Hi Joe, On 26 Nov 2008, at 11:34, Joe Bauman wrote:
Guy, I'm afraid my backyard can't accommodate a camera that size ... But the mount you built for my 12" works beautifully! I spent Sunday night in the Emery County desert with my telescope and everything worked great -- except there was a transmission problem in getting the photos from the camera into the laptop. That was because of interference from either the power supply or from a too-long USB cable that got tangled. But the tracking was tack-in, using a refractor in the mount. -- Joe
Good to hear that your astroimaging efforts are paying off. Did you get any pictures you'd like to share? Speaking of pictures, I see a bunch of folks have seen and others taken pictures of the wayward NASA tool bag. Better still, Heavens Above shows that the bag will pass right through Cassiopeia on the 6th and 6th. It should be visible from darker sky locations with binoculars. And, just for laughs and way off topic, here's a montage of 43 year old photos I've been attempting to restore. Still not perfect but much better than the originals: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/PW3.JPG