This is the camera I told many of you about at Fall Creek Falls several months ago. It's finally ready for release to the USA. To those already purchasing...
... Estimates I've seen based on the cost in Yen is more like $2400 for the body only since this will be a limited-production item from Canon. At that price,...
I have the "older" Canon 300D which is based on the 10D chip. Both the 10D and the 20D (and 300D and 350) can be bought with out getting the fancy "astro" one...
Anyone have access to the heliocentric coordinates (lat/lon) of Pluto for the month of June. They should be in the astronomical almanac, but I don't have one...
Lionel Crews
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Jun 6, 2005 4:38 am
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Hello. Last night I imaged Comet Tempel 1, and had the good fortune to catch it near a couple of galaxies, NGC 4910 and PGC 44474. I guided on the star field,...
Dr. Crews: Here's a heliocentric ephemeris for Pluto relative to the mean ecliptic and equinox of J2000.0, computed for each date at 00:00 UT1. Date Longitude...
Dang! I didn't catch that web page on my google search. Good find. Thanks!...
lcrews@...
Jun 6, 2005 11:41 am
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Given that we Americans are very fond of lists, I have a question for you. If you had to list your top three most important tips or tricks for a newbie...
lcrews@...
Jun 6, 2005 11:42 am
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... for you. ... for a ... down to ... to post ... 1) High-resolution solar system color imaging costs far less than high-resolution deep-sky color imaging. 2)...
For cooled CCD imaging: 1. Have 'balance' in your equipment. By this I mean try to have a reasonable match in your mount, scope and camera. For example,...
... Right. I suggested a used 10D (or 300D) if someone wanted to experiment with doing the mod themselves. It is quite involved and I wouldn't want to try it...
... for you. ... for a ... down to ... to post ... I'll chime in... 1. Set your expectations appropriately. When you look at astrophotography images, note the ...
I thought this already ahppened last year? MARS SPECTACULAR ~ The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month & next The Earth will be catching up with...
Not quite, but Mars will be pretty outstanding again in October & November. It sounds like your information comes from the August 2003 approach. Mars won't...
Great images of Tempel 1 Mark! Thanks for sharing. Scott Smith CAS ... From: mmanner To: tnastronomy@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 11:19 PM ...
Mark, Those are fantastic pictures. Keep up the good work, and please continue to share. Joe Joseph M. Boyd, Jr., J.D. 5039 Hillsboro Pike, No. 152 ...
boydjoe@...
Jun 7, 2005 4:11 am
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$600 for a used Canon 300D boddy? That be very high now a days, you can buy a new one for $615 :) ...
Here's an update on the 20Da: June 6, 2005 - Canon USA has updated the public on the release date and price of the astral-optimized EOS 20Da digital SLR...
I was wondering what sort of activities (day and night) are going to be a part of the star party this Friday and Saturday nights? Who's planning on going? Jim...
Hi Jim, Lloyd Watkins, my son Tyler, and I will be there with scopes for night viewing which is open to the public from 8 till 10pm on Friday and Saturday...
Sounds like a winner, Scott! I will probably come up on Saturday and could lead a geology trip of the park and surrounding areas. One real good place is just...
Hi all, After last year's TNSP, there were some that wanted to extend the dates to include Thursday night. The owners of Nakanawa wanted to charge such an...
Hi all, There have been two responses to my suggestion of adding a day to TNSP 2005 at the Group Camp field at Pickett State Park. The first said that if...
Is there such a thing as a really dark sky site in TN?? ... From: tnastronomy@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tnastronomy@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael...
I did not intend to send my comments to the entire group, but unfortunately made a posting mistake. I deleted my comments as soon as I was able from the web,...
My wife was cleaning out the garage the other day preparing for a yard sale, so I thought I would do the same with some telescope accessories I no longer need....
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