Sky charts and telescopes

[Hari Krishna]

Hey folks,

Anyone has a sky chart I could borrow? I got a Celestron portable telescope and wish to do some sky watching without the added simplicity of Google Sky.

Also, anyone in for a Hessarghatta night ride tomorrow for some sky watching?

[Sreepathi Pai]

You can print out sky charts from most planetarium program or online websites.

What type of telescope is this?

Also, curious why would you go during a full moon to do skywatching?

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Sreepathi Pai

[Hari Krishna]

Oh okay.

It's a portable scope. Celestron Travel Scope 70.

I wish to start out by gazing at the moon. I know it's best to see the moon in its waning phases but I want to have a peep now! Also, saturn and mars are visible to the naked eye pretty clearly and a bit away from the moon's light.

Regarding star charts, I want to start out on getting acquainted with them.

Hari Krishna Malladi

Ph.D. Student,

Department of Computer Science and Automation,

Indian Institute of Science

Cell: +91 9945676016

Web: www.tweakgeek.in

[Sreepathi Pai]

On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Hari Krishna
<mig29fulcr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's a portable scope. Celestron Travel Scope 70.

That's a refractor, should be easy to use I think.

> I wish to start out by gazing at the moon. I know it's best to see the moon
> in its waning phases but I want to have a peep now!

Get a moon filter if you can.

> Also, saturn and mars
> are visible to the naked eye pretty clearly and a bit away from the moon's
> light.

In my opinion, mars is uninteresting. Jupiter is nice, with a slight
band, and Saturn is the prettiest planet you can look at.

Have fun!

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Sreepathi Pai

[Hari Krishna]

Yes! I have a 50mm refractor at home and I've gazed at the planets from home too. The Galilean moons and Saturn rings were pretty well visible. But, almost nothing else can be seen through the thickly polluted sky of Hyderabad. And that scope was too huge to conveniently carry around.

My main criterion for purchasing this one was mobility. To be able to carry it on my bike to places. Incidentally it also came with a 70mm aperture and 10mm and 20mm eyepieces. There definitely is some chromatic aberration. I could see a clear blue halo around the moon. Thanks to the onset of monsoon, couldn't see anything other than the moon today.

Hari Krishna Malladi

Ph.D. Student,

Department of Computer Science and Automation,

Indian Institute of Science

Cell: +91 9945676016

Web: www.tweakgeek.in

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Sreepathi Pai