http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kurtfriedrich/io_crosses_jupiter_april_28.htm or http://tinyurl.com/m84ua AP130 f/8 TV 4x Powermate Toucam web cam I had stayed...
Howdy all - Thought I would share this weekend project with you. http://www.avertedimagination.com/images/sun042906large.jpg Daytime seeing this spring - with...
Derek, One of the regular contributors here is Stefan Seip from Germany who uses the EOS 5D for astrophotography. I hope to also obtain such a camera soon to...
Dave, Oooops, slip of the pen. I meant 180. I bet you had a chuckle. Marj Christen Astro-Physics, Inc 11250 Forest Hills Road Machesney Park, IL 61115 Phone:...
Could you detail the processing steps you used? ... Joel M. Moskowitz, M.D. 11 (total)solar eclipses and counting AND 1 Venus transit [Non-text portions of...
Hi Joel - ... surely - the single frame is copied in the Quicktime player (I use a Mac) and pasted into a new doc in Photoshop - three processing steps were...
... I think that there is a pretty good chance that Canon might release a special astro version of the 5D, just as they did with the 20D. Hutech already has a...
I was playing around with my recent M83 image and came up with two more views, I think they make for an interesting comparison? As well as highlighting the...
Hi Shahin, See message 26663: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ap-ug/message/26662 This is for the older smooth finish tubes, I'm not sure what the code is for...
For the older Gloss White tubes, I use RAL 9010 - it's very close. No one could tell the difference if you are painting the whole tube. If you are trying to...
Thank you Kurt and Joe. I am trying to match to the pebble/textured finish. Looking at the charts, I would guess RAL 9003 is very close, but was told by...
NO, No,,,,, The pebble finish you can't match. That textured paint is available form Europe, not for sale anywhere here in the US. The Ral 9010 is the color...
Shahin, Also be very careful about matching in general. I tried everything close that I could FIND for my 1994 180EDT. After settling with the GM3800, and it...
Joe, Just for my information and nothing else .... is this also applicable to the AP160's and, if so, who is the European supplier and do you have a paint...
Hi Anthony, All I know is the pebble finish paint is from Europe. Sorry, I don't have the supplier's name. I've already spent time here in the USA trying to...
Now you have the color - what about the pebble finish ??? Even if you find the pebble like finish, the end result is controlled by the method that AP's painter...
Thank you all. I should probably correct myself. I am trying to match the pebble finish as close as possible. I understand it may not be 100% exact, but if...
I have a used AP900 and have been using PEMPro to measure and correct the periodic error. I'm getting a periodic error out of PEMPRo of +5.5/-6.4 with an RMS...
In a message dated 5/2/2006 7:06:53 PM Central Daylight Time, craig@... ... How old is the mount? Roland Christen [Non-text portions of this message have...
Well After some troubles with getting my mount to track right. Still don't know what the trouble was, just started guiding correctly. I was able to get 2 hours...
In a message dated 5/3/2006 10:11:51 AM Central Daylight Time, ... That is an excellent wide field image. Roland Christen [Non-text portions of this message...
Paul, That is a sweet image! I hope you realize that we have a bright star with a confirmed exoplanet discovered within the past 12 months in the IMMEDIATE...
