Who was proud when they found there first deep sky object?

Question

i just got a ten inch telascope and it was realy hard to find stuff with it because of the crappy finder scope,but last night at three in the morning,in utah,i found the andromeda galaxy,last night i also found,the coat habger(an asterisim)wich was by accident,M24 in sagitarius(star cloud)M13,a globular cluster in hercules.M57,the ring nebula,in lyra,and alot more,i was so proud of myself i dreamed about space all night(nothing wierd,i do this all the time)and i plan to spend my hole paycheck,every time,on pimping out my telascope,and one more thing.what was the first deep space object you observed?or any thing that is to dim to see with your naked eye.next target6 on my list is:uranus!!!what about you?

Answer 1

That's awesome. I just get thrilled seeing the rings of Saturn. The other day, I got a clear shot of Jupiter, with its stripes and 4 of its moons. It's hard to catch anything that's not brighter than Arcturus here in Tulsa. However, I will be going to Arkansas to go camping and should get a clearer shot.

Answer 2

Congrats on the nice scope - get a better finder, trust me, it's worth it!

Align it on the moon first, since that's the easiest thing to find without a finder.  Center it well then do the same thing with a bright planet like Jupiter.  Once you get it aligned properly, finding DSOs should be a snap and much less aggravating.  My first DSO: M42 Great Nebula in Orion with a rinky-dink 2- 1/4" scope when I was nine.  I got so into the hobby I ground my own 8 inch mirror with a buddy when I was sixteen.  I still use that scope - 35 years later.  People that have never looked through a good telescope won't understand your excitement, but I do.  It's a great hobby - clear skies, brother!

Answer 3

That's fantastic!!!

I'm jealous. I built a telescope from scratch when I was a kid, but the chromatic aberration was so bad I could barely make out the moon.

Answer 4

That is absolutely amazing. I had a telescope, and someone broke in my house and stole it. I got it from my grandfather when I was a little girl and I remember the first time I saw Mars. I was about 7 years old and I don't think I could really comprehend at time time what I was seeing.I thought you could fly there with an airplane. Seriously haha. I went to the library and checked out every book they had on the planet, and some of the books were even mentioning the possibility of life forms. From then on I drew pictures of "the marsy's" (what I named the aliens lol) and it was all I could talk about, until my grandpa found Saturn haha.Ever since then, I have been determined to by another telescope, but gollie are they pricey!

Answer 5

I'm more a binocular person, so the double cluster in Perseus, the first time I saw it, amazed me. I've got a 16 x 80 that really picks up a lot of stuff if I get far enough away from the city.  With the monopod it's not that hard to use.  I've also seen two comets with it but those aren't really deep sky objects.  I had a telescope once, but not a 10 inch honker like yours.