- I have always been
fascinated by pictures of nebula's, galaxies, planets and the moon but
until recently the cost of the equipment required to get these images
has been a real budget buster, now if you do a little shopping around
you can get started for as little as $430.00. My equipment is pretty
simple, I bought a Meade ETX 70 telescope from the
Meade factory outlet store on eBay,
they sell for $130.00 these are not new telescopes they are factory
refurbished and come with a full warranty, mine is just like new not a
scratch on it. These telescopes sell pretty fast so you will need to
check their store every day. I use the Meade Deep Sky Imager CCD camera
for capturing the images, these are pretty spendy at $300.00, you also
need a notebook computer, I use my Dell Inspiron 8600.
- I am just getting started with this hobby, I hope to add more images
as soon as the weather clears.
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Orion Nebula M42
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This is my first
attempt at astrophotography, it was taken on Feb 3 2005, the
location, my driveway in North East Iowa, My equipment, Meade ETX 70 telescope, Meade Deep Sky
Imager. This is one 11 second exposure its a bit out of focus but I
didn't think it was to bad for my first attempt. |
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My Equipment
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Here's a picture of my equipment and my
candy stash in the upper right corner, the notebook is a Dell Inspiron,
the Telescope is a Meade ETX 70, The CCD Camera is a Meade Deep Sky
Imager and the candy is Wintergreen Lifesavers and Brachs Lemon Drops.
As you can see you don't need a lot of equipment to get started, the
candy is optional. |
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