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Re: Sadr Region - HA

Very nice Bill, it seems that your collimation is spot on ! Dan

By Dan_Paris · #87056 ·

Re: Iris Nebula

Spectacular image Bill with lots of signal ! regards, Dan

By Dan_Paris · #87055 ·

Re: #ASCOM_V2_Driver alpaca move rate #ASCOM_V2_Driver

Thank you for your help Ray, i will contact Ascom for more details. yan

By fantei@... · #87054 ·

Another failed meridian post - APCC, SGP and AP900 Mount

Hi guys, Seem to be experiencing some ongoing issues with meridian flips - Using SGP 3.1.0.544, APCC Pro V. 1.8.0.9 and and AP900 mount with CP3 gear. Last night could not do a meridian flip (around

By John Kazanas · #87053 ·

Re: Problem with meridian flip #Mach2GTO #APCC

David, wow that's a great widefield image. so much detail! well done Brian

By Brian Valente · #87052 ·

Re: quartz crown and plate glass

My apologies - I posted this in the GTO group and not the regular group

By Christopher M <mirfak@...> · #87051 ·

quartz crown and plate glass

In a recent post (87010) Roland C mentions that Linwood's Celestron C11 optics is made with "normal" glass. "Do you find the C11 to need a lot of focusing with temperature change? It would seem to me

By Christopher M <mirfak@...> · #87050 ·

Re: Problem with meridian flip #Mach2GTO #APCC

Thanks

By David Johnson · #87049 ·

SH2-112

Resend. Sorry, I forgot change the subject line. We had a few clear and steady nights here in central Virginia, and I managed to get 13 hours of Ha and RGB on Sharpless

By Mike Dodd · #87048 ·

Re: Iris Nebula

Thanks Andrea!

By Bill Long · #87047 ·

Re: #ASCOM_V2_Driver alpaca move rate #ASCOM_V2_Driver

We had a few clear and steady nights here in central Virginia, and I managed to get 13 hours of Ha and RGB on Sharpless 112. <http://astronomy.mdodd.com/nebulae-32.html> Comments are welcome. Is

By Mike Dodd · #87046 ·

Re: Iris Nebula

Much better! Very nice

By Andrea Lucchetti · #87045 ·

Re: Ocean-side location corrosion precautions

Understood, thanks Roland

By Steve Wilkins · #87044 ·

Re: Thanks to Mike, Roland and others that reached out to me this 4th of July weekend

Holy frijoles, Batman, there are some nice images over the last few days from you guys! Thanks for sharing, Steve! Karen AP

By Karen Christen · #87043 ·

Re: M27 in LRGB + SHO (Dumbbell)

Dang, Linwood. That’s really striking. Great work. Karen AP

By Karen Christen · #87042 ·

Re: Iris Nebula

Thanks Karen. That Epsilon is a photon vacuum.

By Bill Long · #87041 ·

Re: Iris Nebula

Wow, that’s gorgeous, Bill. Karen AP

By Karen Christen · #87040 ·

Re: How feasible is tandem imaging with AP1100 with or without AE and 2 1000mm refractors with ~0.8"/px image scale?

On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 08:39 AM, Karen Christen wrote: Pretty cool little rollaway observatory shed thingy, Peter. Don’t think I’ve seen one like that before. KarenYes, a very innovative

By Dean Jacobsen · #87039 ·

Re: 400GTO

I would not use this on astronomical equipment. Rolando

By Roland Christen · #87038 ·

Re: Ocean-side location corrosion precautions

All boards in the AP mounts are already conformal coated. Do not add more willy nilly since you can mess up the connector pins! Roland

By Roland Christen · #87037 ·

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