KaleidoScope: Our own gallery for members' art work, crafts and photographs.

Roddy

pollyanna1052 said:

Hi again, yeh you can write  Love on the Rocks and join that group on fb....but almost every town has it`s own group too...you can post via fb for that. I always sign my rocks Polly B. It`s fun.

There's an aquarium shop close to and they sell ideal sized Rocks very cheaply. I'm thinking of using nail polishes to colour them, and then I'll hide them slightly in my local park to see what happens, as I don't like facebook. Had a lot of trouble on there a few years back. 

pollyanna1052

Hi, it is a shame that some groups are only viewed or contactable via facebook. It is the only way we can see if our rocks have been found. Nevertheless, you can still have fun painting and hiding them.

A lot of people start out using nail varnishes..I tried it but didnt get on with them.

People use a variety of mediums....water colours, acrylics, sharpies..I love Posca paint pens, but they`re not cheap!

So go ahead! have fun!

April2018mom

My partner’s attempts at art-

April2018mom

My partner’s attempts at art-

jannyb

I love harry potter ? and when my hands dont hurt i do colouring in,drawing,painting and pyrography 

Roddy

Splendid work @Jonnyb

Pete2

my angel Nell a 14 yr old Border Terrier......she is a rescue dog from Darlington Dogs Trust. We have had her a year now and she is so loving.....BUT she hates other dogs, and shes bad ass.

Pete2

some astro pics from a few years back.....all taken via this scope.....its 6 inches in diameter by 1 yard in length or 150mm by 1200mm, it weighs a ton.

marmalade

@Pete2 those pictures are amazing.  Is the scope your own.  It's something I have always been interested in but don't know enough to go out and buy one.  Love those pictures though the detail is awesome and your dog is so cute 

Roddy

Pete2 said:

some astro pics from a few years back.....all taken via this scope.....its 6 inches in diameter by 1 yard in length or 150mm by 1200mm, it weighs a ton.

WOW!  These are the best photo's of The Moon, that I have ever seen. I'm sure that the TV programme Sky at Night would like to see them too. They are truly stunning images @Pete2
 

Pete2

Hi marmalade.....yes the scope and set up is all mine. Ive a samsung nv4 8mp compact digital camera that fits on the eyepuece via a camera to eyepice attachment. I use the camera zoom to enlarge the image.....to go technical......the scope is 1200mm in length and i use a 25mm eyepiece...to get the magnifacation for that you divide the 25mm into the 1200 which equals a magnifacation of 48.....times what the eye can see......then i use as said the cameras inbuilt zoom to get a higher magnifacation......then i go to photo shop and enhance details and sharpness..........phew.......

Pete2

Sun spots via the same scope.....WARNING....never ever view the sun without proper precautions.....you will be blinded if you do not......remember as a kid using a magnifying glass on a piece of paper? You eye will go the way of the paper. I use a solar filter that removes 99% of the suns light and heat....even then i still use another two filters to reduce the light more.

To think those sunspots are more massive than our earth but cooler than the suns average temp hence them looking black

Pete2

from six years ago ...using false colour in the final process

GettinOlde

@Pete2 Will you be looking out for the comet 168P/Hergenrother as reported at in-the-sky.org?

Although I'm not sure about this - "From London, it will be visible in the **dawn** sky, rising at 21:16 (BST)"❓

Pete2

Hi GettinOlde...sorry but i dont observe comets unless they are in real close and at naked eye visability,  because the council in their infinate wisdom have placed two lights right beside my back garden, so my night vision has gone. The only things of interest i can observe are the sun and moon, my scope and its kit weigh a ton and takes time to set up . Living within the out skirts of Wallsend near the river Tyne its a fair distance to travel to a dark sky site.

GettinOlde

@Pete2 Know what you mean about dark sites - aren't you able to ask for the lights to be turned off periodically?. I remember seeing Hale-Bopp in the night sky for several evenings.

Adrian_Scope

These are really fantastic @Pete2. I've been meaning to get a telescope for the kids in the hope of turning them onto astronomy (and it falling into my hands when they inevitably lose interest!) Do you have any recommendations?

marmalade

@Pete2 ,wow thats fascinating stuff.  That sun is awesome, it kinda puts things into perspective when you say the dark spots are bigger than earth.

Pete2

PART ONE........Hi all ty for the fantastic feed back........the council have installed downward facing lights so they say it wont produce light pollution.....yeah.......re scopes.....there are a few on sale targeted towards kids use.....best thing to start off with is a good book on the night sky that shows month by month constellations ....night time objects such as planetary positions and lunar phases.....get to know the night sky so you know whats up and visable so when you get your scope out you can go straight to the object.........

Pete2

PART TWO.............most people start off with a good pair if small binoculars......say 10x50s......but being hand held the object will wobble all over........scopes.......come in two main types......lens and mirrors..........there us a third that uses both .  A lens scope is a refractor it bends light rays to a focal point...ie magnifying glass on paper.....a mirror scope is a reflector it reflects light to a focal point..commonly called a Newtonian telescope , the third is called a Mak....it uses lenes and mirrors and are compact scopes......