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Posts Made By: Nico Taelman

October 27, 2003 08:13 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Old Moon

Posted By Nico Taelman
Hi Glenn, I played around a bit with your picture and I suppose you could get rid of the noise if you enlarged the picture. A second enhancement isolates the Moon from a median filter for the noise in this small format/size picture...
Keep up the good work!
Nico

October 29, 2003 09:05 PM Forum: Religion

Re: Aliens among us.

Posted By Nico Taelman
"Rather, they might send their homo-sapien females here, to become impregnated with our DNA)."

wouldn't that explain lots of woman?Huraaay..
NT

November 2, 2003 12:57 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Home made finder?

Posted By Nico Taelman
dunno where you'd get a catalog, but if you have but an old or unused binocular; say a 6x30 or 7x50 then you can unscrew one objective lens and construct something of a finderscope with that. If you attach a 45°erect prism you're there. Just a matter of finding the focal length of the lens and attach a tube of any kind...
Nico

November 3, 2003 11:37 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

My 10" TMB/APM F/9 apo

Posted By Nico Taelman
Well Jim, that sure is one hell of a scope, it's a beauty, and it's BIG!! Can't go wrong with the mount either. It would be my choice also...Congratulations!
I hope we will get to see more of those pretty planet-pics too by the way. How does it perform visually? Quite some detail I guess...
Nico

November 5, 2003 06:54 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

scope up-grade

Posted By Nico Taelman
There are many choices and varieties to SCT's, but you know that...If you really want another SCT I would consider anything from a 9.25" to an 11" or 12" from either brand.
Opinians vary on which brand to choose from of course...
Nico

November 5, 2003 07:48 AM Forum: Meade

12" LX200 GPS SMT vs. 11" CGE1100

Posted By Nico Taelman
Hi Dale, I have no experience with either scope but on the optical side; did you check the reviews on Cloudy Nights?
Nico

November 5, 2003 10:20 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Finally got my the last of the UWA EPs

Posted By Nico Taelman
Floyd, what is your experience with the 8.8 UWA? I've been thinking about buying that one. I had the 6.7 for a few years and just loved observing with it but one day a relative dropped it on the ground...ouch
Nico

November 6, 2003 09:14 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Finally got my the last of the UWA EPs

Posted By Nico Taelman
I think I'll have a look on the ads for an 8.8 mm as I hear good things about it..In my 8" f4 it would give 92x, and a 0.9 degree FOV...looks good!
Nico

November 6, 2003 10:05 PM Forum: Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........

new mount

Posted By Nico Taelman
If I paid your internet, could I mount my tubes along for remote photography?
Looks great, and BIG!!!
Clear Skies!
Nico

November 7, 2003 08:19 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

55mm Plossl focus problem

Posted By Nico Taelman
I've heard this happens more but relax, if you can't extend enough for focus to occur you can attach an extension tube. You'd have a bigger problem if you couldn't get enough in-focus. Do you have a diagonal in place?
Nico

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