Hi all ... Still observing outside in the cold while I await various part to complete the connection into the house. It was cold tonight in my very small...
Greetings... Great Simon!! Wait till you try it with a focal reducer. It will out resolve any images taken with any ccd camera, live on the monitor! I think...
Hi all ... What to do on a sunny day with a Mallin*Cam II in the house? Check out the Sun! I have an Orion aluminised glass filter for my 100% manual C-90 on a...
Greetings to all... Now the nice weather is more or less here, my observatory computer diskette drive has thawed, I get to down load some images I have taken...
Greetings to all... Last night was awesome to observe from my backyard in downtown Little Chicago. Police came by. For my green laser......That's another story...
Last night's sidewalk astronomy session presented by a group of OAOG members was another success. We got between 150 and 200 visitors. We showed the Moon, the...
Hi Denis!! Great report! I have just finish today a new version of the MallinCam I camera. It will use the same CPU as the MallinCam II but with a 1/3 inch ccd...
Greetings... For those of you with the MallinCam II, here's a good tip to achieve the most sharpest focus.. Go in the zoom mode and then turn it on to X2....
Greetings to all... The MallinCam I has been replaced with the model MC-I Other models also includes MallinCam MC-II which is a 1/2 inch ccd chip. The MC-I is...
Greetings to all... Looks like it will be another "Mad House" at my place tonight. I'll have both observatories open which includes the 16" on equatorial, and...
University Optics also carries 40 mm Konigs in 60 deg and 70 deg apparent field models: see http://www.universityoptics.com/uoep.htm The 32mm Rock refers to...
Greetings to all... Tomorrow night, I'm having visitors from the RASC Montreal Center. Among them, the president of the Montreal Center at my observatories in...
Greetings to all... I just posted a image of NGC 2392, the Eskimo Nebula taken with the MallinCam II Video CCD Camera. Four images were de-interlaced using...
Hi all ... Tonight (Sunday) skies were clear but transparency was poor. Nonetheless, I decided to follow up on my experiments with the Mallin*Cam II on deep...
Hmmm ... My first message of yesterday doesn't seem to have made it onto the group message list. Basically, it was asking others in the group what settings you...
Hi all ... Here's a second writing of my original message: Now that my f3.3 focal reducer has arrived (at last!) I have wanted to continue my experimenting...
Hi Simon and others... I experienced this week end about the same results as you did. very poor condition and high altitude air glow. But here's a few setting...
Greetings to all... A few days ago, I've seen a new image from Hubble Heritage Site, and it was an image of NGC 1275. This ring a bell in my mind! Sure enough,...
Rock ... Many thanks for the reply, and the voice of experience. I assumed that the poor resolution was due to my lack of understanding of how video systems ...
Hi Simon and others... One important tip is make sure the camera 1.25" barrel is all the way out of the focal reducer of your telescope. Make sure you have...
Greetings to all... I've got both eyes in the same socket!!!.... WHat a night!!! Perfect crystal clear night at Foymount!! No wind! I arrived at Foymount at...
I just came in from my first experience with the Mallin Cam. UNBELIEVABLE ! Rock took my 12"LX and turned into a first class observing machine. I viewed the...
Hi all ... first post didn't take so I'm trying again! Last night was my first long session with my Mallin*Cam II on my LX-200 10" ... and I learned a lot...
Hi Simon! Cool report! When I was in Foymount yesterday, the transparency was awesome. But when looking towards Ottawa, I notice this lingering cloudy or...
Hi all ... Last night was my first long session with my Mallin*Cam II on my LX-200 10" ... and I learned a lot about what it can do! I was set up with X128,...
Hi, I just uploaded some images that I took during the May 18 observing session from the Casselman site. I took these images using my LX200 GPS 10" and the...
Denis... I just looked at your images. WOW! I really like the M 104 and M 57 and especially M 5 and M 13 as they represent the resolution and flawless optics...
Hi Denis ... I'm in Yellowknife and have just looked at your images. Splendid! They are also very encouraging for me. I have been getting similar images for...
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