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Space Weather News for Oct. 31, 2006 http://spaceweather.com SPOOKY ASTRONOMY: Today is a date of astronomical interest: it's a cross-quarter date, midway...
Telescope idea could transform spy work http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1325576&secid=1 By TOM ROEDER THE GAZETTE An Air Force Academy researcher...
Hi Does anyone know any formulae to calculate the FOV at prime focus for any telescope? Also for a given field of view how do you work out how much space on...
Tim, The formula is F=206265d/theta Where F is the effective focal length of the optical train, d is the dimension of the detector in mm, and theta is the...
I see that Registax 4 is out. Have installed it but not processed anything yet. Interesting new options available. Anyone got any good feedback on it? Kaustav...
Martin Lewis and I tried the beta version of Regi 4. Optimisation routine is faster. User-definable alignment rectangle is not useful as it is too restricted...
Thanks David. I've found some websites which are useful too:- http://www.wodaski.com/wodaski/pick_a_camera.htm http://www.stargraham.com/fov.html Regards Tim ...
Hi All, I need some general advise/critism on my first attempt at Lunar photography. I used a Meade 105 moutned Alt Az and a Canon 350D at prime focus. I used...
Kaustav, I can only advice you on what I know. For the Moon the exposure time is very short. From Days 1-4 the exposure can be anything from 1/4 sec to...
Kaustav, The shutter release problem is easy. The 350D has a setting under menu....far right tools tab...custom functions... mirror lockup. Mirror lockup...
David, It seems people are spending alot of money lately ! LOL ... what autoguider did you get ? Im picking up my EQ6Pro mount tomorrow so hope to out tomorrow...
... 2nd hand SBIG ST-4. There was a lot of competition for it. The man first offered it for £250, but when he found 12 people wanted it, he offered it to the...
Yup, im sure your right about never having the best setup, but it will do for a couple of years at least :-) £300 was it a good deal ? I know nothing about...
Kaustav You could try using the delayed shutter release timer (like for when you want to be in the picture...) - it usually is c10 seconds so the shake should...
He's using a cable release already, Alan. It's not pressing the shutter button that's causing the vibration, its the camera mechanism. The mirror lock method...
... Well it's the cheapest I have seen, and several people were after it at that price. There is an alternative method, however, which appears to be far...
skytonight.com Weekly Bulletin News ======================================== A Happy Halloween for Hubble ... October 31, 2006 | NASA administrator Michael...
Tim My mount is the Vixen GP/DX with skysensor 2000PC software version 2.10 . Its now discontinued but it's a great bit of kit , It has some big advantages...
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Guys In the good old days I used a piece of Black card held in front of the scope . Open the shutter and wait a few secs for the shake to go then move the card...
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Team Sorry to hijack the conversation here . Tim don't forget you have the dsi at the moment and it needs to come back at the next meeting, there are others in...
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LAUNCH ALERT Brian Webb Ventura County, California E-mail: kd6nrp@... Web Site: http://www.spacearchive.info 2006 November 6 (Monday) 05:29 PST ...
I would point out in defence of the Celestron mounts that they do not seem to have any plastic where it matters. I managed to see and image Swan again...
Duncan Interesting re Vixen mount - the pics on the adverts always look very sturdy. My LX90 mount has solid metal forks which allow quite a steady image; only...
David, Just checked the BAA Website, congrats again ! Haven't seen a better Saturn Image this apparition. JJ http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any...
David I have to agree , the Celestron is a better mechanical system than the Meade ( it has pittman servos I believe , and Metal castings rather than ABS). I...
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Thanks Tim I didn't want to start a "Thing " about scts , they are very usefull and have many good points. Duncan ... From: wolas@yahoogroups.com...
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