Thanks very much :-) ________________________________ From: wolas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:wolas@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kaustav Bhattacharya Sent: 02...
JJ, did you know your recent Jupiter animation is on the June BBC Sky at Night cover disk, alongside some of my Jupiter images? Kaustav, I am aware of the ESA...
Hi David, I did see that they included my animation, very nice of them ... I only noticed that last month they put on my partial eclipse image as well. I...
JJ That sounds expensive , boys and their toys etc . Will be intresting to see the images you are able to produce if you do upgrade and to compare them with...
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Duncan, Im going for a Deep Sky Setup, as im not having much luck selling my flat at the moment, so I hope to have a budget for £2000 for a CCD and im looking...
James Do you think that the 100mm aperture will give you much more than the 125 you already have ? , yes know that its shorter focal length but that is about...
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Duncan, Its really about the mount to be honest, thats where a good bulk will go on. At the moment even with very good tracking I can only do 20sec exposures,...
James I agree whole heartidly , the mount makes a great deal of difference , did you get the recent sky at night with the mount comarison , if you are not...
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I don't often say this, but: 'Respect' to Sky News... They carried the launch live, excellent coverage, - Thanks Sky!!! Only thing missing was a 'resident...
Crikey, James! About two weeks ago I started thinking about an 80 or 100mm ED as well, after I eventually worked out that the ED's are doublets instead of the...
Mike Have you got anywhere with your 114GT controller? I read that the ICs inside sometimes work out of the sockets - always a problem - I always tie ICs in if...
I missed the original question of the email, which I will now answer. It is not possible to image the surface of Venus due to the clouds. (There was some...
Guys Regarding small refractors ( ED's etc ) some of the reports I have read state that it is not possible to re collimate the optics which ( the cell is...
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Alan, Scope now seems to be behaving except it thinks it's a different smaller one and I don't seem able to access the menu to change this. As I don't use the...
Space Weather News for July 6, 2006 http://spaceweather.com SUNSPOT BREAKUP: Big sunspot 898 is breaking apart, sending shock waves through the sun's...
Why would you need to collimate a refractor? And if you could how would you do it? I guess a lens could potentially be as misaligned as a mirror is on a...
Refractors need to be collimated but normally this is done when they are put together and it does not change unless they are disassembled. It is normal for...
If you read the recent test report on the skywatcher pro ( forgive me if its wrong ) the first delivered sample example was not properly collimated and had to...
David, Many thanks - also got this from Bill. Could anybody say what star it might have been - this is the first, and only, time I have seen anything like...
Mike I checked on Starry Night and Jupiter appeared to be near 2 stars on the night in question. I am guessing that the one you saw was a 6.62 magnitude star...
Greetings. I'm away until Tuesday 18th, and have set our WOLAS messages to 'un-moderated'... Please forgive any spam that gets through! ========= Cheers! Bill...
Calling all telescope mount experts! I recently used a Losmandy G11. Brilliant mount but too expensive for me. I liked the G11 most notably for how solid it...
Kaustav, S@N Magazine did a review of mounts of this type in June. I can lend it to you if you like. The HEQ 5 Pro and EQ6 Pro do have polar alignment scopes....
Hi David, I found the review from S@N online via their web site. Also checked it out in person today at Widescreen Television Centre here in Baker St. Looks...
Just a quick one to let you know that the planning application (06/00713/CON) to turn the lecture theatre at the Amateur Astronomy Centre was refused by...
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