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I never did finish getting my telescope built in Oregon when I was a kid. It was a Boy's Club project, grinding and polishing our own mirrors, then sending them out to get silvered. Mine was the only one that didn't come back, so I couldn’t construct a frame for it. I maintain that's because mine was so perfect, I would have been able to see the Lunar Max prison operated by the Men In Black, where Boris the Animal ("It's just BORIS!") would end up. But lately I've been gathering up a collection of pre-made telescopes, and tonight I took my first photos using my phone. Ideally I should get a proper telescope camera, or at least use an adapter for my Nikons. But it's a start.
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By the way, this particular telescope is a Meade Polaris 130. One of my favorites.
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Imagine what it would have taken to make that picture when you were a kid.
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Looks great to me.
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I expect the telescope I was trying to build, would have been very good too. But attaching a camera to it would have been a different story.
What I think about sometimes, is what Galileo was able to accomplish with what he had available. And without knowing so much of what we already know now, before even taking our first personal look.
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Isn’t that lovely!
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