Hi all, Anybody familiar with SBIG ST-7 and newest release/hardware for Gemini/G11. I am connecting my St-7 through an SBIG box. I also have an optocoupler,...
Hi Alex, You should be able to just use the RC-7 adapter that comes with the camera and the autoguider cable that comes with the camera. Plug it in directly to...
Here's another image I took last weekend: http://www.californiastars.net/gallery/ic434_40d_fsq106.html Not too bad for an unmodified camera. A couple more...
I've been gone for a week, but I'm back. Sorry for the delay in posting. Beautiful images, all, Danny. You do good work. And thanks for the info on connecting...
Alex, Was it you that had an observatory tent? I remember someone having one at Mt. Laguna a few years back. I was thinking about getting one. Daryl...
It was Ralph. I'll forward your message to him. Alex ... +0000Subject: [RASIMAGE] observatory tent ... having oneat Mt. Laguna a few years back. I was thinking...
From years associated with this hobby (and life in general), I have always found "Worth the Money" questions to be hard to answer. They are more about the...
I think I was in a bit of a hurry when I wrote that question. I should have asked, do you like your's? Is it well made? Would you recommend a person buying...
Yes, it is a very nice tent. The seams were well sewn, and the concept was pretty innovative. And I did not mean to sound scoldy in saying I could not answer ...
Hi Joe, THose are pretty good. I've never been able to get the Pleiades with those colors (that little yellow area--I have tried. You getting good! Alex ... ...
Nice shots, Joe. Was it cold out there? :) - dp ... b=1&m=f&o=0 ... b=2&m=f&o=0 ... dark skies of the Mojave Preserve near Kelso. Autoguiding is still eluding...
Thanks, Danny. Ya know, even with the Flame Nebula, it was pretty freakin' cold! But we had a good fire with a stout bed of coals going about 20 yards away...
Here's an image I took Saturday night when Holmes was in front of NGC1169, a tiny 11th magnitude galaxy (best seen in the 1800x1200 image). Even tinier NGC1160...
This is really a fascinating apparition. Nice Pictures--were you in Landers, after all, or did you go elsewhere? ALex ... NGC1169, a ... Even tinier ... ...
Thanks, Alex. I ended up going to Bear Valley Springs, which is where my Dad lives. It's at about 4500 feet and between Bakersfield and Mojave. The skies are...
I had a question in regards to the way the more professional planetarium software handles declination control when they are in the RA/DEC mode. The way I have...
I've no idea. But just to carry on a conversation...... I find it easiest to use a star map (Sky Atlas 2000) by holding it over my head so that it is oriented...
... Yea, I have been using the novice programs for so long, that when I started using a "pro" program, I got all out-of-whack. I am using the software that...
My first trip out for the New Year. I posted a couple of photos from GMARS taken Saturday night, 1/12/2008. The skies cleared up nicely, but the winds picked...
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