In the space a few months....baby is born, his grandmother dies after just
three weeks of knowing him and a terrible car accident nearly claims my
father's life.
But now...things are starting to return to normal. I see the group churns along
it's merry way...sort of. I can't wait for the new sailing season to start.

Hey, Donal...did you ever get the scope? Which one? Tested a lot of scopes
recently and traded in my C9.25 for a new C8 SGT with XLT coatings. It's for
local use. Here's a pic for you, taken with the D70 and a Tokina 400mm
lens...took quite a few shots before I got a "good" one.

http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/eagle1.jpg
Also see...
http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/s%26c.jpg

Robert B

Hey Bob,

Welcome back. Sorry to hear your Dad was in a car accident.
What happened?

Nice shot of the moon, Last night while viewing the moon's Goclenius
crater it looked to me like a two lane ancient highway ran from
Goclenius over to the Webb U crater, about 1/3 of the way over there is
a crossong, if you do a right turn off the hwy you could drive strait
to the Messier DA crater or if you turned south it runs strait to the
Crozier crater. I just do not think such a precise trail is just impact
discarge do you. Have you seen this highway? If not check it out, I
know with you cheaply made new celestron you can not get the same
clarity as my superior vintage model, but you should be able to see the
basics.

Joe

My stepmother died of a heart defect. She was only 55. She and my
father were married for 25 years. Shortly after her death, driving to
NY from PA to see Thomas, my father lost control of his car and rolled
it. Bad crash, but he's now okay. It's been a bittersweet holiday, but
Thomas has helped.

RB

Your luck should change for the better. LP made me throw away my
Voodoo doll. Perhaps, now, all my hatred for liberals will not be
channeled into punishment for them by the Voodoo gods.

CN


"Bobsprit" wrote in message ...
In the space a few months....baby is born, his grandmother dies after just
three weeks of knowing him and a terrible car accident nearly claims my
father's life.
But now...things are starting to return to normal. I see the group churns along
it's merry way...sort of. I can't wait for the new sailing season to start.

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
In the space a few months....baby is born, his grandmother dies after just
three weeks of knowing him and a terrible car accident nearly claims my
father's life.
But now...things are starting to return to normal. I see the group churns
along
it's merry way...sort of. I can't wait for the new sailing season to
start.

Hey, Donal...did you ever get the scope? Which one?

I got a TAL 200K. It's a Russian made 8" Klestov-Cassegarian.

Here are my first photo's.
www.lanode.com/priv/M42.jpg
65s, ISO 800, Canon EOS 300D, Prime Focus.




www.lanode.com/priv/mach.jpg
Unfortunately, Machh... lost its tail on the night that I was able to take
the photo(Jan 8th).


Tested a lot of scopes
recently and traded in my C9.25 for a new C8 SGT with XLT coatings. It's
for
local use. Here's a pic for you, taken with the D70 and a Tokina 400mm
lens...took quite a few shots before I got a "good" one.

I know the feeling!! I've taken nearly 200 shots of Saturn so far ... all
rubbish!!



Regards


Donal
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"Donal" wrote in message
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"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
In the space a few months....baby is born, his grandmother dies after
just
three weeks of knowing him and a terrible car accident nearly claims my
father's life.
But now...things are starting to return to normal. I see the group churns
along
it's merry way...sort of. I can't wait for the new sailing season to
start.

Hey, Donal...did you ever get the scope? Which one?

I got a TAL 200K. It's a Russian made 8" Klestov-Cassegarian.

Here are my first photo's.
www.lanode.com/priv/M42.jpg
65s, ISO 800, Canon EOS 300D, Prime Focus.




www.lanode.com/priv/mach.jpg
Unfortunately, Machh... lost its tail on the night that I was able to take
the photo(Jan 8th).



So whaddaya think of the 300D? Did you get just the body and buy a seperate
lens or did you get the package?

John Cairns
Tested a lot of scopes
recently and traded in my C9.25 for a new C8 SGT with XLT coatings. It's
for
local use. Here's a pic for you, taken with the D70 and a Tokina 400mm
lens...took quite a few shots before I got a "good" one.

I know the feeling!! I've taken nearly 200 shots of Saturn so far ... all
rubbish!!



Regards


Donal
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"John Cairns" wrote in message

www.lanode.com/priv/mach.jpg
Unfortunately, Machh... lost its tail on the night that I was able to
take
the photo(Jan 8th).

Are those pressure rings in the photo, or just Fraunhoffers?

Nice nebula photo.

Max

Nutsy,

What is that Black Spot in the upper left?

Ole Thom


http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomsHomePage

"Maxprop" wrote in message
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Are those pressure rings in the photo, or just Fraunhoffers?

I've no idea!! What is a Fraunhoffer?


Nice nebula photo.

Thanks! It isn't too bad for a first attempt.
This is a much better effort :-
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/DSO/M42-1024.jpg


Regards


Donal
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"John Cairns" wrote in message
. com...

So whaddaya think of the 300D? Did you get just the body and buy a
seperate
lens or did you get the package?

Package.... It came with a zoom lens.

So far, I am extremely pleased.

As a "normal" camera it performs brilliantly. I took 88 photos(with flash)
at my son's 18 birthday party. 95% of them(or more) are of good quality.

As an astro camera, I am impressed with the lack of noise. Neither of the
photos that I posted have had any noise reduction techniques applied. You
can see a few bits of noise in the originals, but not many. Both photos
have been treated in the Gimp for colour balance - because light pollution
means that my sky looks red.



Regards


Donal
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