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Posts Made By: Ivan Gastaldo

March 27, 2008 03:29 PM Forum: Refractors

Re: How good is APO AstroTeck 111mm F:7

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Shalom, you might want to repost your question, and refrain from mentioning another VENDOR... I believe this is against TOS...

Ask about the refractor without linking/mentioning another company, which is a conflict of interest...


Clear skies,



Ivan

April 9, 2008 08:14 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Re: First Image

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Boy, I would love to have a FIRST LIGHT with an STL11K too! 8)
Nice going Jim! Even though you seem to have oversaturated stars/galaxy core, this is a fine FIRST LIGHT... and I cannot wait to see what comes next! wink

Keep at it, and thanks for sharing! wink

April 16, 2008 10:08 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Scope ID please...

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Guys, my Astronomy Club has inherited this scope, but it is unable to identify its origins, since the previous owner did a great job about modifying some areas, and getting rid of any marks that show WHO made it...

If any of you know what this IS (or could be), it would be greatly appreciated...

It is a 10", by the way... wink (could it be a Cave, Parks, Meade?)


May 5, 2008 05:51 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

3 new shots for this weekend...

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
The Orion Starshoot "the little camera that could..." strikes again!
It was a clear night in our "Area51" Dark Place (this past Friday, 05/02) and we had a great turnout, with about 20 people. Me and a handful of guys stayed until 5:00am.

Of all the shots, these 3 were the ones that I liked the most... the other ones will go back to the drawing board.
All these were taken with a W.O. 80mm ED-II scope, guided with a DSI-Pro on a W.O. 66mm SD scope, mounted on an Orion Atlas EQ/G.
10x3mins with an IDAS LPS filter to help out with the signal/noise ratio. (M13 is 10x2mins)

Hope you'll like them! 8)

#1-M13

May 21, 2008 01:37 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Silver Medal... not too shabby...

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
I submitted some of my pics from the Winter Star Party to Orion's
Starshoot Contest, not expecting much, but I guess somebody liked at
least one of them... 8)

http://www.telescope.com/rsc/img/catalog/lc/articles/2008photo_contest_winners.html?id=052008OrnVacBackYardEB


Clear skies, my friends!


Ivan
8)

June 8, 2008 10:13 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M8, 17 & 27 with Orion Starshoot

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
After a fantastic night at our dark site (Area51)(no, not that one, the REAL deal here) 8) I ended up with 3 decent shots to show... all the other ones went back to the drawing board.

All three shots were 8x5min exposures, captured with Nebulosity, guided with PHDguide and processed with Photoshop CS2. Equipment used was William Optics 80mm EDII, William Optics 66mm SD (guider) and Orion Atlas EQ/G mount.

Hope you'll like them,


Clear skies! 8)


June 10, 2008 04:20 PM Forum: Landscape Photography

Area 51

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
This is our Dark Site location (in The Everglades), where the South Florida Amateur Astronomer Association meets at least once a month... (every once in a while you'll see an alligator passing by...)

Clear skies my friends! 8)

June 10, 2008 04:25 PM Forum: Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........

Me & the little ones...

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Here we go, a shot of me & the William Optics 80mm EDII & 66mm SD scopes... mounted on the Orion Atlas mount.

Clear skies guys! 8)

June 12, 2008 06:58 AM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

Re: Getting started

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Errrr.... I said DeepSky Imaging Forum (CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky), not Deepsky Observing Forum... eh? wink 8)

June 22, 2008 06:29 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Re: Dead LX-200 ( classic)

Posted By Ivan Gastaldo
Sonya, how did you checked the fuse?
If I were you, I would change it anyways... I've seen fuses look good, and being bad... (easy & inexpensive to fix, if this is the problem)

If this does not work, then things are more complicated...

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