I haven't posted here for a while, but have four images I would like to share - from least to best. All were taken on a marathon night here in Ohio - November...
Hi all Last night was absolutely freezing but at least the sky was clear, I managed to get 2 hours for each filter in 10 minute unguided subframes before it...
... Stu I am by nature an early adopter. I also understand your reluctance to be "first", but someone has to be in that role. AP and Bisque didn't start...
Terry, My GM-200 has a tangent arm on the dec axis, so GOTO isn't in the cards. I work 50-60 hours a week, my wife about 70, and we have a 2 year old. I have...
thanks Mike! I am gald things turn out better and better in your vicinity. may the people with the "threads in theirs hands" as we call 'em realize it makes...
STU, That is fine, I was just passing along this mount as a heads-up, "if interested" type of post. Obviously you are not, and that's ok too. I saw it as an...
Hi All I recently posted seperate images of the Soul nebula (IC 1848) and the Heart nebula (IC 1805), following comments on some forums that the images were a...
hi folks, it seems I am forced ot reprocess older data as the weather is perfectly cooperative for skiing and "cloudy-nights"-activities...*g* well, here is a...
... Hi Dietmar, Sorry about your Wx although I feel your pain. Here in San Diego we had 30 cm of snow. Well, make that snow in the mountains of San Diego ...
hello guys, finally I am able to post something new. well, quite frankly it is not perfectly new, as I added 3 hours of Ha and 2.5 hours of O3 to a one shot...
Owners or the maker would be your best source for info, but I can add that I have seen this issue before with some focusers. It is often little more than one...
once more hello in this fading year 08! this is hopefully not gonna be the final version of my M1-rendition, as I hope next year provides me with better seeing...
I have a TMB 105 f/6.2 with a 4" WO focuser and a canon 350D. I want buy a focal reducer or field flattener to obtain a flat field for the aps-c sensor of my...
Diets, This is a very good result in any seeing conditions! I will be waiting for some luminance with better seeing; it should be spectacular! Terry ...
Hi all, I spent a lot of imaging time for this picture of Bode's- and Cigar galaxy. One can also notice the so-called Integrated Flux. It was also a lot of...
Karel, WOW!!! What an excellent image! This is the deepest image I have seen of the field. The processing looks spot on, definitely not exaggerated! Well done,...
Thanks a lot Terry for the very kind reply !! Best regards Karel _____ Van: tmboptical@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tmboptical@yahoogroups.com] Namens Terry Tuggle ...
this is amazing. i dont even understand how this is possible. i took a shot of bodes and the other one didnt even show up in my frame. Maybe mine is not wide...
I have a 152/1200 with the Feather Touch 3.5" focuser. My imaging train is: 1) 2" Pyxis Rotator 2) MOAG, 3) ST-402 and 4) a QSI 532ws - 7 pounds. I tried using...
Options 2, 3, and 4 will work well. Given the already fast native focal ratio, reduction may not be desired for many. The full sized flattener(dedicated...
Let me second Terry's comments. I have never seen the halo around M81 like what you have captured. It also appears you have imaged a satellite dwarf of M81...
Happy new year to all of you and wish you all with your family a great Year 2009 , safe jobs, many clear skies and good luck with everything Markus Ludes ...
... WG: Karel, You look to have caught some arm extension from M81 which extends in two o'clock and five o'clock direction to almost twice the diameter of the ...