I'm having a problem with RA tracking with my new Gemini G-11. I performed the polar align procedure that got me aligned within 2.5 arcseconds of the pole....
Hi Steve: Have you received an expert answer to this? My NON-expert response would be: Are you using a one-shot color/DSLR camera or a monochrome? If...
Hello all, My first image of Viel nebulae and I begin with ngc6960. It is an HaRGB with my TEC140 and the ST10xme on Paramount ME. Ha Astrodon : 12x10mn +...
Hi Group, I realized this week-end that I could not use the autoguiding chip of my ST2k with a Ha filter on because the filter was dimming the star so much...
Obtained over the last few weeks (in between monsoonal thunderstorms). AP 155 EDF f/7 STL-11000M (HaR)RGB (200,60):60:60:60 min. RGB Bin x 2 Astrodon filters ...
Greetings Folks. I've completed coding on the FWHM display plugin for CCDSoft, and would like to request a few more beta-testers to help test it before openly...
Back in late June, we announced our new free ACP Planner™. In case you haven't yet looked at Planner, we've just produced a couple of Planner videos. These...
Hi all, I have been considering buying a Zenithstar 66 Semi-Apo as a 2nd scope for narrow band wide field imaging. Currently I have a TV85 which gives me 480mm...
Hi all Interesting situation I have come across. I have just taken 50 minutes each of RGB data on an image, and the both the Green and Blue individual frames...
A guy could grow old waiting for the fog to clear around here! I had been working on new data for the Helix, and got as far as the H-alpha -- then the fog...
Seeing was poor last night but at least I could see some stars, which is an infrequent treat. The full moon dictated a narrow band target, of course. This...
I've been trying to pull some assorted M 27 data into one decent image. I think I've mixed the channels properly, but for the life of me, I can't get a...
Hi all, I am looking for some advice. My green filter invariably has a "reflection halo" around each bright star. It appears to follow the curvature of the...
I have been perusing the archives for help on a calibration problem, and have found some good advice, but nothing that matches completely the problem I'm...
I'm getting my gear ready for a star party at Table Mountain this weekend. I'm bringing my LX90 and will piggyback my Orion 80ED on the back for some...
Question for Ron.... I bought "the book" a few weeks ago from Amazon. I managed to throw away the receipt, so as proof that I purchased the book - so I can ...
Hi everyone, I have previously posted this message on both the Yahoo group for Gemini users and Titan mount users. One of the replies suggested that I also try...
Everyone has one of these in their image gallery. I finally got one that I'm not ashamed to post. ST10XME on a 12" reflector at f/9 4 hours Ha, 6nm, in...
Hello list, How does one scale an image to get the same background sky brightness between two separate images - is this achieved by using a logarithmic scale...
The fast relative motion of 2.9 arc seconds per minute makes for an interesting imaging challenge and a great movie opportunity. Images comprise 52 x 2 minutes...
Thanks to all who helped me with my CCDSoft calibration problem. With your help, I have successfully calibrated my C8/ST2000/G11 setup. When I attempted...
Hi All, Here is an image of IC1318b taken with an SXV-H9C camera, Epsilon-210 on an NJP mount. It is a sum of sixty-nine 1 minute images, unguided. ...
HI I finished up my m27 shot last night getting the oIII. I also shot the Hb....when i combined the hb in there as the blue it wasn't any different than using...
I have been perusing the archives for help on a calibration problem, and have found some good advice, but nothing that matches completely the problem I'm...
Dear all, I am new to CCD autoguiding and have just bought ST402XME after I upgrade from Guidedog (which in itself is a fine freeware but takes some time to...
So I had my new ST-2000XM camera out last night for the first time. Of course the clouds rolled in before I could get much done! I do have a question about...
Dear all, This is the 1st attempt to test out the sensitivity of ST402XME as an imaging device under Orion 80ED. Date : 26-07-2005 Scope : Orion 80ED F7.5 ...
30 July. Sharpless 2-101 is a small emission nebula that lies in our line of sight to the larger dark nebula B144. I like that the FOV offers bright stars ...
I have a CGE1100 with a Fastar Lens with a StarlightXpress SXV-M8C camera with seperate guide camera. I have MaximDL V4.10, TheSky6, Maxpoint, run an...
Hi all, Last night, I attempted imaging with the following combination: Imager: SBIG ST-8XE (USB) Guider: SBIG ST-7E (Parallel) Mount: Takahashi EM200 I was...
