Astronomy?

[CMDRExorcist]

Any astronomers in the house? If so, what kind of scope do you have and what do you like to look at?

Celestron C9.25 on a CG-5 mount along with an Orion 100mm refractor on a VersaGo II alt-azimuth mount.

I primarily look at deep sky objects like clusters and galaxies, but the bright skies in Ohio make that difficult at times.

God Bless,
Wesley

 

[BrickUponBrick]

It's something I've always been very interested in learning. I love looking up at the stars and trying to find constellations and stuff. I really want a telescope. I never got one as a kid ..... haha.

I'd love to get one and look at what I can't see with the naked eye, like galaxies and all that.

 

[teddyv]

Used to do a lot of backyard astronomy when I was younger, but the city lights just keep getting brighter and brighter and time seems less and less available.

Anyway, I still have may original telescope, 4" Omcon Newtonian reflector with a 7x50 viewfinder. It's on an inadequate equatorial mount that I could never figure out properly (purely manual) so I memorized the sky.

I've probably seen just about everything I can from my backyard. I too love the deep sky objects, my favourite being the pair of galaxies M81 and M82.

 

[happyinchrist]

I have to buy a telescope, space has always amazed me.