Hi Bob! You can count on 2 of us and one almost unused telescope for Saturday night...Wečre planning on coming early to figure the thing out a little more ...
Yes bring what you want to drink. See you there. Bob ... From: Kathy Upton To: SDAA_AISIG@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 1:23 PM Subject: Re:...
Here's a wide-angle view of the Milky Way taken at TDS the night of the Open House. <http://www.pbase.com/lasnier/image/118372749/original> This was taken with...
I am selling a $99 Bisque software gift certificate for $50. If you would like to see what they have to sell, go to www.bisque.com. Upon receipt of payment,...
At the AISIG Meeting tonight I mentioned that I had added a widget to my TDS weather page that gave the latest weather info from the weather station at TDS....
Jeff, Excellent presentation tonight - and no demonstation glitches. For those who missed Terry Arnold's great presentation on observatory automation last...
Good morning everyone Well after taking so time off I finally got out with a new camera I got the Orion StarShooter II back in May but between overcast skies...
Tracking and color look good. What scope and exposure did you use. What are the black dots in the Bubble image? What are the vertical (and horizontal) streaks...
My scope is a Celestron C-6 on a CG5-NGT mount The capture SW is Maxim DL I'm using an Orion short 80mm and Meade DSI for auto guiding and PHD The camera is an...
I think there hot pixel as well I had the same problem with the DSI but much worse I think if I can ever figure out how to calibrate my images I might not get...
The best way to dark subtract is take and save the images as fits then dark subtract a median of 10 or more darks of the same exposure taken at a similar...
Thanks Bob I have tried saving as fits but I guess I'm just SW savvy enough every time I try it just turns out crap I had been shooting as BMP when using the...
Hi All! Just POSTED the Orion Regin Locted in my folder Astroblast 12x5 Min 800 asa 55MM Cannon Lens. Cannon 350D Mod. commets welcome Regards Robert...
Agreed - very little need for flats with this setup unless there is dust on the sensor. I see one barely visible dust donut - upper left on bubble, lower...
Thanks for the kind words BTW the reason the dust donuts are in different places is because I rotated the bubble 180 The tracking is better that it use it be...
That looks more like an internal reflection to me. Bob ... From: michael.johnson@... To: SDAA_AISIG@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009...
an internal reflection? From what? I don't know what it could be other than dust on my primary or secondary mirrors It could also have dust on the LP filter I...
No Look in new photo's on this board Mike ________________________________ From: SDAA_AISIG@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SDAA_AISIG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Ahh, I got it. . .oops! If you want more feedback on images, the best thing to do is to post a full resolution image to AISIG. Yahoo shrinks the images down,...
I'm using an SBIG ST2000 camera and I'm interested in AO. I see AO7 units come up regularly for sale, but not too many AO8's. What is the big difference...
The November program meeting next week is Member Share Night (in place of the former Gadget Night). The SDAA VP asked if any of the imagers want to make a...
Hey Kin, Depending on when it is, I could do a little walk through showing the progression of my imaging, from my first Mars shots, through the point and shoot...
Paul, Adaptive optics really only help at longer focal lengths, over 1200mm at least, and even better beyond 2000mm. Lower than 1200mm and I'm not sure I'd...
Jeff, That would be great. The program meeting is 7 PM, 18 November. Kin ... From: Jeff Lunglhofer To: SDAA_AISIG@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 10,...