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jason ware / m8 - lagoon nebula / lx400-acf
jason ware / moon / lx400-acf
THE FIRST TIME I SAW A GALAXY
(that wasnt a picture in National Geographic)
I GOT A LUMP IN MY THROAT.
Of course, then my wife looked in the telescope and said, Thats pretty cool. How long are we
going to be out here? Thats typical for most people. Im drawn to astronomy for the appreciation of
what youre looking at: A galaxy with a hundred billion stars, forty million light years away. But if
youre drawn to it for the visual beauty, astrophotography is your key to the hobby.
The total automation of the LX400-ACF makes astrophotography accessible to millions of regular
people like me. I mean, you can do these 6-hour long exposures and still have a life. Ill kick off a
sequence and go do something else. The scopes in my backyard working away, and Im off playing in
a hockey game. Or some nights I go to bed. I wake up and have a whole series of images to process the
next day. Sometimes I check up on my scopes progress remotely by doing a VNC session on my cell
phone. Its just phenomenal what amateurs are doing these days. I have these friends who are always
saying, Someday, Im going to own a telescope.” Well theres never been a better time.
jason ware , astrophotographer opposite page / jason ware / m31 - andromeda galaxy / Meade 12" Schmidt Camera
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