**saturn**

[smokeyging]

The night sky is really amazing!
I never tire of gazing at the stars.
One of my boys, when little, used to insist on going outside at night to say goodnight to the moon and the stars. Didn't matter how cold it was, it was part of his bedtime routine and it HAD to be done...or we paid the consequences!

I agree. The stars are amazing. Last night we saw an out of control satellite, for it was somersaulting. At first I thought it was a plane with its navigation lights but we soon discarded that. We saw shooting stars too, the night sky was alive through the telescope.

[Grub]

Can't seem to access that webpage you put up Grub

That's coz I can't spell "astronomy" with an r in it ... all fixed now

[Grub]

Fuck, I'm awesome!

{vomit} .. in 10 chars ... hehehe

[MyGSXF:Me]

That's coz I can't spell "astronomy" with an r in it ... all fixed now

cheers Grub!!

[MyGSXF:Me]

hopefully something your boys will remember for years to come.. would be neat to get a pack of glow n the dark stars and planets for their rooms... their own solor systems.

I had some in my older boys room in ChCh years ago.. but in all the shitfing house, I can't seem to locate them anymore.. I saw in another persons house, they had a huge setup, & the they even had the planets & significant stars etc, in the correct places.. was totally amazing to see!!!!!

I was at a friends place last night too and with the clear sky we did the same thing. i'm not talking small telescopes here, he has his own observatory plus another 2 scopes. i personally have a 5 inch reflector which is peanuts compared to what my cobbers got. The stars are amazing. Last night we saw an out of control satellite, for it was somersaulting.

Awesome!!! What's it worth to get something about the size of your scope sg??
would be grat to be able to have something like that at home that you can get out whenever the night looks good!!

[T.W.R]

It's pretty amazing what's out there to be seen

The Hubble site is impressive

www.HUBBLESITE.org

[doc]

There's rings around Uranus too..........

You've been looking again haven't you ?

[MyGSXF:Me]

The Hubble site is impressive
www.HUBBLESITE.org

That Hubble site is great babe.. will get Jess onto it.. instead of the bloody stupid games he is into @ the mo.. :slap:

[Macktheknife]

Here is a few that I have kept of cool photo's of space.

[T.W.R]

That Hubble site is great babe.. will get Jess onto it.. instead of the bloody stupid games he is into @ the mo.. :slap:

. lols just got to complete that collection for Jess then he'l move onto other things

[Macktheknife]

A couple more

[MyGSXF:Me]

. lols just got to complete that collection for Jess then he'l move onto other things

nonono... Lego is ALL good!!! stupid puter games he's found!!!!

Here is a few that I have kept of cool photo's of space.

Mtk.. those pics are WICKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

[smokeyging]

Awesome!!! What's it worth to get something about the size of your scope sg??
would be grat to be able to have something like that at home that you can get out whenever the night looks good!!

You'd be wiser to join an observatory club, most of those guys build scopes for very little. and everybodys idea of a good scope is different.

[MyGSXF:Me]

You'd be wiser to join an observatory club, most of those guys build scopes for very little. and everybodys idea of a good scope is different.

True. I picked up a couple of newsletters at the Observatory last night, with details on about their club etc. They have those open nights once a month. The problem with those however, is there are a lot of people wanting to look, & only a few scopes.. & of course only 1 'big one'. So our turns were all very short.. I could have just sat & looked at the moon & Saturn close ups for ages!!! Could be something for us to look into though, when the little one gets a bit bigger anyway.. it was a very late night for him & we have all suffered today..

cheers sg!

[eliot-ness]

[QUOTE=Awesome!!! What's it worth to get something about the size of your scope sg??
would be grat to be able to have something like that at home that you can get out whenever the night looks good!! [/QUOTE]


I got a 6" reflector scope, 10mm and 25mm lenses, up to 125x magnification with auto tracking for $500 new, Excellent for moon study and I got some great pics using a 5mp camera. I haven't had much success with the planets yet but I'm working on it, I also have a 40x magnification terrestrial scope which on a clear night will show Saturns rings and Jupiters moons clearly That cost about $300 including a good tripod. I bought both from a camera shop in Browns Bay. You should be able to get one much cheaper on trademe.