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it did so but totally ruined my pics,and the fact the camera lens fogged up with dew a forgot to clip the lpf filter in and all the rest of it but the moon was a great bright gold color here it crept from behind the back of the woods a never got a pic

june 17th fail DENEB/ Cygnus hi all failed last night from the word go!, forgot the filters for the camera (10d) i wrote down what a was gonna do,subs times iso`s darks ect,but this all went to the dogs a sat on the sheet .the moon came up and the night skies got lighter ,a brill gold color the moon ,any way got to it and started ,2 hours later (01:20) i came in i noticed the camera lens had lots of dew then no filter checked the darks and noticed they were all 45secs and not 1 min corr what a pain stacked them this morning no joy at all iso400,subs 1 min/45 secs heres a link to the pics and heres one for now i did not get the american neb or the pelican neb in my shots a good two hours in the cold a real lesson learnt ! v link v v 17th June fail Deneb pictures by todd8137 - Photobucket

not seen it yet but if a do a will try and get a pic i have tried befor but the goto scope lines upo and does a 7 sec count down a never pressed the button quick enough and the white dot travelled on by

hi isabelle tried my self with no joy i use this web site for sat`s Heavens-Above Home Page once you put your location ect in good i like it

orion is a bit low for me ,theres other nebs out there but a fear the 90mm refractor is not good enough for that and the 12" dob is a no go apart from video and a have no ccd camera just a web cam but it would work may be 3 secs unguided iso 400 ,and alter the iso to suite,what systen do you gave to track?

my said lights they painted out leads to about 20 bungalows all oaps it was only a idea

hi if you ring your local council and report the said street light explain to them that the light keeps you awake at night,my local council has just painted me 4 out and it helps loads also i made a triangle shapped key (a pair of long nose pliers will do) go to the street light were the cover is unscrew it and lift it of theres a nice on off switch ,switch the light of for 10 mins go have a cuppa ,then switch it back on ,because they are high presure bulbs they take a least 2 hours to light back up and thats plenty of time but has a said explain to the local street lighting department that they keep you awake light polution is like any polution they will have to act on it cheers pat ps a will do a blog and take some pics of the painted street lights but a great idea with the shhets

not sure if my tech is any good but heres a few pics have done with mine links are for photobucket and there compression is rubbish but its some where to store the never ending amount of pics wide field shots pictures by todd8137 - Photobucket 2nd april 01 30hours pictures by todd8137 - Photobucket 20tth april polaris pictures by todd8137 - Photobucket they not great but for some basic shots they not bad

hi rich i have the same camera the moon ,if am use in scope and no guideing then its about 0.200 of a sec iso can be any where between 100/200 make sure you do have a pen and paper handy for when you do get it right if a use the goto mount on high precision works fine for me,if i usejust the camera its imposible for me the 90mm frac a one set,of settings the 300mm reflector is the same i did some wide field shots just on the tripod the other day 0f cassopeia, i used iso 400,manual focus at infinity,(turned all the way to the right the lense) and 10sec subs i did about 30 pics at that with darks,flats and bias its a bit hit and miss its another ball game when you use the t ring ect so its hard to say but for the moon and telescope its normaly iso 100,0.200 sec heres a link to some Cassiopeia pictures by todd8137 - Photobucket a lot depends on the conditions on the night

@ kmdrBB07 if you have any camera that you can set the iso and time point it upwards

great pic , i use a programe called camtasia studio,vidoe editing software it as a great "zoom" function were you can lock and zom any part of the screen and it hardly degrades the vidoe, save as avi and run through,glad that the lazer gadget works well and is nw part of your routine,it gets dark here for about 3 hours at around 01:30 you can see the blue on the horizion .last night took 36 ,30sec pics onlt to find when i went to take the dark frames i had not taken the lense cap of doh,any way will try forursa major agai and this time take 36x30 secsand see what happens have a great week end /week

hi Paul hope ya well try some wide shots ya self with out the scope would be interesting to see what you get

ps its a great pic you should try adding 15x 1`4000 of a sec i added them to one of mine also stretch a old white t shirt over the end of the scope and shine a bright light at it and take 15 x subs of that let the camera sort the speed and all the rest out put it on auto the bias lights will lift your pics i tried it the other night on some wide field shots it made a big diference i love the pics you did and are very jelous i only have a 90mm refractor and with the light pol i have here its just a dream at the min the 12"reflector is on a non motor base so thats a pain pat

i have not see niether to date ,to much lp at my house but will get to see it soon a hope nice pics

hi these are were the newest are widefield shots, with the goto mount for tracking which is seady for maybe 15mins before a monor re-adjustment http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/r...field%20shots/

the price sounds about right,but if it takes a few mins to do it thats even better a lke to check mine most times am out a little tweak helpsand its good practice i have to lug the 12" down the garden its about 35 feet to my obs and its heavy some times and gets bumped about a bitnot done much eye looking at the min take in pics as taken over its so adictive,i even made a dew cover out of a old plant pot flocked the inside and it works a treat for the dslr lens the dew the other night was rough,do not no if you got chance to see my last wide field shots,did your pics take a nose dive a no ya did a few,did you get any futher with it ? have a great week pat

hi and glad its done i check mine every time its a bumpy path some nigts and its a sort of pre set up check,whilst waiting for the sun to go down, how did you find the lazer any good ,price? am hope in toget out tonight but am tired from the other night pat

hi all was messing around wiyh the cannon dslr last night piggy backed it to the 90mm meade goto and did 15 x30sec subd and some darks ect deep skied them and they was not to bad a slight bit of corel paint and job done for a short session they turned out ok i think any way will be out tonight to capture the back end of Leo amf se what meisser list shows up on them heres a few below from last nights quickie here a link for my photo bucket theres 15 new ones a did last night http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/todd8137/wide%20field%20shots/

hi clouds are killing me here at the min ,a freind found a old phillips toucam pro i striped it down took the led of the pcb board with all the bits on and the microphone flashred the camera to spc900 specs and fitted a fan a did not bother with the long expo because ahave the 10d for thatnow just need a break in the clouds woke up this morning to rain so its not looking good but we live in hope

great job the 12"dob gets checked every time a go out , ,made a big change from the factory it was miles of gods knows how i saw any thing but the ups and downs of it was a headache,but now its a brezee

but a do think a ccd is the way forward

May 23rd Hi all was out last night in the cold ,temp 7c 5% clouds and windy i took the frac out to test the cannon eos utility software out as it lets you view the pics you took on the screen of the laptop with in seconds focus was a issue i made some home made masks wich can be see below 1 and 3 do the job just fine 2 was a fail,the thought of the volcanoe ash put me of take in the reflector out side last night did get a few tests 5x5sec subs and darks run final pics were ok on photo bucket will leave link below for a look link for polaris and vega and ursa major 10d iso 800, 5x5subs 5x5 darks http://s473.photobucket.com/albums/rr93/todd8137/23rd%20May%202011/

hi mate i have never to date got a decent pic with my cannon dslr not one ,the phillips 900 webcam had some decent shots with that and registax, i would love a ccd camera but they not cheap and a do not have no guide stuff and the 90mm meade is a bit jumpy at timestry one a them phillips webcams from morgans for a tenner you will be suprised how decent they are for planets and the moon is great pat

never did and still not manages a full month moon pic cycle its very hard with the clouds buy will master it some time a hope

Hi all me and my daughter who`s 12 was just looking at some pics of Lyra we had taken the other night and out the blue, she sais "dad if god is true why can`t we see were he lives ?" me be in a non beleaver in any religion said am not sure because i did not want to push my view on to her, but it does bring to mind if religion was true and god created the universe .why would are planets out of zillions be chosen the other thing she said was that ,how did we start to worship a man when we had worshipped trees the sun and the moon again,i said am not sure but it does to me beg the thought that after looking up all religion is based on a person did we create the image of god on man ,or did god create his image on us ,in the end i spoke to elle about evolution and all that ,she said the next time we out side with the scopes she will have a look and why does the meade auto star handset does not show god this is tough because after looking at the andromeda galaxy.a wonder if they if life lives there worries about such things as this