After quite a hiatus from imaging, I was able to get the scope and camera out to the Julian Starfest. It was first light for the Deep Sky Instruments RC10C...
I've finally got my Perseid shower results uploaded: http://www.eanet.com/kodama/astro/2010/0812-14/ These were shot from the OCA's Anza site. The photos are...
Hi everyone, We've had a few new members join recently so I just wanted to say hello and welcome to the group! It's always nice to meet and interact with local...
Seriously though, I don't know about you guys, but it turned out to be quite a dud from Landers. I turned in at about 2:30am so I'm sure someone will chime in...
Hi group, Last weekend at the Julian Starfest we enjoyed three cloudless days and nights in a row. The temperature drop each night was pretty dramatic, with...
I'll be down in Julian Thursday through Sunday and I was just wondering who else in the group is planning on going? I'll be out and about on the field during...
Reminder from: SoCalAstroPhoto Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SoCalAstroPhoto/cal Julian Starfest Thursday August 5, 2010 All Day (This event...
I'm finally getting my solar eclipse shots organized here: http://www.eanet.com/kodama/astro/2010/0702-16/ I nearly came back empty-handed because of the poor...
Hi All, the object of this image was to capture the unusual yellow Antares reflection nebula. http://astrophoto.net/antares.htm I kope you enjoy. Dean Jacobsen...
From Robert and Laura Eklund... ... Ned Wright Speaks to MWOA Saturday, July 24 On WISE Infrared Survey Explorer At 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 24, at the...
Hi Again, Here is another processed image from last week's imaging/camping trip. This is a cropped image at about 50% resolution from a much larger star...
After 2 nights down from clouds and thunderstorms, here's my first Eastern Veil nebula: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4807376895_ed046da658_b.jpg 64 x 5...
Even with an exposure time of "only" 18 minutes per color channel, the beautiful Messier 7 open cluster nearly gets lost in the background of central Milky Way...
Hi All, I was able to get a couple of good nights of imaging/camping last week. Here is the first of 5 images. http://astrophoto.net/messier_8_20_wide.htm I...
I was able to get some imaging in last weekend while out in Landers. It's uploaded here: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoCalAstroPhoto/files/DanielPerry/ ...
Here's the first pass on the data from Monday: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4795164443_57ba5f77d8_b.jpg 48x5 minutes @ ISO 800 64 Darks 64 Flats 64 Bias...
The temperatures will be warm, but clear skies are clear skies! I was all aligned and ready to go by 10:00. When I went to hook up the laptop it crashed every...
Hi all, I just wanted to let everyone know about some things going on this weekend. - Many RAS members will be in the Meadow Loop at the Mt. Laguna Campground....
Hi, I live in Orange County and I'm planning to get back into astrophotography after many years. My home location has too much light pollution so I'm...
Hi all, From Robert & Laura Eklund... ... Huell Howser Features Mount Wilson on KCET at 7:00 p.m. Tonight KCET's Huell Howser spent a day in April visiting...
Here's Comet McNaught (6/6). I should have switched to a telescope for this, but had been shooting with camera lenses, so I just picked my longest camera lens:...
From Robert & Laura Eklund... ... Ron Polidan Speaks to MWOA May 30 On "Future Space Telescopes" The Mount Wilson Observatory Association's monthly public...
After a long spell of bad weather and procrastinating on the image processing, I finally have a few new photos: http://www.eanet.com/kodama/astro/2010/0416/...
Can someone from the RTMC organization give me a clue as to the time & place for the Hallas seminar? I have a "ticket," but I don't know when and where to...
