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I wish it was only snow on my observatory. With the ice storm we had a few weeks ago, I'm still hauling away branches and trees. Now we've got 30mph winds and...
Hi Kel, I worked on an M45 mosaic for a while there back in November. If the challenge is on I can post it. Let me know. Happy New Year, Nick ... open...
Aw, C'mon Kel - open it up to 'all images'. I have been trying for three years now to get an IC434 "Horse's Head", and I have FINALLY managed to get an image...
Thanks Jeff, I take numerous images at different set times, It can be done just an extra effort and there it is. Clear Skies feel free to ask. Happy New Years...
HI Kel, Just so happens that I had been working on M45 mosaic ( http://njstargazer.org/pix.asp?id=147 ) I don't think it's of a quality to enter your contest...
Thanks to Nick and Nor for offering up their M45's. In the interest of encouraging a little show-and-tell, we'll open up December to *all targets* (including...
Jeff- Thanks for your comments. I think I'm going to go with DSI camera and like you said, there seems to be allot of help out there. Ken ... From: Jeff Weiss...
Niall, Since you are accomplishing so much on relatively modest equipment, how much time are you spending on polar alignment? What method do you use? Drift,...
Hi Chris, Nice shot. Satellite tracks are always troublesome. The standard tricks to get rid of them are 1- preview the images before combining, 2- use...
Hi Alan, OK - first, you have to bear in mind that I am working out of an observatory, so I have only had to do 'one' Polar Alignment. But I took my time -...
Very nice shot! BTW, I think you might be able to bring out even more faint detail in the outer regions by stretching the histogram a bit more. It looks like ...
... Thanks George I am going to have another go at this one with longer exposures (8mins)re Kels sugestion,(but I have only got this far with help from this...
Hi guys, I want to take some photos of the meteor shower tonight. I can do it 2 ways. 1. AT66 and DSI camera. 2 or My sony digital camera. It only has a max of...
Steve, The meteor trail is only for 1-2 secs. The reason for longer exosures is just to minimize the number of frames taht you would need to cover an hour or...
Dear all Happy new year~~ I have purchased Meade DSI for autoguide. After installing autostar envisage 7.05 version and connecting the DSI into my telescopes...
Just lengthen the exposure time to at least 1 second or so and make sure it is pointed at something bright like a star. Once it has something like a star on...
Test the DSI camera by putting a piece of aluminum foil over the nosepiece. Poke a pinhole in the foil's center. This will act like a lens, and you can make...
Has anyone had experience with the Bahtinov mask for focussing? I've heard these are supposed to be a breakthrough but wonder whether they are really that much...
Jeff, Make it or buy it, it's that simple. It shows that you are either in focus or not. It used to take me twenty minutes or longer and I was never sure I'd...
Hi Jeff. I agree with Gregg. I used the spike diffraction mask religiously until the Bahtinov Mask was mentioned. I made mine out of a plastic top of a can of...
For the LX90, Get a suitable sized embroidery hoop - either for the end of your OTA, or for the end of your Dewshield. Get a whole load of the thinnest Balsa...
Hi Jeff You can't beat it for manual focusing!!! Hey Ray, I made one for my SN8 and instead of using the default value for the Bahtinov factor is changed it...
You won't believe how good these are until you have tried it. The big difference between this and other focussing masks is that it tells you which side of...
Hello Jeff, This guy makes these mask at a great price. You will not belive the
difference between this mask and a Hartman. There is NO room for error. Gary ...
Well it was 20 degrees. And I just used my digital camera. I set the exp for 30 sec(max). Went in and out of the house a million times. I saw a few really...
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