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Posts Made By: Ivan Gastaldo

December 24, 2005 05:53 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

(OT) HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
I wish all my friends, here on Astromart, a Wonderful Holiday and a safe, healthy & very prosperous New Year! 8)

God bless you all!



Ivan
8)

January 1, 2006 05:02 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

(OT) HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
A very Happy & Prosperous New Year to all! 8)


Ivan
wink

February 8, 2006 10:31 PM Forum: Coronado-Lunt-DayStar Solar Filters

Opinions needed...

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
To all the SOLAR GURUS...
Would you mind posting your opinion on this thread...?

http://www.astromart.com/forums/viewpost.asp?forum_post_id=415202&poll_id=&news_id=&page=

Thanks for your attention, and clear skies! (day and night!) 8)

February 27, 2006 03:48 PM Forum: Star Parties

Back from WSP 2006

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Even though I only had 2 days to observe, instead of the 7 days that the Star party lasted (due to work...), I had a blast! (as it usually happens every year I come here) 8)

Thursday night to Friday Morning was simply SPECTACULAR...

Got to see EVERYTHING I wanted to see and more, and most specially got to see some of the Southern jewels, like Omega Centauri cluster, Centaurus A and Eta Carinae... which they were all as amazing as they can get.

Friday Night was clouded, and started to break at about 3:30am to 4:00am, after some short rain...
The seeing was VERY unsteady since we were having a cold front passing by, so I decided to pull up a chair, get the binoculars, and enjoy the morning until the Sun came out... what a beautiful thing that was...

Got to meet with old friends, and made new friends, which I consider that alone is 50% of the fun of being at a Star Party... wink


All in all, another wonderful experience... I'm most certainly looking forward to WSP2007! 8)




Clear skies to all,

February 27, 2006 09:27 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

TRIPODS & RUST

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
A quick question for all of you that know about paint, powder coatings & the like...

I just noticed some rust in small areas of my LX-200GPS tripod... and was wondering the best way to treat these, and to protect against rust...

I was thinking about getting the legs powder-coated for extra protection (and nicer finish), but since some areas of them are made of different material, I was concerned about the temperatures that they would be exposed to... any ideas?

If not, then I guess RUSTOLEUM will have to do... 8) wink


Thanks for your attention, and clear skies!

March 2, 2006 04:25 AM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

Re: lumicon deep sky rear cell

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Don, there's no difference in what they will do. The main difference is in the way they would mount to your scope/eyepieces...

The rear cell model will mount in the visual-back of your scope, then you would screw the SCT diagonal into it, and then you would use all the eyepieces you'd like without having to worry about screwing/unscrewing the filter from each one of them. (mostly for comfort purpose)

The 1.25" model, as it's name says, is meant to be screwed into the 1.25" eyepieces, but if you decide to use more than one eyepiece, then you would have to unscrew it, and screw it into the other eyepiece... getting to be a hassle if you decide to switch multiple eyepieces. (not to mention risking to drop it if you are not careful)



Hope this helps,



Clear skies! 8)

March 2, 2006 03:44 PM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

Re: Seeing some deltails in galaxies?

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
The darker the skies, the better the chances of seeing some detail in galaxies... 8)

I have a 10" SCT and I've been able to do it, but ONLY in REALLY DARK skies... so you should be able to do it too.


Clear dark cool steady dewless skies! 8)


March 2, 2006 03:53 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

Re: Seeing some details in galaxies?

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Mike, see my reply in the BEGINNERS Forum... 8)

March 2, 2006 07:48 PM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

Re: Scopes Useless

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Hugh, I replied to this in the AFTER DARK Forum... Ivan Ong also posted this... hopefully they are wrong...

Clear skies my friend! 8)

March 3, 2006 09:28 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Re: Which is better: Meade LX90 or LX200?

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Mike A., OPTICALLY speaking, they should be the same... (so for VISUAL applications you should be fine with the LX-90, as Mike V. pointed out)

When it comes to requiring a stronger/more accurate mount for Astrophotography, that's when you would be better off with the LX-200...


Clear skies! 8)

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