Scooter
09-02-2008, 12:24 AM
Hi Folks,
So anyway after trying for an hour to find M83 without luck I thought I would quickly try the old point and shoot Canon A70 at the eye peice for a bit of fun :)
Done a quick sub 200k gif
http://www.freeimagehost.eu/image/7959262574567 (why won't the site let me upload an animated gif? - Bah!! linked above).
Mag was either just under or over 200x. As I said just for fun and to be honest a pretty fair representation of what I have been seeing visually (aside from the moons which I can easily see in the ep but brightness and contrast etc. is a good match).
So anyway does that look about like what I should be seeing with a 12" dob? The wobble is me tracking with one hand and holding the camera at the ep with the other :)
TIA
So anyway after trying for an hour to find M83 without luck I thought I would quickly try the old point and shoot Canon A70 at the eye peice for a bit of fun :)
Done a quick sub 200k gif
http://www.freeimagehost.eu/image/7959262574567 (why won't the site let me upload an animated gif? - Bah!! linked above).
Mag was either just under or over 200x. As I said just for fun and to be honest a pretty fair representation of what I have been seeing visually (aside from the moons which I can easily see in the ep but brightness and contrast etc. is a good match).
So anyway does that look about like what I should be seeing with a 12" dob? The wobble is me tracking with one hand and holding the camera at the ep with the other :)
TIA