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David, Now that the starfish camera is finished, we're turning our development activities to our imaging cameras. The Starfish camera was designed as a guider...
Bob Piatek
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Jun 1, 2007
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Bob, Its great to see your product on Sky and Tel's front web page under A "Starfish" is Born!!!! Walt Lickteig...
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Jun 15, 2007
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Hey everyone... Sky and Telescope has a spot about the starfish camera on their web site: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/equipment/home/7975922.html Dennis Di...
Bob Piatek
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Hey Walt. Thanks for the heads-up. It seems like I'm the last to know about this. Bob fishcamp engineering 105 W. Clark Ave. Orcutt, CA 93455 ...
Bob Piatek
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Congrats Bob That is great and well deserved. I am really enjoying my Starfish. I hope they expound on the "too many features to explain here" of the camera...
Dale Ireland
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Jun 16, 2007
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Congrats from So Cal as well! I do hope there's a hardcopy writeup in the next S&T. Do they typically do that? -Tim. ... hope ... camera and ... of those ......
Tim
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Jun 18, 2007
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... Tim, I'm not really sure since this is new for me too. I did hear a rumor that they were going to have a write-up in the September issue. Someone from the...
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There is a nice image of Starfish being used on a high-end system here http://www.darksights.com/Equipment.htm I am using my Starfish on a Televue Pronto which...
Dale Ireland
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Jun 18, 2007
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The Starfish looks great, but I must say the red anodized equatorial mount clashes horribly with the unfinished wood interior of that observatory. Either that...
Dave Sopchak
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Jun 18, 2007
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Okay - where should I go to order some of that galvanized pipe? I just could afford the teak after everything thing else - but don't you like the way the...
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Jun 19, 2007
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Hey Mike, My big mouth ;) Hope you took my tongue in cheek comment the right way. Beautiful setup. Enjoyed looking at the pix of your observatory construction....
Dave Sopchak
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Jun 19, 2007
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Well, as an owner of a few homebuilts as well as some storeboughts, I think you've both got nice looking setups there! -Tim....
Tim
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Jun 19, 2007
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And apparently a pretty nice machine shop too Dale...
Dale Ireland
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No problem here Dave! Your humor came through very clearly - and I just can't take myself too seriously. I enjoyed the images of your scope - it certainly ...
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Jun 20, 2007
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Well, the May issue of Astronomy Technology Today finally arrived. A bit late but a great issue none-the-less. It is even better for me since there is a...
Bob Piatek
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Jun 26, 2007
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Looks good, I subscribed. I also have a subscription to another similar on-line astro equipment mag called atrophoto insight ...
Dale Ireland
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Jun 26, 2007
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Dale, Yeah, I subscribe to AstroPhoto Insight too. It is a great on-line magazine and I highly recommend it to others. Thanks for mentioning the Starfish to...
Bob Piatek
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Jun 26, 2007
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Just got my S&T today. Nice article about the Starfish. Congrats Bob. Dale...
Dale Ireland
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Jul 28, 2007
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Hey everyone. I had a chance to take some photos of two summer deep sky objects with the starfish. They can be seen here: ...
Bob Piatek
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Jul 28, 2007
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Dale, Thanks for the note. I knew that the article was coming but didn't know exactly when it would hit the streets. Actually, you got your copy of the...
Bob Piatek
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Nice shots Bob, I will have to try some more images with the Starfish. We have had a terrible few weeks with hardly a clear night so I have not had a lot of...
Dale Ireland
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Jul 28, 2007
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... Yeah, I've got the luxury of having plenty of Starfish cameras to use :) Bob fishcamp engineering 105 W. Clark Ave. Orcutt, CA 93455 ...
Bob Piatek
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Jul 28, 2007
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Bob: IMPRESSIVE! -Tim....
Tim
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Jul 30, 2007
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In case you didn't see it yet, the August issue of 'AstroPhoto Insight' has a review of my favorite guide camera. This issue has several other great articles....
Bob Piatek
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Aug 12, 2007
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Hi All, I'm new to the group. If Starfish's smart operations are as good as it looks, this guider should be a great success. Does anyone have longer- duration...
Robert Gillette
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Aug 15, 2007
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Bob, One data point that might be helpful can be found in the graph on this page: http://www.fishcamp.com/starfish_gallery6.html Bob...
Bob Piatek
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Aug 15, 2007
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Bob, Well yes, a 7-hour guiding session is an impressive data point. Thanks, Bob ... as it ... longer- ... to...
Robert Gillette
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Aug 15, 2007
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Hey, check out Hubble's picture of the starfish (nebula, not camera): http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/11/356273.aspx Bob Piatek fishcamp...
Bob Piatek
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For any of youz interested parties, I just spent a few hours trying out the recently released Starfish guide cam. Besides the really cool colour, the camera is...
Bruce Karbal
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Sep 16, 2007
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Bob, Can you clarify the optimal way of connecting a Starfish guider to the guidescope? A T-adapter? Or does it come with a 1.25" eyepiece-sized nose? Thanks, ...
Robert Gillette
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