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Re: Spreading the MacWord

Georg Tuparev — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:21:33 GMT

... David, I would suggest you have a morning, an afternoon, an evening, and a night laptop. The night should be of course a black one :-) In your software

Spreading the MacWord

David Illig — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:59:03 GMT

I had an e-mail recently from an editor at MacLife magazine . He had run across my Mac astro software page at

Equinox 6 v6.9.1 & Equinox Image v1.8.1 Released

Darryl Robertson — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:07:26 GMT

Equinox 6.9.1 is now available. This is a free update for all registered Equinox 6 users. This update is for OS X 10.5 (Leopard) only. The update installer can

Re: I found old film.

Duane — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:35:40 GMT

Not sure which way the camera was turned, but it looks a little like comet C/2001 Q4. Difficult to be sure though. Duane

Re: Must I get a Windows laptop??

Duane — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:28:17 GMT

Great answers from all. The only additional suggestion I'd throw in is a Fire-i board camera (and Astro IIDC) as a good starting point. It's pretty straight

Re: Must I get a Windows laptop??

Jeff Phillips — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:01:00 GMT

Thanks! Most of the good nebula shots were made with a buddy's modified Canon Rebel XT. My stock camera just doesn't do as well on them, but it's pretty good

Re: Must I get a Windows laptop??

lynton9147 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:08:33 GMT

Jeff Loved your photos, esp those of the nebulae. I'll be really pleased if I can ever get even close to your standard. Did you use a DSLR for the nebulae?

Re: Must I get a Windows laptop??

Jeff Phillips — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:01:04 GMT

Agreed on the Philips SPC900NC. It works well with the IOXperts driver and BTV (or HackTV Carbon, or Equinox, or Keith's AstroImager). A close second is the

Re: Must I get a Windows laptop??

Paul Rodman — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:55:52 GMT

On Sep 3, 2008, at 06:09 AM, "Darryl Robertson" ... Nebulosity (http://www.stark-labs.com/nebulosity.html) is another possibility, although the LPI is not

Re: Must I get a Windows laptop??

Daniel Tickell — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:28:06 GMT

I have a phillips spc900c which is the new version of the toucam. Its not a bad camera, one thing I will say is be careful which driver you use. I am using BTV

Re: Must I get a Windows laptop??

lynton9147 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:58:41 GMT

Thanks guys, that's really helpful information. Looks like I don't need a Windows laptop after all. But it also looks like I might be better off ditching my

Re: Must I get a Windows laptop??

Jeff Phillips — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:23:10 GMT

The LPI can be used on the Mac using the SN9C102 driver from Sonix: http://www.sonix.com.tw/sonix/product.do?p=SN9C101%20(Phase%20out) It works, but that's the

Re: Must I get a Windows laptop??

Darryl Robertson — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:17:25 GMT

... There are lots of choices to control your scope on a Mac - my own Equinox 6, AstroPlanner, ScopeDriver and others. Controlling the Meade LPI is a different

Re: Must I get a Windows laptop??

dankuchta — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:25:48 GMT

I'm not sure if it will do everything you want, but I use AstroPlanner on the Mac to drive my scope. Also, Stellarium runs natively on the Mac. If all else

Must I get a Windows laptop??

lynton9147 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:29:32 GMT

I am relatively new to this hobby, and have an LX90GPS. I would dearly love to connect it to my Macbook. But the Meade Autostar Suite runs on Windows only, and