Blurry Saturn

The first night I ever used my telescope I found Saturn without any help at all and the feeling was amazing, so was finding out how fast that it went out of view. I tried taking a photo of it, but below is all I got, a blurry picture. I shall have to try again

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Shooting the Moon 22/05/2007

I am trying to conquer taking pictures of the moon first. I have tried taking pictures using my Canon IXUS 500 by just positioning the camera up against the lens of the telescope. I have also tried using my 2 megapixel Nokia mobile with a little less success. But hey it’s a cheap way of

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Shooting The Moon 20/05/2007

These are my first ever photos of the moon, which appears to be in one of it’s early phases. What an amazing site, seeing the moon for the first time up close from your own telescope. The clarity of the moon in the eyepiece is very good. I could stare at it for ages and

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Meade Bresser Messier 130N

After many months of being interested in telescopes and looking at various websites including ebay and other telescope retailers, I discovered that I live very close to the new location of Scopes N Skies showroom and warehouse. After a couple of hours discussion with the team I decided to purchase a Meade Bresser Messier 130N

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Welcome to my Astronomy Blog

This is my new blog about Astronomy, a subject which is now one of my many new hobbies. I hope to update this blog on at least a monthly basis, but that depends upon the weather. I hope to review some equipment, show off my telescope images, review astronomy books and much more and generally

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The Sky at Night 50th Anniversary Show

50th Anniversary Sky at Night Show, with focus on the present Mars missions from both, NASA and the ESA. Also featuring and interview with Prof.Steven Squyres