I'm in the rabbit hole of YouTube space videos right now and it's just insane,. absolutely insane the scale of the universe. Like our radio bubble from earth ever since we started broadcasting is so small compared. Basically just 218 light years away from. Beyond that the signal simply hadn't had enough time to travel..the milkyway is 52,000 light years across. So even another intelligent life form in our own Galaxy wouldn't even know we exist for possibly another 50,000+ years. Not to mention you need to wait another 50k to send a message back.

And that's just our own Galaxy.

dataplayer t1_je9kbxg wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:27 PM

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What’s your setup like? Mind sharing what kind of camera and telescope you have.

achillymoose t1_je9kol6 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:30 PM

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Replying to Bernard_schwartz (#2,480,028)

Yeah, but that wasn't powered flight

fyrfytr310 OP t1_je9lgis wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:37 PM

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Replying to dataplayer (#2,481,395)

Sure, I have a ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera paired with a 12” f/8 Ritchey Chretien telescope.

guitarist4hire t1_je9siyn wrote on March 30, 2023 at 1:34 PM

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so little to do in that state, that op had to build an observatory for something to do.

fyrfytr310 OP t1_jea1bfd wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:39 PM

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Replying to nickjz (#2,473,757)

My wife thinks it looks like a snail and I can’t unsee it.

fyrfytr310 OP t1_jea1cbm wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:39 PM

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Replying to guitarist4hire (#2,483,550)

Its true

waterbreath_ t1_jeao0dz wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:11 PM

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Yoo, that’s so cool!

Stohnghost t1_jeao4l4 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:11 PM

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Replying to fyrfytr310 (#2,481,673)

damn.. cheaper than I thought (as far as hobby specialty equipment goes).

fyrfytr310 OP t1_jeaus2c wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:54 PM

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Replying to Stohnghost (#2,491,907)

There are certainly more expensive hobbies (as well as more expensive options in this one). My wife has horses, my expenses can’t hold a candle to that.

LimpyDan t1_jebdpaj wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:54 PM

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Replying to Harley326 (#2,469,041)

If you get one, can I borrow it?

mgrayart t1_jecdtag wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:58 PM

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Gorgeous! I did a painting of that galaxy. https://imgur.com/bcAQzba

Stohnghost t1_jecksxf wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:50 AM

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Replying to fyrfytr310 (#2,493,453)

Oof horses

fyrfytr310 OP t1_jecpos8 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:27 AM

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Replying to mgrayart (#2,506,824)

Excellent!

The Whirlpool Galaxy as imaged from my personal observatory in Ohio

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