writes: I see your point. I can do remote imaging here also for testing purposes. Rolando ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at

Hi Ray, In the past I have limited myself to taking only RGB images. Now that large box stores are within shouting distance of our factory and observatory, I can no longer get anything reasonable

eraeburn@... writes: The 140EDF is mounted on the Mach1 and Eagle pier. Rolando ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at

rdcrisp@... writes: Yes. Part of this experiment was to see how well they work here under my conditions of light pollution. The 7nm bandwidth certainly cuts out 99.9% of the bad light

So which mount was it that facilitated your capturing these beautiful images? -ER

Absolutely the mount is the key ingredient for me to be able to image at 5760mm and even at 3366mm were the filters you used the baader planetarium narrowbands? i sure like my set, you just can't

those came out very nice roland based on postings from others today I suppose consistency would say the image postings are off topic here, but I think that's not a proper interpretation of the spirit

I have a 2002 mount/keypad that very occasionally does the same thing- also one that has been well-looked after, in an observtory. It is definitely a problem with the keypad. This keypad also has a

i agree, however given the tone of several posts appearing in this group it appeared that an explanation was warranted irrespective of the topic to which it was addressed. George LaBelle

Or ... Ray, As the years wear on, and you can no longer carry all that luggage to a dark site, and very soon, not even find one, within the cost of gas, squeezed out of your life savings - it will

rdcrisp@... writes: Well part of the image quality has to be attributed to the mount, so I would say images are not off topic. Keep posting yours too - they are unique and

Hi George, Yes, I agree that this is off topic. But there is the moral of the story... you should try to take your AP GTO mount to a dark site as it can make a huge difference in image S/N, even when

Hi folks, I have posted some new images I took recently with the first of the 140 refractors on Robert Provin's website, NGC6888 and M17: http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/roland/ Be sure to

Dear Rolando, First of all thank you very much for your fast and detailed response. If I work with the keypad installed (no EXT), everything is fine - no problem with pier flips and pointing -

I think this is a good post, however does it not belong in one of the imaging forums and not AP GOTO. I look to this specific group for info on my mount. George am in the san francisco bay area

Christian.Wallasch@... writes: There is really no reason to use EXT. TheSky6 works fine with the keypad being in control of initialization (i.e. keypad set to Autostart Yes or No). It is only

Hi Ray, I must revisit the colour balancing since there is a slight bias towards yellow. The histograms are pretty well matched but something is causing me the slight shift towards yellow. I also

I shot M27 from my backyard in mag 3 to at best mag 3.5 skies. I am in the san francisco bay area near the Oakland airport (less than 10 miles

Hi Anthony, That's a lot of stars and great detail! However, is it just me or do some of the stars look a little greenish? Maybe it's just my monitor or my eyes are getting old! :-) -Ray

Hi Tom, I think you did a great on this image! I like the more natural colors of M27 and also the nice star colors. -Ray