[v1viper]

Still playing around with my laptop and telescope

[Maggot]

Those are GREAT pics. viper

[v1viper]

thx maggot, I'm still learning how to get the best from both laptop, telescope and camera it came with for planet pics. Still cant get anything good except for the moon. I tried to get Jupiter as well but they didnt turn out good enough to post I deleted them.

[IrE]

Awesome pics Viper

[v1viper]

Thanks IrE

Damn, I should be sleeping gnite

[Feir]

and everyone wants to colonize the moon, we would need to get star wars lazers or star trek phasers to prevent more chunks of space rock slamming into the moon.

Great pics, love the last one

[][c1][Gimp]

Totally great pictures Viper. Amazing what you can do with the computers and gadgets these days. What brand and power of telescope are you using?
Gimp

[v1viper]

It's a meade etx90 with with autostar. Its a small scope but it does ok for now.

[][c1][Gimp]

Thanks Viper. Do you attach your camera to the scope to take pics, or is it a cable connection from the scope to the camera.? And is the autostar a program that you add in the star you want and the scope moves to that location automatically? I have heard that if you use a large scope, you need a firm base, like concrete, to zoom in with. A base that won't pick up vibrations. Your pics are great.
Gimp

[v1viper]

This is what I have now gimp, its the camera that came with the telescope.
It goes in where you would normally put the eyepiece in the scope.
http://www.meade.com/autostar/lpi.html

[][c1][Gimp]

Thanks Viper,
I went to the web site and looked at all the video clips from the instruction disc. I was really impressed with the way the set up works with the scope, and the instructions were clear to understand. Fasinating hobby, you will have many hours of fun ahead for you.
Thanks again.
Gimp