My strongest recommendation whichever scope you go for is to get a dedicated planetary camera (colour to start off with). If its stretching your budget look for a second hand one. A brand new Celestron Neximage 5 costs USD 200 and second hand will be much less.

Tis a Hasselblad medium format still camera actually.

You piqued my curiosity too. Unfortunately I couldn’t find out just how “large” a lagrangian point is with a cursory search except that are relatively large. However I did find out that only L4 and L5 are stable. Objects at L1, L2 and L3 will eventually fall out of orbit without minor corrections so inactive junk…

This is completely incorrect. The surface of the sun makes a full rotation every 25 days, thus over the course of every 25 days, we would see the entire surface of the sun. The issue is coronal ejections building up on the far side and then surprising us when it rotates into view. The stereo spacecraft allows us to…

The sun has a rotational period of around 25 days, however I understood the purpose of the Stereo mission to be continuous monitoring of solar phenomena on the far side at any given time. Although we get to see the whole of the sun over time, the mission can give us data about solar flares etc that happen on the side…

Six months ago I lost my job but since then I found this great opportunity to work for Facebook from home working online helping people research and order products and services, among other tasks.

That’s what she said.

Most likely the minute counter jumps instantaneously on the minute. Such watches are actually quite difficult to make as the amount of power required to make the counters jump (compared to continuously moving regular hands) is quite high and presents a significant challenge. The watchmaker needs to use a larger/more…

Kodak didn't completly ignore the digital camera. In fact there were a few higher ups a decade or so later who were quite keen on digital. Kodak later invented the first megapixel sensor and the bayer array (which enables colour photography). They were also the first to build professional digital SLRs in the 1990s…

Kubrick's Barry Lyndon lenses were a modified version of a 50/0,7 lens designed by Zeiss for the Apollo program.

Oh wow this is an old thread lol. Um I guess I was increasingly impressed by the advances Android was making and the customisability offered by themes and such. And the larger screen size as well. I chose the HTC because of the design really. It was the only one that I found striking at the time. I dont know about the…

Breitling has been making the Navitimer since the 40s to this day. A pilots watch with a slide rule built into the rotating inner bezel.

I do believe the phrase originates from the now mostly archaic use of the word "dark" to mean unknown since until recently no one knew what the far side looked like. Of course since people rarely use dark in that sense anymore, it has contributed to people thinking the far side is literally always dark so its best…

I thought so too initially. Guessing its an ultra wide lens.

Yeah I agree, the M system despite the eyewatering price, offers something unique to those willing to pay. Don't see the value of this system given how good Sony, some M43 and especially Fuji offerings are.

Given that Panasonic doesn't make any APSC cameras it's safe to say that this isn't a pana-leica unlike their compacts.

I've only recently started on old Who but this great example of classic farce stood out for me. Nice one.

Yeah doesn't really technically qualify for this question since its not an episode, but it is one of my all time favourite TV scenes ever. Funny and clever.

Has it really? I haven't watched since episode 12.

Read up on Samsung's chairman. He was convicted of running slush funds to bribe various officials throughout S. Korea. Fined $98m and sentenced to jail. Pardoned twice by the president. Apple can be douchey, Samsung is on another level.