Hi - Tom Harris brings up a valid point. It seems that if we are to fulfill our educational role as an interest group, we should: 1) Have a short talk (each...
Greetings everyone, I hope that you all had a good Holiday and safe New Years day. The upcoming SIG Meeting will be this Thursday once again at Walnut Acres...
Tom & Jerry (ha ha ha...) You're both correct. This would be a great opportunity to learn more on why certain filters are/can be used during imaging. I myself...
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Rob, Happy New Year. Because of family and work constraints, I will not be able to participate. I was really looking forward to getting more involved but I ...
Jerry et. al., At one meeting I would also like to have one of our more knowledgeable members to explain the functions and differences of barlows, Telecentric...
Thats a great suggestion Ron... Another area of interest (to me as I am doing it!) are shared experiences of assembling imaging SYSTEMS. It is not easy to find...
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Chris, How many computers are connected to the scope using your setup? You've got a ton of items chained together... Rob ... experiences of assembling imaging...
At our meeting last night, we discussed the clear sky cllocks that are available. Here is ONE of them: http://cleardarksky.com/c/SMCObCAkey.html?1 Regards and...
This is an interesting facet of imaging: < http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/03jan_lunargeminids.htm? > "NASA Science News for January 3, 2007 "During...
Apparently, I missed the meeting. I don't have the luxury of getting my emails on a daily basis. Sorry. Thanks to Liede-Marie's email, I won't miss the next...
Hi All, At last night's meeting several folks mentioned a comet that was currently in the sky. It prompted me to check for recent comets and I found that...
We had an interesting discussion of the sometimes tongue-twisting names of lunar features at the Imaging Group 1/4 meeting. I thought I'd do a little research...
Thanks a lot Jerry, This helps with the Latin. ( I didn't realize that there were different ways one could pronounce Latin ) Now what do I do with the names of...
Jim - The same Web site: http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861678329/Mare_Fecunditatis.html has a search window. If you choose to search the Dictionary on a...
I have a Meade DSI-C matched up to an Orion 120mm refractor equatorial mount and Im running Envisage Ver. 5.86. When I image the moon (using the handbook...
Hi Bob, I have never used the program you describe, but a couple of things come to mind. One could be that when you combine your RGB images you have to adjust ...
Hi All, On Friday night (010507)when the seeing was poor I decided to see if stacking would help with a large image. Those that attanded the meeting will...
Jim, That is a very nice image. Yes, it appears that stacking pretty much always helps (unless you have a really good single image). Did you use a Neutral...
Hi Rob, Thanks for your kind comments. The image was strictly CCD taken with my STL 11000 which is designed mostly for deep sky imaging. No filters were...
May be a challenging imaging opportunity .... http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070109.html Regards and aloha, Lew http://www.geocities.com/lcoo/pahala.htm ...
Lew, I'm going to give it one last try. Going up Avila Rd at sundown, pretty good view to the west and southwest. Lot of crap in the air but I'll try. Ron...
Ron, I went up (Avila Rd.) on Friday morning, didn't see you there (you had mentioned going up) and also didn't see anything that even looked vaguely...
Rob I had gone over to Willow Pass to try and get a better angle. I did not see anything either. However, tonight I was on Avila Rd. just west of the Police...
Hello, I have posted a few photos of comet McNaught taken on the evenings of January 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th. The comet is very bright and if it is clear...
Those are wonderful images Bob. You've been fortunate to see this comet. I've tried looking for it after 5 pm but I have the hills to my west coming from San...
