Tonight from 7:32 to 7:35 the Space Station will make a pass over us at mag. -0.9. It should start in the northwest between Cassiopeia and Cepheus and...
Hi Gang, I acquired a Logitech Fusion Webcam recently. This webcam has a 1.3 megapixel (1280x960) sensor, unlike my Phillips Toucam pro which has a 0.3...
Don, That's a nice image of Saturn. What conditions were used to take it, and what scope did you use? I'd love to see your setup sometime, and maybe play...
Anjal, Thanks for your comments. The key to getting better images is, as you pointed out in the discussion of your latest Saturn image, to simply to get as...
Anjal, I haven't thought about the optical setup too much, other than the goal of getting the image as big as possible with what I have to work with. But,...
Don, Actually digiscoping knocks down image quality a lot. What you are doing with digiscoping is taking a magnified image of an image at the eyepiece....
Anjal, Those are good comments. I do take individual frames, not video, using a clamp to hold down the shutter button. It will run as long as the disk space...
Instead of the regular BRASS/BVAC meeting this month we are planning a Messier Marathon at the TAMU Observatory on Saturday, March 17. We'll be sending out...
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BRASS/BVCA Members: We hope you will join us for our first ever Messier Marathon on Saturday, March 17, 7:30 p.m. at the TAMU Observatory. For those of you who...
Glad to meet you, Kelsey Hope to see you again soon. Thanks Mark _____ From: brazosastro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:brazosastro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Stephen Hawking will be lecturing here on April 15! I couldn't get tickets last time he was here and missed it. The tickets won't be available at the MSC...
I live in a well lit neighborhood with a lot of trees so if I want to do any serious observing, I have to go somewhere else. Does anyone know of a good ...
Kelsey, I have the exact same situation. On occasion, some club members who live under reasonably dark skies kindly invite me out to view with them. Other...
Kelsey, Your M37 is great! Thanks for posting. Anjal uses a Digital Rebel too. I just got one for Christmas, but I haven't had time to learn to use it yet....
Thanks for the compliments and invite. I'm a stay at home parent so my schedule is pretty much open so all I'm at the mercy of are clear skies. I took that...
Not bad Kelsey, not bad at all. You must have manually guided your five minute exposure since there is very little star trailing. Try using much higher ISO...
I'm hoping that using a higher ISO will bring out more color too. There seems to be a disproportionate number of bluish stars in my picture though you can see...
Kelsey, I re-processed your attached image of M37. I used photoshop and now as you can see the star colors are much better defined. The reddish brown sky is...
Hi Kelsey, Sorry it has taken me so long to respond but I have been traveling a lot lately. Anyway, you were asking about a dark sky sites and I have a pretty...
Hi All, Kelsey and I were observing last night just outside Will Sager's house. I had my C8 SCT mounted on the celestron CG5-goto mount, with the Takahashi...
Anjal, Sorry to hear about your accident! Hope everything turns out ok. I went out about 8:30 last night but it was cloudy out here. I went back inside and...
Anjal, I am so sorry to read this. I have had this fear myself, especially when I took the TOA down the other day. I know the feeling. I had a 19' sail boat...
Anjal, Sorry to read of the disaster, but from your account your are a calmer man that I would be in the same situation. Don ... Don E. Bray, Ph.D., P. E. Don...
