Was not getting sleep today. Although had not planned any observing session for today, it happened. The telescope was pulled out and planted, polar aligned and i was ready to go. The moon setting at western horizon looked beautiful. Saw Moon, M42 and Saturn today.
In the video it appears slightly blurry. Actually viewing through the eyepiece gives a sharper image. But still its nice that only with the 20mm eyepiece Saturn is visible with its rings. 20mm = 33x magnification in my scope. Planning to get low mm eyepieces. The view will become better.
The moon Video:
This image is taken by mounting camera on the piggyback mount of the telescope. Let me see if you can find out moon in the picture. Huge amount of light pollution.
Notice the star in the center sorrounded by a cloudy patch. Thats the M42 Nebula. Which actually looks like the inset image through the telescope. One of the easiest to find nebulae in the sky. Quite bright too.
Moon through 20mm eyepiece. Notice the orange tint of the setting moon.
Few other images of the moon taken today.
Luckily, today camera was able to focus at the eyepieces. So i took a few pictures and few videos. Here they are. The best video was of Saturn. I could clearly make out the rings. See yourself.
In the video it appears slightly blurry. Actually viewing through the eyepiece gives a sharper image. But still its nice that only with the 20mm eyepiece Saturn is visible with its rings. 20mm = 33x magnification in my scope. Planning to get low mm eyepieces. The view will become better.
The moon Video:
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| Celestron Astromaster 130 EQ with moon setting on western horizon. |
This image is taken by mounting camera on the piggyback mount of the telescope. Let me see if you can find out moon in the picture. Huge amount of light pollution.
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| Moon from Canon SX 120 IS, 10x zoom, ISO 200, Exp:10s, f=5.6, No Post Processing. |
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| M42 Nebula in the Orion. Canon SX 120 IS mounted on Celestron Astromaster 130 EQ no post processing |
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| M42 Orion Nebula. Some post processing on the same picture. |
Notice the star in the center sorrounded by a cloudy patch. Thats the M42 Nebula. Which actually looks like the inset image through the telescope. One of the easiest to find nebulae in the sky. Quite bright too.
Moon through 20mm eyepiece. Notice the orange tint of the setting moon.
Few other images of the moon taken today.
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| Moon through 20mm Eyepiece |
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| Moon through 20mm Eyepiece, Camera zoomed in. |
I am plannign to buy Celestron Astromaster 130 AZ Telescope
ReplyDeletehere is the specs suggest me good one
Newtonian Reflector
130 mm (5.12 in)
650 mm (26 in)
f/5
20 mm (0.79 in)
33 x
10 mm (0.39 in)
2 65 x
Built-on StarPointer
307 x
19 x
13.1
1.07 arc seconds
0.89 arc seconds
(Compared to human eye) 345 x
Celestron Astro Master 130.