Hi Adrian  They always say misty conditions are the best for planetary imaging very sharp and lots of detail well done.  Bob From: Adrian Jannetta...
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Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008
Mar 25, 2012 9:43 am
Thanks Bob. Wish I’d had this setup for the 2003 opposition (or even the one in 2005!) The disk of Mars would’ve been nearly twice the diameter. Still,...
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Bob Scott
bmgscott
Mar 26, 2012 1:22 pm
Hi All  I was out imaging last night although it was a bit misty I went for a couple of very small galaxies in Drago one edge on and the other face on this...
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Bob Scott
bmgscott
Mar 28, 2012 7:53 pm
Hi All  For all it's been clear for the last few nights the upper atmosphere has not been as good on Monday night I had a go at a tiny galaxy NGC 3344 in...
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Paul Lewis
p_r_lewis
Mar 29, 2012 12:02 pm
The forecast for tonight looks like it will be very clear. If the sky is still clear at the start of the meeting we could perhaps postpone the showing of the...
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Bob Scott
bmgscott
Mar 30, 2012 2:47 pm
Hi All  I imaged this galaxy on the 14th of this month but had problems with the processing on the night I was starting to take the calibration frames at the...
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Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008
Apr 4, 2012 10:32 pm
Hi everyone Here's a picture of Venus and the Pleiades star cluster from earlier this evening. Taken with my Nikon D80 ISO800, 30 seconds through a Celestron ...
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Bob Scott
bmgscott
Apr 9, 2012 11:46 am
Hi All  With some cloudy nights of late I had a bit more reprocess of my data on M94 from the 22nd of last month this is a difficult galaxy to image and to...
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Bob Scott
bmgscott
Apr 16, 2012 7:03 pm
Hi All  I was out imaging last night but with a few problems with guiding and then the clouds came I only managed 1.6 hours of 8 minute subs I will add to...
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Emma (NASTRO)
moth_lady
May 4, 2012 11:40 am
Hello Nastronomers, I hope you aren't all too sad about the relentless rain, it looks like tonight might be a good one for stargazing, anyway.... I'm emailing...
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Bob Scott
bmgscott
May 13, 2012 12:04 pm
Hi All  I managed a bit imaging last night the first time for a while due to the very poor weather of late. It was cloudy at times but I managed to get 13 x...
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Bob Scott
bmgscott
May 16, 2012 9:14 pm
Hi All  I was out last night and have done a modification to my wedge on the Celestron to try and eliminate flexture which shows more at F10 and tried a tiny...
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Tim Kent
timgkent
May 17, 2012 10:28 am
Well done Bob, always great when a modification comes good. Excellent tracking with 10 min subs. Regards.....Tim From: Bob Scott Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012...
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Bob Scott
bmgscott
May 17, 2012 12:31 pm
Hi Tim  This will help me a lot in the future as there piles of these tiny objects which need a long focal length such as my F10 which is 2.8 metres and...
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Bob Scott
bmgscott
May 23, 2012 9:16 pm
Hi All  I had a go at adding more data to NGC 5394-5 last night this time with no filter I managed to keep 7 x 8 minute subs but they were poor as the sky is...
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Emma (NASTRO)
moth_lady
Jun 4, 2012 1:02 pm
For your interest: Please join us for The Sky Through a Five Metre Glass Eye; Telescopes, From Hale to Hubble, a talk by Pete Edwards, Director of Science and...
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Emma (NASTRO)
moth_lady
Jun 4, 2012 1:19 pm
National Glass Center Logo <http://i6.cmail1.com/ti/r/7B/5B4/BF2/002444/ngc-logo.gif> Having trouble viewing this email?...
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brian pollitt
bripollitt
Jun 5, 2012 10:55 am
I was out imaging last night and I thought you might like to see my little stars..... "the five sisters".  They are only six days old and the nest is just...
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Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008
Jun 17, 2012 11:54 am
Hi everyone Here is a picture of the Sun taken with my new Coronado PST yesterday. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajannetta/7385625264/ I used a Nikon D80...
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john hendry
napier58
Jun 17, 2012 2:34 pm
Hi Adrian Considering the difficulties, I would say that was an amazing image. Through a window! Wow. Cheers John http://www.flickr.com/photos/10393250@N06/ ...
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Bob Scott
bmgscott
Jun 17, 2012 5:27 pm
Hi Adrian  That is a good image considering it was taken from indoors look forward to seeing your future images from out doors they are remarkable telescopes...
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Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008
Jun 17, 2012 6:31 pm
John and Bob – thanks for the comments. We had about ten minutes of Sun this afternoon and I ended up with the image at this link: ...
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Bob Scott
bmgscott
Jun 17, 2012 7:41 pm
Hi Adrian  You have captured a lot of detail what a lot is going on in there well done.  Cheers Bob ________________________________ From: Adrian Jannetta...
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john hendry
napier58
Jun 17, 2012 7:54 pm
Hi Adrian You must have been quick off the mark, it is a rare sight round here these days. That is a better image, as would be expected from outside. Looks...
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Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008
Jun 28, 2012 5:19 pm
Tonight's meeting at The Trap is cancelled because of the flash flooding and generally dangerous driving conditions. Paul will be sending out an email to the...
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Adrian Jannetta
jannetta3008
Jun 28, 2012 10:41 pm
....the sky cleared. With the Sun about 6 degrees above the horizon I grabbed these images through the upstairs bedroom window. Hydrogen alpha with the PST: ...
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Emma (NASTRO)
moth_lady
Jul 3, 2012 11:59 am
Hello Folks, You are invited to join NASTRO for our annual summer picnic at Druridge Bay this Sunday from 11am, weather permitting! There may be a chance to...
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Emma (NASTRO)
moth_lady
Jul 8, 2012 8:34 am
Hey folks. The picnic is cancelled for today and will be on next Sunday instead. Its cool and cloudy at the moment with rain forecast from 12 onwards, I hope...
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Emma (NASTRO)
moth_lady
Jul 21, 2012 9:08 pm
Hello Nastronomers and Nastrofans, You and your family and friends are cordially invited to join NASTRO for our (third attempt) social summer picnic at...
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Bob Scott
bmgscott
Aug 15, 2012 6:48 pm
Hi All  It was not a good night of seeing last night but I thought I would try out my EQ6 mount which is now belt driven but there was problems so I moved...
