Astromart

October 19, 2009 10:10 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Need advice plz

Hey, Guy...I'm guessing you used the stock lens on your D60 for the night shot? If so, the lens probably goes past infinity when you turn the focus ring "all the way" to the end. I know my Nikon lenses do that. On my Nikon DSLR lenses, if I turn off the autofocus and set the lens manually so that the infinity sign on the ring is on the mark, it is pretty close to infinity focus. To mount the camera directly to the refractor, you need a T-adapter and ring for your camera. Unless you have a way to guide the refractor, however, you won't get very far with it.

October 20, 2009 04:59 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

North America NGC 7000

Posted By Steve Mathis

Nice color there!

October 23, 2009 07:40 PM Forum: Politics

So-called founders and so-called economic freedom

Posted By Steve Mathis

So a blogger writes about something another blogger wrote about something that Joe Klein might have written, and you get your righty-tighties in a bunch!

from:
http://mediamatters.org/blog/200910230018

[COLOR="Blue"]But hey, why speculate on whether it's true or not? Let's go to the source. Mr. Klein? "A report is circulating among the wingnuts that I had a peek at Barack Obama's senior thesis. It is completely false. I've never seen Obama's thesis. I have no idea where this report comes from -- but I can assure you that it's complete nonsense."

This story is fake and falls apart under the slightest scrutiny. Corrections and apologies are due from Ledeen, Limbaugh, and Fox Nation, but if you believe you'll get an apology from pathological liars of that sort, then you're more gullible than they are.[/COLOR]

October 25, 2009 11:01 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky