Astromart

February 9, 2005 11:38 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Art work...or photography?

Posted By Cal Sandfort

Too cool! I really like it... no matter what it is.

Cal

February 11, 2005 04:09 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M42 and M43 close-up

Posted By Cal Sandfort

What a beautiful image! Thanks for sharing.

Cal

February 11, 2005 04:12 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M106

Posted By Cal Sandfort

Pretty shot, Dan. You're going to like auto focusing!!

Cal

February 11, 2005 04:14 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NGC 2903 in Leo

Posted By Cal Sandfort

Cool! I like seeing what prople are doing with DSLRs.

Nice shot - Cal

February 11, 2005 08:33 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Nice shot, Tyler. You got a lot of signal for the short time! The Sky90 looks like a great scope.

I also recommend the diffraction focusing method Don described. A motor focuser helps because you don't have to touch the scope and it can be automated.

For a good, but dated, basic focusing tutorial do a Google search on "Bill McLaughlin" Pick his Images from the Night Sky page and click Information then Focus Techniques under Tutorials. I would give you the link but IIRC we're not suppose to add links here???? I'm sure there are others but I remember this page.

Nice shot - Cal

February 12, 2005 12:43 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky