![I borrowed a big telescope in the desert to try and get the most detailed picture of a distant galaxy possible with amateur gear. Here is my result. [OC] : r/space I borrowed a big telescope in the desert to try and get the most detailed picture of a distant galaxy possible with amateur gear. Here is my result. [OC] : r/space](https://i.redd.it/0r1ka79uxwm41.jpg)
I borrowed a big telescope in the desert to try and get the most detailed picture of a distant galaxy possible with amateur gear. Here is my result. [OC] : r/space
![I'm 17 years old and just finished building this 14.7" f/2.89 Newtonian reflector telescope. Despite its stubby size it collects roughly 2500 times more light than the human eye and is bigger I'm 17 years old and just finished building this 14.7" f/2.89 Newtonian reflector telescope. Despite its stubby size it collects roughly 2500 times more light than the human eye and is bigger](https://i.redd.it/luf6z5ghfop41.jpg)
I'm 17 years old and just finished building this 14.7" f/2.89 Newtonian reflector telescope. Despite its stubby size it collects roughly 2500 times more light than the human eye and is bigger
![Jupiter and Saturn were close enough last night to image at the same time using my 11" telescope. This is not a composite [OC] : r/interestingasfuck Jupiter and Saturn were close enough last night to image at the same time using my 11" telescope. This is not a composite [OC] : r/interestingasfuck](https://i.redd.it/mocnhpokmq661.jpg)
Jupiter and Saturn were close enough last night to image at the same time using my 11" telescope. This is not a composite [OC] : r/interestingasfuck
![I pointed my telescope at the Bubble Nebula and took pictures for 24 hours. Here is a look at what happens when a star is born in a crowded neighborhood [OC] : I pointed my telescope at the Bubble Nebula and took pictures for 24 hours. Here is a look at what happens when a star is born in a crowded neighborhood [OC] :](https://i.redd.it/mq38u6knww141.jpg)
I pointed my telescope at the Bubble Nebula and took pictures for 24 hours. Here is a look at what happens when a star is born in a crowded neighborhood [OC] :
![A recent picture I shot, using a backyard solar telescope, reveals the twisted detail of the Sun's magnetic field. [OC] : r/space A recent picture I shot, using a backyard solar telescope, reveals the twisted detail of the Sun's magnetic field. [OC] : r/space](https://preview.redd.it/zl8b3l1m9sb61.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1e04c5fb246040f0aca60b8c9f37dffaa0064fae)
A recent picture I shot, using a backyard solar telescope, reveals the twisted detail of the Sun's magnetic field. [OC] : r/space
![I shot a picture of the James Webb Space Telescope traveling out to its distant parking orbit. Zoom in to see because, at the time, it was 1 million kilometers (620,000 miles) I shot a picture of the James Webb Space Telescope traveling out to its distant parking orbit. Zoom in to see because, at the time, it was 1 million kilometers (620,000 miles)](https://i.redd.it/0mefu76hupe81.jpg)
I shot a picture of the James Webb Space Telescope traveling out to its distant parking orbit. Zoom in to see because, at the time, it was 1 million kilometers (620,000 miles)
![My newest and biggest homemade telescope, a 24” Dobsonian. I plan to try to observe the dwarf planet Makemake with it. : r/space My newest and biggest homemade telescope, a 24” Dobsonian. I plan to try to observe the dwarf planet Makemake with it. : r/space](https://i.redd.it/avbtbgihan361.jpg)
My newest and biggest homemade telescope, a 24” Dobsonian. I plan to try to observe the dwarf planet Makemake with it. : r/space
![Mars is at its closest point to Earth right now. Here's a picture I captured of it using a 14” telescope. On Wednesday I'll be using the same telescope to capture it Mars is at its closest point to Earth right now. Here's a picture I captured of it using a 14” telescope. On Wednesday I'll be using the same telescope to capture it](https://preview.redd.it/mars-is-at-its-closest-point-to-earth-right-now-heres-a-v0-u1jljqzj904a1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=515b46dab02fe278da79934142feeb055b3a5022)