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Posts Made By: Ron Wodaski

October 3, 2002 04:15 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M57 with a webcam...

Posted By Ron Wodaski
Image looks very good. The only hassle seems to be the alt-az platform; you are getting quite a bit of trailing.

Ron Wodaski
author of "The New CCD Astronomy"
http://www.newastro.com

October 3, 2002 04:24 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

CCD 4 Me???

Posted By Ron Wodaski
There are many cameras that would work. What's your budget, and what kind of imaging do you want to do (if you know that yet)? The more information you can provide about your interests, the easier it is to narrow things down.

Ron Wodaski
author of "The New CCD Astronomy"
http://www.newastro.com

October 6, 2002 07:10 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Deep image of the Cocoon Nebula

Posted By Ron Wodaski
Here is a version of the image with boosted brightness, that I hope will reveal more of the subtle dust regions in the image.

Ron Wodaski
author of "The New CCD Astronomy"
http://www.newastro.com

October 8, 2002 05:13 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Self Portraight: Me and 10,000 Friends

Posted By Ron Wodaski
That's pretty nifty. Thanks for posting such an original shot.

Ron Wodaski

October 8, 2002 05:15 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

guide scope with RC ?

Posted By Ron Wodaski
This varies a lot from one RC to the next. I know folks who are having good success with this approach, no concerns at all about mirror shift during 10-20 minute exposures. Unfortunately, I know many others who are having unusually large mirror shifts and are unable to use external guide scopes.

This applies to scopes from both of the manufacturers I am familiar with, RC Optical and OGS. The best answer here is to do what others have done: If you experience excessive mirror shift, contact the manufacturer and have it taken care of. The mirror shift should meet the manufacturer's specs, and if it doesn't they should fix it under warranty.

Ron Wodaski
author of "The New CCD Astronomy"
http://www.newastro.com

October 9, 2002 10:44 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

st-2000 widefield part 1

Posted By Ron Wodaski
Wow - amazing how wide this field is. Look how tiny the Crescent is! There's an amazing amount of structure here, and your image shows it very clearly.

Ron Wodaski
author of "The New CCD Astronomy"
http://www.newastro.com

October 9, 2002 10:44 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

st-2000 widefield part 2

Posted By Ron Wodaski
Same goes for this one. Pretty cool to see such large objects in context.

Ron Wodaski
author of "The New CCD Astronomy"
http://www.newastro.com

October 13, 2002 04:32 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Technical problem...

Posted By Ron Wodaski
I'm not clear on what the problem is. Are you trying to imag with the guider chip, or are you trying to do a calibration run? If you could provide a list of steps that recreates the problem, it would be easier to diagnose. It's not something I've heard of before, so I want to make sure that you're following the right steps to accomplish whatever it is you are trying to do.

Ron Wodaski

October 15, 2002 04:52 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Canon D60 Andromeda

Posted By Ron Wodaski
Nice work. The D60 seems to be at another level with respecty to astro imaging. Nice details, and you are certainly getting more than I expected to see from non-CCD cameras.

Ron Wodaski
author of "The New CCD Astronomy"
http://www.newastro.com

October 15, 2002 04:54 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Canon D60 Andromeda

Posted By Ron Wodaski
A comment about those vibrations. It's not uncommon to have to spend some time figuring out just what the weak link is when taking longer exposures. It could be the long lever arm that you mention; it could be something else. THe best approach is to eliminate one potential problem at a time and see what works. I recently spent over a week firming up problems with looseness in a guide scope, for example. It just took time to figure out what the source of the trouble was - it was at least 4 different things by the time I got everything stabilized.

Ron Wodaski
author of "The New CCD Astronomy"
http://www.newastro.com

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