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Welcome to the LPF! Cheers! /c

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Nifty. /c

The galactic year, also known as a cosmic year, is the duration of time required for the Solar System to orbit once around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, is somewhere between 225 to 250 million terrestrial years. An object traveling at the speed of light could circumnavigate the Earth's...

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Welcome to the forum, Mike! /c

Are you talking handheld or in general? "Difficult" is a loose term when form factor and money are no object. Maybe you should scope this to handheld, self contained lasers in the visible range as a better question... or was that implied? /c

Isaac, maybe sometime in the next month we can meet up to image together. I'm happy to help ya out however I can!

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Great moon pics too! Good job, bro. /c

Welcome to LPF! You live in a truly beautiful part of the world. I've spent a little time in BC each summer over the last few years and it is amazing. Have fun around here and be open to learning. Use the search tool and you'll find a ton of info. Above all, be safe... cheers! /c

nice handheld... :beer:

congrats!

Canon 35mm body with a lot of glass... /c

I think you might be surprised at how much telescope you can get for the money these days… Especially if you buy used. I also think you might be even more surprised when you realize that bigger is not always better and astrophotography. :)

It's 910mm. /c

It was tracked on an EQ mount through a telescope, but not with much more magnification than a long telephoto camera lens. I cropped the photo quite a bit. This was 40 lights and 37 darks - 180s each at ISO400. I think there are 25 or so bias frames, but no flats.

Messier 27, or the Dumbbell Nebula (NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1,360 light years. This object was the first planetary nebula to be discovered; by Charles Messier in 1764. It is sometimes also referred to as the Apple Core Nebula. /c

Congrats on a great first outing! There are light pollution filters available for AP, but the selection has a lot to do with what you are imaging through... had you gone with the Canon EOS body, Astonomik makes a CLS clip-in filter that goes inbetween the body and the standard camera lens that...