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Hottest new gadget this Christmas
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2020-12-04 at 1:26 PM UTCI bought several of these for my cell phones recently because they were uber cheap
a Monocular Telescope with a rig that clips onto your cell phone. I got one with different lens. a wide angle, macro 28x closeup (That one is super cool) a 22x 50mm FoV and an 18 FoV (piece of shit, it has a weird prism glow, I think one of the internal lens is offset)
I been looking at this 10-300x40mm it uses some kind of technology they claim that can see people on a hill miles away the human eye can't even see. but they're pretty fun for shooting shit closeup. I am going to wait for a new clear sunset and head up to the Berkeley Hills again with my newer 22x with more clarity and hopefully get a better shot. warning, don't set your cell camera to auto focus. it will keep going in and out on you. you can use the monochular focus instead.
https://monocular-telescope.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz4mo-7G07QIViAH5AB07TQxnEAEYASAAEgJZLfD_BwE -
2020-12-04 at 1:31 PM UTC
Originally posted by Bugz I been looking at this 10-300x40mm it uses some kind of technology they claim that can see people on a hill miles away the human eye can't even see. but they're pretty fun for shooting shit closeup. I am going to wait for a new clear sunset and head up to the Berkeley Hills again with my newer 22x with more clarity and hopefully get a better shot. warning, don't set your cell camera to auto focus. it will keep going in and out on you. you can use the monochular focus instead.
https://monocular-telescope.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz4mo-7G07QIViAH5AB07TQxnEAEYASAAEgJZLfD_BwE
Impossible don't waste your money, the maximum useful magnification is 50x per inch of aperture...that's a factoid, a physical limiting factor, there is no "special technology" to get around that.
The one you listed here is a well known scam ad...sold all over the interwebs by various places.
With 40mm objective lens you are lookin at a max of 80x magnification..and that's under perfect conditions. -
2020-12-04 at 1:34 PM UTC
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Impossible don't waste your money, the maximum useful magnification is 50x per inch of aperture…that's a factoid, a physical limiting factor, there is no "special technology" to get around that.
The one you listed here is a well known scam ad…sold all over the interwebs by various places.
Hmmm
Well I bought them for 20 bucks each (not this one, the 3 I got) (give or take a buck on the three) the one is a piece of shit but the 50mm is pretty cool. came with a macro and a wide angle as well. but the wide angle I bought specifically is really nice. my phone has one built in but the colors get distorted and drab, the one I purchased for it doesn't have that color bleed. and its an amazing video and photo as well. -
2020-12-04 at 1:35 PM UTCIt's a bit like those adverts you see for 60mm telescopes that say 515x magnification! Magnification isn't the important thing btw when you are buying a telescope, the size of the lens/mirror is, the bigger the lens/mirror the more light is gathered and so the brighter the target and the dimmer the objects you can resolve.
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2020-12-04 at 1:36 PM UTC
Originally posted by Bugz Hmmm
Well I bought them for 20 bucks each (not this one, the 3 I got) (give or take a buck on the three) the one is a piece of shit but the 50mm is pretty cool. came with a macro and a wide angle as well. but the wide angle I bought specifically is really nice. my phone has one built in but the colors get distorted and drab, the one I purchased for it doesn't have that color bleed. and its an amazing video and photo as well.
I have an 8inch (203mm) aperture telescope and it's a rare night in hell when I can get 300x magnification out of that due to seeing conditions, atmosphere quality etc etc. You ain't getting 300x out of a 40mm thing lolol. -
2020-12-04 at 1:37 PM UTC
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson It's a bit like those adverts you see for 60mm telescopes that say 515x magnification! Magnification isn't the important thing btw when you are buying a telescope, the size of the lens/mirror is, the bigger the lens/mirror the more light is gathered and so the brighter the target and the dimmer the objects you can resolve.
Yes, the refractor Telescopes are cool. I had one that was 200x with a double wide lens and would star gaze from our home when We lived on a hill in a very dark location with little city light polution. was fun. but I always wanted a mirror one. -
2020-12-04 at 1:42 PM UTC
Originally posted by Bugz Yes, the refractor Telescopes are cool. I had one that was 200x with a double wide lens and would star gaze from our home when We lived on a hill in a very dark location with little city light polution. was fun. but I always wanted a mirror one.
This is going to be my new one after Christmas/New Year, my tax refund treat.
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2020-12-04 at 2:46 PM UTC
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2020-12-04 at 2:48 PM UTCRoof is a bad place to put a telescope (heat rises which screws up the image)...I'm in the middle of Houston so when I do my observing I drive out 80 miles to a dark site.
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2020-12-04 at 2:49 PM UTCthats the best place is a field away from city light anyways.
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2020-12-04 at 2:52 PM UTC
Originally posted by Bugz thats the best place is a field away from city light anyways.
Yup, I was out there a few of weeks ago for Mars's opposition. It's pretty dark out there, you can see the milky way etc... 80% of Americans can't see it due to light pollution these days...many have never seen it. -
2020-12-04 at 2:54 PM UTCDec 21st Saturn and Jupiter are the closest together they've been since 1623...gonna be very low in the sky though so you probably wont notice it unless you look for it...SW at dusk.
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2020-12-04 at 2:56 PM UTC
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Yup, I was out there a few of weeks ago for Mars's opposition. It's pretty dark out there, you can see the milky way etc… 80% of Americans can't see it due to light pollution these days…many have never seen it.
I saw the milky way as a kid in Yosemite when camping overnight. Pitch dark, no moon. freaky as hell. lots of animals making noises. Owls hooting and other weird sounds. at least I think it was an owl. but looking at the milky way is like gas vapors or clouds almost but really bright with stars mixed in. kind of reddish tone too.
there should be a few times a year that All cities an people should volunteer to shut their lights off for a few hours for astro events -
2020-12-04 at 2:59 PM UTCalso thats the nice thing about the western States. We have maybe 1/8th the population of the US. Nevada (far from Vegas) and New Mexico get some very dark areas. Montana and Utah as well. great place to chill. especially where it's flat for a hundred miles so nothing is obstructing your view of the plains. easier to see Venus and mercury because you don't have mountains and shit in your way. also a lot of it is Parkland. so it will be reserved for a century or more before they can build on it.
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2020-12-04 at 3 PM UTC
Originally posted by Bugz I saw the milky way as a kid in Yosemite when camping overnight. Pitch dark, no moon. freaky as hell. lots of animals making noises. Owls hooting and other weird sounds. at least I think it was an owl. but looking at the milky way is like gas vapors or clouds almost but really bright with stars mixed in. kind of reddish tone too.
there should be a few times a year that All cities an people should volunteer to shut their lights off for a few hours for astro events
I was talking to a fellow astronomy guy a few weeks ago and he related a tale to me about one time he was at the annual Texas star party. He was setup next to a guy and noted at one point the guy started putting a tarp over his telescope...he asked him "what are you doing? quitting for the night"? the guy said "no, don't you see those clouds coming"...it was the milky way rising and he thought the dark dustbands were rain clouds coming, because he'd never seen the milkyway before.
