Ron, Tell me about it. We live right near the border between Lafayette and Walnut Creek (and next to the hills by Acalanes HS) and it really felt big over...
One for your diary fellow imagers... Received the first notification of this years AIC. It's a pretty stellar line up... (A who's who almost) Chris ... From:...
Thanks Chris! I went to this conference last year and really enjoyed myself. Jim told me about the event and I just managed to squeak in a few days before the ...
Hi All, A few folks have asked if my observatory was hurt by the quake. Not so you'd notice. However, I have learned that a quake of that size usually moves...
Too bad a GPS couldn't precisely pinpoint to the mm your location. Quick, take a reading before the next big one! Sounds like it rattled more than our nerves....
Hi All, One our first meeting, Jerry Hudson pointed out that there's more to be done with amateur telescopes than making pretty pictures and showing off...
Thank you for that, and I am a pretty picture type too. I recently purchased some acrylic from Tap Plastics. Red, Green, Blue, and a smoked neutral density...
This past Saturday night, my sister and I were sitting outside doing some casual observing... me, using mostly just my eyes and my sister with her binoculars....
... Thanks Rob... I will likely be half an hour late. Why? Perhaps others are interested... there is a program on the Travel Channel at 6.00pm (repeated...
Beware of the IR leak thru the filters (especially the green). I found that the IR was transmitted thru plastic material which were not designed for filtering...
After the SIG meeting last night, Ron and I were both discussing getting a webcam to experiment with. I just purchased a Philips SPC900NC online for around $70...
I was talking last night about an extraordinary widefield image posted to the SBIG user group showing large amounts of galactic dust surrounding M81 and M82....
WOW...that is a beautiful image! Liede-Marie ... posted to the SBIG user group showing large amounts of galactic dust surrounding M81 and M82. Here it is... ...
Hey, thank you very much for that, Lew. I will try and pay attention to what I'm doing. My best hope is to just make a pretty picture. I hope you know that....
From: Tom Harris ... -snip- If I took one, underexposed, picture; and renamed it ... -end snip- What you'd end up with is the same thing as you started with, ...
Reminder from: mdasimaging Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mdasimaging/cal R. Jay GaBany's "Postcards From the Universe" Wednesday March 21, 2007 ...
mdasimaging@yahoogrou...
Mar 22, 2007 2:11 am
255
Check out this video. I wonder if Jim ever had to face these kinds of problems?? http://www.scaryideas.com/video/1687/ Take care all Ron...
It also explains why there are so many burnt-up cars around Jim's home. A couple of things. While up on Mt. Diablo for public night, I peeked into the...
Rob I don't know the rules for usage, but could the SIG gain access to the observatory with camera for one of our meetings? Maybe we should talk to Richard...
Unfortunately I'll be in Seattle tomorrow... but I think that's a great idea. It's meant to be a learning tool; so let's put it to use.. In answer to Rob's...
Hey guys, This could be very interesting. We may indeed have access to this really great setup and resource. Rob ... great idea. It's meant to be a learning...
Yesterday (Monday), I received my adapters that I had ordered from Steven Mogg. The webcam adapter screws onto the front of the Philips webcam and fits ...
Ron, I don't know yet. It certainly wasn't an expensive item, so I am not worried about going at it with modifications in mind. I just don't know enough about...
To all, Sorry if this is not specifically about imaging, but it is something I have been pondering. When I was a mere lad, in the 50's the comets I saw were...
Green Comets? No. But in 1981, I saw a fireball bigger than the Moon, going across the upper atmosphere from East to West that had a wavy, curly tail. The ...
Ron , The question you ask about "green comets" is all about imaging. In the "olden" days when we looked at comets they looked mostly like a white fuzzy star...
