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Hey All, Hows your weather? We have cloud cover most of this week. Alan...
7 Dec 7, 2009
10:53 pm

Alan
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Hey All, I'm selling my Meade ETX 125PE 5" Going to a bigger scope. Alan For Sale MEADE ETX 125PE 5" Maksutove-Cassegrain GOTO Photos are in Alan's ETX 125PE...
1 Nov 27, 2009
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I'm getting ready to buy a DSLR for astrophotography work. A local camera store has a new Nikon D40 with a zoom lens on sale for 250 euros. For Greece, where...
3 Nov 14, 2009
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The Guvnah
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Hi All, Just wondering who else is taking or trying to take Astrophotos? Alan...
12 Nov 11, 2009
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This image is much better than my last attempt at this beautiful galaxy. I have a long way to go yet, but this is definitely a step in the right direction. As...
4 Oct 23, 2009
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[:)] Hi and welcome all 31 members. What are you all up to. It's our cloudy season here. Alan Group owner & Founder Windy Ridge Observatory Three Rivers, Mi ...
1 Oct 21, 2009
2:58 pm

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I am on the fence on this once. This is my first wide-field attempt at anything in this rich region of the sky, near Sagittarius and, thus the center of the...
3 Oct 21, 2009
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G'day All, I was in the Middle East last week for a short holiday. I managed to get a nice photo at the old port city of Jaffa, Israel. The photo was taken at...
6 Oct 2, 2009
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The Guvnah
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HEY, where are you guys? It's Fall here in Michigan so thart meens mor clouds and rain, Alan...
1 Sep 27, 2009
3:10 pm

Alan
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Here is a photo I took of M13 last night. Used a 6" f/5 Newtonian reflector with a dual clock drive (all low-end Orion), 2x Barlow, and D40. Ended up with 10...
3 Aug 30, 2009
10:17 pm

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Hi All, Just wanted to say welcome to all 26 members. We are all her to share and learn about Astrophotography with the Nikon D40. Alan D. Otterson Windy Ridge...
1 Aug 25, 2009
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I tried taking pictures of M13 two nights ago using my 6" f/5 Newtonian with a 2X Barlow lens (D40 does'nt come close to focusing otherwise). Realized that...
2 Aug 25, 2009
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William Hamblen
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Hi all, Newbie question: I want to connect my D40 to a Newtonian reflector to take some astrophotos. I understand my configuration is very standard, I am using...
4 Aug 18, 2009
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Carlos Davila
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Reprocessed the last image I took. It shows more luminosity, but also more noise :-( I am happy with the end result though. ...
3 Aug 3, 2009
3:19 pm

Phil
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Between clouds tonight, I got out with my 8" LX200 and shot M51. Been dying to attempt this galaxy. You really need a lot of long exposures for this galaxy. I...
5 Jul 19, 2009
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Hi all, Just returned from a wonderful holiday at Brisbane Gold Coast, had a great time there and it was especially good that I managed some stargazing at the...
8 Jun 16, 2009
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Siti Nursaba
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Hi And Welcom to all new members, What is every one up to, Alan Group Founder & Owner Windy Ridge Observatory Three Rivers, MiNikon D40 Celestron Vintage C8 ...
1 Jun 5, 2009
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Hi All, Check out my Daylight Moon in my photo album. Not the greatest but it works, just a quick snapshot, auto settings. Alan...
1 Jun 2, 2009
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Changed a setting on the Deep Sky Stacker software and this came out much nicer! ...
4 May 26, 2009
10:46 pm

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Hey all, What' every one up tp, Alan...
3 May 20, 2009
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Hey all What lenses do you use and do you use and lens adaptors. Alan...
7 May 4, 2009
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Hi All, Just wanted to let you all know that we placed mu Mom in a Nursing Home. Starting Tuesday I will be back postonk and catching up on your posts. keep up...
6 Apr 30, 2009
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Thanks for the comments guys!! Changed the processing in DSS and got a nicer result! I used MEDIAN COMBINATION METHOD as opposed to AVERAGE COMBINATION METHOD....
8 Mar 20, 2009
2:09 pm

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First attempt, also used a Meade DSI as an autoguider for this shot. Came out okay! Image Details: * William Optics 66mm Petzval with Nikon D40 DSLR * Guided...
3 Mar 18, 2009
5:50 pm

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I drove around the side of our city to avoid the light dome, and managed to capture a better image of Lulin. ...
4 Mar 1, 2009
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Hey All, Sorry I haven't been around for a while, but my mother passed away on the 16th and so I have been busy with all of that. Once We get everything taken...
2 Feb 23, 2009
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Gday, Haven't posted for a while. Anyway, hope everyone is doing okay! I imaged Comet Lulin the other night. Through a fair bit of light pollution, however....
3 Feb 22, 2009
11:39 pm

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The last few nights I have been experimenting with star trail long exposure shots from my back garden. Nothing too impressive resulted from these tests, as the...
7 Jan 20, 2009
6:46 pm

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Hi All, Glad to see some of you are taking cool photos, Well it's just to cold for me (up to 8 degrees Below at night) to go out and shoot any photos. Keep up...
1 Jan 19, 2009
11:47 pm

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Hi all, I am interested in trying out my D40. Just getting started. Here is what I have thus far: http://starpass.wordpress.com/ Just want to try to get nice...
5 Jan 13, 2009
3:34 pm

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