"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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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
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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
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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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"Donal" wrote in message
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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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Don't consider myself much of a photographer, but the thing that sold me was
the 100 asa speed, the comparable Nikon wasn't offering it.

John Cairns