u/nate030 — reddlx

What Jobs did you have while studying physics

I am planning on staring school in January. My major is physics with an astronomy focus. I am from the US and looking at changing jobs to something that would help support schooling or just something different. I currently work as a nurse with 3 12hr shifts a week amd my advisor said that schedule and this degree are not compatible. I'm just wondering what you guys have done while getting your degrees. I probably will stay a nurse for the first year but just want to be one the look out for something different.

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u/nate030 — 14 days ago

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Eye piece help

I was gifted this set of eyepieces and I'm still fairly new to telescopes and I usually just use the basic ones that come with my skywatcher heritage 150p. I understand that the smaller the number the more magnification that I'm going to get but I don't understand what is with some of these bulkier eye pieces. I try to do a bunch of Google searches but there's a lot of information and it just kind of overwhelming so I'm hoping one of you guys can dumb it down for me a little bit. It also came with a pretty large set of filters with moon green Blues Reds. I know what the Barlow is and that it basically just magnifies your current eye piece. but I don't really understand how it works.

It was purchased at a garage sale by my parents and didn't come with any papers or anything

u/nate030 — 4 months ago

▲ 3 r/telescopes

Astro camera

Im looking to get an astro camera but I do not know much about them. I have some friends that like to come out with me and use my scope but sometimes its hard with multiple people using the scope and losing the image. I was thinking a good solution would be to get a camera I can use with my laptop when im with them and just use my ep when I'm by myself. I have a sky watcher heritage 150p. Maybe something that can take a few pictures as well nothing to crazy tho. Budget is around $100.

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u/nate030 — 5 months ago

▲ 10 r/telescopes

New sky watcher 150

Hello,

Just unboxed my first dobsonian. I got a sky watcher 150 and noted a few things and wondering if these marks are normal. First is some black markings on the outside of the secondary mirror then the 2nd is a black mark on the primary. Are they dirty? I have heard its bad to clean the primary but will this spot affect it?

u/nate030 — 5 months ago