Very nice image, Don. What camera are you using? Judy...
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Don E. Bray
debclltx
Jun 8, 2007 2:26 pm
Thanks, Judy. Canon S2Is, but I did use a tripod this time. Would surely like to add Mercury to the group, but it is real hard to locate low in the sky, near...
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jculver77801
Jun 11, 2007 9:05 pm
BRASS/BVAC joint meeting Friday June15 WHEN 7:30 PM to 9 ish. WHERE: In "The Lodge" the meeting room located in the new Gander Mountain store off HWY 6 loop. ...
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jculver77801
Jun 14, 2007 1:09 pm
Guess who's club is featured on the Night Sky Network web page today? http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/ Judy...
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Don E. Bray
debclltx
Jun 14, 2007 1:27 pm
See Dennis attentive profile, which is the first clue. Congratulations. Don ... Don E. Bray, Ph.D., P. E. Don E. Bray, Inc. Mail P. O. Box 10315, College...
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Judy Culver
jculver77801
Jun 14, 2007 1:47 pm
Don, I see that you got some imaging done this week. I wish that this group would send out a notice when new images are posted. Did you use a filter on Venus?...
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Don E. Bray
debclltx
Jun 14, 2007 3:54 pm
Judy, I don't use a filter for the photos but I reduced the ISO speed for the camera to get this latest. The first one a few weeks ago was shot at ISO 400 and...
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anjal_sharma
Jun 14, 2007 7:05 pm
Don, Good work on Venus. That's a hard sucker to expose well because of it's large dynamic range going from the brightest portions to the much dimmer edges,...
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anjal_sharma
Jun 14, 2007 7:26 pm
Hi All, For those of you who don't know, there is an astronomy club in Huntsville, TX which goes by the name of the Huntsville Amatuer Astronomy Society....
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Don E. Bray
debclltx
Jun 14, 2007 7:48 pm
Anjal, Thanks for your comments. By atmospheric dispersion do you mean the bandwidth effects of the size of the Orion reflector and/or the natural filtering...
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anjal_sharma
Jun 14, 2007 10:04 pm
Don, By atmospheric dispersion, I mean natural dispersion of wavelengths when they travel through the atmosphere. That's because air unlike vacuum doesn't...
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Don E. Bray
debclltx
Jun 15, 2007 2:01 pm
Anjal, Thanks for the comments on atmospheric dispersion. I had not taken any photos with a planet down low in the horizon, and had not encountered that...
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debclltx
Jun 16, 2007 9:27 pm
Anjal, What was the goal that you were trying to achieve in the demo of the rubber stamp tool last night? Thanks for a very useful demo. Don...
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anjal_sharma
Jun 17, 2007 4:24 pm
Don, The purpose was to demonstrate that it is possible to clone areas in an image with other areas in the same image, in addition to "removing"; bright stars...
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anjal_sharma
Jun 17, 2007 5:24 pm
Hi All, I took a trip to Huntsville, TX last evening to attend the monthly meeting of the Huntsville Amatuer Astronomy Society. The meeting was held at...
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Don E. Bray
debclltx
Jun 17, 2007 6:59 pm
Anjal, Very good, that is what I was looking for. I knew that there was some "clean up the image" purpose, but had forgotten the gradient mask application....
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Judy Culver
jculver77801
Jun 17, 2007 7:35 pm
Anjal, Thanks for the report on the Huntsville meeting. It would be great to have observing sessions with them! All we need is some clear nights! Thanks for...
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star2_watch
Jun 17, 2007 8:31 pm
Hello, my name is Mike Prokosch. I am from the Huntsville Amateur Astronomy Society. I had the pleasure of meeting with Anjal last night. He has already...
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Judy Culver
jculver77801
Jun 17, 2007 11:06 pm
Hi, Mike. Welcome to our group! The observing session sounds like fun. Maybe these clouds will go away soon. Our club meets on the 3rd Friday of every month...
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anjal_sharma
Jun 18, 2007 12:46 am
Welcome to the group Mike. I look forward to continue my interactions with you and the group in Huntsville. A joint observing session would be a great idea....
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Mark Spearman
brazosastro
Jun 18, 2007 2:49 pm
Welcome, Mike A joint meeting sounds very good. Unfortunately, my travel schedule, the moon, and the clouds have conspired to keep me from observing much this...
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anjal_sharma
Jun 18, 2007 6:12 pm
Hi All, Since my talk at the Monthly meeting raised some level of interest from participants, I have prepared essentially a recap of what we discussed during...
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Don E. Bray
debclltx
Jun 18, 2007 7:20 pm
Anjal,, This is an extraordinary effort on your part, and I greatly appreciate your efforts to get it out. Don ... Don E. Bray, Ph.D., P. E. Don E. Bray, Inc. ...
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anjal_sharma
Jun 18, 2007 8:22 pm
No Problem Don. If y'all can benefit from this document I'll consider myself fully compensated. Thanks. Anjal. ... From: Don E. Bray <debray1@...> To:...
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jculver77801
Jun 20, 2007 3:55 pm
Did any of you happen to get a glimpse of the Shuttle/ISS pass last night? It only lasted a couple of seconds, but it was pretty cool! It's just neat to see...
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brazosastro@yahoogrou...
Jun 20, 2007 10:40 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the brazosastro group. File :...
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jculver77801
Jun 21, 2007 4:01 pm
Thought some of you might be interested in this. http://www.uta.edu/planetarium/Pages/Events/index.htm Judy...
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anjal_sharma
Jun 22, 2007 8:59 pm
Hi All, I'm asking the group for suggestions for a name for our club newsletter. Please email me your suggestions for a name no later than Friday June 29,...
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Judy Culver
jculver77801
Jun 22, 2007 9:32 pm
This sounds great, Anjal! I can't wait for the first issue. Judy anjal_sharma <anjal_sharma@...> wrote: Hi All, I'm asking the group for suggestions for...
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Mark Spearman
brazosastro
Jun 22, 2007 9:52 pm
Those sound fine to me. How about The Observer? Mark From: brazosastro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:brazosastro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Judy Culver Sent:...
