Telelscope Pictures 1

Here's some pictures I took of aircraft through my Clelestron 8" telescope
using Canon XTi Digital SLR. They are at different altitudes and distances.

Those are great pics. What kind of equipment are you using?
"R. Dean" wrote in message
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Here's some pictures I took of aircraft through my Clelestron 8" telescope
using Canon XTi Digital SLR. They are at different altitudes and
distances.

Celestron 8 telescopecope with Canon XTi SLR. You must have SLR to work
with the scope. Shutter speed was around 1/1000th and I used a laser type
tracking device. I'll post some more if you want them.

"J.F." wrote in message
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Those are great pics. What kind of equipment are you using?
"R. Dean" wrote in message
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Here's some pictures I took of aircraft through my Clelestron 8"
telescope using Canon XTi Digital SLR. They are at different altitudes
and distances.

On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:45:09 GMT, "R. Dean" wrote:


and I used a laser type
tracking device.

Not good. Be advised that pointing a laser at an aircraft in flight is
highly dangerous and may be illegal. At least one person has been
arrested and charged. See these articles. I work in flight crew
training for a major aitline and this is a big safety issue at the
very least.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m..._9/ai_n9509026

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20...1356-3924r.htm

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,143371,00.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,143494,00.html

Interesting pictures, however I would recommend a different aiming
method.

J. W. Alger

It does NOT point a laser at any aircraft!! It is a finder scope that when
calibrated correctly creates a pinpoint of light within the finderscope and
when aligned with the aircraft in the finderscope you then will have the
aircraft in the camera viewfinder and be able to pick it up. They do not
emit any kind of laser light!!!! I actually do have a different aiming
method using a cross hair scope but it is not as efficient. But this is not
a safety issue as no light leaves the finderscope.

Rex

"John" wrote in message
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On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:45:09 GMT, "R. Dean" wrote:


and I used a laser type
tracking device.

Not good. Be advised that pointing a laser at an aircraft in flight is
highly dangerous and may be illegal. At least one person has been
arrested and charged. See these articles. I work in flight crew
training for a major aitline and this is a big safety issue at the
very least.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m..._9/ai_n9509026

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20...1356-3924r.htm

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,143371,00.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,143494,00.html

Interesting pictures, however I would recommend a different aiming
method.

J. W. Alger

On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:45:09 GMT, "R. Dean" wrote:

Celestron 8 telescopecope with Canon XTi SLR. You must have SLR to work
with the scope. Shutter speed was around 1/1000th and I used a laser type
tracking device. I'll post some more if you want them.

please post more
ish

Hi,

so you are using a Telrad or a Red-Dot Finder on your C8 SC?

Im using my good old Vixen NP-R114S (Newton Telescope, 114mm diameter,
900mm Focal length) for shooting, but i prefer aiming at the Sun with a
TO Glas-Sunfilter

Regards

Jens



Am Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:53:58 +0000 schrieb R. Dean:

It does NOT point a laser at any aircraft!! It is a finder scope that
when calibrated correctly creates a pinpoint of light within the
finderscope and when aligned with the aircraft in the finderscope you
then will have the aircraft in the camera viewfinder and be able to pick
it up. They do not emit any kind of laser light!!!! I actually do have
a different aiming method using a cross hair scope but it is not as
efficient. But this is not a safety issue as no light leaves the
finderscope.

Rex

Please

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Celestron 8 telescopecope with Canon XTi SLR. You must have SLR to work
with the scope. Shutter speed was around 1/1000th and I used a laser type
tracking device. I'll post some more if you want them.

"J.F." wrote in message
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Those are great pics. What kind of equipment are you using?
"R. Dean" wrote in message
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Here's some pictures I took of aircraft through my Clelestron 8"
telescope using Canon XTi Digital SLR. They are at different altitudes
and distances.