Hello To All Have been down to Southold site about half a dozen times this summer. Met Steve...a real good source of info and learning how to use my scope...
To Greg Mother-in-law passed away 2 weeks ago so I can take my life off hold. You spoke about teaming up Suffolk County Amateur radio club for interest. Have...
Hi This coming Saturday, September 8th, from 8PM until midnight (at least), Custer will be hosting a star party. All the amateur astronomy organizations on ...
You should be able to see plenty of detail on Jupiter. If it is too bright you can try a variable polarizing filter to block some of the extraneous light. Also...
Hello Howie, Here is a link to filter use. http://www.go-astronomy.com/telescopes/planetary-filters.htm Let me know if you would like to borrow any Sat at...
A Telescope as Big as the Earth http://www.csiro.au/news/TelescopeNetworks.html A week ago, seven telescopes around the world were linked together to watch a...
Thanks, David. Just to be clear, this project involved *Radio* telescopes, not optical and, in spite of the technology involved, uses a concept that has been...
Well there is the possibility that quasars are the compact halo of matter surrounding the central supermassive black hole of a young galaxy. I'm holding out on...
I found this cool video on Space.com. It is a trip through our galaxy: javascript:%20flashvideo_launch('/php/video/player.php?video_id=mm31A_ScaleUniverse'); ...
... It seems that radio astronomy would have a lot more to offer than the optical/telescope method we associate with Astronomer. Is that true? Can optical...
I was wondering if there was an Oxygen III at custer. Im not exactly sure what they do (though I believe it helps reduce light pollution)I have heard people...
David, I have an OIII filter. They are mostly used for planetary nebulae like M57 or M27. They emit in the blue'green region. They are also very good for...
... Neptune, I think. ... Sam ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life?...
Hi David, The O III filters are great for showing the fine detail in planetary Nebula. But you also lose a certain amount of light. Therefore, although they do...
What response? Never got one. Just wondered if we had this kind of Filter (Oxygen III Narrowband Filter) to try, and if we had a refractor (orion?) that I/we...
Hello All! Last Saturday night at Custer, we were involved in capturing an exoplanet transit with the CGE-1400. Due to the poor behavior of the mount, we were...
Attached, please find the latest issue of the Custer Comment, the monthly journal of Custer Institute. You are receiving the electronic edition in lieu of the...
Hello All, Tuesday night was beautiful, so I decided to image a little at Custer. I piggybacked my 77mm Borg onto the LX200 and guided with the 16" with the...
... the ... elongation in ... different ... objects on ... filter I ... when ... Veil ... Forgot to say what I imaged.... M33, M45 and NGC 2264 Rosetta Nebula...
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