I have to cancel the AISIG BBQ this weekend that I was hoping to put on for those of you that participated in the M-55 challenge. I will reschedule when...
These galaxies are perhaps more academically interesting than spectacular visual targets. They reside in Cassiopeia but are actually dwarf galaxies that...
These galaxies are perhaps more academically interesting than spectacular visual targets. They reside in Cassiopeia but are actually dwarf galaxies that...
All, This shot is the result of 100 minutes of data I managed to capture before "the great flood" following the site cleanup last weekend. Shortly after the...
The SDAA Acquisition Forums are now online at http://forums.sdaa.org. There are currently two forums. One is only for announcements by the acquisitions...
I just posted one of the pics I took while down-under. http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblog/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=816 This is the LMC. I also have the SMC and...
Carey, Congratulations. Whenever I have been to South Africa it has been cloudy at night, so I've never had a chance to see much of the southern skies. Randy...
Since I actually have some time off this weekend, I'm going to try playing with some of my digital images. I have downloaded Registax but not used it yet (or...
Alice, Registax is really only intended for planetary images, which are really small images. . .I'm not sure you'll have much luck with larger images. Maybe...
Alice, Registax will align large images, the problem is that the large images are a lot of information and depending on your processor and how much memory you...
Alice, Registax is probably the best thing out there for processing video images of the planets, where you start with an avi file containing of thousands of...
Alice, I use Registax 2 to stack all my images. I downloaded Registax 3 but my computer doesn't seem to be able to handle it. In Registax 2 though, I have to...
If you haven't been on the AISIG site in a while. . .check it out. . .I think the latest crop of photos probably represent some of the most stunning work yet...
There was an write up in the July S&T about adding color to moon pictures. I followed the directions and came up with a color moon. The picture I used was a...
Really cool Bob. Reminds me of my Orion Nebula pic, http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=192&UserID=54 Carey ... From: SDAA_AISIG@yahoogroups.com...
Carey, Dave, Bob and Jeff, Thanks so much for your input. I ended up just being lazy and never even looked at the computer! (Of course, it didn't help that...
I have been building a GEM from scratch and finally gotten far enough to try out at least the RA section of the drive. I mounted an 800mm f6.3 achromat and set...
I had a chance to plot up the first look at the periodic error of my homebrew GEM - the graph is in the files section under a new directory I created to put...
Hi, I created a photo album into which I put a couple of images of the RA section of the GEM I am building. The ruler is a 6-inch rule and the bearing is a...
I put a file in the files section showing the PE error of an LX200 mount, a Meade LXD 55 mount and a Takahashi NJP mount. They should all be at the same scale...
Bob, Is the LX-200 PE before or after PEC training? I found on my three different LX-200 mounts that the high frequency components of PE are at the same...
Randy, What do you determine load with. You mentioned before about so many foot-pounds to the East or something. I have a hard time balancing my GEM. When I...
Carey, They best way to balance a GEM is actually to remove the worm gears. . .I forget which mount you have, but my old AS-GT had the same issue you mention....
Bob, If you don't mind, I also uploaded a file of the PE of my mount into your directory. I think it would be a great idea to change the name of this directory...
Yikes. I guess that would help, but not something I would want to do every time I set up my mount; which between star parties and TDS is pretty often. I do...
I have posted a new M33 image at: http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=848&UserID=103 Should I change the color balance or brighten it? Thanks, ...
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