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Posts Made By: John Theodossy

November 8, 2003 02:30 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

SteadyPix mount with Kodak EasyShare

Posted By John Theodossy
John,
The SteadyPix should work without a problem. I have used it many times with my Kodak DC4800 and a Canon ZR50 videocamea, both of which have the lens off-center relative to the mount hole in the camera. Never had a problem because of this. One note, if the camera is too heavy it is sometimes a bit of a challenge to keep it lined-up on-axis with the eyepiece. An eyepiece with generous eye relief also helps.

John
http://geocities.com/myastrostuff/

November 25, 2003 02:28 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

NGC253 - The Sculptor Galaxy

Posted By John Theodossy
All I can say is

WOW!

John
http://geocities.com/myastrostuff/

December 16, 2003 02:45 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Sit on what ?

Posted By John Theodossy
Check out:
http://www.buyastrostuff.com
They have a "Starbound"-like chair. I use it with my LX200GPS and it works great. Free-floating height adjustment. Does not go as low to the ground as some of the others, but should not be and issue with a SCT.

John
http://geocities.com/myastrostuff/

January 21, 2004 03:07 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Question about autostar- guided tour

Posted By John Theodossy
Hi Dale,
The "classic" LX series do not use the Autostar system, but have some goto features (although not as full-featured as the autostar). I do not think they have a guided tour. The GPS series also have the enhanced coatings which I think are worth the extra $. Hope this is helpful.

John Theodossy

February 15, 2004 09:03 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

SAC 7B

Posted By John Theodossy
Hi Paul,
I cannot answer your question directly as I have only used the SAC8. There are a couple Yahoo groups dedicated to the SAC devices which have a lot of information:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SACimaging/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sac7b/

The first group has been around for awhile and has a lot of information in the archives. The second group is fairly new but has members that may be able to answer more directly.

John Theodossy
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sac7b/

February 21, 2004 06:53 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Your skies how dark?

Posted By John Theodossy
Hey Steve,

You mean the little dipper has more than 3 stars?

Here in the East Bay Area (about 30 miles east of San Francisco) the absolute best night gets to about mag 4.5 at the zenith, but falls off rapidily toward the horizons. Typical night I can spot Polaris and Kocab naked eye but not much more.

John Theodossy

March 14, 2004 03:10 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Orion Astroview Mount

Posted By John Theodossy
Hi David,

I have an ED80 riding on an Astroview mount and find the pair very well matched for visual use. The motions on mine are quite smooth and there is little vibration with focusing. The mount easily handles the ED80.

The only complaint I have regarding the mount is that the screws that hold the slo-mo controls to the mount loosen very easily. I usually have to retighten them a couple of times each session. They have never loosened enough that they fall off, but it is a mild iritation.

Over all, I am satisfied with the mount for the ED80.

John Theodossy
http://geocities.com/myastrostuff/


April 18, 2004 07:54 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Video camera

Posted By John Theodossy
Hi Ted,

StellaCams and the SAC8 come to mind.

John Theodossy

April 24, 2004 01:38 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Result page for the Wavelet/Processing exercise

Posted By John Theodossy
Hi Paul,

Very fun exercise and a very nice outcome. I was quite amazed at the degree of variability between folks techniques. Nice to see how the different techniques lead to different final products in a side-to-side comparison like this.

Thanks
John (astrostuff) Theodossy
http://geocities.com/myastrostuff/

May 20, 2004 07:14 AM Forum: Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........

TEC 6 ,Tak Mewlon 210 and Poodle

Posted By John Theodossy
Hey Rob,

Didn't Milo used to have a couple of large Dobs?
What a lucky dog!

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