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Hi Serena, I'm using a Philips Toucam Pro model 740. I took the insides out and mounted it in a plastic work box I bought and Radio Shack, a local electronics...
Cal Sandfort
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Feb 2, 2003
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Very nice job on both with lots of detail... Also shows that focus is not a problem for you :) buen cielo, Dan NM ... get ... fixed ... make ... planet ... ...
Dan Wolk <dorc@...>
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Feb 9, 2003
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Cal! Good to see you here on the web again. Great images. I still have yet to get the nack of getting good planetary shots: you have mastered it!. ~johnb...
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Two new images of a couple of favorite subjects... M-1 Crab Nebula http://www.regulusastro.com/regulus/photos/text/m1rgbcn212.html M-42 Orion Nebula ...
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Thanks John. I couldn't get a decent planet image myself until I took off the expensive CCD camera and imaged through a $80.00 webcam. I wish now that I could...
Cal Sandfort
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Feb 10, 2003
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One of the challenges I've set myself is to photograph a galaxy such as ngc 1566. This is a spiral galaxy about 8 arcmins in apparent diameter situated around...
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Feb 18, 2003
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... such ... magnitude ... the ... Hi Serena, Excellent image!! good detail in the spiral arms, I'd be very happy with your image. What software are you using...
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Hi Janet, Thanks for your nice comment. Guess I'm comparing the image with one of a similar size and brightness galaxy in the SBIG advertisement in Feb S&T....
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Feb 18, 2003
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Finished processing this one today. The snow is coming down pretty hard, so hopefully this will remind people of the wonderful clear skies of New Hampshire...
unukalhai
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Feb 22, 2003
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Ah, Mr Bode should have looked more closely before he called it a nebula ;-) Very nice image. Good detail in the periphery. Incidentally, SkyChart III says...
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Feb 23, 2003
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Sweet Image :) Are you taking multiple images and combining them or just single shots? Dan NM...
Dan Wolk <dorc@...>
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Feb 23, 2003
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Ahhhh Mr Bode would have been pleased. If he only had the availability of CCD equipment! Yep - I have been having a difficult time finding the "truth" as to...
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Feb 23, 2003
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Hi Dan, Ahhh hah! The secrets of CCD imaging being revealed. <kidding>. The luminance images were a combination of 5-minute integrations. I have troubles with...
unukalhai
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Feb 23, 2003
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For those who are interested in the snow and ice recently dumped on us in New England, I have uploaded a jpg shot of the observatory. Pretty unhappy looking....
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Feb 23, 2003
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That's a pretty "sad sack" looking observatory :-) Does the inside stay dry? I wish we had some of the moisture with the emphasis on "some". Spring is just...
Cal Sandfort
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Feb 23, 2003
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We finally have clear weather so I took this image of M1. I decided to go back to color images for awhile but now know why I quit. Gradients from light...
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Feb 24, 2003
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OK John, you've got me tricked. Where is that photo of the snow laden observatory? I've looked through every album "of this group". Serena ... us ... Pretty...
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Feb 25, 2003
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Great shot of the Crab there Cal. Yes - understood about the issues surrounding color CCD imaging. I also have serious gradient problems especially in the...
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Mar 4, 2003
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... Hi Cal, That is really a stunning image. Not taken with your webcam, I see. Serena...
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Mar 11, 2003
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Hey all, I just posted my new web page. Please check it out and let me know what you think. http://astrnmr.netfirms.com Robert...
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Apr 6, 2003
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Hello, I need astronomy movies(DVD, VIDEO, AVI etc.)in 3D staill. Does any one know where I can get/download astronomy and space movies? Especially in 3D? Kind...
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Apr 19, 2003
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... to ... Nice image Cal .Real sharp. Did you add a red in the processing? My image of M1 has more of a yellow color. Larry...
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Apr 28, 2003
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Thanks Larry. I recently purchased a new monitor because the old monitor turned anything gray to a sickly purple color so processing images was difficult. I...
Cal Sandfort
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Apr 29, 2003
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Well, these past few nights have been clear enough to allow for some quick imaging sessions. I should have been collimating a C-14 <sigh> but I didn't have the...
John A. Blackwell
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May 21, 2003
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Hi John, do you see the same sort of star when you are observeing? The blooming I can understand but the little smear to the left of the star puzzels me Larry...
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May 28, 2003
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That is coma... a classic case of it. Newtonians will show that, especially with stars on the edge of the field and when using instruments so sensitive as...
John A. Blackwell
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May 29, 2003
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Hi John. Your images got me interested in the problem with the newtonians. I checked one out in the club and it had the same coma. I'm told it is the clips...
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May 30, 2003
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Hi Larry, Clips can often produce very odd and unwanted image distortion in any telescope system, but the coma in Newtonians is not caused by the clips. If...
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May 31, 2003
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Hey John I really enjoy reading what you have to say . How else would I learn what others are doing and thinking? Larry [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Hello Cal, Well I've now bought a Philips Toucam 740K. However when I try to load an .AVI file into Registax it says "cannot decompress first image" (or...
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