Telescopogrfy

[Cuchilo]

Right , ive swapped a crashed RC Airplane for a telescope with a broken stand Fixed the stand so what do i do now . apart from wait until it gets dark .

 

[lazybloke]

Pretend to be a martian invader with a heat ray, terrify ants

 

[raleighnut]

Don't point it at your neighbours window.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Right , ive swapped a crashed RC Airplane for a telescope with a broken stand Fixed the stand so what do i do now . apart from wait until it gets dark .

You know how to live.

 

[fossyant]

Look for something in the sky - stars and the likes, stick a camera on t'end and take pics of the moon. Simples. Might get boring though.

 

[cisamcgu]

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury

Saturn and Jupiter are always stunning (my avatar picture is one I took many years ago with a 200mm reflector - since donated to a local school sadly) - Jupiter's moons should be visible in even a small scope.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Right , ive swapped a crashed RC Airplane for a telescope with a broken stand Fixed the stand so what do i do now . apart from wait until it gets dark .

Prepare to be disappointed - unless you have a whopping great big telescope and/or digital photography equipment connected with a motorised mount then all you see is more tiny pinpricks of light, just like without a telescope really.

 

[MichaelW2]

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Don't point it at your neighbours window.

Good advice, it won't focus that close. Pick a house a street or two away for clearer focus.

 

[numbnuts]

Oh dear a telescope, I sold mine got fed up waiting for the clouds to disappear

 

[vickster]

Pack up your stuff and leave London for somewhere with no light pollution so you’ll be able to see the night sky and not just aeroplanes taking off and landing up the road from you

 

[cisamcgu]

Planets are visible in light polluted areas - no need to move really. Deep sky stuff is completely different.

What sort of telescope is it ?

 

[Cuchilo]

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury

Saturn and Jupiter are always stunning (my avatar picture is one I took many years ago with a 200mm reflector - since donated to a local school sadly) - Jupiter's moons should be visible in even a small scope.

This is a 900mm reflector . I also have a zoom lens i bought many years ago for the camera but it turned out not to be for a camera . Just checked and it fits onto the eye piece of the telescope Theres a stroke of luck !

 

[Cuchilo]

Pack up your stuff and leave London for somewhere with no light pollution so you’ll be able to see the night sky and not just aeroplanes taking off and landing up the road from you

We are going intergalactic Vickster

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Now you've fixed it swap it for an uncrashed RC that sounds much more fun

 

[ColinJ]

Don't point it at your neighbours window.

Very good advice ...

For a while in his late 70s, my dad was still capable of driving his dog to the park, but was no longer capable of walking him, so he'd set the dog loose and sit in the car for 30 minutes or so while the dog scurried about. We bought pa a pair of binoculars so he could watch the dog right to the far end of the park, and generally look around and see what was going on.

The only thing was ... He got into the habit of doing that at home! He'd sit in his chair trying to spot what was going on up and down the street. He'd have his light on and the curtains open at night and he'd be scanning the neighbourhood for action. Unfortunately, there were two young women living opposite who spotted him doing it and thought he was a peeping tom! It took the intervention of another group of neighbours to stop them sending for the DOMS (Dirty Old Man Squad)!

We had warned him about it but he wouldn't have it! "I've got the right to look out of my window if I want to!" Aaargh!