Re:How to Discover a Galaxy with a Telephoto Lens
by Outdoorsman on Thursday January 28, 2016 @10:03PM
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>The idea was to get a little telescope (like Dragonfly it's pretty much just a telephoto lens with a detector attached) and then have it look at ~1/3 of the sky every night.<
That part--"every night"--is so important to the science (and art) of astronomy...dogged determination (read as regular viewing) has led to countless insights and discoveries...
One of my goals is to incorporate an R-Pi 2 (minimum) into my viewing...program it to look for changes when I can't spend time at the telescope on the deck outside my house...
I'm strictly an amateur at astronomy, but my interest was piqued, in 1994 when I spent a summer volunteering at a youth camp which included, as evening programming, a once-a-week visit by an astronomy club from a semi-major metropolitan area...
That year, as most amateur astronomers will likely remember,
the year the comet Levy-Shoemaker broke apart and impacted Jupiter...we were able to watch this maginificent event as it unfolded ...it was something to see...
The kids at camp were more interested in looking at the moon for a while then heading off to the Tradin' Post for evening snacks, but the astronomy club members always stayed until around 1:00pm, and let me share some peeks...wonderful...
That part--"every night"--is so important to the science (and art) of astronomy...dogged determination (read as regular viewing) has led to countless insights and discoveries...
One of my goals is to incorporate an R-Pi 2 (minimum) into my viewing...program it to look for changes when I can't spend time at the telescope on the deck outside my house...
I'm strictly an amateur at astronomy, but my interest was piqued, in 1994 when I spent a summer volunteering at a youth camp which included, as evening programming, a once-a-week visit by an astronomy club from a semi-major metropolitan area...
That year, as most amateur astronomers will likely remember, the year the comet Levy-Shoemaker broke apart and impacted Jupiter...we were able to watch this maginificent event as it unfolded ...it was something to see...
Images here: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/top20.html
The kids at camp were more interested in looking at the moon for a while then heading off to the Tradin' Post for evening snacks, but the astronomy club members always stayed until around 1:00pm, and let me share some peeks...wonderful...