Looks like I'lll be headed for Boundary Rd with the Misses tonight and will only stay until 10:15. Early day tomorrow. I can't not take advantage of the...
Thanks guys for the help. Pictures turned out ok but not to my satisfaction. Kind of a perfectionist when it comes to photography. Want everything just...
Have fun where ever you go. I hope your night is as good as ours was last night. 3 nights in a row for me??? Can't risk my marriage for that. (Yet). ;) ...
Ok, have another question about focusing. What about wide field astrophotography. How do you focus then? That's what I was doing last night with 15 second...
Wide field or high power ... it makes no difference Joe... use the same procedure whatever magnification you choose. When using a DSLR, you either need a...
I popped out to Boundary Road to do a little viewing with Jim and his charming wife through their 12.5" obsession all tricked out with a servocat and nav...
I point it at the brightest star, planet or even moon. Set the lens on manual, zoom in to the end and focus till it is sharp. Then zoom back out to preference....
Thanks for confirming this through your research, Rob! It definately looked like a "planet." I wish I remembered to use higher magnification (7mm Nagler) to...
The nights of 30-31 Aug were some of the best nights anyone could hope for around here, comfortable temps, dry conditions and (almost) no bugs. I have had...
The sky was excellent as compared to where I was earlier on the weekend. I was in Whitby. In that washed out sky Andromeda was just visible as a white...
Fantastic! I may just have to come and see you at Foymount (and your equipment?). I sure could have used a Mallincam in Germany. Marc...
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i tried to figure out how to collimate my telescope and i ended up getting lost. i remember a while ago someone from the group had offered to show how's it's...
Larry does a fantastic job collimating scopes. Bring your scope to the gabfest on Friday and I'm pretty sure Larry will fix you up then. Joe ... together...
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Hi All! This is my first time using a refractor telescope attached to a mount with a bracket and dovetail. It is an alzimuth mount. How do I balance the...
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Sep 4, 2008 12:04 am
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Can anyone provide opinions based on experience with Nebulosity or ImagesPlus? Is one better than the other?...
I was previously using DSLR Focus and Cartes du Ciel on a Windows 98 laptop, with a Digital Rebel camera. Unfortunately, DSLR Focus does not support my new...
Edmund: Why not come to our gabfest. There are many very knowledgable follows who will be more than happy to help you. Larry, in particular, is very good at...
Just want to say hi. I am a astronomy fanatic who found your group. I'll probably not have a telescope until next april, but in the meantime, I'll enjoy...
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Hi Bryan, Contact me at tcweeks(at)rogers.com Todd W....
NASA Science News for September 5, 2008 NASA researchers are preparing to launch an experimental telescope that can see a "secret layer" of the sun thought to...
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Though I know Linux astronomy very well (having worked on drivers, applications, etc), I have no idea about the DSLR support at the moment as it pertains to...
Yeah, I pulled up the circuit diagram and it shows a 2A fuse there, like Ken said. My controller, however, has a 3A fuse, which I believe is just fine, but do...
Hello all! I would like to thank you all for your warm meeting me at Tim Horton's last night. Mike, Joe and especially Larry who had spent quite some time...
