Wallace the 6 inch f/2.8 telescope, building it, and hiking with it

Re:Wallace the 6 inch f/2.8 telescope, building it, and hiki... by chantepierre on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @11:07AM (#48733802)

Sadly not as I exclusively practice visual astronomy.

Here is a nebula, NGC7000, drawn by an excellent observer, which appears that way (very wide field, but a bit dimmer than their drawing) :

My advantage despite the low diameter is the ability to frame such huge objects !

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Re:Wallace the 6 inch f/2.8 telescope, building it, and hiki... by thenthenthen on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @03:19PM (#48737904)

What is ‘visual astronomy’? (Sorry, absolute noob here). Wait did you mean.. ‘non-visual astronomy’? I am really confused now

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Re:Wallace the 6 inch f/2.8 telescope, building it, and hiki... by lgcmo on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @07:14AM (#48744953)

I believe he means that he does not do astrophotography. So no photos to share

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