Hi All, Alas I will be in Germany (Stuttgart) during our next meeting. This is a great list of topics and I look forwards to contributing my parts plus some...
I have a method that I use. First, I reduce the "doughnuts" to minimal size, i.e. vanishing. Next, I look at the faintest stars I can see in the frame. As I...
Hi all, Many folks have asked, "Why is your telescope on the Astromart?" One reason is that I do it every few years to see if there are any buyers and there...
Hi All, The society for Telescope Science has their annual meeting during the week preceeding the RTMC. It's always a good program and the society is...
Reminder from: mdasimaging Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mdasimaging/cal MDAS Imaging SIG Meeting Tuesday May 8, 2007 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm (This...
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Hey gang, Aside from the usual "show & tell" of new and interesting items, we have 2 items planned for the upcoming meeting. Jim Scala will be speaking on...
Hi Everyone, The conditions on the mountain have been pretty bad over the last week. 25mph winds have been recorded everynight starting at about 7:00pm and ...
Hi All, I posted the image of M 13 I was working on at the last meeting. The image FOV is 45' X 65' and was taken with my 228-mm at F/7.8 I urg you to give M...
Hi Jim- That is great! I like the distant galaxy on the lower left too. Liede-Marie ... positioned ... image ... 478 ... can ... lanes in ... two ... good, ......
Hello All, We are planning a trip to China for the eclipse next year. The photo opportunity is for a mulitple exposure similar to the one I did in Egypt, but...
Hi Bob, I have used medium format for a number of years including Mamyia and Rolliflex, but my main system is a Hasselblad. I attempted a partial solar eclipse...
Thanks Jim, The partial eclipse shot looks good. I imagine there is better resolution in the original than the digitized version.. I have considered...
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Hi Jim, I posted the image to the files section of the group - The photo upload wasn't happy with the format... Bob ... for ... the ... in ... are ... printed ...
Bob, Large format color film is a problem. I don't think Fugi has anything other than ISO 160 in 4x5. Looks like Kodak still makes Portra in ISO 160-800 in 4x5...
I am reminding everyone that this Friday May 25 there is a star party at Walnut Acres Elementary. I would encourage any of you that have a star party scope to...
Hello Jim- Having viewed Venus with the naked eye, binoculars and scope, I find that this Venus has such a calming "view" to it...I like it, it's very...
I also gave M13 a shot the other night and have posted two attempts in my area of our site. The images were taken through my F/7 AP155 and STL11K using a 2X...
Chris- I like this second image of M13! Both you and Jim S. have taken wonderful images of M13. Liede-Marie ... attempts in my area of our site. The images...
Is everyone aware that details of the 2007 Advanced Imaging Conference in San Jose have been announced. Go here... http://www.aicccd.com/ I have signed up for...
Hey gang, It is that time again. Who would like to give a presentation at the upcoming meeting? It doesn't have to be fancy, just interesting. Please contact...
As many of you may know, the finishing touches are being integrated into the newest toolkit - "Exploring the Solar System". Here is a request to NightSky...
Rob, Last month Jim Scala showed how to stack and align images with Maxium. I recently purchased Images Plus which has an automated method of stacking and...
Hi Rob, I have lost track - is the meeting tomorrow (June 5th) or next Tuesday? (Alas I will be in Geneva and then Annecy France next week) I have come to...
Jim, Images Plus sounds like it would make a good topic for the meeting. If you would still like to do it, it will be a go. Rob ... I recently purchased Images...
