.4 arc sec routinely, however I have seen even better at sea level in the Caribbean.

Here's some of Damian Peach's images taken in Barbados: http://www.damianpeach.com/barbados10.htm