Dietmar, That is a beauty! Well done, Terry http://www.geocities.com/tlt284@.../terryshuntofthemonth/index.htm _____ From: tmboptical@yahoogroups.com...
I purchased an TMB 80/480 last year. It's received little use since then, but now I'm ready to start doing some imaging with it :) When I first purchased the...
Neil thats a very stunning resolution for the place you imaged that , wow keep up that good work Markus ... From: Neil Fleming To: tmboptical Sent: Friday,...
Hi Tom, Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it. I know Thomas is a trustworthy and honest individual. I did not know that he was sick. I did hear that he...
... Steve, Sorry to hear you are having this problem as the 80/480 is a nice lil' scope. To remove the residual / unwanted adhesive I would use the citrus ...
David, I sent you a private email reply to the email address you provided me. We'll get this worked out for you. Thanks, Tom Davis ... trustworthy and honest...
Steve: I replaced the felt on my CNC tube rings with industrial felt from the following supplier: <http://www.durofelt.com/image_12.html> I chose one of the...
Tim and Eric, I'm on my way out to find some Citra-Solv (or a similar product). I'll let you know how it works. Eric, I just placed an order for a roll of 1mm...
... Hi Steve, For similar problems I find that 'Goo Gone' works wonders. I've used it to remove the residue left by that 3M double-sided tape that's used to...
... I always use naptha (cigarette lighter fluid) to remove adhesive. It doesn't harm finishes (I've used it on furniture), but it does remove most adhesives. ...
I would like to thank you all for your help and suggestions. I have to admit that I was skeptical (owing to the thick layer of sticky black crud that the...
hi guys, no good weather around my place and still heavy clouds rolling over my observatory... so I have some time to reprocess old data - in this case: M106 a...
Thanks, Terry. It was actually the other way 'round. When I started, I thought there might be 10-12 galaxies in all. I ended up looking up catalogs on the...
Glad you liked, Markus. I just wanted to make sure that my little joke was not taken too seriously... I image from Boston, the Manhattan line was definitely a...
It's great to see the burst of activity in the group, and particularly the superb imagery being posted. My poor 130SS has been under it's cover for three...
Thanks, Dietmar. It was an interesting, and unintentionally long, project <g>. ... www.flemingastrophotography.com Direct from Boston - brilliant diamonds in...
Yeah..."little did I know" <g>. Man...alot of little fellers in there... ... http://www.geocities.com/tlt284@.../terryshuntofthemonth/index.htm ... ...
Neil, Your project/effort speaks volumes for using restraint when it comes to the use of the various "sharpening" routines. It is way too easy to turn those...
From a couple of months ago, a medium field image of the Rosette: http://www.buytelescopes.com/gallery/photos/13107.jpg I can never decide what is the best way...
Turns out that the optics that was used in the TMB 175 FF that was originally shipped to me was not the correct glass for this model of scope. All of the many...