hi guys, this is the result of three nights. it is a small galaxy in the constellation Draco, quite close to Ursa Major. images and data are on my website...
Hi Has anyone any tips on how to clean the OTA tub so it retains its white creamy colour. I am getting some "felt" marks where it is held by the rings and also...
I just got my 92S mounted, and hope to image with it soon. Pics are at : http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/TMBSS/photos/browse/9095 Takes a lot of...
Thank you everyone for the several response advisories regarding the TMB-92 needing a set of mounting rings, plus a dovetail plate. Alan Birnbaum Fresno CA ...
Not quite clear from some of the material I have read or the illustrations I have seen would be the mounting options for the triplet apo TMB 92. Does this ...
Hello, I'm a new member of this group living in the UK. I own a TMB 80 mm f6 refractor which I use for my astrophotography with a Canon 10D DSLR. When I...
i just got my tak collimation scope last week and found out that it needs a two inch adapter, the tak adapter which is a two piece system costs more than the...
hi guys, I am back now from the NEAIC/NEAF show in Suffern New York. I did enjoy many aspects of that event: - first of all, it was so great to see at least...
it all boils down to torque, (tube torque) buy the mount with the largest precise (like the byers) gears in dia you can. larger the gears the less trouble thay...
Sorry Donald, I got that wrong; it would need to be on the east side. It would lose ½ revolution after a flip to the west. Terry _____ From: Terry Tuggle...
Thanks for the responses to my question about What mounts you are using. I realized after I posted under the "Re: Classic TMB 180 for sale" in post #35864,...
I got a call from Bill Burgess over the weekend, asking me to pass this on. For anyone wanting matching serial numbers to their 40mm Paragons with a serial...
Here in the USA as we were trying to meet our tax deadline by midnight April 15, the Waxing Gibbous Moon was taxing the patience of DSO imagers everywhere. ...
i took the focuser to AAA Anodising here in piney flats in tenessee. the gentelman there told me the foucer had a hardcoat so he is going to strip and re apply...
hi folks, this is a first light image taken last night with my new planetary equipment: DMK 21AF04 and Atik filterwheel with Astronomik filters. seeing was not...
well, ive done it now. i have sanded the part that connects the scope to the focuser to clean the dents and bad scratches off. only the outside didnt touch ...
Well...while awaiting my replacement mount, I've been digging through some unprocessed data, and am now starting to pull it all together... This is a two-panel...
thanks for the paint code . interesting, i thought reconised this materal. ive got some open winding transformers insluated with this stuff. my prior tmb152...
Another humble effort with the 130/780 with AP field flattener. Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod 19x180sec at iso 1600 30 Darks/Flats/Bias AP Mach1GTO Mount ...
hi all, my name is jonathan peters and i think this is my first post. i have just bought jim scalas tmb/apm 228. this scope is the original silver and white...
Hello List, I posted some images on my web site finally. Two are from a color/vs. mono camera test and the other is a recent one of NGC 2403. All taken with...
...tutorial, is what I have FYI. it covers two topics,that might be of interst particularly for all OSC imagers, but also for those using noisy mono CCDs. the...
hi guys, here is an image I processed as a crop of the overview M35+NGC2158 I posted recently. NGC 2158 looks like a glob. cluster but sure isn't. it is pretty...
Hi, I just went to the web site: http://www.tmboptical.com/ The left frame which used to have links, now says: "Hacked by Alpha N3T" in large font repeated...
