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Posts Made By: Dave Mitsky

January 6, 2009 07:12 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Milloy discusses dark skies and global warming

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Oh, Foxnews.com, say no more.

Dave Mitsky

January 11, 2009 04:20 AM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

What's my next step?

Posted By Dave Mitsky
How much do you want to spend on the camera?

Dave Mitsky

January 18, 2009 09:27 PM Forum: Politics

Boiling Anger Over Bush Legacy

Posted By Dave Mitsky
George W. Bush, the worst two-term President in the history of the United States...

January 19, 2009 05:41 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

ever seen a dobsonian mount for a cassegrain?

Posted By Dave Mitsky
I've seen an SCT on a homemade Dob mount atop a tripod at a star party but I don't have a photo of it handy.

Dave Mitsky

January 24, 2009 06:29 AM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

view from eyepiece vs camera

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Since night vision operates at rather low resolution, nebulous objects truly remain "fuzzies", even with large apertures. So images of galaxies and nebulae almost always look better than telescopic views. However, the human eye has a much greater dynamic range than an imaging device, so star clusters tend to be more impressive through the eyepiece.

Some color can be seen in bright DSOs like M42 and a number of planetary nebulae but it's pretty much a grey/gray universe otherwise.

Dave Mitsky

January 30, 2009 01:36 AM Forum: Solar System Observing

Venus and the Moon, 2009/1/29

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Here's a wide shot of the pair.

Dave Mitsky

January 31, 2009 08:25 AM Forum: Solar System Observing

The Moon and Venus, 2009/1/30

Posted By Dave Mitsky
I zoomed the Sony DSC-F707's lens in a bit for this shot.

Dave Mitsky

February 3, 2009 04:24 AM Forum: Astro-Physics

TMB 92mm vs Stowaway F5

Posted By Dave Mitsky
In case it hasn't been mentioned already, there is a generally positive review of the 92mm f/5.5 TMB by Alan Dyer in the March issue of Sky & Telescope.

Dave Mitsky

February 7, 2009 12:04 AM Forum: After Dark

Why When the Moon is Full?

Posted By Dave Mitsky
With the exception that it's never clear for a lunar eclipse. wink

Dave Mitsky

February 9, 2009 08:48 AM Forum: ASTRONOMY

The NGC-IC Project

Posted By Dave Mitsky
As Rod alluded, it's not a technical difficulty. The NGC-IC Project is no more. An archived version is reportedly available at the Wayback Machine site.

Dave Mitsky

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