Just received an email from Orion in which a new product caught my eye: "Orion SteadyStar Adaptive Optics Guider with Rotator" Highlights from their website...
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Christopher Go
stone_1990
Jul 8, 2011 1:31 am
I had been cloudy for almost a month. This was after my new C14 arrived. I was able to acquire a C14 from George Blahun. Although I was able to image Pluto...
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Brian C
bgcombs44
Jul 8, 2011 3:14 pm
Once again seeing was above average this morning when these two images were taken: http://www.bcastropics.com/img/gallery/3/10-20-UT_full.jpg ...
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Lou
loub_bandit
Jul 8, 2011 3:38 pm
Thank you for all your input I'll try all your suggestions,now all I need is some clear sky to try it out. I'm from PA and now live in N.C. and the sky are...
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Christopher Go
stone_1990
Jul 9, 2011 12:33 am
Seeing was very variable this morning. Oval BA can be seen in these images. Oval BA is still red but it doesn't stand out because the entire southern...
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Brian C
bgcombs44
Jul 10, 2011 4:19 pm
More of the same this morning, with good seeing but bad transparency. Here is one of the better images: ...
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Bob Geoghegan
nospam31416
Jul 11, 2011 12:21 am
Thanks Frank and John. This is helping me a lot to get an idea of the procedures and for when the mount is finally in my hands. Someday I may go for...
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Christopher Go
stone_1990
Jul 12, 2011 12:06 am
Transparency was very poor this evening. There was haze in the sky and seeing was very variable. The southern hemisphere of Jupiter is very active. The STrZ...
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Christopher Go
stone_1990
Jul 13, 2011 12:03 am
I finally had good seeing. Although isn't perfect yet because transparency was poor, but it shows what my C14 can do. The GRS is setting on the right. The...
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John Mahony
jmmahony
Jul 13, 2011 12:13 am
Wow. If you ever upgrade to a 16", I'm going to need a bigger/higher-res monitor to view the images ;) -John...
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Brian Combs
bgcombs44
Jul 13, 2011 4:51 pm
Simply gorgeous Chris! Congrats. Brian _____ From: sct-user@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sct-user@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Go Sent: Tuesday, July...
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kclo42112@...
tonysemenuk
Jul 13, 2011 8:14 pm
MAN I HAVE A BAD CASE OF SCOPE ENVY......
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Brian C
bgcombs44
Jul 14, 2011 5:12 pm
Seeing was good again this morning with pretty lousy transparency (it seems to be the trend but I'll take it ;-))when this 12 frame animation was made. The...
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Christopher Go
stone_1990
Jul 15, 2011 12:34 am
Today would have a wonderful session. Unfortunately, the clouds caught up on me. Just missed the best condition by a minute!! I was only able to salvage one...
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Tony dos Santos
tonydossanto...
Jul 15, 2011 4:59 am
Amazing photo; never saw Jupiters moon resolved into a ball like that in any scope before; I like the C 14. ________________________________ From: Christopher...
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Jim S
tsa_newsletter
Jul 15, 2011 4:06 pm
I usually see the ENTIRE PLANET about as big as that moon ! Great stuff ! Jim S. ... ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email...
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Christopher Go
stone_1990
Jul 16, 2011 11:23 am
Seeing and transparency was terrible today because of thin clouds. Oval BA is rising. Oval BA is still distinctively red. There are a lot of activity on the...
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rb211propeng
jbmd80
Jul 16, 2011 8:33 pm
Nice images in the methane band, Chris. Is the south polar region rich in methane as the image suggests? Jim _____ From: sct-user@yahoogroups.com...
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Christopher Go
stone_1990
Jul 16, 2011 11:32 pm
Both poles are suppose to be methane bright. The south pole it tilted a little towards us now. Chris ... Christopher and Vicky Go Christone Industries ...
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Christopher Go
stone_1990
Jul 18, 2011 7:24 am
Seeing was terrible today and transparency was horrible. Oval BA can be seen setting on the right. The STrZ is yellowish. The SEB is very red. The northern...
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Tandy W. Carter Jr.
carter646831...
Jul 18, 2011 2:54 pm
Hi Everyone, The last several times I've tried to run the free version of AutoMapper II on my Windows 7 laptop I received the following errors: Error occurred...
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thad_floryan
Jul 19, 2011 4:45 am
... So? Did you have a question? Googling finds these when searching for the error #429 which seems to be related to Visual Basic 6 and also with Access (part...
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Tandy W. Carter Jr.
carter646831...
Jul 19, 2011 8:53 pm
Hi Thad, Thank you for the information, I'll try them out. Tandy W. Carter Jr. carter646831@... ... error ... (part of...
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Steven
steven.wissler
Jul 20, 2011 8:41 pm
Has anybody tried this on a Meade LX200? Claims to reduce drive errors to a couple of arc-seconds......
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William Hamblen
wrhamblen
Jul 20, 2011 11:10 pm
What does this do than an autoguider can't do? Bud...
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Leo Amonett
leo.amonett
Jul 20, 2011 11:41 pm
I have asked this question on other forums but I get different answers: What is the best REGULATED voltage for my ETX125? I've heard 10.1 for a low up to as...
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thad_floryan
Jul 21, 2011 1:07 am
And they still claim it isn't a planet? :-) Details released today, 20 July 2011, are here: ...
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chuck kimball
artistsloft4811
Jul 21, 2011 2:44 am
as far as I have heard (from Explore) they aren't available to the general public yet, but have been tested on at least one LX200 (16 inch) by Jack Newton..I...
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chuck kimball
artistsloft4811
Jul 21, 2011 2:51 am
As I understand it, the system is a rework of the drives, with the addition of a high accuracy encoder, all to make the drive run more accurately.. it is not...
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John Mahony
jmmahony
Jul 21, 2011 3:24 am
I don't even see a "rework" of the drives. It's just a very high-res encoder, which sends correction signals (same idea as guide signals) to the drive if it ...
