Hi all, just to add to what Jason posted, here's a couple of shots of this comet (K4-Linear) on May 3, and May 29UT from my backyard. I've been following this...
Anyone know where one can get nitrogen in the southbay area? E.g. for a nitrogen purge. I'd need a tank, regulators, some hose, and nitrogen gas. I'm...
A little googling shows: But dont know if they really do or not. The arc gas products company looks like the best chance. Search on "industrial gases". Crown...
Couple things I stumbled on... 1) It seems welding supply houses carry nitrogen. 2) Paintball folks are now (afaict) using nitrogen to recharge guns in the...
Hello all, I am new to imaging, but I have a lot of nice equipment. I am a Newark teacher, and I received a big grant. I did some research and decided to use...
... Well certainly. I personally am not an expert at imaging with a Nextstar11, however some technique is transferrable, and there are others on the list (I...
Tom, Welcome to this challenging hobby. I would have suggested a straight German Equatorial mount instead of an Az Alt with a wedge, but what is done is done....
Hi I am not an imager, just a wannabe but a couple of things. You need to take some shots with the hyperstar to see how it goes. The moon will do for...
... Good point. I have about 4 wires for the ccd camera, mount, serial cable, and opto-isolator box. these essentially go between the computer and the mount....
hey gang, was up in Toronto and got to see the Transit. Got to observe with a small group of toronto amateurs by the edge of Lake Ontario. We had clear skies,...
All, I am moving in a couple of days and have no room for my fixed pier setup. I hate to throw a $600 Le Sueur pier (8" x 48") in the dumpster but that is...
This was my first visit to the Observatory Campground at Palomar Mountain, less than an hour from my home here in Escondido. It was very good, and the ride up...
Hi Paul, I really like M8. It is outstanding! The Crescent is good but I think it could use more exposure. You should try doing longer sub-exposures than 5...
Hi Phil, It looks very nice to me. Using digital SLRs sure has come a long way! -Ray ... From: pterzian@... [mailto:pterzian@...] Sent: Monday, June...
In a message dated 6/20/2004 10:05:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, psterngold@... writes: M8: http://sterngold.darkhorizons.org/astro/m8-ha.jpg - 12 x 5m...
... Both of your images- Trifid and Milky Way- are great. It's amazing what you can do nowadays with a digital SLR, and it's so much easier than a dedicated...
In a message dated 6/21/2004 8:17:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, pterzian@... writes: http://www.pterzian.darkhorizons.org/Trifid%20SSP.htm Comments?? ...
... Thanks, Ray. It came out a lot better than expected. It's my first good image in, well, years. Really. It's been that long. ... try doing longer...
... Thanks. Yeah, good to be back. Cheers, Paul Sterngold __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. ...
Canon 10D or M16 http://www.pterzian.darkhorizons.org/Eagle%20ssp4%20page.htm I really need to be a little more patient and take some more frames. From now on...
Good image, and yes to all that you say. Paul Sterngold ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free...
(Cross posted from TAC) With only 3 or 4 images at the event, I don't think there is a big risk of the list getting flooded with imaging posts :-) Here are my...
Hi Pete, I think the images have good potential. They seem to be lacking a bit in the blue though. Can you up the blue levels a bit to see how they turn out? ...
Yes... they are also really dark here at work. I have to stop processing images on my laptop screen. Pete _____ From: Ray Gralak [mailto:ray@...] Sent:...
Good work, Pete, especially M101. I think your black setpoint is too high, though. You are probably losing quite a bit of faint detail. Cheers, Paul Sterngold ...
I've posted two of these images already, but I've put them on web pages now, plus there is a new third image. http://www.darkhorizons.org/~richnav/rho.htm ...
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