Greg, that M-31 is an excellent image. Good work. Tried to get M-33 from my backyard a couple of nights ago. Moderate light pollution. Could get something...
Greg, The reprocessed M31 image shure shows better defintion from the background sky, letting the galaxy stand out better. This was shot w/a 80mm/f5,2x5min...
George, M-33 is tough! But it is a target I plan to attempt. It, like M-31 is near the zenith now which is the best position. Just need the right combo of...
Greg, I have a Canon 350D DSLR that I got about a year ago. It has a "long exposure noise reduction setting" that works in long exposures (greater than 1 sec...
John, my camera does not have in-camera noise reduction or dark frame subtraction. The 350D can produce great images. I've seen some that are as good as any...
I am not sure if this group has meetings or not. If so, is there a place to see date/time? I only recently became very interested in astronomy so I am trying...
Lauren, There are 2 lists on the club's web site home page that give the dates of our indoor and outdoor meetings: http://www.astroasheville.org/ Here's a Word...
Christmas is coming. What is the top one or two mail order sites that folks have had good luck with? Is your suggestion based on price or expertise or both? Do...
My personal experience has been positive with astronomics.com or telescopes.com. I've ordered from both and both have been very helpful, able to answer my...
Buddy & Donna, In addition to the sites mentioned in the last post here are a few companies I have ordered from over the years & had no problem. Jeff & Greta...
The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute has invited us for a site vist Friday evening, January 11th. We will be offered a free tour of the facility and a...
All, Christi Whitworth, Science Educator and Volunteer Coordinator at PARI, will attend our meeting tonight. She and Donna will talk to us about volunteer...
I won't be there unfortunately. I work in retail and well, tis the season. If the weather is decent tonight or tomorrow I may try to do some imaging from my...
Weather predictions are calling for mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, so the gaze is postponed until next Friday night, Dec 14. The new moon is this Sunday...
I am putting in an order for the "Astronomical Calendar 2008" by Guy Ottewell. I will be ordering Saturday 12/15/08. The regular cost is $24.95 but if we...
Didn't feel the tremor, but my dogs barked a couple of times about then. I assume they felt it. Took the dogs out last night about 10:00 pm and saw clear...
You mentioned M79 as a target this month. I've seen photos of colliding galaxies. Do you know if it collided or was pulled in by our galaxy? ... From: John C ...
All, Has anyone seen reports of an unusual small "cloud" in the night sky tonight? I've received 3 phone calls from central/eastern NC about a comet-like...
Glossary of Astro Photography terms: http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/GLOSSARY.HTM and it has links at the bottom. I'd like to get his DSLR Astro...
Glossary of Astro Photography terms: http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/GLOSSARY.HTM and it has links at the bottom. I'd like to get his DSLR Astro...
Call this Asheville number for current Parkway road conditions and closures: 298-0398. Bernie ... From: Joel W To: AstroAsheville@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
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