plane through 10inch Newton telescope
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if you living by the Airport its not that great
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Those kind of close up shots are hard to get. I was looking at one early yesterday. It had 4 contrails behind it but for some reason I could not see the plane itself. I should have been able to see it. Heck I've seen smaller planes farther away than this one but I couldn't see it.
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Hi there,
Can you tell me what the magnification was?
Also, what telescope, barlow, reducer, eyepiece, camera?
I need the info so that I can decide on what telescope to get.
Thanks
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how come it has no markings?
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And you can roughly estimate the speed of a plane, when you both hear and see it, without knowing its altitude.
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A jet crusing at 35,000 feet can easily be heard. 7 miles isn't that far. Also, contrails form no lower than about 25,000 feet.
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Looks a lot like an Airbus, don't know which moedl though.
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Commercial jets generally fly between 36000 feet and 50 000 feet which translates into between ~10 km and ~15km. If that plane is at altitude, which it probably is given the contrail...its at least 10km away...and you can hear planes at 10km.
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I am giving you five stars, but it would be even better, if there would have been more video than just 5 seconds.
nice shot!
hliaska 3 years ago 8
Nice - I looked at some planes last night, and it was amazing - I could see the types, and read the tails, as well as seeing the individual windows - truly great!
george7378 1 year ago 6