Image of the day

Captured by
Lawrence Parchman

Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253)

About Astromart

My Account

New to Astromart?

Register an account...

Need Help?

Posts Made By: Ivan Gastaldo

April 16, 2005 09:48 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Re: Held breath and sounds of shattering glass...

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Sorry to hear about that Todd... that's why most of the times we get concerned when somebody here says they are going to flock their tubes...

I sold my C8 OTA (Black), a while ago, for about $425. But i've seen them from $350 to about $500.

You are better off changing the whole OTA.


April 18, 2005 01:14 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: best Jupiter April 17th

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Simply beautiful! 8)

April 20, 2005 08:13 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: Jupiter April 20th

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Nicely done Eric, you've managed to capture quite a bit of detail & color even under your conditions! wink

Thank you for sharing, and keep it up!

April 22, 2005 06:54 PM Forum: A Day in the Life of the Administrator

Deleted Ads... (Herb)

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Herb, question...
I deleted most of my ads since they were old and taking room on your server...
Are YOU still able to see the number of transactions that one has made after that?
Just out of curiosity I tried searching for a section where to see this, but could not find it...

By the way, I'm just waiting for my Tax Refund, and I'll send some money your way for support...


Thanks for everything! wink

April 24, 2005 01:20 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

JUPITER meets ED80...

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Last night I was playing around with the lil' one, trying to see how far I could push him & his optics. The Moon was almost full and washed up everything but the Giants, so decided to do just that, look at them...

Jupiter was high in the sky, not as high as last year but high enough. The seeing was pretty good, I would say 7-8/10, a bit hazy, a lil' warm, but comfortable...

I was able to push the ED80 to 180x-200x (I was impressed!) and was getting very good views of Jupiter... that's when I decided to drop the webcam and get a shot just for kicks...

This little scope surely proved to have pretty decent optics indeed!

Comments/suggestions are always welcome! wink


Clear skies my friends! 8)

April 28, 2005 02:54 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: Jupiter April 17th processed

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Nicely done Eric!
LOTS of great detail captured!


Thanks for sharing! wink

April 29, 2005 12:12 AM Forum: Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........

Re: My Meade Frankenstein

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Frankenstein never looked better! wink

May 7, 2005 04:22 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

CHALLENGE for the month of May

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
OK guys, let's take the whole month on this one, to allow people to have a chance of good weather for imaging... and enough time for processing and/or reprocessing... wink


NORTH HEMISPHERE: M104 (Sombrero galaxy), M13 (Globular Cluster in Hercules), M63 (Sunflower galaxy)

SOUTH HEMISPHERE: NGC253 (Sculptor Galaxy) & NGC7293 (Helix Nebula)



Clear skies! 8)

May 12, 2005 06:24 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Skyview Pro with "RUNNING" RA drive...

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Last night, as I was "trying" to image from a Dark Site, I saw that my RA drive decided to RUN instead of WALK... literally!

I noticed the control pad LED (RA-DEC motors installed) dimming-brightening at the same rate as the RA drive would move... about 1-2 clicks per second.

Anybody has any idea on WHAT could be causing this? could NEW batteries cause it? or is it a defective RA drive?

Needless to say, as beautiful as the night was, I was unable to do much due to this... (DARN!)

Thanks in advance for your attention, and clear skies! 8)

May 13, 2005 12:59 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: Jupiter on May 11th, 2005: best so far this se

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Awesome shot! 8)

Funding Member

Sponsors


View all sponsors

Search