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Re: Newbie with telescope questions

dannysperry — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:55:41 GMT

Hi Rebecca, Regardless of which scope you get, keep in mind that you won't be able to take long exposures without a quality, tracking mount. $400 may get you a

Re: Newbie with telescope questions

James Prink — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:27:23 GMT

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Re: Newbie with telescope questions

phils67 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:22:25 GMT

Almost any telescope can be used with a DSLR. You'll need a "T" adapter for your D90 and a "T" to 1.25" adapter to attach the camera to the telescope. Prime

Re: Newbie with telescope questions

bob — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:35:46 GMT

if thats all you want to spend look at the orion 80mm ED

Newbie with telescope questions

rebeccry — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:17 GMT

Hi Everyone, I'm a new member here. I've been a photographer for a long time and use a DSLR, Nikon D90. My husband and I are looking into purchasing a

Re: Light Pollution Gradients

Wodaski - Yahoo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:28:49 GMT

Yes, it will put more of the gradient photons on the chip. That's what I mean when I say that the gradients will have better S/N. That is why they can be

Re: Light Pollution Gradients

jfmiller7@... — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:25:00 GMT

I am confused by this, although it does not take much with me. By throwing more light onto the chip, would that not also include whatever is causing the

Re: Basic "levels" question

tegwilym — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:24:59 GMT

Ok, sounds good. Thanks for the advice and reassurance. I actually just discovered that recently on one of the forums where someone showed that on a

Re: Please ignore the fake e-mail message...

Paul Beskeen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:02:09 GMT

... To add to Eddie's comments - In around the October timeframe gmail, hotmail and yahoo were all compromised. Both email addresses and their relevant

Re: Basic "levels" question

dannysperry — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:42:57 GMT

Hi Tom, If you have multiple distinct peaks in your histogram, your background sky is not neutralized. Those peaks represent blue, green, and red. The fact

Re: Please ignore the fake e-mail message...

Eddie Trimarchi — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:52:01 GMT

Hi all, This is becoming common. I have so far received three from different people all astro-related (Two Yahoo and one GMail) and all were exactly the same

Re: Please ignore the fake e-mail message...

hilary15xx — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:38:02 GMT

Hi Steve, I don't know what your email said, but I received an email recently from an astronomer friend, saying that he was in London and had been robbed and

Re: Basic "levels" question

Niall J. Saunders — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:52:26 GMT

Yes they do - but the version

Please ignore the fake e-mail message...

Steve Cannistra — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:50:52 GMT
Sorry everyone, but somehow my Yahoo e-mail account was violated. Ignore the obviously fake e-mail message sent about London. I have contacted Yahoo and have

Re: Light Pollution Gradients

ancient.sull — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:07:50 GMT
Thanks, Ron. That is good news and bad news. I.e. it justifies my spending a bunch of money on a larger aperture, faster scope . Drew Sullivan