Did anyone else see the ISS whiz overhead from West to East last night. I live in HOP and saw it go across the sky from One Tree Hill Direction towards Stanstead Road. If you want to try and catch it in the next few days see below:
Thanks - it was just an ordinary Canon DSLR attached to the back end of my telescope. I tracked the ISS through the finder-scope, pushing the scope by hand to keep the ISS as close to the cross-hairs as possible while the camera fired away for about three minutes. This was from my Forest Hill back garden - here seen with cat.
My C8 is great for observing the moon and planets, even under London's light pollution. Under a really dark sky it's a superb all-rounder and quite a manageable size.
You can indeed get much more detailed views - this photo needed a focal reducer to make the whole moon fit in the field of view. Normally you can only see a little part of the moon, but the detail you can see at the eyepiece is breathtaking. Mountain peaks and their shadows, jagged-edged craters, ripples in the lava and so forth. No klangers yet though.
What it says is true: the most important thing is the mount (tripod) you put it on. Don't spend huge amounts of money on a great telescope if you're not getting a mount that will keep it rock steady.