Last night (Sat. 7/2/05) a bunch of us made it out to Custer. First, I looked at the sun. There was very little h-alpha activity, alot of white light activity....
If you remember, I posted that last week, I programmed a PEC curve into the mount. I tried it last night, and it didn't work well. So don't use PEC on the C14....
Besides the Media player link on this page http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html use the near Real time images link then once there on new page - "Go...
Guess what. We did see the Supernova on Saturday night. It turns out that the SN was on the opposite side of the M51 galaxy from the smaller one. I uploaded a...
Hello All!! Happy Fourth of July to you all!! As most of you know, the weather on Long Island is very clear, and I hope to get out tonite and image. The...
I've been experiencing some intermittent technical problems with my computer and have just got it to the point where it's reliable and usable. I was glad to...
Hello Howie, When you get to that webpage, you have to click on the deep sky images link. Then you should see the M51 image. Steve ... From: "Howie"...
Nope. I tried that. I clicked on the link and go to the page with other images like M42 but there is just the text explaining the M51 shot and no image. Maybe...
Hi Group, Steve, Long time- no see. I see you have been busy with your web site. It's looking good! Kurt, I got your message. If you have my cell number still,...
You know I have the same issue when I use Mozilla Browser. However the problem is not evident when I use explorer? Keep up the good work Steve.......Bill...
Yup. That was the problem. I was using Mozilla. Explorer worked fine. Thanks Bill. Steve, the site looks great. M51 came out good, showing the SN. Howie ... ...
Hi group, I posted an image of the M11 - Wild Duck Cluster on my web site in the 'What's New' section. I took it before the Sun started to come up so there's...
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Nice image Mike, I just recieved a Digital Rebel for my Bday. Clouds have since been covering the sky. Any tips or comments on imageing with the Rebel. Clear...
Hi Kurt, Can you send me your phone number in an email? I can talk about the 300D till the cows.....um.....in your case, the ducks come home. Mike ... in...
Hi Group, I have a new image of M27 posted on my web site. It was taken the night I took the other two recent images. It's in the 'What's New' section. Clear...
Hi Mike, I've figured a few things out. I took a few 30sec images of M8 Sat at Custer. It worked well with the ED80. I only took a few before the wind came up....
Kurt, Your digital rebel image is good considering you haven't used your camera much yet. I look forward to getting mine. I like your M51. The disc you gave...
Hello All!!! I updated my photos section. I sectioned it into types of photos, and included in it only photos taken from Custer. Hope you all like my images. ...
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...