In case anyone is interested there is an interesting article on the front page of the San Jose Mercury News this morning (October 1 2007) about light ...
Hi all, I've been looking at some of the dark nebulae in Cygnus, in the IC1318 region, with my imaging setup in H-alpha, not actually saving the single 10 or...
Hi, I was looking at an add for the Meade DSI 3 and I noticed Meade somehow managed to get Rob Gendler to take an image with one. If you want to see it take a...
Nice image Jim, I don't know what it's called though! It's good to see a few images on the group again, there haven't been many lately. I'm changing my...
That's a beautiful M27. I think that's the first time that I've seen the "apple core" dimmer than the surrounding ring. Michelle ... [Non-text portions of...
Hi Jim, Great image. Even better, it's nice to see some images here! The only dark nebula I see in the area are B347 and LDN889. I wasn't able to find a...
Hi Jim, about three or four weeks ago I bought an EM-200 mount on Amart. The plan was to remove the scope from my LX-90 and use it on the new mount. After more...
Hi Darren, The dark nebula is pretty small as my field of view is 44' by 55'. After doing some snooping on the net I find there are about a dozen catalogs...
Sounds like a few weeks from now some of us will be using your name in vein.... Scope and mount sound great. Look forward to hearing of first light. Cheers, ...
...of IC1318 and imaged the open cluster NGC6910 amidst a dark nebulae background. This is 4 hours of 15 minute subs....it's pretty dark over here. Cool...
Hey Ray, I have a set of SBIG LRGB filters, along with a CusSci 4.5nm Ha filter. It always bugs me that they are not parfocal. How do the Astrondons compare to...
Hi Paul, The main advantages I see in the AstroDons are: 1) They are all parfocal including the narrowband. 2) The bandpass for each broadband filter is...
Haven't had much time to process images lately but here is a quicky... M31 monochrome... 6x10 minute exposures Luminance, AP160 at f/5.9 + STL11000: 33%: ...
Hi, If anyone is interested, I have a Losmandy GM200 in excellent condition, with the normal signs of use, for sale (the original hard to find blue anodized...
Hey Shahin, I am interested. Do you have any photos you could send? Also, is this the same one that William Phelps was selling on Amart awhile back? Cheers, ...
Does anyone know how to get in touch with Shahin? I emailed him privately and later posted to the group, but have not heard back from him. TIA for your help. ...
It seems the yahoo mail does not work, but the sz @pwtec.com does. Shahin ... privately and later ... help. ... hard ... (tall ... Rafael ... converted ... go ...
Hey all, I've been trying to find the time to setup a computer to run my imaging setup remotely. This question has been at the back of my mind but never got ...
Hi Vincent, I rarely use the ASCOM telescope hub. I just connect and disconnect applications from the serial port as needed. To do plate solves you do not need...
I recollected my M31 data and this image is 50 minutes Luminance, and 30 minutes (each color) RGB, all binned 1x1. There is still a little bit of gradient in...
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