Pig in a Peach Orchard?!? Too much Happy Camper?!? Anyway, the lead NMSU astronomer for this Friday night just contacted me, and is happy to add a few words...
btw - you may have to come up with a new name for me. I'm not currently on the gate duty list for TSP. I wrote, but too late. We may have to leave town an...
Sorry to hear that. Your new name will probably depend on how far down the field we have to setup this year. btw, did anyone ever thank you for pulling gate...
Judging by the reduced attendance last year and the even further economic slide in the economy I don’t believe it will be too difficult to get a decent spot....
9 AM Saturday sounds fine. You should be well placed at the front of the line. rr ... 9 AM Saturday sounds fine. You should be well placed at the front of the...
I am looking at finding a guidescope that I can use on my Celestron C8-NGT scope. How big of a scope would I need for a guidescope? From what I understand, I...
I've not done it myself, but lots of people are using a finderscope with a webcam or such for guiding. Lots of programs for guiding are available, including...
Glenn, I have an Orion Short Tube 80 that I¹m not using. I could let it go for $90.00. For another $10.00 I¹ll throw in a set of rings. It¹s a fast scope...
Thanks Steve, I'm very interested. Would I be able to mount this on top of my scope? My scope is an 8" reflector and has an attachment screw for piggybacking...
Glenn, The ST80 does have a 1/4-20 adapter on the bottom but I wouldn¹t recommend mounting that way. Probably too much flexure. I believe your scope has 8² ...
Oh Boy, this just in from Spaceweather.... "SPOTLESS SUNS: Yesterday, NASA announced that the sun has plunged into the deepest solar minimum in nearly a...
Ok, one more probably dumb question. The mount has an autoguider port, what do I connect to this? I undertand the camera on the autoguider connects to the...
Glenn, Refresh my memory: What mount do you have? Generally speaking, if I understand correctly, an autoguider port is to be used with what amounts to a relay...
Glenn, There are several options you can use go guide the mount. With a dedicated guider such as an SBIG camera, or an Orion Starshoot Autoguider, Trifid ...
Ok, this all sounds good. What I have now is the Celestron CG-5 mount. I have an RS232 serial->mount serial cable connecting the scope to planetarium...
Glenn, Guidedog can control the GPUSB so that¹s not an issue. And I do know a little bit on how to use Guidedog ;-) Let me know when you¹re ready and we can...
100 HOURS UPDATE. 1032 MDT. SATURDAY APRIL 4, 2009. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY IF YOU ARE INVOLVED. Regarding the email sent out last night I think...
Actually both Steve Shaffer and Shawn Rickman were there along with Rich and myself. I'd really like to thank Steve and Shawn for the hard work they put in to...
Very nice guys! There was a really nice prominence visible yesterday for the 100 hour event as well. SS ... This is a colorized (CS3) version of an image that...
Hi guys, Â First, I would like to thank you for your warm welcome the past DSO I know you all were pretty busy and still had time to talk to my wife and me. ...
Juan, That image was taken in the x-ray spectrum. Our atmosphere is opaque to x-rays (which is a good thing for us). So no earth-based telescope would...
This image (like the image of M74 that I shared earlier) won't be making APOD anytime soon, but the cluster is undeniably there. All the raws are finally...
Rich It looks like you got the first and the last and hopefully all between. I got 110 yes that is correct 110! I believe Steve S, Steve B, and Joseph also got...
rr, You¹re falling behind. This guy already has his processed and set to music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPXmEsDRP14 Steve ... Re: [ASLC_Imagers] M30...
The guy's an amateur. His music ends 30 seconds before his images do. And besides, he only did b/w. The subtle nuances of color take longer (not that I've...
Very nice Rich! I sense a TSP photo entry in the making... SS ... This image (like the image of M74 that I shared earlier) won't be making APOD anytime soon,...
Here are messages from your co-chairs for 100 Hours of Astronomy: We didn't get quite as many people as we did for last Astronomy Day, at least at the Saturday...
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