Using my Planetarium program it looks like to me that on May 7th. at 10:18pm 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann will be somewhere between 1-3 arc. min. from M57. That...
Hi all, First of all, my apologies for not dropping by in quite a while. Here is what I have manged so far during the last couple of months which I would like...
Hi, Here is a shot from over the weekend with the DSI Pro II, second time I was using the camera. So far I am really liking it, details under the image. Thanks...
Thanks Neil, that is an excellent point, I was originally using the .33 reducer spaced to give 0.5x and decided I did not like the coma on the edges so I...
Hello all, This is just a reminder that AstroImage 2006 is coming around again (Aug. 11-12). It's at the Brea center in Southern California again as it was in...
Nice, Kurt I find it interesting that there is an L shaped set of stars around the one image. Bill ... No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG...
Hello, Is there anyone who would like to share their results with the DSIpro color II? I dont see many examples yet. Im interested in buying this one shot...
Hello again, I have not had a chance to try the help given in my earlier thread. Unfortunatly the weather has been rather unhelpful. I still do have a question...
Kurt, Nice images. A lot of potentially useful scientific data could come from our persistence in following this (these) object(s). Keep it up. I will when I ...
Hi all, I have made a set of collages with alot of the images I have taken to date in this hobby. On a personal basis, this has given me a much better...
Here are some DSI-II-only images: http://autostarsuite.net/photos/chuckr54/picture4370.aspx http://autostarsuite.net/photos/chuckr54/picture4221.aspx ...
Thanks for posting the links Chuck. Beautiful images. Especially like M82 & M51. It is amazing that such short exposures produced results of that quality. ...
Hi Chuck, Thankyou for sharing those images. I can tell already, that I am going to really like this camera. Buddy Chuck Reese <chuckr54@...> wrote: Here...
Very nice work Alan. Looks like you have had a lot of fun with the camera! Bill ... taken to date in this hobby. On a personal basis, this has given me a much...
Very nice work Alan. Looks like you have had a lot of fun with the camera! Bill ... taken to date in this hobby. On a personal basis, this has given me a much...
Hi Folks, I am currently investigating a new telescope to use my DSI with, and was hoping to get some opinions. For me at the moment, it comes down to Meade...
Dan: I have a 7" LX200 and using the first DSI Color, got a pretty decent photo of M101 last year. I used 30 second exposures, and about 70 frames, as I...
A little off topic. However the Comet portion is important: All I can say is WOW... What a night. Four highlights: 1)A beautiful double star in Coma Berenices...
Thanks Bob, I finally found M101 & M51 and took pictures of each. I posted M51 but M101 was really bad. I think I may have a problem with the telescope but I...
Hi all, Has any one here used Sky professional? I have heard about it and just wanted to know if it would be better to use with the Meade LX90 8" I have than...
Dan: M51 looks very good, as well as your other photos. Looks like you're getting the hang of it! My 7" scope is a Maksutov-Cassegrain, and yes, I believe it...
Dan: I haven't heard of "Sky 6", but I've used Registax myself & it works well. Here's the website: http://registax.astronomy.net/html/download.html for a...