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mars upside down ?
I viewed mars last night, from the northern hemisphere, with my cheesy
cheap-oh taso 11TR reflector. (sorry some people are low budget) and, not being too accustom to this hobby, I didn't question what I thought I was seeing. the image I saw was definitely mars, I could make out the ice cap with the 2x barlo installed. but it was on TOP of the round sphere we call mars. but in posted professional photos I noticed it to be on the bottom of the image. Is this a trick done by the pros to confuse the simple and profound the wise? or is my scope doing an image reversal? and if was viewing from the southern hemisphere, would it appear to be on the bottom as the photos I have seen? c2p02 |
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That's normal.
-- "In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening towards an east that would not know another dawn. But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go again." Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars SIAR www.starlords.org Bishop's Car Fund http://www.bishopcarfund.Netfirms.com/ Freelance Writers Shop http://www.freelancewrittersshop.netfirms.com Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord "called2preach2002" wrote in message ... I viewed mars last night, from the northern hemisphere, with my cheesy cheap-oh taso 11TR reflector. (sorry some people are low budget) and, not being too accustom to this hobby, I didn't question what I thought I was seeing. the image I saw was definitely mars, I could make out the ice cap with the 2x barlo installed. but it was on TOP of the round sphere we call mars. but in posted professional photos I noticed it to be on the bottom of the image. Is this a trick done by the pros to confuse the simple and profound the wise? or is my scope doing an image reversal? and if was viewing from the southern hemisphere, would it appear to be on the bottom as the photos I have seen? c2p02 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/03 |
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In message , called2preach2002
writes I viewed mars last night, from the northern hemisphere, with my cheesy cheap-oh taso 11TR reflector. (sorry some people are low budget) and, not being too accustom to this hobby, I didn't question what I thought I was seeing. the image I saw was definitely mars, I could make out the ice cap with the 2x barlo installed. but it was on TOP of the round sphere we call mars. but in posted professional photos I noticed it to be on the bottom of the image. Is this a trick done by the pros to confuse the simple and profound the wise? or is my scope doing an image reversal? and if was viewing from the southern hemisphere, would it appear to be on the bottom as the photos I have seen? It would still be inverted. All astronomical telescopes invert the image, unless you have a special lens that gives a normal image. But it's the South pole you're seeing, and people seem to think of the South pole being at the bottom (I don't know if Australians and other southern hemisphere types think of it differently) Are you seeing any markings on the disc? They are quite faint, so keep trying. And if you have or can borrow a digital camera, try taking a picture! -- "Roads in space for rockets to travel....four-dimensional roads, curving with relativity" Mail to jsilverlight AT merseia.fsnet.co.uk is welcome. Or visit Jonathan's Space Site http://www.merseia.fsnet.co.uk |
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called2preach2002 wrote in alt.astronomy:
I viewed mars last night, from the northern hemisphere, with my cheesy cheap-oh taso 11TR reflector. (sorry some people are low budget) My first scope was a very low budget, and I had lots of fun roaming the night skies with it. If you win the lottery, check out Starlord's Telescope FAQ (see other posting) for some good information about choosing another. and, not being too accustom to this hobby, I didn't question what I thought I was seeing. the image I saw was definitely mars, I could make out the ice cap with the 2x barlo installed. but it was on TOP of the round sphere we call mars. but in posted professional photos I noticed it to be on the bottom of the image. Is this a trick done by the pros to confuse the simple and profound the wise? or is my scope doing an image reversal? Maybe professional astronomers suppose we all stand on our head before looking at the pictures.... and if was viewing from the southern hemisphere, would it appear to be on the bottom as the photos I have seen? Yes, but fortunately a south pole stays a south pole, either it's up or down For some telescope c.q. optics basics with drawings as why the image you see is reversed: http://www.synapses.co.uk/astro/optics.html Good luck. -- CeeBee Uxbridge: "By God, sir, I've lost my leg!" Wellington: "By God, sir, so you have!" Google CeeBee @ www.geocities.com/ceebee_2 |
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Thank you for the insight... It was my plan to take a picture tonight,
but that didn't happen, my cam adapter fits a standard Minolta SLR. I don't have one, but my folks do. I went to their place after work tonight to get it, and could not find it. I searched for about an hour then found it. it hadn't been used for centuries I think LOL. anyway, the button cell batteries are dead, and like most people, I don't have a slew of new ones floating around the house. by the time I got home I didn't have the time to setup. the west is blocked from my back yard so i didn't have much time anymore to see mars tonight. oh well hopefully tomorrow. look for my other post about camera settings. as for markings... I could make out little green men pointing and laughing at what THEY where seeing... HAHAH no realy...I saw a shady line across the image. and a bright "DOT" on top the image... icecap? that was about it. the image "WAVED", like the heat you see rising off a road in the summer time. and also... and I don't know if this is my eyeball, of debris or what, but I can see what looks like black spiderwebs over the image as it moves across the viewing area. it kind of looks like the pattern that you see from dried bubbles on a bar of soap. once the bubbles are gone. i don't know if its my mirror, or what. this scope sat in the closet since Halley. I haven't used it until now. what should i do? Lester aka c2p02 Jonathan Silverlight wrote: In message , called2preach2002 writes I viewed mars last night, from the northern hemisphere, with my cheesy cheap-oh taso 11TR reflector. (sorry some people are low budget) and, not being too accustom to this hobby, I didn't question what I thought I was seeing. the image I saw was definitely mars, I could make out the ice cap with the 2x barlo installed. but it was on TOP of the round sphere we call mars. but in posted professional photos I noticed it to be on the bottom of the image. Is this a trick done by the pros to confuse the simple and profound the wise? or is my scope doing an image reversal? and if was viewing from the southern hemisphere, would it appear to be on the bottom as the photos I have seen? It would still be inverted. All astronomical telescopes invert the image, unless you have a special lens that gives a normal image. But it's the South pole you're seeing, and people seem to think of the South pole being at the bottom (I don't know if Australians and other southern hemisphere types think of it differently) Are you seeing any markings on the disc? They are quite faint, so keep trying. And if you have or can borrow a digital camera, try taking a picture! |
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"Jonathan Silverlight" wrote...
in message ... . . . But it's the South pole you're seeing, and people seem to think of the South pole being at the bottom (I don't know if Australians and other southern hemisphere types think of it differently) . . . 'Lo Jonathan -- This made me think of the different kind of world maps you may find depending upon where you happen to be. For example, i was in Africa when i first came across a world map that depicted the European and Asian continents on the left and the Americas on the right (here in America we have maps that are the other way around). The striking thing about the African world map was that at first glance it looked like a bear on the left going at it with a bird (eagle or turkey?) on the right, and made me think of the cold war. Alaska was the "head of the bird" and was just across the Bering Strait from the northeastern Siberia region, "the head of the bear." Yeah, yeah... what an imagination. So let's hear from the Australians! Yo, Wally et al.... how are the continents shown on ya'll's world maps? Asia on the left? or right? -- "Roads in space for rockets to travel....four-dimensional roads, curving with relativity" Mail to jsilverlight AT merseia.fsnet.co.uk is welcome. Or visit Jonathan's Space Site http://www.merseia.fsnet.co.uk happy days and... starry starry nights! -- A Universe of Beauty Our Hubble often shows, Let's not forget our duty To pitch the way it Glows! Paine Ellsworth |
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, Painius writes This made me think of the different kind of world maps you may find depending upon where you happen to be. For example, i was in Africa when i first came across a world map that depicted the European and Asian continents on the left and the Americas on the right (here in America we have maps that are the other way around). I'm not sure I follow you. Do you mean the map is "upside down", or is it just centred on Japan or the Pacific? (which makes sense if you live there) I can see that Africans have problems with this whole top, bottom, left and right business, as their continent spans the Equator. -- "Forty millions of miles it was from us, more than forty millions of miles of void" |
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"Jonathan Silverlight" wrote...
in message ... Painius writes in message... , This made me think of the different kind of world maps you may find depending upon where you happen to be. For example, i was in Africa when i first came across a world map that depicted the European and Asian continents on the left and the Americas on the right (here in America we have maps that are the other way around). I'm not sure I follow you. Do you mean the map is "upside down", or is it just centred on Japan or the Pacific? (which makes sense if you live there) I can see that Africans have problems with this whole top, bottom, left and right business, as their continent spans the Equator. -- "Forty millions of miles it was from us, more than forty millions of miles of void" The map was "rightside up" as they say. North pole on top, Antarctica on the bottom, and the Pacific Ocean in the center. happy days and... starry starry nights! -- "Oh give me please the Universe keys That unlock all those mysteries!" You pay your fees, you find some keys That keeps you always groping. "Oh give me please the Happiness keys That ease the pain of biting fleas!" Today you seize you need no keys, That door is always open. Paine Ellsworth |
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