Astronomy Buffs? August 06, 2005, 10:04:10 PM While I'm not really big into astronomy, I did take a couple classes in college. Today at work, I was dismanteling a messed up floppy disk and I got an idea to try to take a picture of the sun. I figured I would use the disc inside the floppy to diffuse the light. So I went outside, folded the disc in half, covered the lense and took the picture. It didn't quite turn out as well as I had hoped but I did get one surprise. Look to the left of the sun where I circled a blue object. Another galaxy or star? I don't know yet but I thought it was kind of cool. Not bad for 2:00 in the afternoon on a clear sunny day.Edit: No it is not dust on the disc or the lense because it showed up in all the pictures I took equal distance from the sun depending on if I was zoomed in or out. Quote Selected
Re: Astronomy Buffs? Reply #2 – August 07, 2005, 03:00:02 AM Good call!I took a class in college as well. I got creative one night and decided to try to take a shot of the moon through the eyepiece in my Bushnell "3 reflector. I'll attach a picture of it.By the way, Mars rises around 1am right now. Quote Selected
Re: Astronomy Buffs? Reply #3 – August 07, 2005, 08:18:27 AM Cool! Nice pic of the moon. I tried doing that just as you did. Mine didn't come out well at all though.I'm thinking what is I caught was Polaris, known as the North Star or the brightest star in the sky at night. I might go out and try some more today if the weather clears up any. Quote Selected
Re: Astronomy Buffs? Reply #4 – August 09, 2005, 10:38:43 AM Polaris isn't the brightest star in the sky at night. Right now I believe the brightest is Sirius, the Dog Star. It has an apparent magnitude of -1.46. Polaris' apparent magnitude is +2.11. It's actually pretty dim when you look at it. Quote Selected
Re: Astronomy Buffs? Reply #5 – August 09, 2005, 11:17:23 AM Your right smaty :p For some reason I had polaris on the brain. Don't remember a whole lot from the classes. Lets see, apparent magnitude. . . hey I remember that! Quote Selected
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