A number of us used the scopes at SPOC last night for the "close in dark of the Moon SLAS star party" (Dave B says he hopes to make it a regular thing for those who like to observe on the dark of the Moon but not travel very far). By 1:00 a.m. the number had dwindled to just five and only the Grim remained open. Uranus, Neptune and Juno were easy (the latter only once we got current ephemerides). As were several other DSOs. However, thinking I'd see just how faint an object we could see from SPOC with the big scope we put the scope on some faint fuzzies and were surprised that some could see a magnitude 17.6 edge on spiral galaxy and a star nearly that faint. Not bad for a scope that close to SLC. patrick
It does seem faint edge on spirals are easier to see than faint face on spirals. I think Stephans Quintet is the faintest object I have seen with the Grim.
A number of us used the scopes at SPOC last night for the "close in
dark of the Moon SLAS star party" (Dave B says he hopes to make it a regular thing for those who like to observe on the dark of the Moon but not travel very far).
By 1:00 a.m. the number had dwindled to just five and only the Grim remained open.
Uranus, Neptune and Juno were easy (the latter only once we got current ephemerides). As were several other DSOs.
However, thinking I'd see just how faint an object we could see from SPOC with the big scope we put the scope on some faint fuzzies and were surprised that some could see a magnitude 17.6 edge on spiral galaxy and a star nearly that faint.
Not bad for a scope that close to SLC.
patrick
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Now that I'm done with work for the summer and back in school, I have a bit more time to work on some projects. I have been meaning to add an astronomy section to my website and just got to it. http://rankinstudio.com/astro Any feedback is appreciated. I would like to add a moon calendar, better DSLR guides, and probably an events calendar for SLAS as well. Cheers! David Rankin
David, You mentioned that your fine M31 photo was made up of 61 images. Was it a mosaic of images spread across the surface of the galaxy, or a stack of 61 images of the whole galaxy, or a combination? Thanks, Joe --- On Sat, 8/22/09, David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> wrote: From: David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Astro Page To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 11:14 AM Now that I'm done with work for the summer and back in school, I have a bit more time to work on some projects. I have been meaning to add an astronomy section to my website and just got to it. http://rankinstudio.com/astro Any feedback is appreciated. I would like to add a moon calendar, better DSLR guides, and probably an events calendar for SLAS as well. Cheers! David Rankin _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Joe Here is the guide to better images for Deep Sky Stacker. http://deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html They were combined, it eliminates the high noise signal with DSLR's at high ISO speeds. Cheers David Joe Bauman wrote:
David, You mentioned that your fine M31 photo was made up of 61 images. Was it a mosaic of images spread across the surface of the galaxy, or a stack of 61 images of the whole galaxy, or a combination? Thanks, Joe
--- On Sat, 8/22/09, David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> wrote:
From: David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Astro Page To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 11:14 AM
Now that I'm done with work for the summer and back in school, I have a bit more time to work on some projects. I have been meaning to add an astronomy section to my website and just got to it.
Any feedback is appreciated. I would like to add a moon calendar, better DSLR guides, and probably an events calendar for SLAS as well.
Cheers!
David Rankin
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Joe, sorry, that link goes to the main page for deep sky stacker. You can see the link from there on the left "how to create better images" Cheers David Joe Bauman wrote:
David, You mentioned that your fine M31 photo was made up of 61 images. Was it a mosaic of images spread across the surface of the galaxy, or a stack of 61 images of the whole galaxy, or a combination? Thanks, Joe
--- On Sat, 8/22/09, David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> wrote:
From: David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Astro Page To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 11:14 AM
Now that I'm done with work for the summer and back in school, I have a bit more time to work on some projects. I have been meaning to add an astronomy section to my website and just got to it.
Any feedback is appreciated. I would like to add a moon calendar, better DSLR guides, and probably an events calendar for SLAS as well.
Cheers!
David Rankin
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Hi all, SLAS's lame-duck secretary-treasurer supplied some of the info for this amusing story in the Deseret News today: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705325130/Pluto-a-non-planet-Only-on-Eart... Go Patrick! -- jb
Um, really? I don't think he talked to me about the Pluto thing. At least not recently. Limp, quack, limp, quack... :) On 22 Aug 2009, at 16:47, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi all, SLAS's lame-duck secretary-treasurer supplied some of the info for this amusing story in the Deseret News today:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705325130/Pluto-a-non-planet-Only-on-Eart...
Go Patrick! -- jb
Humm -- Jim Thalman gave Patrick credit for info. Maybe it was from a long-forgotten interview. Or maybe he found some info in an earlier story I did quoting Patrick. jb --- On Sat, 8/22/09, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote: From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Pluto's revenge To: "utah astronomy listserve utah astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 5:00 PM Um, really? I don't think he talked to me about the Pluto thing. At least not recently. Limp, quack, limp, quack... :) On 22 Aug 2009, at 16:47, Joe Bauman wrote:
Hi all, SLAS's lame-duck secretary-treasurer supplied some of the info for this amusing story in the Deseret News today:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705325130/Pluto-a-non-planet-Only-on-Eart...
Go Patrick! -- jb
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