Posted on 10/20/2023 7:20:11 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Galaxies abound in this sharp telescopic image recorded on October 12 in dark skies over June Lake, California. The celestial scene spans nearly 2 degrees within the boundaries of the well-trained northern constellation Canes Venatici. Prominent at the upper left 23.5 million light-years distant is big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 4258, known to some as Messier 106. Eye-catching edge-on spiral NGC 4217 is above and right of center about 60 million light-years away. Just passing through the pretty field of view is comet C/2023 H2 Lemmon, discovered last April in image data from the Mount Lemmon Survey. Here the comet sports more of a lime green coma though, along with a faint, narrow ion tail stretching toward the top of the frame. This visitor to the inner Solar System is presently less than 7 light-minutes away and still difficult to spot with binoculars, but it's growing brighter. Comet C/2023 H2 Lemmon will reach perihelion, its closest point to the Sun, on October 29 and perigee, its closest to our fair planet, on November 10 as it transitions from morning to evening northern skies.
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Very Cool- i always wanted a telescope-
I just turned 62, but images like this fill me with all the wonder and awe of a little kid.
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I do have a 50-500 lens for my camera (which translates to 800mm when used on a crop sensor camera) which gets fairly detailed photos of the moon- but it’s not quite powerful enough
thanks for the link- I’ll watch it tomorrow- too late now
I’m planning on getting a dslr next year. I have three telescopes now. I want to try taking pictures of the Moon, too. If I get a dslr, I’m gonna need a lens for it, too.
What’s a dsir?
Digital
Single
Lens
Reflex
(Camera)
Sorry. DSLR- digital single lens reflex camera….
My last post before bed🙄
WOW, nice! It’s a little over my budget, I am looking at this one, it has some astronomy features as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Pentax-K-70-Weather-Sealed-Camera-Black/dp/B01GHVIU70?th=1
Of course, I’ll have to get a lens as well.
Hook that up to a telescope and WOW!
You can get a cheaper lens because the telescope will be doing all the magnifying, so you camera lens won’t have to,be a massively expensive 9ne- but I would invest in a prime lens, as they give the best clearest images. Maybe pick,up a used one. Keh.com has some great deals on used- adorama does as well. Both are quality sites. You can even pick up camera and lens combos there for a good price. A good full frame camera with prime lens is the way to go as the combo ca5ches more detail than other cameras with smaller sensors.
Thanks for the tips! I am looking at getting a package deal, the Pentax has some great features for astronomy, and some great lenses as well. I’m fine with the cropped sensor, as I plan on doing lunar and planetary photography. My main scope is a Stellarvue 115 f/7 on a Losmandy gm8. Should be good for planetary and lunar, but I think a bigger mount would be better for deep sky.
The skies around here aren’t the greatest, so I’m going for brighter targets.
A committed digital camera and software would be great if money weren’t an object, but I would have to buy a new computer, well I’m sure you get the idea- costs can get, wall, sky high. 😮🔭
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