Star Talk ☆ Let's Hang - All Are Welcome!!

[murmurlade]

Wait, what kind of intense binoculars are those that allow you to see the moon clearly?! :0

[Lemon Cheesecake]

celestron brand and they are fog proof so I won't be steaming them up like my old ones!

[Polaris]

Celestron is a great brand for telescopes and other astro gear!! My first telescope was from Celestron and it was
a pretty good size for $80 (still don't know how I convinced my parents to get me one for my birthday xD)

There's a cute travel telescope that's about $45 - $60 I think? Astro gear doesn't come cheap (if you want it to actually work that is), but I'd say celestron has good prices for what they sell.

[mdom]

I should import one from US then, used ones here are... let me convert... like 200USD

[galled]

bhphotovideo is a good place to shop. They ship international too.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/browse/C ... =celestron

An Australian retailer might be worth looking at, but in my experience, shopping in Oz has always been more expensive. The crazy thing is I bet all of this stuff is made in China, yet it costs more to buy it directly. :/

[Of the Stars]

That's good to know. I'll be sure to ask you guys if I buy a telescope.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

My new binoculars are a 10 x 50 , they seem to allow in more light and make it look brighter. I can see clear with the other binoculars too but the new ones are more like my zoom camera.

[Gingerale]

Biggest asteroid passing earth this week end - now!! Check it out!


https://www.yahoo.com/news/see-biggest- ... 54977.html

It will cruise by at a safe distance of 4.4 million miles or about 18 times the distance between the earth and the moon, NASA said. This is the closest that Florence has been since 1890 on its travels through the solar system, according to the agency, and will not come this close again until after the year 2500.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I think I may have seen it! Now I will have to check it out tonight - I was wondering what it was twinkling out there (it didn't look like the "normal" stars twinkling)

[Polaris]

And it just HAD to be cloudy tonight
At least there'll be people out on the internet who'll post pictures of it later!

[Lemon Cheesecake]

ugh, cloudy here too - so no getting any pictures

[Polaris]

Heyo everyone! I'm back and I'm still alive and kicking!!

It's been too long ahaha

[Gingerale]

I was wondering what happened to you - how have you been? Got any special holiday plans?

[Polaris]

Ah, it's just gonna be a quiet holiday for me. Gonna spend some quality time with friends and fam before I head back to uni :0

Sorry bout that sudden hiatus, aha. School and settling in took so much energy out of me that I laid low til now (and just in time for the event too, haha!)

How've you been Gingerale

[Gingerale]

Hope you will be able to finish the event before going back to school. How's the student life going?
Were you able to see all your friend's at the holiday's?