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Posts Made By: Ron Wodaski

March 3, 2003 10:36 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

New Image: Widefield Trio in Leo

Posted By Ron Wodaski
I agree; that's really sharp for such a wide field.

Ron W

March 3, 2003 06:54 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Camcorder Jupiter

Posted By Ron Wodaski
Not bad at all. This is about the level I can expect from my own location...

Ron Wodaski

March 5, 2003 11:54 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

The Antennae in color

Posted By Ron Wodaski
Here is the final color version (four sets of 3:5:6 minute RGB).

Ron Wodaski

March 5, 2003 08:48 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Power supply in the field

Posted By Ron Wodaski
Batteries, by their nature, are heavy. Generally, the heavier a battery, the more power it can supply. Taking batteries along on the airplane is probably not your best strategy. Ship them separately, or buy them locally (or as close to local as you can manage).

If you can recharge after 4 hours of use, then you can probably run all that equipment on something like 50 amp hours and have adequate safety margins (for both time and power). But the right answer here is to check each piece of equipment you plan to use, and find out how much juice it uses per hour, and then buy a battery than can reliably deliver double that amount (I usually like to have triple for emergencies and unforseen situations, like slewing much more than i had anticipated, but in your circumstances a 2x power fudge factor is probably a good compromise). Until you know how much power _your_ specific equipment uses, you are taking chances.

Ron Wodaski

March 6, 2003 07:54 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M83

Posted By Ron Wodaski
Gorgeous. This is a really wonderful spiral. It's a little low for even the southern US, but your images really shows details so I assume you've got it nice and high in the sky.

Ron Wodaski

March 7, 2003 08:18 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Moon tonight!

Posted By Ron Wodaski
Really crips. Awesome shot, very dramatic.

Ron Wodaski

March 7, 2003 04:47 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M78 color (LRGB)

Posted By Ron Wodaski
Thanks. This is one of my personal favorites...

Ron Wodaski

March 8, 2003 07:57 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Leo Trio (reprocessed)

Posted By Ron Wodaski
The color on the galaxies looks good. Both M65 and 66 have a pearly glow to them; you've captured both well. The third member (number escapes me at the moment) is dimmar and that looks right on.

Ron Wodaski

March 9, 2003 01:40 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter & GRS 03-07-03

Posted By Ron Wodaski
If that's what you call bad seeing, you are way ahead of me. A beautiful image.

Ron Wodaski

March 9, 2003 11:36 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

horsehead good news, bad news...

Posted By Ron Wodaski
Despite the issues, a very striking image. The Ha work is really excellent.

Ron Wodaski

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