... I'm not sure about this particular image, but often images of large objects like M42 are mosaics of multiple images made over a period of time. Making...
For people who do imaging I ran across this web site from another group called Talking Telescopes. RegiStar will take multiple images made at different times...
Sorry sent this to the wrong group, I meant to send it to my Astronomy Club Group, sorry again hit send before I changed the e-mail address Mike White In a...
I find the violet not very intrusive myself, but if you do I can recommend the Baader Semi Apo filter. It will remove the fringe, and not much of anything...
... WG: Hi Brian, to try to clear this and a few other things up a bit for anyone confused by all of this or just getting into the hobby and trying to sort...
... Wayne your comment which I have quoted above, from a technical sense is actually incorrect. I understand what you are are alluding too and possibly trying...
The detail or resolution of any telescope, reflector or refractor is a function of the aperture and light gathering is a functiion of the area. The coverage is...
... Correct ... This is incorrect. The Coverage or more properly "The True Field of View" (TFOV) is a function of three things; and three things only. 1) The...
... John it is only 2 days into the new year, screaming and burying head has to wait till at least day 5. I accept your math and the truth that the aperture...
Ok im back. New years eve i took the telescope outside and began to try and view the moon again. But still nothing came into focus. I checked to make sure the...
... Ok I just went and checked my extension tube and we have the same one. So the extension tube is not the problem. Have you checked your collimation, and not...
... Hi John and Wayne last night lying in bed listening to the typhoon howl through the trees I had an eureka moment... the problem is that as a new comer to...
... Hi Jeff, I was thinking back today and I remembered one of the problems I had with my 8 when it arrived. Like you I had trouble with the focus. I actually...
... WG: Hi John, sorry to all for the longish post here but I will try to explain further; you seem like such a nice, polite person, I feel compelled to...
Hi all I hope this does break any forum rules but it seems to address the problem so I cut and pasted from the Meade LightBridge forum. Brian "The main problem...
If you are in the Southeast, you might be interested in attending the Regional Meeting of Amateur Astronomers on January 24th, 2009 in Boiling Springs, NC...
Doug, Thanks for the advice. I was able to get the C102 out last night ahead of schedule and was very impressed. I didn't look at many objects (M103, M42), a...
You have discovered the secret that isn't, namely, a good achro is a darn good scope. Many have forgotten they started out with these, and I bet not one...
... Hi, seeing as it was my post that started all this perhaps no one will object if I step in at this point? "WG: Hi Brian, to try to clear this and a few...
Each New Year's I take a few minutes to reflect on my astronomical activities over the past year. 2008 has been a year of highs and lows. To take the low...
Here is hoping this year treats you better, and continued health and a long life. Doug ... -- Doug The Truckstop Astronomer [Non-text portions of this message...
... Geoff one activity you forgot to mention was the time you spent helping people like me who had questions galore but very few answers. So thanks for taking...
Hi all, many months ago maybe even a year ago I was asking about observatories and someone gave me a link that took me to their(?) home site where I was...
WG: Hi Brian, Just a few additional thoughts to you and others following this thread--- ... WG: As Al pointed out, that is of course quite correct. But...
http://tinyurl.com/7yg6nr to see the photos by that scope in 1900. There were camera films of larger format than what we are used to using in astrophotos....
One other thing to keep in mind with these fast scopes that can be broken down into easily transportd pieces is collimation. These fast scopes need to be...
John, Who said anything about an eyepiece??? Coverage refers to the image at the film plane, AFAIK, and what I said is still incorrect. It is related to focal...
I am in the market for an ED80mm scope to use with my Canon XSi and Losmandy G8 for astrophotography. My budget is limited to under $900. Color correction,...
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