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Daily discussion thread: 🌭 Saturday, May 18, 2024 (aussie.zone)

submitted 6 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Got the telescope out. Got very satisfying woah's from the kids.

Edit. Slight edit adding some sharpness as it seems the eyepiece was a little smudged. But otherwise straight through the eyepiece with my phone. Running with my recent Android Auto Wireless dongle AliExpress win, I've ordered what I hope to be a mount for my phone so I can do some proper long exposures using the tracking unit...

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why can't you see any stars?

[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago

This, I think, is the Moon's terminator. The boundary of what's lit up by sunlight and what's not in the sunlight. So this is just all Moon, with no night sky visible.

To take pictures of the stars, you would need a camera on a really long exposure, at the very least. They're so very faint; even then they wouldn't look too different to how we see them with our eyes.

It's hard enough trying to take a picture of planets past Saturn/Uranus. They're so distant. You'd need what astronomers use to see any details. So far away, and so faint.

[–] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mate I'm middle aged-ish and I'm all woah over here lol

[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've recently discovered Astronomy Cast... Check it out if you haven't. Very accessible all things astronomy podcast....and no Neil deGrasse Tyson

[–] Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Thanks for the heads up!

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago

Add another woah from me. Woahhhh

[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago

ooh nice!