The Adventures of Me and My Telescope

Hi!

This is my first ever post about my telescope. I occasionally anthropomorphize my telescope, and so I might refer to her as Panthera once in a while. My telescope is a Stargazer, model Startravel 120.

My telescope

One of the reasons I opted for this particular telescope is that it is very versatile, and is incredibly adaptable. I favour telescopes like her, as she is, of course, suited to astronomical observations, and has a good enough zoom rate to see Jupiter’s moons, and yet is also amazing for on land observation.

Another reason why I enjoy using this brand is that my telescope is very light and easy to move. Unlike other, clunkier models, with the Startravel 120 I can just disassemble my telescope, put all the parts in a bag, and carry it to wherever I am planing to use it, and then reassemble it at the destination. I can disassemble it in under two minutes, and then reassembled it in five.

The Moon

The moon is an incredible easy object to observe and photograph. It was the first thing I ever looked at with my telescope.

This is a small portion of all the photos I have taken of the moon. Here are 5 interesting facts about the moon:

1. The moon is earths only natural satellite
2. The moon was made by a collision between the Earth and a planet sized object called Theia
3. The moon lacks any significant hydrosphere, atmosphere, or magnetic field
4. No one has it Set foot on the moon since 1972
5. The Greek goddess of wilderness and the hunt, is often symbolized up by the moon

Birds

I have always enjoyed bird watching, and since I got my telescope in May of 2023, I have loved looking at birds with my telescope. Some of the many species of bird that I have seen are: the pileated woodpecker, American crow, Stellar jay, common raven, bald eagle, seagull, rock pigeon, Canada goose, mallard, rufous hummingbird, ruby-throated hummingbird, common gull, American herring gull, and countless species of songbird.

 

Landscapes

 

 

Planets

These are two pictures of Jupiter, and although it doesn’t seem like it from the photo, in person you could see Jupiter’s four biggest moon: Io, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede. (I never pretended to be a good astrophotographer!)

Well, thanks for reading my second science post, the first one was about the James Webb, which you can check out here!