http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/ Ottawa Astronomy FriendS Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:41:19 GMT majikthyze http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25137 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25137 Here's another one (M77) that I took on the CDK20 while in the Mojave. There are a number of issues with the image (including just lack of exposure) but I Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:55:59 GMT majikthyze http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25136 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25136 Thanks. Yup, everything is a standard production model without any special tweaking. Andre Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:46:11 GMT sivarulrasa http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25135 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25135 Wow. Stunning. Andre - are your mount/OTA the commercially available versions? Sanjeev Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:22:32 GMT majikthyze http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25134 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25134 Yet another M42, and a few others taken in the last month or so: In LRGB: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4105758003/in/set-721576051192\ 49428/ In Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:30:30 GMT Attilla Danko http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25133 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25133 ... Yes. I mis-spoke. I should have written, unusual choice of colors. Usual M42 is rendered much more saturated. But then color in astrophotography seems to Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:55:54 GMT Douglas B. George http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25132 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25132 ... To be precise, it's not actually color balance... it's really false color. I've mapped narrowband images arbitrarily to RGB. Yes, one of the reasons I Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:13:24 GMT Attilla Danko http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25131 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25131 Cool image. Unusual colorbalance. I note you resolved the trapesium. -ad ... -- attilla danko, danko@..., http://cleardarksky.com/csk Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:02:53 GMT Douglas B. George http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25130 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25130 Here's a shot I took this week of good ol' M42, but with a twist. I used narrowband filters, and assigned SII to Red, Ha to Green, and OIII to blue. The stars Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:21:28 GMT Attilla Danko http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25129 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25129 Hey Mike. I sent my check in to wsp. No reply yet. -ad ... -- attilla danko, danko@..., http://cleardarksky.com/csk Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:35:55 GMT Bob Olson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25128 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25128 Hi Mike, Ginny and I will be at the WSP. See you there! Bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:08:23 GMT meteorshowersca http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25127 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25127 UPDATE: By reviewing the photos, this fireball was NOT a Taurid. It was a sporadic. This is very significant because I think that this meteor had all the Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:48:18 GMT MikeZ http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25126 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25126 Just want to know who I might run into down there. WSP cashed my check so I presume that I have a spot. Looking forward to it. ziggy Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:31:06 GMT Pierre Martin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25125 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25125 Hi all, Picture of last night's amazing 8:58PM Taurid fireball, witnessed by many of us who were out observing (I saw it from the windshield of my car as I was Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:05:45 GMT Gary Boyle http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25124 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25124 Thanks Joe Gary Boyle Astronomy educator Wonders of Astronomy www.wondersofastronomy.com Cell: 613-851-6566 ... From: OAFs@yahoogroups.com Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:20:16 GMT maxcapaloma http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25123 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/message/25123 I don't want to go too far, me and Donny will be at Boundary Rd. around 10pm if anybody wants to join. Max