Mike, Nice to see CAS members showcasing southern galaxies, they (understandably) get poor coverage by US amateurs. Hope you get SOME sleep this holiday...
Hi Mike, Damian Peach (http://www.damianpeach.com/) is doing better still with a Celestron 14" Schmidt Cassegrain and a Lumenera LU075 camera. Being in the ...
They are bloody rediculous! :-oo My jaw was on the floor for quite a while looking at those! Who needs a $15 000 Astrophysics 10" Maksutov cassegrain, when a ...
Here is one of last nights images. The Tarantula Nebula in Dorado http://boeingastro.org/asp/photo_gallery/type.asp?iType=32 Image details are at the site Mike...
Sleep?...SLEEP? who needs sleep? I ain't got time ta sleep boy there's a galaxies and nebulae in them there skies!...I'm going hunting >:-) Mike ... that ... ...
I added 60min of Ha The hydrogen is more delineated from the stars now and the stars are dimmed and less in number. There is so much HII in this image at first...
I must admit that I expected this one to turn out better than it actually did but it's underdone and needs more exposure, particularly in the colour data. The...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Oct 4, 2005 2:11 pm
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LOL! I was trying to do that galaxy on Mon night too! Yes the seeing was crap my way too and the buscuit cutter drive in the Meade was having trouble chasing...
Just a reminder that this school night is going ahead (obviously weather permitting), so can you please let me know if you are still available, or even just...
Hi to all I used last night to collect more data on NGC 1097 and I think the result is better than before. At 4 hours total exposure I guess it should be....
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Oct 7, 2005 4:35 am
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Yep deffinitely better Steve :-) It kinda begs to have an RC image it though huh....??? :-) :-) Mike ... it ... the...
Yes - you're not wrong there. The signature image of this galaxy in my opinion is by Daniel Verschatse with a 14.5" RC....
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Oct 7, 2005 5:54 am
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Here's another version of NGC 1097. The background is darker so the little galaxy to the lower right doesn't show up so well but the detail in the centre of...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Oct 7, 2005 11:55 pm
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I guess I'll be the only responant..again? ;-) The detail is good and yes the background is darker and smoother but I think the colours are a little off,...
... I'm a bit remiss in not commenting on these fabulous images - I'm usually working when these emails come in, I always take the time to look at the...
Hear hear. I enjoy seeing these images as they come thru. Both the deep sky, and the planetary images. Keep up the good work - even if we don't express our...
Oh well. Gendler said he liked the colour but that may be because I said I something nice about one of his images. I played around in photoshop and might...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Oct 8, 2005 6:57 am
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John Morland ( jmorland@... ) suggested you might be interested in this http://theaustralian.com.au report. When is a planet not a planet? Soon,...
John Morland
jmorland@...
Oct 10, 2005 7:18 am
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John Morland ( jmorland@... ) suggested you might be interested in this http://theaustralian.com.au report. How we'll get back to the moon NASA 23...
John Morland
jmorland@...
Oct 10, 2005 7:23 am
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I am in the throes of putting together a system for recording asteroidal occultations, with the aim of getting more accurate timings by eliminating observer...
Albert Brakel
abrakel@...
Oct 10, 2005 2:47 pm
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Greetings all - this night has been postponed to either the 25(Tues)/26th(Wed) Oct, or the following 1st November (Tues). I will let you know when a date has...
Nicole
waylandr@...
Oct 10, 2005 9:53 pm
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Hi Nicole I have been away this last fortnight. Yes I could have done the 13th, but that is no longer relevant. Where is the Valley Ck PS? JM ... From:...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Oct 11, 2005 1:43 am
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hi John Valley Creek PS is in Kambah. N...
Nicole
waylandr@...
Oct 11, 2005 3:14 am
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the CADG group. File : /Moon15.psd ...
CADG@yahoogroups.com
Oct 11, 2005 5:05 am
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I tried viewing this file, but no packages on this PC recognise .PSD files. :( Mike vk1eng@......
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CADG@yahoogroups.com
Oct 11, 2005 7:04 am
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Albert, If you are willing to fork out $300, you could get a DVD recorder. Most have a rock-solid image pause that can be advanced frame by frame. Peter O...