Hello everyone, Firstly, may I apologise for the short notice BUT.......... a 'window of opportunity' has opened where I can invite members of CAS to Mt ...
Kim Rawlings
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May 2, 2003 1:57 am
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... No, Just turn up on the day :-) K. -- *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ Kim Rawlings Research School of Chemistry Australian National University Email:...
Kim Rawlings
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May 2, 2003 2:24 am
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Thanks Kim That will be great. Thanks very much. JM ... ********************************************************************** Please Note: The information...
Morland, John
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May 2, 2003 3:51 am
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Reminder: Deep Sky Night on Saturday 3rd May at Bobroff Acres. Dress warmly. John H...
Hi, Canberra Times today (page 4) has an article and big picture on StarFest. Both the CAS/Tracking Station field night and Wednesdays event at the planetarium...
Watch Mercury transit live on the Internet ... From Paul Floyd's www.ozskywatch.com Mercury will transit (or move across the face of the Sun) on the afternoon ...
On Saturday night set up scope with a bit better alignment and went mad with the Canon ixus v3 and my scopetronix adaptor. Here are some things that I found...
Ross Nelson
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May 5, 2003 12:50 am
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All are 15 seconds at 100 ASA. Canon Ixus v3 on Skywatcher 8" Newton with EQ5. 40x mag....
Ross Nelson
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May 5, 2003 12:51 am
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All are 15 seconds at 100 ASA. Canon Ixus v3 on Skywatcher 8" Newton with EQ5. 40x mag....
Ross Nelson
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May 5, 2003 12:51 am
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All are 15 seconds at 100 ASA. Canon Ixus v3 on Skywatcher 8" Newton with EQ5. 40x mag....
Ross Nelson
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May 5, 2003 12:55 am
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Good start Ross, Here is some more advice (sorry for any repetition) 1. You MUST use a remote shutter control. Buy one, make one or use the shutter release...
I've posted the post processed Eta Car to the CAS Yahoogroups Photo Section. It's rough yes - but remember it was the compressed JPEG file that was processed...
... I'll give it a go again :-) (have enjoyed a couple of these events, especially the Nov. 6 1993 one) And even try photography using my C8, solar filter...
Kim Rawlings
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May 5, 2003 2:45 am
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David, I have 1mb original of eta car if you want to have a go at it. The one I posted was a massively shrunk version (in MS paint) so there were not too many...
Ross Nelson
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May 5, 2003 3:43 am
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Actually you will get better results stacking say 10 x 5 second ASA200 images. Averaging rather than additng them then streching will improve things even...
I'm hoping to have the webcam up and running at f/3.3 on the 8" and record a movie of the event (well highlights since 2 hours of a black dot crossing the sun...
Re Dave Higgins' point about the necessity of processing the images, here is an example of the detail I was able extract from Ross Nelson's image of M42. Peter...
P Ogilvie
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May 5, 2003 7:23 am
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... I already have a solar filter for my beautiful 60mm Tasco refractor: the cell is mdf and cardboard. For the Hg transit, I thought I'd better bung an off...
J & P Howard
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May 5, 2003 7:28 am
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Hi John. What I used for a video of this event in19?? was a gold plate filter from CIG they are about 4"X4" and are used for high tech welding I have used the ...
Steve Johnston
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May 5, 2003 10:19 am
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"Astro stack" is a free programe that works very well, I can look for the site if required. As for the shakes looks like the scope is either wind effected or...
Steve Johnston
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May 5, 2003 10:19 am
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What is the scopetronix adaptor , does this attach you camera to the scope, what price and will it attach other canon digital cameras. Cheers Stephen T Jarrett...
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May 6, 2003 8:48 am
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I took this one on Monday night. Conditions looked good early but a persistent gusty breeze sprang up later and didn't help. In the end I don't think this...
Steve Crouch
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May 6, 2003 6:24 pm
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Found this. Thought it would be of interest. Cheers ... Subject: [CanberraCycling] Stromlo Forest Review Hi all The meeting described below may shed light...
There are numerous Scopetronix adapters including the DigiT. Thery are designed to AFocally mount your Digital Camera to your favoutire eyepiece. DigiT's are...
