Hi All, Dennis and student volunteers from Blinn organized an open solar viewing session at the Brazos Center today Oct 7 2006. I hung out with them most of...
Anjal, Thanks for posting the pictures! I hate to miss BRASS events, but we had to go out of town. Judy ... Dobs ... filter ... Solarmax40 ... people...this ...
Anjal, Thanks for the report and the images. It looks like a good time was had by all. I am sorry I missed it. Mark ... Dobs ... filter ... Solarmax40 ... ...
Mark and Judy, Thank you. Don't worry about missing this event. Dennis is planning another solar viewing event on October 21st 2006 at the Childrens Museum in...
Charlie and I will be out in the observatory tonight if anyone wants to stop by. It is suppose to be clear and cold. Perfect observing weather! Call us at...
Thanks, Judy, but I think that I will work here tonight. Don ... Don E. Bray, Ph.D., P. E. Don E. Bray, Inc. Mail P. O. Box 10315, College Station, Texas...
I'm working on the Stardust project and am wondering just how large (or small) these objects really are. The screen has a 100 micron scale on it, but I would...
Judy, It's pretty small. Micron is short for micrometer and is defined as one millionth of one meter, i.e., 1/1,000,000 meter. Since a millimeter is 1/1,000 of...
Judy, 1 micron = 0.001 mm. So, 100 micron = 0.1 mm. 25.4 mm = 1 inch. So, 0.1 mm = 100 microns = 0.00394 inch. It's pretty small. For reference, Saran...
Thanks, Will and Anjal! I knew that these things were small, but I really didn't think they were that small. I keep finding things that look like insect...
Hi Judy, I was wondering if the star party is still on for tonight at your observatory. If it is, I was wondering if it would be okay for me to bring my wife...
Anjal, For some reason this message didn't go to my regular email and I just checked the website today. I really appreciate all your help Friday night! We...
Dear Judy, Thank you so much for hosting the party. It was a lot of fun and the catfish was great. I went out last night for a bit and got a few images of the...
You're welcome, Mark. We really enjoyed it. Judy Dear Judy, Thank you so much for hosting the party. It was a lot of fun and the catfish was great. I went...
Judy, Elizabeth and I certainly enjoyed your hospitality Friday night. We headed up to Dallas Saturday morning and am just not getting up to speed for the...
Hi Don, I wish I could have visited with you and Elizabeth more. There were a lot of people who had never looked through a telescope and I felt like I had to...
I will be out tonight and anyone that wants to come out is welcome. Dress warm! I will be doing some imaging with the CCD on the TAK 130. We are located on...
Hi All, We had an amazing time last night at Mark's Observatory. Judy, I and Neil showed up and Mark showed us his imaging rig. He used it to capture an...
Thanks, Mark. I was out of town this weekend. Don ... Don E. Bray, Ph.D., P. E. Don E. Bray, Inc. Mail P. O. Box 10315, College Station, Texas 77842-0315 Ship...
I am glad you guys could come out. I certainly had fun. Your images are amazing. Mark ... and ... was ... shot ... have ... We ... and ... object ... Sky90 ...
Judy, Glad you like the pix. FYI those were shot with an ISO of 3200. The noise is acceptable even in the individual frames, because of the low ambient...
Thanks, Judy. I particularly appreciate that since at the last minute I had to go to Spokane. I took welding goggles, which worked fine, but I only had a pair...
I just posted a close up of the Veil Nebula in the Regina Caelorum folder. I took this on Sunday, 12 November and I think it came out pretty good given the...
Thanks, Judy I made around ten 40 second exposures in red, green, blue, and unfiltered. I say "around ten" because I had to throw some out because of clouds. ...
Yes, I would say that it came out very well. Thanks for posting it. Don ... Don E. Bray, Ph.D., P. E. Don E. Bray, Inc. Mail P. O. Box 10315, College Station,...
Mark, That's not bad at all. Forty second exposures probably don't even require guiding, unless your mount has really large PE. How did you process the RAW...
