Well, first, Peter Ceravolo is one of the top optical designers around, and he's fabricated some very nice scopes over the years. So on reputation alone, one...
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eja24601
Nov 2, 2007 4:19 pm
Hi all, Here's my one and only attempt at Holmes so far, taken this past Monday, Oct. 29, from my backyard. I shot an LRGB sequence with 30-second subs, only...
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Neil Fleming
neilfleming
Nov 2, 2007 4:42 pm
After my initial run at this object, and after seeing Dean's shot, I decided to go a little deeper to see if anything else was there. This is processed from a...
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Rick Wiggins
meunage
Nov 2, 2007 4:56 pm
Hi Ron, Thanks for the great homework and resulting links. It appears as if MEADE has taken the generalized US corporate approach to business management...that...
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rwodaski
Nov 2, 2007 7:30 pm
It's not just a US corporate approach; I'm dealing with other companies in the astronomy business overseas who seem unable to control the variables that would...
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Bill Bradford
bbradf85
Nov 2, 2007 8:17 pm
Hi Neil, Now I know what an excellent deep field Ha image looks like. The detail is remarkable. Bill ... From: "Neil Fleming" <neilfleming@...> To:...
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Rick Wiggins
meunage
Nov 2, 2007 8:21 pm
Hi Ron, I agree with you Ron. It seems like you have a very good understanding of the business model and what metrics to watch. The amateur telescope market is...
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Neil Fleming
neilfleming
Nov 2, 2007 9:05 pm
Many thanks, Bill. ... www.flemingastrophotography.com Direct from Boston - brilliant diamonds in pea soup Also check out the astro_narrowband Yahoo group!...
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dcroff453
Nov 2, 2007 9:45 pm
Hi Neil, That's deep alright. Very faint details. I bet your computer is glad your done. I can do about 21 STL11k frames at a time, but it is real slow. ...
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dean_rw
Nov 3, 2007 12:04 am
Hi Chris. No, I didn't report it and I don't recall just what I was doing. I'm a few releases behind, so maybe they've addressed whatever it was. Dean ... Have...
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sforster12
Nov 3, 2007 12:04 am
Ron, I did finally find a price at $19,000 for the Ceravolo scope. The specs are awesome. The Tak BRC at F-5 and 10" diameter would be more in line with my ...
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deepskyja
Nov 3, 2007 12:04 am
Hi Everybody, During this couple of week I saw a lot of pictures of the comet 17P Holmes took worldwide by astronomers. I have the opportunity to took mine. ...
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Jim Lafferty
shogunxp
Nov 3, 2007 12:17 am
I think you have a great question there. The photos i have seen on the nasa sites show the comet as a kind of golder yellow. When I shoot RGB's with my fsq and...
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rwodaski
Nov 3, 2007 12:18 am
The filters people use vary more than you would think in terms of several factors - total transmitted light; width of the passband; specific wavelength cutoffs...
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Richard Fabbri
skygazergps
Nov 3, 2007 1:35 am
Jim, Do not know the 'true' color. To the naked eye, Holmes looks yellow. But, in Canon 18x50-IS binoculars, Holmes looks big and blue! Similar Question: Has...
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rbgetz
Nov 3, 2007 1:50 am
HI all, I've been taking images of comet Holmes and using the blinking option in AA4 to show the difference in size, mag and structure over several nights....
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Mike Dodd
doddm2001
Nov 3, 2007 1:55 am
For the past several nights I've imaged M27 in narrowband light. The result is in the Nebulae section of my Web site (below), or directly here: ...
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Neil Fleming
neilfleming
Nov 3, 2007 2:01 am
Yeah, I thought that 38 STL-6303 frames would be pushing things a bit <g>. I got lucky, though. I'll update to Vista 64 in the next year, when things ...
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Don
donwaid
Nov 3, 2007 2:16 am
Mike, Glad to see your flexure problems are solved. There is a lot of faint nebulosity around M27. Check out Rob Gendler's deep image using Ha data. ...
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George Hall
georgedhall2002
Nov 3, 2007 2:21 am
It really exist. Look at Rob Gendlers deep shot of M27. http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M27NM.html George ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Eddy
eddydel5
Nov 3, 2007 7:25 am
Neil, As you noted in your caption, this is real deep H-alpha image. These examples are convincing me that you need to take your time when you really wants a...
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Murray Hammick
mphammick
Nov 3, 2007 8:27 am
This all sounds like the start of HG Wells' book - War of the Worlds. Is Holmes very unusual in not having a tail or is this relatively common ? Richard...
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Stephane Murphy
sym95734
Nov 3, 2007 12:16 pm
http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=530374 Stephane [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Jim Lafferty
shogunxp
Nov 3, 2007 1:24 pm
Im not sure that it doesnt have a tail. As i understand it, the comet is headed almost directly away from us and we are looking straight down the tail, as the...
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stardoctor5
Nov 3, 2007 3:31 pm
Dear group, I have begun imaging with the ST2000XM for bright nebula with bright stars. With the ST10 I had to limit exposures to 30 seconds to keep blooming...
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Jim Lafferty
shogunxp
Nov 3, 2007 3:37 pm
Ruben, Depending on your guiding results, you should be able to go a lot longer with the ST2000xm. I rarely shoot less than 20 min subs with this camera on...
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rwodaski
Nov 3, 2007 4:34 pm
Do you use MaxIm DL? It has the ability to create animations. Otherwise, you would need to purchase a tool specifically for creating either animated GIFs,...
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Murray Hammick
mphammick
Nov 3, 2007 4:49 pm
Cannot seem to access the second set of files stardoctor5 <stardoctor5@...> wrote: Dear group, I have begun imaging with the ST2000XM for bright nebula...
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rbgetz
Nov 3, 2007 5:06 pm
Hi Ron, I'm using AstroArt for now. Bud, gave me some leads to tools and I downloaded one this morning. You just gave me another reason why I want to move to...
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Neil Fleming
neilfleming
Nov 3, 2007 6:17 pm
Many thanks, Eddy! ... www.flemingastrophotography.com Direct from Boston - brilliant diamonds in pea soup Also check out the astro_narrowband Yahoo group!...
