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What sort of equipment would I need to take a photo like this?
I'm interested in doing some astrophotography and I'm looking into the equipment needed to get a photo like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cscunha1984/6619321531/in/faves-heyvian/
I'm not looking ...
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Quality loss when adding more components to a telescope?
I would think this would be inherently true, but I'm curious:
(Assuming the highest quality amateur instruments are used.)
Is quality lost when, say, adding a T-mount adapter, diagonal or any other ...
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Celestron NexStar 6 SE vs. Orion XT8 [closed]
I'm interested in purchasing a new telescope and have narrowed it down to the NexStar 6 SE vs. the Orion XT8.
I'd like to be able to get into astrophotography and read that having the Go-To ...
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How to get started in Astronomy (UK based) [closed]
I have always been interested in space and astronomy (in my youth - I wanted to be an astronaut).
However for various reasons, I never quite got started. I now want to get started - small but ...
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What equipment is needed for equatorial drift scanning/TDI with a Dobsonian?
It should be possible to do a "parked scan" along the celestial equator ("stripe 82" and "stripe 10") with a Dobsonian telescope, as no tracking is required. I can foresee two issues, though: first, ...
