Hello again. Also on the schedule for this month (as with every month) is a star party at the RAS dark sky site (GMARS) in Landers. All are welcome to come and...
Hi all, Some of you may know that a regular group meets in Joshua Tree whenever there's a new moon and the weather looks like it might cooperate. For those of...
Hi Folks, I reworked some data I collected last April of M63 with my TOA130 and ST2000xm camera. Still working a lot of bugs out of my processing. Probably not...
Hi Folks, Still working on re-processing some older data. M31---LRGB of 100-90-90- 90 minutes respectively. FSQ106N and STL-11000 on an EM200 mount from ...
Hi all, Still working out my processing bugs--trying to deal with light pollution here in Southern California. M 101 imaged from Redlands, Ca. Takahashi...
You are all welcome to Goat Mountain Astronomical Research Station this weekend to try out your imaging and meet up with each other. Early forecast looks like...
Hi folks, Ive been trying to improve my ability to work with light pollution gradients so I can take more LRGB's from home along with my narrowband stuff from...
Hi all, I've uploaded the latest version of the Astronomy Spots file for Google Earth. Here are some notes as to what was updated: - Dark sky sites: Added CLAS...
I just got a new set of Baader Narrow Band filters, but choose the H-Beta this time to take the place of S-II. I kept finding that I was getting very little...
Hi Everyone. My name is Jeff Herman. I am a member of the San Diego Astronomy Association (SDAA) and primarily image from my "private pad" at SDAA's site in...
Hi all, As promised, I've uploaded a KMZ file to the group's Files section. The file is for use with Google Earth. If you already have GE installed, simply...
Looks a little snowy up there: http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/towercam.htm This is updated every 4 minutes or so. Hopefully you'll see this before it's dark. ...
Since it looks like bad weather this new moon, any idea on how far out you got to go to ditch the bad weather? What do yo do when you really want to go out? ...
Hello! Here is an attempt at the Rosette Nebula in Narrowband color with my new ST10xme. Imaged with my TOA130 and ST-10 XME and NJP Temma mount. Imaged on...
There was a small ad in the March Sky & Telescope about "National Telescope Auction", with a web site (http://www.nationaltelescopeauction.com/). The web site...
Hi Folks-- Here is my attempt with IC410. I found this one really hard to process- -I still have so much to learn (so what's new?) IC 410 (The Tadpoles) from...
I've enabled 3 applications for the group. You can only use them by visiting the group's website (as opposed to via email). Please check them out as I think...
Hello all, I live in Temecula, but do most of my imaging from a private site in Anza. I currently use an AP Mach1GTO and either a 180mm Mak or a 200mm...
Hi there, Most of my imaging is done from my observatory located at the OCA's Anza site. I have been doing remote imaging for a few months now but still go out...
Hi, My name is Greg and I live in Torrance in the South Bay of Los Angeles. I am a member of the South Bay Astronomical Society. I also recently joined RAS...
Hello, Thanks for adding me! My name is Scott and I live in Newbury Park. I'm a native Southern Californian (The few the proud!) I'm in Eastern Ventura County...
Hi Group... Wanted to inform you of a possible event and opportunity to help out the folks at NASA. It is the LCROSS Mission and it is located here; ...
Hi all, I'm in the process of building a KMZ file for Google Earth featuring "dark sky" sites and annual star party locations. I have "dark sky" in quotes...
Hi folks, This seems like a really good idea for a yahoo group!. Iam in Redlands and have been imaging since the fall of 2002. Right now I do mostly...
Hi all, My name is Alan Smallbone and I have seen posts by most of you. I live in Laguna Beach and primarily image from a small observatory at the OCA Anza...
Danny, this is a great idea for a group. I look forward to meeting more imagers in the area. My current setup is a TOA-130, NJP mount, ST-10XE imaging camera...
well, this could be a fun group, southern Californians are a diverse bunch with wide interests... thanks for putting it together.. I'm looking forward to...
Thanks for starting up this group! I am hoping to find stargazing locations closer to home (Pasadena) that are dark enough to be useful and close enough to get...
Hello, Just joined up and look forward to finding out how other SoCal people are doing. I have at this time this imaging setup. Losmandy G-11 with Gemini...