Off topic. My wife and I are renting a cabin in Brown Couty, Indiana later this month. It is 40 miles south of Indianapolis and will have the darkest skies...
... It sounds like a great spot for astronomy, Darwin. Now tell us: Did you pick the site for dark sky or did your wife and you pick it for legitimate reasons?...
... We wanted to go somewhere quiet to "get away". It was either there or the Smokey Mountains, which is a lot further away. I hadn't even thought of the dark...
Sounds nice! I've just gotten so used to having all my stuff in my backyard observatory (light pollution and all) that I can hardly justify hauling all kinds...
INCOMING!!! ==================== Looking Up, Alan, W4WMM IMLTUG Moderator Team Mobile Astronomical Society 30.69° N 88.24° W In a message dated 02-Jul-09...
This is what I used to do.. A "Mobile" 12" LX200 for asteroidal and lunar occultations.. http://www.poyntsource.com/BREIT_IDEAS/images1.htm And here is where I...
... My SCT, which was a Meade LX3 then, did not like to travel. When I took it to a Star Party something wouldn't work, and when it was back home it...
... When I was stationed in Homestead AFB Florida during the VietNam era the F4Es flew to Avon Park for bombing. We trained all year around, so Avon Park was...
In a few hours time, the entire orbital plane of the toolbag ( 33442 ) will be in sunlight. Don't miss it, the entire orbital plane is only in sunlight for 2...
... OK, I think I have TLE data. I hope I have this straight since there is a high pass tonight at 22:11 and two on July 5 at 4:27 and 22:10. I've not tried...
... My first attempt at the tool bag was a flop. I went with the DSLR for FOV and no Barlow. All I got was a few stars. As expected, I could not see a thing in...
On July 5 evening I made a second try at the Toolbag. This time I used the ToUcam and my wife's Orion ST-80. I used the refractor for a wider FOV as suggested...
... It's frustrating, isn't it? I've never had any luck with the toolbag. Even visually with the scope. I had a pass this morning, didn't bother getting up for...
I feel your pain, Leo. I have taken a break from the ISS and am interested in the LCROSS rocket body as it approaches Earth in cruise mode. I am waiting to see...
... Thanks. I tried stacking some without good results. I made a video of frames with it centered and updated my web page. I need to go through and pull out...
I'm interested in tracking sats with my Orion Sirius GoTo mount - can the Satellite Tracker S/W I downloaded from this site be used to drive my mount? I don't...
Has anyone with a web cam at prime focus tried using "auto exposure"? Would it change the shutter speed? I've got nothin' to do and all day to do it. I'm...
No, not directly.? It is possible, however, using the EQMOD freeware, to apply Satellite Tracker to the SynScan/SynTrek based mounts. You'll need to head over...
... Satellite Tracker can be used for satellite tracking with the latest generation Synta SynTrek/SynScan mounts (Skywatcher HEQ5/EQ6/Orion Sirius/Orion Atlas)...
... ASCOM consists of the ASCOM platform, and then drivers for different scopes, and also drivers for different scope control programs. You don't need _all_...
Hello folks.. anyone know what to do when you get a "Cannot find joystick 1 error... Using a rumble pad II and nexremote however, I'm not conneting the...
... Such a Satellite Tracker Savvy Person asking a question like this? <G> Auto mode, at least with my ToUcam, is useless for imaging satellites. Web Cams were...
While I don't use "Webcams", NONE of my cameras will ever be set to do anything automatically.. I don't even take photographs automatically.. Derek [Non-text...
Automatic anything in camera features usually doesn't work in astrophotography. For exposure, the camera will see all that black background and think the...
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