Here's my stab: You can easily spend most of your time polar aligning and focusing, so you want to buy equipment to minimize that. Some deep sky objects can be...
Did some more testing with the STL-11000 camera on the FCT-150 tonight. Despite rather bad conditions (more than half-full moon, high clouds, for a visual...
- Very nice Ron. -- In ccd-newastro@yahoogroups.com, "Wodaski - Yahoo" <yahoo@w...> ... tonight. ... clouds, for a ... image of ... distance ... well though ...
... Divide the budget by 3.5. Then look at one part for the mount, one for the scope, one for the camera, and the remainder for the other parts. A lot is...
... Some of the focus routines will work, but the results vary across the sky. Have a look at: http://www.aquest-inc.com/PCFocus-LX.htm This is a shaft encoder...
... I was waiting for someone to mention this. <G> I totally agree. It takes many hours to learn how to image, more hours to get everything tweaked, and still...
hi, First order of business Happy New Year to each and all on this group. I agree with Mark that a SCT with a good wedge and AO is a very capable system and...
Hi Ron, That camera is just amazing with it's FOV. Many of the "old" objects will take on a new look as we get to see more results from this camera. At f5 the...
Hi Everyone and Happy New Year! Howard I sent you an email off line but also want to post to the group the offer to let them give you there opinion. I am...
Thanks - I'm feeling the same way. I sold this scope to my neighbor, Mike Rice, this past summer to finance the 20" RC. I'm missing it a great deal just about...
I agree. It's nice to image at f/5. But keep in mind that we had pretty awful clouds last night; on a clear night, I would have gone much deeper. Ron Wodaski ...
Happy New Year everyone: I was out with my family until 1 AM but found my second wind to image 4 hours of the Cone Nebula region. Original: 1302 x 1022 pixels ...
Back in September I posted a note on this subject and received a lot of great feedback. I took all the advice including balance, drive training, polar...
Nice results. It seems a little thin for the exposure time; I wonder if the LSF is blocking some Ha? (I'm assuming LSF is "light suppression filter" or some...
Hi Ron: Yes, light suppression filter. I haven't seen you use the term "whole-image processing" before but you have exactly stated the situation that many of...
Hi dan, An RF choke is not the same as a ferrite core. The RF choke needs to be wired in series with the power lead. It has a large resistance (impedance) to...
Ron, Nice images and congrats on the new camera. Have you measured the amount of back focus that it adds to the imaging train yet so you can figure out which ...
According to the SBIG site, the setup with filters and the 2" nosepiece yields back focus of 1.67". 0.20" of that is the nosepiece, which I will not use on the...
Very nice Ron. That is the type of CCD that I plan for my FCT. Let me know what it takes to get the F/5 reducer mated at the correct distance. Randy ...
Michael, That is a very nice system (and matches exactly the option 2 I mentioned in my first response last night). It would be an excellent way to enter this...
Gary, What focal length are you imaging at, and what camera are you using? It is a rare LX200 that can successfully image at very high resolution without and ...
Here is a different approach to yours and your freinds desire to enter the hobby of imaging. I have to agree with one of the posts that I wouldnt want to go...
Thanks Dan: I've wanted to get something big up on my walls and also try one of the professional photographic printing processes out. I just didn't think that...
Darrell brings up another very interesting alternative. The pros are that, as he mentioned, you can start today, not even tonight! But right now, if you use...
1. Balance Put the OTA parallel to the ground. Adjust the weights so that with the clutch off, the OTA stays level and has equal weight in the front and the...
Thanks. If you are going to use the 2" nosepiece, then there is nothing at all to do. Just use the Tak 2" adapter (with the two set screws) and the camera will...
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