So I'm probably totally wrong here, but since light output from supernovas in distant galaxies are used to measure the distance to these galaxies, wouldn't a discovery like this have severe implications on the topography of the universe - ie. the galaxies we know the distance to based on supernova measurements could be closer than they really are?
Or?/Tage
$1000 surely won't get you into astrophotography in a big way, but it's a start. I was in the exact same position a few years back and I decided to buy into a system that would let me gradually upgrade as funds became available. I got myself a pair of really nice and cheap 11x70 binos - best purchase yet. Then i took the plunge and got a scope that would let me advance slowly. Getting to know the sky and how to use a telescope will keep you busy for some time before you are ready for astrophotography.
Most importatly - get a decent mount. The Celestron CG-5 or Meade LXD75 seems to be a good choice. Second, go for quality over aperture if you want to do photography. I spent some $1100 on my scope and got a Celestron C6S-GT on a CG-5 mount, a wide field eyepeice and a barlow. The mount can carry much heavier equipment than the OTA I have, so it's future compatible once I decide to upgrade to a larger scope.
Since then I have spent approx $1000 on dew protection, powerpacks (which you will not need if you will use this in your back yard), software and recently $99 on the older Meade DSI CCD camera which will not produce 'stellar' results, but with your expectations set to match the price tag, it's a way to get started. Now if those clouds would only move away./Tage Widsell
Speaking as an official Propellerhead _and_ a/. reader: The reason we acted on the reborn project (which wasn't open source I think - just a Linux product) wasn't that it was too close in UI design. It was because it was our UI - they used our graphics.
We told them we didn't mind competition, but that they'd have to make their own UI instead of stealing our bitmaps. Apparently they didn't feel like doing that and blamed us for shutting them down, which we never did./tage widsell
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So I'm probably totally wrong here, but since light output from supernovas in distant galaxies are used to measure the distance to these galaxies, wouldn't a discovery like this have severe implications on the topography of the universe - ie. the galaxies we know the distance to based on supernova measurements could be closer than they really are? Or? /Tage
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/Tage Widsell
$1000 surely won't get you into astrophotography in a big way, but it's a start. I was in the exact same position a few years back and I decided to buy into a system that would let me gradually upgrade as funds became available. I got myself a pair of really nice and cheap 11x70 binos - best purchase yet. Then i took the plunge and got a scope that would let me advance slowly. Getting to know the sky and how to use a telescope will keep you busy for some time before you are ready for astrophotography.
Most importatly - get a decent mount. The Celestron CG-5 or Meade LXD75 seems to be a good choice. Second, go for quality over aperture if you want to do photography. I spent some $1100 on my scope and got a Celestron C6S-GT on a CG-5 mount, a wide field eyepeice and a barlow. The mount can carry much heavier equipment than the OTA I have, so it's future compatible once I decide to upgrade to a larger scope.
Since then I have spent approx $1000 on dew protection, powerpacks (which you will not need if you will use this in your back yard), software and recently $99 on the older Meade DSI CCD camera which will not produce 'stellar' results, but with your expectations set to match the price tag, it's a way to get started. Now if those clouds would only move away.
Speaking as an official Propellerhead _and_ a /. reader: The reason we acted on the reborn project (which wasn't open source I think - just a Linux product) wasn't that it was too close in UI design. It was because it was our UI - they used our graphics.
We told them we didn't mind competition, but that they'd have to make their own UI instead of stealing our bitmaps. Apparently they didn't feel like doing that and blamed us for shutting them down, which we never did. /tage widsell
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