Here's M8/M20 taken from the Cupertino hills above Stevens Creek Reservior Saturday night. This was the first night out with the new 80ED. I was hoping to use...
So here is my try at the "Mercury Nebula" as it were: http://www.ancientstarlight.com/Mercury.html This was taken at a mean time of 2000h when the Alt was 18...
Does anyone know if bluetop Optimas can be found in or around the Mountain View/ Sunnyvale area? Jay [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Jay, Normally I to would look local for Optimas as shipping can kill you to try and buy online however I just picked up a yellow top from autobarn.com as they...
Hey, don't be too modest about this - getting anything out of Mercury is a challenge and you managed to get a distinct phase. I'd definitely put it in the win...
You'll want to figure a 15% drop in the power output vs what they advertise. Find the operational power rating of the fan you plan to use and purchase a PV...
Meade's LX90 goto's are also in that price range... 12" for $3300, but those aren't real RC (who can tell?). This model below is only a tube though. ...
... Darren, why would you want a movable secondary? Aren't all of your imaging targets at infinity? Seriously: The fixed secondary is optically a feature....
Hi Bob, Ok, I'll admit ignorance here. All the RC's seem so hot on having a moving secondary that I sort of assumed there was some need to move the secondary -...
Hi all, It's been a bit quiet here for images recently, so I thought I'd post my own humble effort. I've just moved in to a new apartment in Sunnyvale and have...
That's awesome!? Great job! Richard Hi all, It's been a bit quiet here for images recently, so I thought I'd post my own humble effort. ... From: John Winfield...
John, congrats on first light from your new place. Well done. Thats so encouraging for us city dwellers (I've got mag 18.3 mag/arcsec2 skies in my backyard). ...
Is it just me, or has the transparency totally sucked the last few weeks? Last night was relatively dark with reasonably steady seeing. Certainly much better...
Looks great Jim. I love the faint little galaxies in the image. Last weekend when I was out in the Cupertino hills the sky started soft but we ended up with a...
Last wednesday (5/7/08) a fine bunch of people and myself went up to Montebello, all loaded with dobsonians, and myself with my imaging gear. By around 10:30pm...
That is definitely a hauntingly beautiful image. Way to go Rogelio. ....."all I had left was my NP101is.."..(!!!?) So, like, suffer..... Rogelio, what are...
... Thanks Jim, glad you liked it!!! I could've push the histogram a bit and get a brither galaxy without "breaking" anything else, but I liked it more this...
Hi Pete, I'm in pretty much the same boat as you regarding archiving. I also keep all my raw subs as well as the final processed images. Like you I also sync...
I use an external USB drive. Western Digital is making 2TB units. You can buy them at Costco I think for less than $300. I've been thinking of getting one. ...
Nice image Pete, that reminds me I need to calibrate my monitor, I see too much red on this . Anyway, I'm on the DVD backup mode that you use, then again I...
Hi Dave, Thanks for the tip, and to everybody else who responded - things blew up at work (non-literally) and I flaked. In the end I ordered a cheap one off...
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