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yes mate, there are some good dark-places on portland which would be suitable for astronomy, i have seen people with telescopes in some places before. Lugging it down it the only problem! Portland bill is pretty much pitch black on a clear night with the only other light coming from the moon, i...

well i had tried taking pictures of Jupiter but without the proper camera mount its impossible to do so. The fact that the wind where i live is about 4685247652374mph every damn day of my life makes capturing anything a challenge! But do not fret, the wind will slow eventually ( and also the...

haha yes it does slightly. I brought a skywatcher 130pm for i think about 180pounds from amazon. I also brought a 2x barlow but i didnt use that in this photo. and i used my samsung galaxy s2, which is a b*st*rd to align with the eyepiece -.- cheers

dunno if anyone cares.... but i did eventually get a telescope, heres a quick pic i took threw the eyepiece on my phone. seems liek the sky hasnt been clear for years down here!! this is the original and this is after some editing to get it right. (no its not cheating!! :P )

Yes i've been using google sky maps for a while which i find is really handy if theres something you dont know the name of and also handy for learning the constellations... there are plenty of truely dark places where i live at night and often go for walks etc to have a look at the stars. just...

just wondering if anyone's in astronomy, yano telescopes etc etc... I've always been interested and finally decided to venture further that the tv programmes :rolleyes: and buy a telescope. now, its a completely new field of things for me with the different lenses, types of telescope and...