Hi All, Some of us Astro-Physics folks celebrated our 4th holidays with a backyard barbecue and fireworks at a nearby lake. Fireworks at dusk was the main ...
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Anthony Ayiomamitis
ayiomamitis
Jul 5, 2011 9:32 pm
Thanks Jose. I used my Baader LRGB CCD filters and the result is biased towards the blue (as you can see). Other brand name filters which allow some of the ...
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proximachali
Jul 5, 2011 5:00 pm
Hi Anthony, really interesting object! Thanks for sharing. -- José Joaquín Pérez Rancagua_Chile http://www.astro-austral.cl...
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Howard
howard4ap
Jul 5, 2011 3:43 pm
Don’t forget the 10 x 60 Baader Planetarium Vario Finder with Illuminated Reticle Eyepiece, 45° Erecting Prism, and Quick Release Bracket (1060VQ) that we...
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Mark Acker
markacker
Jul 5, 2011 2:14 pm
Ah, OK. Â Good to know. Â Thanks Ray. Mark ________________________________ From: Ray Gralak <groups1@...> To: ap-gto@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday,...
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Suresh Mohan
swashyasuresh
Jul 5, 2011 10:35 am
Hi Ray, Will starlight lodestar be included, My life will be a lot easier -) Sures Sent from my iPhone ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Jeff Young
jeybball
Jul 5, 2011 9:05 am
Hi Anthony, My skies in Ireland aren’t the greatest, though. (~ SQM 20.6) I’ve been batting about 50% with the easier Abells: I got 2, 4, 12, 21, 50, 79,...
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Ray Gralak
raygralak
Jul 5, 2011 9:02 am
Hi Mark, ... Actually PEMPro doesn't currently use the ASCOM camera interface (that is a future feature). PEMPro can connect to WDM devices and any video...
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photonphisher
Jul 5, 2011 5:20 am
Thanks Dwight! That looks like a good solid finderscope. I am giving it serious consideration. BTW, is there a finderscope with reticle that not only has the...
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Mark Acker
markacker
Jul 5, 2011 4:53 am
Just out of curiosity, can PEMPro communicate with non-ASCOM cameras? Â Can it use WDM devices or does it really need to be an ASCOM camera? Mark ...
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Ray Gralak
raygralak
Jul 5, 2011 12:11 am
If you are just doing visual then, as others pointed out, the PAS or Roland's quick polar alignment method are usually good enough. You probably would want to...
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Mark Acker
markacker
Jul 4, 2011 11:32 pm
Agreed. Â I don't actually do a lot of visual anymore, but I did visual all night two consecutive nights this weekend in different locations and the Mach1 had...
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observe_m13
Jul 4, 2011 9:55 pm
Why would you want to go to all that trouble just to polar align? The PAS works fine. Stick with the PAS or use a finder and Roland's latest quick alignment...
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sroberts84
Jul 4, 2011 9:08 pm
Hello All, I'm a visual-only observer and normally use the polar alignment scope to get pretty good alignment that allows for accurate pointing. I thought I'd...
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Anthony Ayiomamitis
ayiomamitis
Jul 4, 2011 6:04 pm
Hi John, What you are seeing is the wind doing its damage. As much as I wish for it to be tracking error since it can easily be corrected on the spot, it is...
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john gleason
dvjbaja
Jul 4, 2011 5:29 pm
Nicel little soap bubble Anthony, but it looks like you had a little tracking error? jg...
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Anthony Ayiomamitis
ayiomamitis
Jul 4, 2011 4:15 pm
Hi Jeff, Did you say 16" Mak-Cass? Give me a minute to wipe the drool off the keyboard, for these planetaries are ideal for such large-aperture long focal...
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Jeff Young
jeybball
Jul 4, 2011 4:03 pm
Nice one, Anthony! I've tried for it visually (16" Mak-Cass), but without success. Jeff....
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DBogan3220@...
dbogan3220
Jul 4, 2011 5:30 am
I use the 50mm correct image finder scope available from Stallarvue. _http://www.stellarvue.com/f50.html_ (http://www.stellarvue.com/f50.html) Stellarvue’s...
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CurtisC
die_nullte
Jul 4, 2011 2:05 am
I don't care what happens to the alignment of the finder scope after I've done polar alignment (using quick-drift). I usually remove it. The finder I'm using...
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photonphisher
Jul 4, 2011 2:03 am
Hi Ray, Thanks for the explanation. I should have not put PEMPro and PAM in the same bucket - PAM was the one giving me wildly varying numbers but with PEMPro,...
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Anthony Ayiomamitis
ayiomamitis
Jul 4, 2011 12:59 am
Dear group, Battling variable transparency and noticeable winds this evening while in pursuit of the spherical and dim planetary nebula Abell 39 in Hercules....
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Ray Gralak
raygralak
Jul 3, 2011 5:53 pm
... Sorry, I meant Parijat! -Ray Gralak...
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Ray Gralak
raygralak
Jul 3, 2011 5:51 pm
Hi Parajit, ... PEMPro and PoleAlignMax use fundamentally different polar alignment methods. PEMPro essentially uses electronic (i.e. uses a CCD) drift...
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photonphisher
Jul 3, 2011 5:25 pm
Hi Curtis, That is true, before darkness I have not missed the illuminated reticle. However, there were a few times I had to do in darkness and it was hard to...
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photonphisher
Jul 3, 2011 5:16 pm
Hi Suresh, Initially it felt that there are a lot of steps to remember in this procedure. But after a few tries, I understood what it was doing and it seems...
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Suresh Mohan
swashyasuresh
Jul 3, 2011 5:13 am
Parijat , I don't know what I'm doing wrong,till date I can't seem to get RA part correctly .let me read it again, PEmpro has made me lazy a bit . Suresh Sent...
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CurtisC
die_nullte
Jul 3, 2011 5:07 am
I usually do this procedure before complete darkness, so an illuminated reticle isn't usually necessary. Any decent optical finder that you'd feel comfortable...
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photonphisher
Jul 3, 2011 2:00 am
I am quite impressed by Roland's quick drift polar alignment procedure using only the finder-scope and keypad on the AP1200 mount. Having fiddled with PAM and...
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Ray Gralak
raygralak
Jul 1, 2011 1:38 pm
Hi Roland, I just got a chance to look at this, and Wow! It is impressive how deep the RHA's F/3.9 takes you in that amount of exposure time! Nice job! -Ray...
