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Originally Posted by breammaster
Thanks Malcolm  Nice to meet you
Yes I'll work with just the 25 mm for now. I know nothing about the constellations really. I've been cheating and using starmap and stellarium. I really do need to know these constellations though. The main one I nkow is Orion. Are there any tips or guides to star hopping?
So what is it like when you finally see these faint shades of grey? I'm really intrigued to see my first DSO. Do they often get mistaken for clouds? Or are they much more obvious than a cloud would look. |
Being new to it all myself, have a look around the Magellanic clouds in the south, especially the larger one, very slowly with the 25 mm, scan and pan around it.
You will eventually spot a tiny strange faint shaped object,for me it was Tarantula Nebula.
You will know its not a star, and too "way out there" to be a cloud.
As you observe more carefully it will reveal more details, then you will gasp in awe as you will know it is a nebula,you will get excited try barlows and smaller EPs, but realize the 25mm is good enough.
Like discovering a new planet you will feel exhilarated, as IT IS NEW for you to see that far!
That is best I can decribe my experience.
Tarantula is 160, 000 light years away! That tiny cloud of light has taken that long to reach your eye! For me that was "a moment "that I will never forget.
Hope you find some DSO's too!
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