I see in my new issue of Sky News that there is an article on taking photos of mars with Webcams. It implies that Hubble is starting to have some competition...
Congrats to Pizzle and Rolf. It's cool of Skynews to be recognizing thier talent. It's also very cool to be hanging out on the same email group as these guys. ...
Got out and tried to observe thru the haze, since the weather news said rain for a few days. Hard to see anything - seeing about 3/10. Alberio - colours still...
Rol; I think we are affected by the smoke from California as well. Last night, the moon had a reddish hue, nice for halloween but not for us. Look at the...
Rolf/Piz, Way to go guys! I haven't seen that issue of Skynews yet, I hope they did a good job rendering to print. BTW, this is old hat for Pizzle as I think...
Interesting. I never considered that forest fires in California might possibly affect our observing conditions up here. Seeing was awful last night. I began...
When it rains... process. Swans don't mind the rain. Re-processed this Sept 8th image of the Swan nebula to be a bit less fire-engine red. As a side-effect,...
... More detail in the nebulosity ... nice Rol! ... Yes & No. 14 percent clear nights yes. This would mean 4 clear nights for October. Some or all during...
Rol/Ross, Yes, definately more detail than the first image but the stars were over-processed. ... As for the being short changed regarding clear nights... Last...
Rol; I doubt the fires are affecting the seeing, more likely the seeing is crap because the jetstream is overhead. My post regarding the fires was referring...
... Thanks Len, Ross, and Albert, for feedback. Albert, I do see what you mean re: stars. Sometimes tough to get everything right on all levels at once, as...
... Ah, I finally got it! 14 "percent"... OK, so we probably did get our 4 clear nights in October. Probably 3 of them with a bright moon. My notes say Oct...
Hi Roland, Nice image. ... even better... playing some blues guitar. I can stand, and even enjoy your images, but listening to you play blues guitar...I don't...
Finally! I ordered the JMI Mobile kit version of the reverse crayford focuser to replace a really lame crayford focuser that comes with the SkyWatcher 8". It...
Hi Pat! Being a recently new owner of a "white dobbie" as an observing scope ( instead of the SCT for imaging ), I'm hoping you'll post a follow- up message...
Rol I can tell you right now.. doesn't need to wait for the mythical clear skies. The original focuser ceased to develop enough friction between the roller and...
Hm-m-m... Am presently not experiencing any problems whatsoever with the present focuser. In other words, there's enough friction. and I have no trouble...
Hi Folks, As Mars is fading, and it is raining, I figured this was appropriate. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/files/BobOlson/Mars.gif This is actually a...
Yesterday, my two young nephews and a friend came over. They saw the 8" dob in the garage, and immediately proceeded to look into the wrong end of both the...
Hi Pat! The skywatcher dobs were sold with two different focusers. The original metal one (which I had and Roland now has), and a plastic unit. The plastic...
But not as much problem as when they grab the eyepiece and start turning it "to focus"!! Richard ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Richard, Thanks for the clarification. Yes, I bought mine at least 2 years ago ... focusers. The original metal one (which I had and Roland now has), and a...
Check out a 3D version of M31 ... look below for main image for the 3D version. This is something for Albert and the other image processing wizards can try. ...
Bob, Very cool. I did see this in the latest S&T issue last night. They have several images that were done in 3D. My kids thought it was quite amusing to...
Well it finally happened as my Dear Momma always said it would!! Now I have to drive home in freezing rain WITH PERMANENTLY CROSSED EYES!! Damn you evil...
... Yes, very cool indeed. I crossed my eyes so much they hurt ... and I still don't have a 3D effect. Perhaps the 3rd dimension is other than depth? LOL ...
