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Posts Made By: Dave Mitsky

February 11, 2009 06:47 PM Forum: After Dark

Your "top 20" list (for 32° N)...

Posted By Dave Mitsky
I'll add NGC 5128 (Centaurus A) to the list. As far as Puppis is concerned, make sure to have a look at NGC 2451 and NGC 2477, two great open clusters that are very similar to M46 and M47.

Dave Mitsky

February 20, 2009 05:59 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Omega Centauri

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Tom,

That is one fantastic image of NGC 5139!

Dave Mitsky

February 24, 2009 08:10 PM Forum: Comets

Lulin easy from urban sites w/binoculars

Posted By Dave Mitsky
I observed Comet Lulin from my fourth magnitude backyard on Saturday and Monday mornings with my 8x42 Celestron Regals and 80mm f/5 Orion ShortTube 80 achromat and last night and this morning through the 8x42s and my wife's 6" f/8 Orion XT6. (I also observed it from the ASH Naylor Observatory on Friday night and last night through a 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain and its 5" f/5 finder scope.) The comet was a fairly easy target through the binoculars.

Dave Mitsky

February 28, 2009 09:13 PM Forum: Eyepieces

13mm Ethos should i jump?

Posted By Dave Mitsky
The 13mm Tele Vue Ethos is easily the best and my favorite of all the eyepieces that I've owned over the years. (I sold my trusty 13mm Nagler T6 after I purchased the Ethos.)

One of my telescopes is an 8" f/6 Starsplitter Tube Dob. The 13mm Ethos works superbly with this scope, producing a bit larger than one degree true field of view at 94x. As has already been mentioned, the 13mm Ethos is rather large. That isn't a problem for me, however, since the Starsplitter has a 2" focuser.

Dave Mitsky

March 3, 2009 06:55 AM Forum: ASTRONOMY

Journey to the Edge of the Universe

Posted By Dave Mitsky
The program was aired on the Canadian version of the Discovery Channel.

Dave Mitsky

March 4, 2009 04:40 AM Forum: LUNATICS

The Lunar X Is Visible Right Now

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Here's an afocal photograph of the Lunar X that I took with a Sony DSC-S600 digital camera and the XT6 shortly after 8:00 p.m. EST (1:00 UT).

Dave Mitsky

March 4, 2009 04:42 AM Forum: LUNATICS

The Lunar X Is Visible Right Now

Posted By Dave Mitsky
This image was captured with a Sony DSC-F707 digital camera at full zoom at approximately 9:15 p.m. EST (2:15 UT).

Dave Mitsky

March 5, 2009 02:24 AM Forum: Investment Discussions

Individual Stocks and RISK

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Paul,

I've been thinking about getting into an index fund. What are the pros and cons of doing so during these precarious times?

Dave Mitsky

March 11, 2009 09:53 PM Forum: After Dark

Discovery Launch Tonight

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Here's the story.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_sc/space_shuttle

Dave Mitsky

March 22, 2009 04:32 PM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

Pronouncing funky star names

Posted By Dave Mitsky
There are sets of pronunciations at http://www.earthsky.org/article/50318/star-pronunciation-guide and
http://www.astroleague.org/al/astrnote/astnot07.html

Unfortunately, there is no consensus on the pronunciations of some of the names of the constellations and stars.

http://www.perr.com/constellation.html

I go by the ones in the RASC Observer's Handbook.

Dave Mitsky

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