Bob, Nice shot...for a beginner! 8o) BTW, that's great that you won the C9.25, it was reputed to have very nice optics. John D. has one also. If it ever...
Bob; I like the lunar phase in your shot. The illuminated inner wall of Sinus Iridium really stands out against the dark portion. Quite a pretty image. We did...
Hi Bob, Very nice moon image. The C9.25 is a fine scope. Does Celestron still make them with the focus counter? A feature of limited usefulness I've found. ...
Sweet shot Bob! When you say you used the wrong mode you mean that the largest file format was'nt used? Its really hard to stack widefield moon shots like this...
But Albert its fun to spend money, besides I have a kind if ying/yang relationship with Pamela...she makes it I spend it, then all is right in the universe...
Pizzle, I think Bob just talked me out of it. I'll wait an see what the new models do the prices of used ST-8. It would have been $6000 US brand new. I'll...
Hi Mike, I use a manual filter wheel and it is a pain in the neck. If I stay with a mono camera (and Ann assures me that I am!) I will get a motorized wheel. ...
REALLY nice lunar shot Bob! I blew the image up, and it held its detail very well! However, I am in the mood to blame someone for this crappy weather, and...
Hi Richard, ... unfortunately its you!! I took the scope out on the first night and the clouds parted to give me view of the planets and the moon. Five minutes...
When purchasing my scope I agonized for a while between an equatorial mount vs. Dob. Ultimately, for financial reasons leading to maintained spousal harmony,...
Hi Dave, My father had a saying, "Never look a gift horse in the mouth". Even so I feel compelled to comment. A 1200 mm long 8" tube is a big load for a cheap...
Hi Dave Seems to me that the most economical solution might be an equatorial platform. You get to retain the dobs practical benefits with 45 minutes to 1 hours...
... Shrug. I had a german equilateral mount for 10+years. I hate them for visual use. They are hard to move, hard to point, and put the eyepiece in crazy...
Dave, Not much I can add to whats already been said, cause its all be good advice. Just to add my 2 cents since I own 2 driven dobs. If all you're interested ...
Bob, I'm not sure about all this either, its kind of on the cutting edge so theres not much in the way of practical experience out there yet. The only guy I...
Just to let people that want to try the latest version of MaxIm it is now available for a free 30 day download. Good chance to evaluate the program without...
Hi Albert, The mono webcam with RGB filters would be nearly the same sensitivity as a colour webcam but the colour chip has less resolution. (Each pixel is fed...
Me....as always! See you there Attilla! Richard ... From: Attilla Danko To: OAFs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [OAFs] Fw:...
Albert, I think Bob explained it pretty well ie that the colour portion of the LRGB need'nt be that sharp. Still Jupiter would be a race to get all your data, ...
I'm not sure, it depends how the weather is this summer, if by the time Starfest rolls around and we have'nt had a good observing session at Nirvana then I'd...
Hi Mike, I was actually wondering if the RGB data could be collected with a colour chip webcam and then combined with the high resolution L from a mono chip ...
If light loss were not an issue you could put one camera in each side of a binoviewer and capture the data at the same time. It might work for bright planets,...
