Omer, Is there any information on how the group will depart for Saiful Maluk, i mean what is the mode of transport (Bus, van etc.), and how many people are...
Nothing much could be done about it, its a global phenomenon. Every major city in the world suffers from it. Many factors contribute to it, including burning...
Salman is right..but there are few tips that can help: The best is to use a visual Light pollution filter or Broadband filter. They do reduce the skyglow, city...
Thanks Salman, thanks Umair. What if, just maybe, if all lights used are of sodium vapour type and while photographing we somehow subtract the two wavelengths...
Or, every static light source has a polarising filter in one plane and while photographying, one uses a polarizer with appropriate axis twist and cancel the...
The stars are in all sorts of colours! ... From: ikhanr74 To: PakAstronomers@yahoogroups.com ; astronomy-atLAST@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2008...
Subtracting one image from another is very easy..and during the processing we do it all the time..so yes i think thats possible. I am not expert on your second...
The results are amazing - but more amazing is your description! BTW, what are you using to get the water temp. down to 20 degrees? And how do you plan to go...
Thanks Omer..Its not the water temperature going below zero..its the thermoelectric cooling feature builtin in the camera itself. The ambient water, circulates...
I think the working Principle of the Broad Band Filter , Visual Light Filters is basically Filtering out useful light through polarization. the Filter lenses...
Thanks for not laughing at my ideas. Do you really own the largest telescope in Pakistan?! What is the dia of the mirror and what is the f number and where is...
Someone told me that SUPARCO has 16" scope but they dont use it. Khalid Merwet has 18" dobsonian. I think he is now in karachi. I have Celestron C14, f11. But...
All: I have read, that somewhere in the states, like minded astronomers have been able to create such bodies who have lobbied on a state level with the civic...
Perhaps Sajid is mentioning Dark Sky Association. They emphasis on using Sodium Lights as Street Lamps. Not lighting up more bulbs etc then needed. Installing...
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Please follow Files-Umair Asim-M16: I have added another image as M16.jpg This is my second attempt..I spend 3 hours on processing it..If you compare it with...
There is great detail in the nebulosity. ... From: Umair To: astronomy-atLAST@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2008 12:39 a Subject: [astronomy-atLAST]...
I have never been to "Thandiani" but my parents have. They sneaked a trip without me. Near Abbotabad I think and they say it was remarkably cool there. ... ...
Once while slleeping under the sky at Lundi Kotal, I started looking at the stars with a small 35 mm binocular. I was stunned and spell bound by the number of...
SUre it is..I was wondering..if LHR can give this kind of resolution..how would Thandiani treet us! :) I would definitely go there with all my equipment for a...
Dear Umair, I am very much fascinated with your image of M16. It is excellent for me and my soul. Thanks to provide some food for my thirsty soul and inner...
Assalamo Alaikum Umair, It is indeed a wonderful image, and a definite improvement over the last one. Maybe you can combine the last one and this one to...
Are you talking about the horizontal black threads? If yes then those threads are actually a defect Tasmin..Should not be there at the first place..So I...
hello all, after nearly a year of planning/dreaming/babbling/cursing etc, my telescope has finally arrived and it is in my custody. it took an hour to assemble...
Hi Saqib, Congratulation to get a big instrument for astronomy. I think you really enjoy a lot with it. Hopefully in next coming days you will find clear sky. ...