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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Digital camera questions
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 11 Nov '03

11 Nov '03

Hi Chuck, It is a little more involved to get a good focus on a digital camera. Most amateurs use a bigger separate monitor connected by a video jack. They can see the image better and get a better focus when the camera is zoomed in. Most astro-photographers are using the afocal method. I have a 14mm Scopetronix eyepiece that screws directly into my Nikon Coolpix 4500 28mm threads. Here is the website that would be helpful. <A HREF="http://www.scopetronix.com/">ScopeTronix Quality Astronomy Products</A> With the digital cameras, you almost always have to buy a remote shutter control for the camera. Otherwise, the images will blurry because of the vibrations caused by pressing the shutter release. For more information, go to the digital_astro group on yahoo. This is a great group to learn digital imaging. I went to the Files section there and printed out some of the information there on getting started in digital imaging. I can't tell you much more because I haven't hooked everything up to my telescope yet. I'm going to try to shoot the moon when the weather clears. This is an easy subject because it is big and bright. I can only use the camera for astro-images during the colder months of the season due to the noise factor.I doubt I will take images longer than 120 sec. It will probably be less than that because my first few sessions will be unguided. Debbie

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Aurora images?
by Kim Hyatt 11 Nov '03

11 Nov '03

I agree - some seem suspect, but others appear genuine. Remember, at those latitudes, the aurora are muchmore vivid than we generally see here. Also, film is much more sensitive and responsive to the light levels of aurora than our eyes are. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Clark [mailto:cpclark@xmission.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 12:03 AM To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Aurora images? These images are so vivid that I'm wondering if they're real, "touched up", composites, and/or outright fakes. Any opinions? http://www.iww.is/art/shs/pages/thumbs.html _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy

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Digital camera questions
by Chuck Hards 10 Nov '03

10 Nov '03

Over the weekend I learned how to operate my digital camera in "live" mode, and it occurred to me that this would be a great way to achieve focus quickly. You focus in live mode, then switch to still mode after locking focus. My questions for the informed members of the list are: are all digital cameras capable of operating "live"? Is this a "standard" method for achieving focus? Also, it seems that my computer dumps about half the available frames. Is the save ratio set by the processor speed, available RAM, or the software? Any good instructional books recommended? My current model is a low-resolution cheapie (only $19 at Wall-Mart, including some nice image processing software), but it's proving very instructional. Live mode also captures thousands of images, which can later be culled-out of the file and stacked for a better image. Thanks C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] SLAS Winter Festival
by Kim Hyatt 10 Nov '03

10 Nov '03

I think we are in the "accept anything" mode right now, so any donations woudl be welcome. -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:45 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] SLAS Winter Festival Perhaps a focuser, optics, mirror mounts, that kind of thing. More apropos a general-interest crowd would be eyepieces, binoculars, charts & books, filters, etc. C. --- Kim Hyatt <khyatt(a)smithlayton.com> wrote: > Too specialized? Absolutely not. What do you have in > mind? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 12:40 PM > To: Utah Astronomy > Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] SLAS Winter Festival > > > Kim, what do you think about atm parts & accessories > as door prizes? Too specialized perhaps? > > C. > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy

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RE: [Utah-astronomy] SLAS Winter Festival
by Kim Hyatt 10 Nov '03

10 Nov '03

Too specialized? Absolutely not. What do you have in mind? -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 12:40 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] SLAS Winter Festival Kim, what do you think about atm parts & accessories as door prizes? Too specialized perhaps? C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy

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Any luck with eclipse
by Patrick Wiggins 09 Nov '03

09 Nov '03

Clouds kept us from seeing anything at SPOC until just as totality was ending. Nice views after that. Anthony Arrigo reports on his web site that clouds moved in on him just as totality was about to begin. I think he's in Park City. Anyone in Utah get to see totality tonight? Patrick

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OT: solution to missed Elegant Universe
by Josephine Grahn 09 Nov '03

09 Nov '03

(Obligatory disclaimer, I have no monetary interest in this company) (Sales mode on) Not to sound like a shill, but you may want to put a Tivo on your Christmas list this year. Since our son forced us into getting one a few years ago, we have never missed a show we wanted to see. It is like having everything you watch be on a DVD, and if anyone calls while you are watching TV, you just put it on hold. If you ever miss what is said on TV, you back up easily and replay it. Much easier than a VCR, no tapes to remember to set up, and lots of choices on how you want to record shows. It is as far ahead of a VCR as a computer is ahead of a calculator. You can tell it to record every instance of a particular show, just first runs, single shows, whatever... It is worlds better. We don't watch that much TV, but what we watch, we see at our leisure, on our time frame, and an hour show never takes more than 40 minutes to see. Once people use one, they buy them. I cannot describe how much time it saves us, and how nice it is never to worry about being home to catch a specific show, and how nice it is to avoid ads. (Sales mode off) I apologize for the off topic posting, but I though it might be worth considering... Jo At 06:53 AM 11/9/2003 -0800, you wrote: >>>> Darn! I missed the Elegant Universe last night (Einstein's Dream Nov 8, 5:00PM ) because I ran out to see the eclipse and I forgot to tape it. Does anyone know if Einsteins Dream will be on again?

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] The Elegant Universe
by Chris Russell 09 Nov '03

09 Nov '03

You can watch the series online at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html Jim Gibson wrote: > Darn! I missed the Elegant Universe last night (Einstein's Dream Nov > 8, 5:00PM > ) because I ran out to see the eclipse and I forgot to tape it. Does > anyone know if Einstein's Dream will be on again? > > > > Jim > > > */Dale Hooper <Dale.Hooper(a)sdl.usu.edu>/* wrote: > > The first two hours are now available on the web in quicktime and > realvideo formats at: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html > > The rebroadcast on KUED was last night at 11pm. :-( But, here is a > table with the broadcasts on KBYU > > Einstein's Dream Nov 5, 8:00PM > Einstein's Dream Nov 8, 5:00PM > The String's the Thing Nov 12, 8:00PM > The String's the Thing Nov 15, 5:00PM > > The first broadcast of hour three will be Nov 4th at 7pm on KUED. > > Clear skies, > Dale. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > <http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] The Elegant Universe
by UTAHDEB＠aol.com 09 Nov '03

09 Nov '03

Jim, I looked in TV Guide and I could only find Part 2 on Wed night at 8 pm on channel 11. I was hoping KBYU would rebroadcast it today but it looks like it is all religion today. I only saw the last half-hour of it so if you find a rebroadcast of Part 1, would you tell me? Debbie

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Gallery update
by Chuck Hards 07 Nov '03

07 Nov '03

I have added an assortment of images to my gallery page. A few of them are simply re-photographs of prints with a digital camera, sorry for the poor resolution. Hoping Santa brings a scanner this year. Please excuse my amateurish first efforts at digital image manipulation! http://www.utahastronomy.com I'm on the second page. (Thanks again, Cynthia!) C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

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