My story is entitled Michael Utter peers through a telescope and saw something unsual like the stars, planets, nebula and other galaxies far away.

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My story is entitled Michael Utter peers through a telescope and saw something unsual like the stars planets, nebula and other galaxies far away.

Once upon a time Michael Utter used his telescope to observe beautiful things and some sort of unusual things including the moon, Jupiter, Saturn and the Orion Nebula.

Michael Utter by chance or habit peers through a telescope in a far away distance and he saw things unusual which were noted as the ten strangest things in Space.

Among what actually Michael Utter saw and the unusual things he saw were the Cosmic microwave background , dark matter, Exoplanets , Gravity waves, Galactic Cannibalism, Quasars and the Vacuum Energy.

Michael Utter was noted by then as an Astrologist. Michael was an Amateur astronomer.He often practiced the hobby where participants enjoy by observing or imaging celestial objects in the sky using the unaided eye, binoculars or other telescopes.

Michael Utter often offers an astronomical telescope to assist him in looking and seeing some far and distant objects in the sky.

Also being an Amateur astronomer one can easily observe and show off the heavens to others by the aid of looking through the telescope by then.

People often get their first good look at the moon,Saturn and are a pleasant reward for the proud telescope owner.

Michael Utter aimed at the scope at the most spectacular object above the horizon that must be observed and seen. The telescope gives an idea of real Astronomy . Again the visual observing outdoors in the dark usually means working to detect something that is extremely faint,tiny, hard to find with the telescopes.

In addition ,the more difficult the task however the greater the rewards of success. The excitement of using the telescope lies in finding and seeing first hand remote that marvels far beyond the planet and in gaining skills and knowledge as an Amateur scientist.

The telescope is also used by Military officers and other Police officers during times of war in order to view far and distant objects within the sky.

The telescope also helped Michael Utters Uncle Arnold to observe whether an enemy is about to attack them in times of war and other disputes.

Also learning to use a telescope well is a whole lot easier and practicing the techniques may help to master the skies and observe things within a far distance.

Also the Police in Michael Utter neighborhood frequently uses the telescope to detect thieves and all sorts of criminals from a long and far distance.

The telescope is one of the most spectacular ammunition kept by both the Military and the Police for sight seeing in a far away distant.

Most Police officers and soldiers make it their mandate to look through the telescope before they shoot or kill a criminal or thief in a far away distance within a neighbourhood.

Michael Utter uses the telescope in order to become familiar with motions, pointing focussing different eyepieces and other magnifying powers.

Also Michael Utter uses a telescope that have a finderscope attached to the side to help the telescope aim at things within a far distance.

Again you need a finder because the main telescope has such a tiny field of view. The telescope as observed by Michael Utter shows a tiny piece of sky and the clouds.

Michael Utter used the telescope to aim at something with the aid of the finderscope view in a far distance.

Also once the telescope is there you will center it in finders crosshairs.

As Michael Utter looked through the telescope he saw something unusual appeared in the view of the main telescope.

Michael Utter also commented that it is not good to look through a telescope that is aimed at the sun or you could possibly blind yourself. The image erecting lenses are best used in terrestrial telescopes those intended for looking at things on Earth.

Michael Utter mounted the telescope in two different positions. Among some of the positions the telescope was mounted includes Equatorial and Altazimuth positions.

An equitorial mount position allows the telescope to swing only in the directions of the celestial North -South and East -West.

The Altazimuth goes up and down moving in altitude and side by side.

The Altazimuth mount has the virtue of simplicity.

An equitorial mount is ultimately more helpful. The outdoors place the telescope so that the polar axis points roughly to where you know Polaris the North Star will be located after dark.

Michael Utter turns the telescope around it's polar axis from the Eastern horizon across the sky to the West to visualize the paths the stars will follow over the course of night.

Also Michael Utter noted that no matter where the telescope is pointed it will move only toward or away from Polaris Celestial North-South and at right angles to this direction celestial East-West.

It is better and always best to then practice swinging the telescope around in daytime in order to view some far distant objects.

There is a challenge of Astronomy that we must view most of the Universe from extremely far away by the aid of the telescope. The telescope helps us to move closer for a better look in the sky.

As it was noted the art of observing the telescope has been the art of using your eye to the utmost of it's ability.

Then Michael Utter looked through the telescope with care. When Michael Utter looked through the telescope ,he focus and refocus with care through the telescope in the sky. A good observer like Michael Utter fiddled with the focus trying to get just a hair sharper.

Other people looked through the telescope with both eyes. There are some instances where others also look through the telescope with only one eye with an inexpensive eye patch.

When seeing through with the telescope one can possibly use the inexpensive eye patch.

Again one reason it takes time to see details in unsteadiness of the Earth atmosphere.

Also a better way to train yourself to see better is to make sketches after observing and looking through the telescope.

Finally Michael Utter was advised that in order to avoid seeing unusual things the telescope must be balanced properly by adjusting any counterweights.

February 25, 2022 10:09

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