Wow...I really admire the Stratojet gang...y'all had it especially tough. Peace, Rod Mollise Rod's new book: _Choosing and Using a New CAT_ Available Now! ...
I thought this forum might be the right place to post this question, since SCT focal lengths are generally long/FOVs small: For what I think are good reasons,...
Alrighty then <G>, we are now entering the judging phase of the 2008 SCT-User Imaging Contest. Phil Chambers, John Mahony,and Thad Floryan, we charge you fine...
Does your imaging software have a FWHM (full width at half maximum) or HFD (half flux diameter) readout. On mine it`s a pair of rings, changing the focusing...
Thanks, Mark. Many objects I want to image are, of course, too dim to see with a finderscope, even if it's accurately collimated with the imaging scope. ...
Yep. I always focus on a bright star before starting to shop for my target. ... From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@...> Subject: Re: [sct-user] Finding...
I`ve always had trouble finding Jupiter & Saturn for instance, in the past but that was probably down to poor polar alignment (I`m in the southern hemisphere...
Mark: I think you're suggesting making a go-to mount out of a non-go-to mount. That's a terriffic idea if it's do-able. It's occurred to me, but I haven't...
Joe, I think that`s what I was slanting at- the possible purchase of some more machinery, if you can afford it! Wait to hear if you have any more suggestions...
Joe, With a non-goto, I'd use a flip mirror with a low power eyepiece. I would focus the telescope for the camera, then slide the eyepiece in or out to focus...
Hi Joe- I think others have hinted at it, but I'd put it explicitly: get a goto mount. Imaging with a manually pointed mount is difficult and will cost you an...
I have a CG-5 mount (computerised, equatorial mount) which is only around $590 USD at Opt for instance. Would that be suitable for your OTA? There are now 4...
Sorry, it appears to be the ordinary CG-5 without computerised control; http://www.celestron.com/c3/product.php?ProdID=91 ... [Non-text portions of this...
For full goto control via computer the scope has to have faster slew speeds (and if your current mount uses a tangent arm for dec control, then the motorized...
Yep! Especially the navigators. They ejected downward. The macabre humor of the military referred to it as "planting" navigators.". Bob - N0DGN ... -- Bob -...
Hi Joe: Have you thought of a Flip Mirror Focuser ? I made a custom one for myself that is motorized. Can't live without it. Sam From: sct-user@yahoogroups.com...
I just answered some questions in a private email for one of our members here. I thought I'd pass this along. One of the issues was who made the Celestron...
The modern ones come from China, and have since the early NexStar GPS days. Prior to that they originated in Japan...usually with Vixen. Peace, Rod Mollise ...
I was out today running errands and stopped by Home Depot to get some non-magnetic hardware for my LX5 field tripod. The problem was the stop nut for the...
Joe, My first pics were taken with a ST7EI (no guide chip) and a 120mmf/8.3 refractor on a EQ5 or 16"f/5 newtonian on a fork mount. No goto nor autoguiding...
Assuming your new camera is a proper cooled astronomical CCD, you're going to need to adopt active guiding to take advantage of it. You'll want at least...
Seeing was good this evening. But thin clouds reduced transparency to only 3. There is an interesting bulge north of Saturn's SEB at the CM on the last...
Given the apparent confusion of the present contest's closing date and time, perhaps the next contest's closing time could be specified as, for example,...
I agree "Midnight" is confusing. The standard wording I usually see in contracts, legal documents etc is "12:01 AM January 1" (or whatever date), i.e. just...
Earlier I posted a message on Celestron finders. I have just poured over many more pages of my "Celestron master cost sheets" from 1978. The orange 10x70...
... First, what size CCD chip are you going to use? (Or, what will be its angular field of view?) With that info we can then determine how 'tight' your...
Careful wagging your tongues laddies, lest you have the "Uncle Rod Rule" invoked upon ye. To wit: "You thunk it up, you be in charge of it" I'm just...
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