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Posts Made By: Dave Mitsky

February 24, 2005 10:01 AM Forum: Coronado-Lunt-DayStar Solar Filters

Sun on 2-23

Posted By Dave Mitsky
I also had a chance to use my PST and 8-24mm Vixen zoom eyepiece in the early afternoon on Wednesday. The very long filament and the large triple prominence were quite striking. The solar disk was devoid of sunspots.

Dave Mitsky

February 28, 2005 10:35 AM Forum: Coronado-Lunt-DayStar Solar Filters

Re: Has any body used a Digital SLR camera with PS

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Nice images, Lee!

My 300D won't come to focus in my PST using a 2x Ultima Barlow lens or at prime focus.

Dave Mitsky

March 9, 2005 04:10 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

What is the most important in a site?

Posted By Dave Mitsky
My dark site criteria, in order of decreasing importance, are the following:

1. VLM
2. Driving time
3. Horizons
4. Altitude

Dave Mitsky

March 15, 2005 07:38 AM Forum: Pictures of Me and My Telescope and........

Scopes Please 2

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Was that 2 Scopes Please or Scopes Please 2? smile

Dave Mitsky

March 15, 2005 07:41 AM Forum: Eyepieces

2-4mm Nagler Zoom first light

Posted By Dave Mitsky
"What I mean is that to see the entire 50d AFOV,
my eye socket ;-) was touching the yucky rubber cup (please bring back the Instadjust!)."

Ron,

I'm not sure what purpose an Instadjust would serve on a ocular that is limited to short eye relief.

Dave Mitsky

March 15, 2005 09:05 AM Forum: Solar System Observing

Mercury Observation (March 12, 2005)

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Congratulations on seeing some surface detail on speedy Mercury, Carlos.

Dave Mitsky

March 16, 2005 03:42 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

Different galaxies - different magnification

Posted By Dave Mitsky
As long as the detail means fine detail I would probably use eyepieces yielding exit pupils of 1.5 to 2.0 millimeters on all of the objects.

Dave Mitsky

March 18, 2005 09:59 AM Forum: Eyepieces

Lightweight 2" wide field EP?

Posted By Dave Mitsky
How about the GTO Proxima 31?

http://www.handsonoptics.com/ep_gto.html

Dave Mitsky

March 18, 2005 04:08 PM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

Campbell's Hydrogen Star

Posted By Dave Mitsky
BTW, there may be a problem with the NSOG image.

From a post on sci.astro.amateur:

"Beware: the photograph of the Hydrogen Star in NSOG is flipped. (N is down but W is to the right instead of to the left, contrary to what the one-sided arrow head suggests.)"

Dave Mitsky

March 21, 2005 12:34 PM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

Which eyepieces to get?

Posted By Dave Mitsky
I'll throw in a few more options:

1) a 2" 40mm University Optics MK-70, a 2" 31mm Proxima, a 30mm (or 35mm) Celestron Ultima, or a 24.5mm Meade SWA (which apparently are still available)

2) an 18mm Meade SWA

3) a 9mm University Optics orthoscopic or perhaps one of their new 9mm O.P.S. oculars

Dave Mitsky

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