Tue Aug 5, 3:51 PM ET A Dutch primary school teacher and amateur astronomer has discovered what some are calling a "cosmic ghost," a strange, gaseous object...
I was planning for the August AISIG meeting to be at Jerry's, but he has to travel for business purposes. So here is the lineup: August: MTRP Moving...
When in August? I could maybe pull something together. . .maybe folks could vote on a topic, and assuming I know something (good) about it, I could put ...
Kin I am willing to talk about my evolution to CCD from DSLR imaging. If you can get both Jeff's and Bob Austin you will have the full spectrum of scopes,...
Jeff, It is Wednesday the 27th. What I was thinking of was the step up / difference going to astro CCD's. We have covered DSLR and webcam astro-imaging and...
Terry, McAfee has it in for you. I dug this out of my spam filter. I always add you as "friend" but then the filter cuts you out next time anyway. Sounds...
Kin, Why don't you do a panel like last meeting. I think it was a good way to deliver a lot of valuable information. I plan on attending and I don't mind ...
I'm game. . .I've never used the Orion CCD, but I could analyze the specs on the chip and do a comparison to some other CCDs as part of the presentation. Also...
Jeff, Another great meeting is coming together. Terry Arnold has volunteered to talk about the transition from DSLR to CCD. It would be nice to have him start...
I was just going through the files on my HAS yahoo group and came across a file I made for one of the other members on Image Processing, step by step, and...
That sounds fine to me. Let's find out what folks are most interested in. . . -Jeff _____ From: SDAA_AISIG@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SDAA_AISIG@yahoogroups.com]...
Bob, I just had an idea for the problem at TDS from that light on the house at the NW corner. Actually it could be applied to the one west of the private pads...
Jeff I have put together a draft powerpoint presentation about the steps that i have gone through with the transition to CCD and the lessons I have learned...
I just posted two new images of the North American Nebula taken at TDS 07/26/2008 and at Julian 08/01/2008 on the AISIG site. Wa-da-y'all think. Scott Dixon...
Great. I will put out a poll on the site to let members weigh in on what areas they are most interested in. That should help focus. Kin ... From: Terry S....
My first time on this one: Ha only (12) images of 5 Minutes each for a total of just an hour. Taken over the Mag 4.x sky of El Cajon with the ST402 under the...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the SDAA_AISIG group: At the AISIG meeting next week, Terry Anderson and Jeff Lunglhofer will talk...
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I am experimenting with the polling feature in Yahoo to gauge interesting in topics for AISIG presentations, and the first one is posted. Please check your...
Jeff and Terry, There are 24 responses to the poll. Can you see the totals? I can't always see what you see because I am a moderator. Looks like the most...
KIn I have already put together short presentations on matching CCD camera to optics and mount as well as a narrow band presentation. I can put together a...
I can cover all of that in one shot I think. . .a bit about CCD statistics, different cameras, and how the scope matters. I already have some of the slides. ...
You know, I was thinking. . .if we have only an hour or so, maybe you should just roll with these topics. CCD camera/optics, narrow band imaging, and image...
Jeff, You are right. It is going to be difficult to control the time. Let's go with Terry's material for this Wednesday, and then have you pick up with part 2...
I bought the DVDs of the presentations from the subject conference. Presenters include Jim Burnell, Robert Reeves, Mike Unsold, etc. Looks like good AISIG...
Reminder from: SDAA_AISIG Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDAA_AISIG/cal AISIG MEETING Wednesday August 27, 2008 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (This event...
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Hi, This weekend is an Explore the Stars Program on Palomar Mountain. August 29,30 This is a great chance to look through a wide variety and sizes of...
Kin I just froze the slides for my presentations. I have presentations on Narrow Band Imaging, Image Process Automation and Matching Camera to Optics and...
Terry, I will bring them. Thanks for making the presentation. I am fooking forward to it. Kin ... From: Terry S. Arnold To: SDAA_AISIG@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Hi Terry, So after your presentation last night, I got to thinking about what exactly constitutes "noise" in astrophotography. . .and after much brow beating...