The giant twin suns of Tatooine slowly disappear behind a distant dune range. Luke stands watching them for a few moments, then reluctantly enters the doomed...
Dave, Good for the lousy transparency and haze we had these last few days. Steve ... From: hgicbarnett To: custerobservers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July...
Hello All! Last night Jeff and I did a partial regreasing job on the C14. We cleaned the old grease off the worm gear and the worm and spur gears, and applied...
Kurt, Yes, we did! Steve ... From: Kurt Massey To: custerobservers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 11:59 AM Subject: [custerobservers] Re: C14...
Both of these images look good. Nice round stars shows the guiding is right on. If you can apply it, I would recommend a few passes of R/L deconvolution. This...
Hi Steve, I assume you mean the actual motor itself. What sort of play in the shaft...in/out or side/side. Mike Siniscalchi http://www.helixgate.net ... ...
Hello Mike, Play when you rotate it, the play that could cause backlash. Steve ... From: Mike Siniscalchi To: custerobservers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
Hi Steve, There will be some lash in the gear box which may be normal. With a constant drive in RA, this should keep the lash minimum. Also the east side heavy...
Thanks Mike (If I may call you that) I am a novice Photoshop user that has Photoshop 7 thus I can only work in 8 bit layered mode. With that said, what is R/L...
Steve, is there a reason you can't just use ASCOM POTH?? It acts a hub, allowing multiple programs to use the same com. I use it to run Ciel, Maxdl, and...
Kurt, Don't know. ACP uses an ASCOM telescope hub, though! Steve ... From: Kurt Massey To: custerobservers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:24...
Hi Dave, Mike is fine :-) R/L stands for Richardson-Lucey deconvolution. It's one of the few methods to assist in cleaning up an image. It's fame came when it...
Hey Mike, Thanks for the information. What software would you suggest I get? As far as guiding is concerned I don't right now. I currently don't use a guide...
Looks like tonight (thurs) and tomorrow will be clear nights. Anyone going to custer? Saturday, as expected, looks if-y at best. (noaa website with 11971 zip...
I'm heading to Custer tonight, 8:30/9 pm According to the noaa website, with zip code 11971, Saturday and Sunday nights should have fog. :( Tonight looks like...
The Custer Clear Sky Clock looks great for tonight. http://cleardarksky.com/c/CstrInsNYkey.html?1 ______ Howie (Residing In Acco Israel) 15" Obsession #821...
Hello All! Last night Jeff and I did some work on the C14. First, we swapped the motor assemblies, and when the motor assembly that was in DEC was put into RA,...
Hey everyone I went out on Thursday last week and got some really interesting shots of M10 and M12 in Ophiuchus. Can anyone identify the two galaxies in M12?...
I'd be interested to know myself. I have seen them in other images but have not been able to find info on them. ______ Howie (Residing In Acco Israel) 15"...
Chasing the Shadow: The IOTA Occultation Observer's Manual The Complete Guide to Observing Lunar, Grazing and Asteroid Occultations The International...
Hello All! Better late than never, an update on the C14 imaging scope, as well as some other miscellaneous tidbits. Last Saturday night, many of the problems...
Hello All, I don't know if this was posted on this group or not. Looks interesting! I am going! Steve ... From: Maria Pirera To: 'Steven Orlando' Sent:...
Hi Just a little reminder of events coming up later this week and next weekend. Fri., July 25, 7:00 PM. MEMBERS' NIGHT A Members-Only (and their guests)...
Hello All. I'm sorrry that I have yet to become 'active' during my tenure as a member of such a distinguished organization...but I really hate meetings and...
Hi Howie, Just to clarify, Members Night is not a meeting per se. It's a chance for Custer Members (and their families/guests) to get together and enjoy the...
hey ho, Im here. clear skies for a while too. not tomorrow, though :( ~David -- When you wish upon a falling star, Your dreams can come true. Unless it's...
Hello All! Last night I was at Custer. It was a pretty clear night, and we got to use the imaging scope. WE GOT EVERYTHING WORKING! The tracking, plate- ...
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