Image of the day

Did anyone catch Zombie Strippers, starring Freddie Kruger (Robert Englund) and the remarkable Jenna Jameson, on Spike the other night? Now that was a truly bizarre movie.

http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/zombiestrippers/

Dave Mitsky

April 22, 2009 08:18 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

This morning's Moon and Venus

Posted By Dave Mitsky

Thanks for posting your fine image, Enrico!

Dave Mitsky

April 24, 2009 08:37 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

Optimum exit pupil for galaxy details?

Posted By Dave Mitsky

It depends upon the size of the galaxy to some extent. Sometimes exit pupils below 2mm are desirable for viewing small, faint galaxies.

Last night I was looking at M51 through a fellow CAS member's 22" f/4.5 Telekit Dob at over 700x (3.5mm Nagler T6)!

Dave Mitsky

April 26, 2009 05:39 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

SN 2009dd Observations

Posted By Dave Mitsky

Last night, I met two fellow CAS members at a dark site that's located 48 miles away from my home. The supernova was one of the objects that we observed with a 6" f/8 Astrozap refractor. The owner was certain that he saw SN 2009dd. I may have seen a faint flicker of light a couple of times. He was using a 4mm TMB Planetary eyepiece, which yielded 240x and a 0.5mm exit pupil!

Dave Mitsky

April 26, 2009 05:55 PM Forum: Eyepieces