Actual Views?

[Lost In Space]

Hello everyone.

I'm shopping around for a telescope like a lot of people who turn to the Ice In Space forums for help. :lol:

I've been looking at some of the astrophotography here and on other websites, and they show some incredible views. Unfortunately, this isn't useful to use when looking for the telescope that gives good views at an affordable price. All the images have been taken with long exposures, and edited, but this doesn't show me what things will look like when viewed through the scope.

Is there anywhere I can find images taken without long exposures or editing, that will give me a good idea of what the objects look like through the scope? :question:

[erick]

Here are a few examples:-

http://www.backyardvoyager.com/eyepieceviews.html

http://www.ovas.org/seeinscope.htm

http://www.rocketroberts.com/astro/scopeview.htm

https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/content/specifications (the 3 simulated views)

http://neurohack.com/Astrophotography/CanISeeaGalaxy.html

[jjjnettie]

Great links Eric!

[Lost In Space]

Wow! Thanks Eric! Very useful sites :D

[erick]

Just a quick search - I knew a few, others were new to me.

Perhaps we can put together a listing of such sites and make it "sticky" in Beginners?

Any more good examples? I thought Televue had some on their site (mainly to spruke 100 deg AFOV!) but I couldn't find the page.

[Lost In Space]

Stickying some of these sites would be a very good idea.

I'll have a look around and see if I can find some more as well.

There's this site I found in the forums the other day, though I'm not sure what thread it was on. You probabely already know of it.

Telescope Simulator (http://telescope-simulator.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=57)

I'm not too sure about the accuracy of this though. I viewed jupiter through my 60mm Telescope (an old one) with a 700mm focal length and a 4mm eyepiece, and I could see a bigger and brighter jupiter than the calculator claims.

I'll look around for some other sites anyway, and post them here. :thumbsup:

[StarGazing]

WOW Great sites guys thanks for that.
Alex.:thanx:

[seanliddelow]

Heres a picture of the Moon from tonight I took without exposure from my 12" telescope.

[Esseth]

Damn cool site, i never found that one when i was seeing what type of scope i was going to get.

[StarGazing]

Nice shot of the moon there seanliddelow. What type of camera did you use ??????.
Alex. :thumbsup:

[seanliddelow]

The camera I used was a Olympus Camedia D-545 Zoom. Its 4 megapixels and a hell of a good camera.

[erick]

Here is another, thanks whosoever it was that posted it in another thread! (OK just checked - it was David :thumbsup:)

http://www.brighthub.com/science/space/articles/23032.aspx