Hi:<br><br>I know there is one main site for Meade scopes, (i forget now!), but I am looking for other forums with lx50 users; any links you can supply here...
mr gray, you should check through <a href=http://www.mapug.com target=new>http://www.mapug.com</a> and search for LX50 topics. There are LX50 user discussion...
mr gray, when doing a general search you'll get better results with "Meade LX50" than with just "LX50" (there is other stuff called LX50). Perhaps <a...
I've been gone south much of the winter but returned to a lot of nice images from this group "and" clear weather. So, I set up my scope and took this image: <a...
Hi Cal, yes, if only spring would arrive. I am tired of the chipping of ice from the dome. No fun at all. ;-) Anyway - nice shot of 2174. I am working on a ...
Hi John, Thank you for your comment. I did IC 443 last November. However, it has a big, bright, ugly star in the frame and I am going to try again. You can see...
Hi Cal, yes - I just took a look at yout 443 image: nice! I see what you mean about the larger star diameter. I also remember that we had a discussion about ...
Well - I think I got this one done right, after some three years of trying. This is an LRGB image using the FSQ-106n at f/5 with the ST7 non-E non-ABG. Times...
That's a beautiful shot of the Horsehead John. I want to get back to color but the weather only gives me a hour or two every few nights. I can live with ...
Hi John,<br><br>I forgot to answer your question about the 48mm nosepiece. I use a JMI motorized focuser on my FSQ. But I can't get it to come to focus if I ...
Thanks Serena and Cal for the kind words. I think that was the best color image I have taken in a long time. The integration time makes a lot of difference to ...
Cal, ah yes, I forgot that you were using the JMI focuser. I have tried that, but have left the JMI on my C-8 instead. With my FSQ, I have less than a mm of ...
Since it is Valentine's day I thought I would go for the Rose(tte) Nebula. This is 80 (8x10) minutes with my FSQ-106, ST-10e and H-alpha filter. <br><br><a...
Cal, excellent shot of the Rose. I have spent many a nights trying to capture it with my C102 and ST-6. Don't even get close to it. Very nice. I enjoy...
Thank you Robert. I had fun getting this object. Keep at it with your C102. I tried this many times in the past with not so great success myself.<br><br>Thanks...
Definately not as bright as the Rosette, this image could use some more time but I was very happy with the detail I got from a 4" scope. If the weather holds...
Hi Cal,<br>You finally got yourself some clear skies eh? Good deal! Thar Rosette shot was great! Ok - so you have convinced me that an H-alpha filter is ...
Thank you very much John. I would like to get a little more time on the Cone but the weather says otherwise. <br><br>I have not received my 2" filter yet. I ...
Well, maybe not all that obscure, though this is a faint one. I suspect that I will try it again with a larger diameter scope. This is the Medusa Nebula in...
Now this is interesting! And a very nice image too. Is it a single shot or combined? The stars are perfectly round!!<br><br>I just received my new shiny H-a ...
John, it is obscure enough for me not to be able to find it on SkyChart III - so maybe I do need TheSky? What magnitude is it? Good image too. An H-a filter...
Hi Cal, thanks fo the kind words. It is true that theSKy shows a lot of objects, particularly nebulae, and very much so with planetary nebulae... as small blue...
Hi Serena, I guess it is somewhat of an odd nebula, though it does have a name (Medusa). I see it as a small blue dot in theSky software. theSky says that it...
Hi John,<br><br>I used to have my computer on a cart so I could move it around the central pier as I pointed the scope in different directions. I found that ...
Cal, OK - your email really helped to clarify how you are doing things in the dome. Looks like a good plan... much of which I had not thought of doing. You ...
Hello everyone its been a while since i even took pics of the astros. Now i got a new digital camera the Kodak DX3600 camera and i am experimenting with sky...
... i ... Nico, Beautiful photo!! I am very impressed with these digital cameras. If you have a telescope try the planets and the moon, I have seen some ...
Hi Janet, Thank you very much for your great reply :-) Yes i am very happy at these cameras sometimes i think these cameras take better pics then ordinary...
Okey these are my very newest photos and more astronomy related! I took 3 more shots of Jupiter using my color qcam VC under 2 x barlow with my 10" LX50 SCT...
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