You had the best nights this year and your home before 1am??? *slaps Josef* Ya ya, I know you were out early, just buggin ya...glad to hear you all had a great...
I know, I know. I should be getting home at like 7am but there's no outhouse out there and the fact I was at Moosecreek 2 nights in a row makes it kinda hard...
Thanks, Joe. I can still recall the OOOS and AHHHS and HOLY...... when we looked through our eyepieces at the beautiful structured nebulosity displayed last...
All, Yesterday (Sunday morning) I got back from one beautiful night of observing / imaging from a dark site in Foymount Ontario Canada. Ontario's highest...
I would love to join you tonight but have to get up early to get kids off to school and myself off to work. <sigh> I did spend a wonderful Sunday night at...
Joe, Here are some methods for focusing a DSLR: 1. Find a bright star (e.g., Vega) and focus through the viewfinder as per a regular photograph. You can fine...
So ... that was 1200 out of focus pics you took last night???? bummer. Jeez ... that never happened to me ... LOL! OK ... so this is what I do with my DSLR...
Yup ... Mark makes a good point ... you can do this with a diffraction mask as well. It'll be pretty much the same trial and error re- iterative process.......
... Thanks for letting me come Saturday night, really enjoyed myself, and learned more on our hobby in a few hours with Denis Legeault (the Human Go To guy)...
I don't know why it took two days for this message to post. This message refers to Saturday Aug 30. FYI I have no plans to go to MC September 1. Sorry for the...
Looks like I'lll be headed for Boundary Rd with the Misses tonight and will only stay until 10:15. Early day tomorrow. I can't not take advantage of the...
Thanks guys for the help. Pictures turned out ok but not to my satisfaction. Kind of a perfectionist when it comes to photography. Want everything just...
Have fun where ever you go. I hope your night is as good as ours was last night. 3 nights in a row for me??? Can't risk my marriage for that. (Yet). ;) ...
Ok, have another question about focusing. What about wide field astrophotography. How do you focus then? That's what I was doing last night with 15 second...
Wide field or high power ... it makes no difference Joe... use the same procedure whatever magnification you choose. When using a DSLR, you either need a...
I popped out to Boundary Road to do a little viewing with Jim and his charming wife through their 12.5" obsession all tricked out with a servocat and nav...
I point it at the brightest star, planet or even moon. Set the lens on manual, zoom in to the end and focus till it is sharp. Then zoom back out to preference....
Thanks for confirming this through your research, Rob! It definately looked like a "planet." I wish I remembered to use higher magnification (7mm Nagler) to...
The nights of 30-31 Aug were some of the best nights anyone could hope for around here, comfortable temps, dry conditions and (almost) no bugs. I have had...
The sky was excellent as compared to where I was earlier on the weekend. I was in Whitby. In that washed out sky Andromeda was just visible as a white...
Fantastic! I may just have to come and see you at Foymount (and your equipment?). I sure could have used a Mallincam in Germany. Marc...
Marc Wolters
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Sep 3, 2008 12:13 pm
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i tried to figure out how to collimate my telescope and i ended up getting lost. i remember a while ago someone from the group had offered to show how's it's...
Larry does a fantastic job collimating scopes. Bring your scope to the gabfest on Friday and I'm pretty sure Larry will fix you up then. Joe ... together...
Reminder from: OAOG Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAOG/cal Next OAOG Get-Together: September 5th Friday September 5, 2008 5:30 pm - 12:30 am (The...
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