Gardener of the galaxy...
Irish Daily Mirror|March 10, 2023
Star-gazer's back yard 'Hubble'
MARTIN FRICKER
Gardener of the galaxy...

THE stars are captured in all their glory by an amateur star-gazer who built a Hubble double amid the soil and rubble of his back garden.

Arnaud Prevot, 50, spent about €1,000 creating a space telescope using breeze blocks and a car brake disc.

He bought a 2ft Sky Watcher 130PDS telescope with a 5in lens second hand on eBay and fixed it to a computerised rotating mount. A 2008 Canon 450D camera is attached to the lens and the whole lot is controlled from his laptop.

Bu hikaye Irish Daily Mirror dergisinin March 10, 2023 sayısından alınmıştır.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.

Bu hikaye Irish Daily Mirror dergisinin March 10, 2023 sayısından alınmıştır.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.