For those who are attending Custer's Jamboree on the weekend of October 17th, please note the following announcement. Jim Slezak is a Custer member and is...
Hi all, with the waining moon not showing till about 11 I'll likely be heading out to Custer. I should know by 6, I'll leave another post when I know if I'll...
If I wasn't working ... :-(. BTW...have you seen the new CCD camera by Meade? It and it's software look great! I would like to get it when I get the money ...
Yeah, it should be a good one. Last night I was out until 2:00. If I can stay awake, I'll do a repeat tonight. If you come out, I'd love to see your setup. ...
May head out 631-929-5000 goes to my cell - try calling by 6:30 to 7:00pm and I'll let anyone know if I'm there or not or call sooner to make me go Usually set...
The C14 Dew Control System was not working last night. I noticed that one of the wires was not connected to the connector plug. I took it home and soldered it...
Here ya go: http://www.pbase.com/terrylovejoy/root If you decide to modify the camera, let me know. I can help being it did it already. When you see the...
It figures, the one night when dew was non existent, the clouds rolled in. ARGH! ... _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register...
A week or 2 ago a fellow expressed interest in the (Custer) dome. He is an architect in midtown Manhattan, He said he's done lots of domes but they were...
Hi all, Even though this is going to be quite far west of most Custer members, I think it's still something that each of us needs to know about and act upon....
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Hello Mal, I cut the south field tue's last week. I've been trin g to keep it cut, I've been making an effort to cut it every other week. ... that ... ...
Mal, you and that grass. I drove on it two days ago. IT IS MOWED!! Did you guys get to Cherry Springs this past weekend? Are you guys going next weekend, I...
We didn't go this passed weekend. Maybe next weekend, but as of now it doesn't look good. Mal Mal Speer Malco Precision Products www.malcoprecision.com ... ...
Hi All, Dave and I had some great views. We imaged Uranus and M42, I posted them in the photo under Kurt. Dave, whats the F on your scope? and I hope you...
Hello: The following article was sent to you from http://timesunion.com by Jim E. (James1Eagan@...). Joe Peselli and Bob Gunnerson ;-( The guys took the...
Kurt, what camera did you use to image those shots in Daves scope? I ordered the Meade Deep Sky Imager with AutoStar Suite. It is not on the market yet. I had...
Hello Howie, We took it with Meads LPI, for $150 it's not a bad imager, but what makes it excel is the softwear suite that comes with it. I've ordered a DSI...
Nice image Mike, was that one exposure? Did you adjust anything or is that how it came from the Camera? I'd like to see what that Camera could do on Dave's 20"...
It's a composite of: 2 X 60 seconds @ISO 400, 1 X 2 seconds ISO 400, 1 X 120 seconds IS0 800. Some minor processing was done to adjust the sharpness and minor ...
I saved the image and played with it a bit ... you could bring out a lot more nebulosity and about twice as many stars then are visible. Give me a ring...