Hi All, I am doing temporary duty for the Air Force in Puerto Rico. I had high hopes of catching Omega Centari or some other Southern jewels while I was here...
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kpo.v
gorlin@...
Apr 12, 2001 6:51 pm
Hi, new to the group . I am a 60 years Swedish with big interest in Astronomy/Variable stars and just start ,this week, to image Moon,Sun and Jupiter with a...
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The Gray Wizard
dbell@...
Apr 12, 2001 7:09 pm
Welcome to the group Steve. There is that one thing about old Luna, the skies have to be pretty bad to block her from view. Even in my light polluted...
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The Gray Wizard
dbell@...
Apr 12, 2001 7:16 pm
Welcome to the group Hans. Well at 57 years, I'm not the oldest in the group :-). I'm just getting started with lunar photography myself. I'm using a...
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Roger Hill
hillr@...
Apr 12, 2001 7:35 pm
Every now and then I run a webcam off the back of my C-8, here in southern Ontario, Canada. My website is http://www3.sympatico.ca/hiteach/ . What is being...
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The Gray Wizard
dbell@...
Apr 12, 2001 7:48 pm
Welcome to the group Roger. Looking forward to seeing views live from your backyard observatory. Great way to satisfy that "Lunar fix" David David E. Bell The...
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roger@...
Apr 12, 2001 8:04 pm
Thanks. What is showing there now is a frame of video I took last week of the Gruithuisen domes. They show up rather nicely. Roger Hill 43 degrees N, 80...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Apr 12, 2001 8:20 pm
Check out: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon A guide to telescopic observations of the moon at http://www.shallowsky.com/moon/hitchhiker.html...
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The Gray Wizard
dbell@...
Apr 12, 2001 8:36 pm
Yes, I recognized Gruithuisen's infamous "Lunar City". and to the Northwest we see Mairan T? David David E. Bell The Gray Wizard www.graywizard.net Wisdom...
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The Gray Wizard
dbell@...
Apr 12, 2001 8:38 pm
Welcome to the group, Randy. Good advice, this is one of my permanently bookmarked sites. David David E. Bell The Gray Wizard www.graywizard.net Wisdom begins...
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kpo.v
gorlin@...
Apr 12, 2001 9:08 pm
Hi you wrote"Care to share any of your techniques with the list?" Sure ,but I am also new to photography but I think the "security";...
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miaim@...
Apr 12, 2001 9:52 pm
I'd be a lot more interested in lunar observations if they didn't cause me physical pain. To me, the moon, be it full, waxing or waning is just too bright too...
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kpo.v
gorlin@...
Apr 12, 2001 10:01 pm
I used 2 polarising glasses from a sun eyeglass did the second glass to turn around and successive darked the image, but on other hand it is not much to see on...
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kpo.v
gorlin@...
Apr 12, 2001 10:08 pm
I have also tryed the 52 mm polarising filter from my Nikon FG camera and I cant tell you the gradation of the filter, its gone , ok you get a darker images...
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kpo.v
gorlin@...
Apr 12, 2001 10:29 pm
Just now I am reading about TLP transient lunar phenomena. What is that? Well in 1843 the crater Linne was deep and have a diameter of 13km. 1866 the crater...
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littlestarhawk@...
Apr 12, 2001 10:57 pm
It's frustrating that so many of my friends bemoan the presence of Lady Luna. Thank you for this group, David...what a wonderful idea! Hope you don't mind...I...
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The Gray Wizard
dbell@...
Apr 12, 2001 11:15 pm
Welcome to the list. I remember reading this report on another list. Great report. I hope we can get more of these because this is a large part of what I...
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littlestarhawk
littlestarhawk@...
Apr 12, 2001 11:57 pm
I had the chance, so I re-scanned my pic, and it's now in there, in B&W. Looks a lot better, too. Lunar observing is only one of my celestial interests, but...
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Randy Muller
rmuller@...
Apr 13, 2001 12:02 am
... I haven't observed the moon that much, but here is what I have found helps me be organized when observing the moon: 1) Have (and use) a lunar atlas with me...
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jktubb@...
Apr 13, 2001 1:31 am
I'm Janet from Canada and I'm just starting to take my own advice to beginning astronomers, to take a look at the Moon ! I've been playing with some security...
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Roger Hill
roger@...
Apr 13, 2001 1:51 am
I have been messing around with video astronomy for some time, now. Nothing earth-shattering or ground breaking, mostly just having fun. The Moon is a lovely...
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Roger Hill
roger@...
Apr 13, 2001 2:06 am
Janet: Where are you located? I know of a number of people across Canada who are doing video work, as I have. I am interested in doing possibly some...
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Janet Tubb
jktubb@...
Apr 13, 2001 2:09 am
This is my first digital astrophoto, I didn't have the adapter to clamp my new camera to the telescope so it's handheld....
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Roger Hill
roger@...
Apr 13, 2001 2:19 am
Not bad at all Janet...that looks like a nice camera. Can't wait to see what you get when you clamp it down! I have my webcam running at the moment for maybe...
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Roger Hill
roger@...
Apr 13, 2001 2:41 am
One of the nice features about Yahoo! groups is the CHAT feature, in this case, at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/chat . Whenever I am doing the...
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The Gray Wizard
dbell@...
Apr 13, 2001 10:30 am
I use Rukl's as well. I guess I missed the reference in your report. I haven't been able to find anything that even comes close to its usefulness and I've...
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The Gray Wizard
dbell@...
Apr 13, 2001 10:36 am
Welcome to the list Janet. Looks like we have a growing number of novice lunar-photographers on the list. Hopefully w can use this forum to share, not only...
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Mike Boschat
aa063@...
Apr 13, 2001 11:05 am
Hello all: Well, I use a Soviet made 4" Maksutov f/10 @ 1000mm fl that I've had for a few years now and I hope to get back using my modified B&W QuickCam which...
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The Gray Wizard
dbell@...
Apr 13, 2001 11:42 am
Welcome Mike, Hmm. Seems to me 624x is expecting a bit much from your scope even under the best of conditions, but I do it myself some times just for the heck...
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Mike Boschat
aa063@...
Apr 13, 2001 2:26 pm
Hello: Yes, I was curious about pushing my Mak to 600x ... had to keep the slow mo's going a lot but I just let the Moon drift through the field. Other areas I...
