
icrusoe
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How can one view the zenith with 15x70 binoculars?
icrusoe replied to Principal-Kohoutec's topic in Discussions - Binoculars
From here http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140919200653 -
How can one view the zenith with 15x70 binoculars?
icrusoe replied to Principal-Kohoutec's topic in Discussions - Binoculars
My setup does Zenith all night long: http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/177978-new-70-bin-setup/ -
My search has ended quite successfully! For those still looking for a good trigger style ball grip for their bins I have found the ultimate replacement. Mike's photo (on ebay) have increased all of their prices and no longer were willing to ship to North America. I found this instead http://www.ebay.ca/i...1#ht_5908wt_926 Shipped from Seoul Korea and got to my front door in Ottawa, Ontario Canada in exactly 12 days. $50CAD and "free shipping". I was extremely surprised. They packed it very nicely and provided a tracking number 15 minutes after I paid for the item. Here are some images for thos
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Hey guys, I've attached my best attempt so far at a processed image of the Trio in Leo. I did the aligning and stacking/colour combine in Maxim and did some minor level/curve and layer mask work in PS. I can't seem to get the sharpness/colour pop I see in many of the images of the trio on google - maybe this is due to my low number of exposures, especially the low luminance? I have not cropped the image for framing yet. Any suggestions would be great! Telescope http://www.itelescop...t/telescope-t16 I've attached the TIFF files: LRGB with median stacking of the separate subs. I can attach the
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Hey guys, found this great thread from 2010 http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/79860-celestron-skymaster-15x70-tripod/page__st__20 I just got a pair of the Celestron 15x70's and want a solid setup for viewing. Tripod is key as I do the hunting and the gf does the looking once I've found what we want to look at - so a monopod is out of the running. I'm looking at this tripod http://www.redsnapperuk.com/camera-accessories/RS-283___RSH-61_Ball_Head.html#nogo I really like the look/use of the Triton Ballhead Grip http://www.telescope-service.com/tripods/start/tripodsstart.html#Joystick but when I
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I think I'll be joining the DSO snobbery club as well! 9/10 when searching for DSO's in light pollution I just end up getting frustrated and annoyed and pack it in after a 20 minute session!
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Who's going to be watching the Mars Curiosity coverage real time?
icrusoe replied to Dazzyd's topic in The Astro Lounge
Definitely glad I watched this landing!