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quicksimon In reply to ??? [2007-04-03 15:02:28 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot!!

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quicksimon In reply to secret1 [2006-05-28 21:31:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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quicksimon In reply to Hector42 [2006-05-08 21:54:32 +0000 UTC]

oh yeah i forgot, thanks a lot!!!

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Hector42 In reply to quicksimon [2006-05-08 22:26:48 +0000 UTC]

800 mm and 1600 mm with the teleextender but that's very short to do planetary images, isn't it? I think I have to mount the cam behind the eyepiece but I have no webcam. I any case I'll have to construct something to attatch the cam to the Telescope. I'm a bit lazy at the moment, but please tell me more Maybe it doesn't need that much efford. I wondered about buying a webcam but not for astroimaging...maybe I could use it for both, imaging and chatting...if I won't detach the lens Or is it really, really adviced to choose the right astro-webcam??
But there are some other items on my shopping list...a IR filter to do non-astronomical pics, inspired me...his IR shots are great.

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quicksimon In reply to Hector42 [2006-05-24 13:30:01 +0000 UTC]

Sorry so late, you have probably forgotten all about this comment

Yeah,I think the focal length of your scope is a little short for planetary, I had the same prob with my 8"f4 newt! So I bought the 127mak f11 and now i have a 8" f6 newt! I have onlt ever used the meade lpi for plaetary images, it's good for sharop images but the resolution is naff!! If that makes sense. Most people use web cams, I'm thinking of it myself. Registar and regisatx would make short work of the processing!!

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Hector42 In reply to quicksimon [2006-05-24 15:48:38 +0000 UTC]

Propably they would!
Ehehe, I'm not this forgetful...although I must confess that I nearly forgot about this comment. These Meade LPI and DSI cams are rather cheap, I wondered if I should buy such a thing and see what how it performs. But I dunno...I don't like Meade and maybe I have a prejudice because I think that Meade is trying to make things more easy but in fat does the opposite thing...like Microsoft . In addition to that, I hate things which are "made easy" - the more buttons a thing has, the more versatile it is. That's my motto.

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quicksimon In reply to Hector42 [2006-05-08 21:53:41 +0000 UTC]

Give it a go man! What focal length is your scope? Got a webcam?

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quicksimon In reply to 0wlity [2006-04-29 16:13:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!!!!

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quicksimon In reply to curtition [2006-04-27 20:34:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, but I didn't. I took them both the same night but they are way far apart. I just put them together in photoshop!!

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curtition In reply to quicksimon [2006-04-27 23:34:40 +0000 UTC]

lol, ok.

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quicksimon In reply to AyaneShinobi [2006-04-27 18:43:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!!

This night, Jupiter looked awesome!! The air was really still, which is what you need for good planet viewing! You can see Jupiter rising about 22.30 in the south east. Good binoculars will show its moons, check it out!!

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AyaneShinobi In reply to quicksimon [2006-05-01 23:14:45 +0000 UTC]

I'm so cheap that I don't even own binoculars. Well, I kind of do, a cheapie pair that's only like, 2x or something. Ja, I've seen Jupie in the sky at night...it's so bright. Oh yeah, I read in an Astronomy magazine that a comet should be coming around at the end of this month. Have you heard of that? I'm excited. I hope it will be a big comet~! Do you remember Hyakutake in the early 90's? That comet was H-U-G-E!!! Hale-Bopp was awesome too.

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quicksimon In reply to AyaneShinobi [2006-05-02 15:02:04 +0000 UTC]

You could borrow one of my scopes if you lived near me, I have 3 at the moment, one's for sale. I'm only selling it just so i can buy more astrophotography stuff My mum and dad think I'm mad, ha ha!!! I can't remember comet Hyakutake but I remember Hale Bopp, that was AWESOME! Wish I got a pic

Yeah, Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann is around next month travelling towards and past Vega! Can't wait, I'm going to have a go at imaging it, well both of them Do you know about it breaking up? There's Schwassmann-Wachmann B and Schwassmann-Wachmann C! I think they're about magnitude 9-10, so not very bright, especially to the naked eye Worth a shot though, you'll have to buy a telescope

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AyaneShinobi In reply to quicksimon [2006-05-16 05:59:33 +0000 UTC]

Schwassman is only a magnitude 9 or 10!?!?!? Well no wonder I didn't see it last night! lol. Seriously, I looked outside last night (before the moon came up) and thought, "Ooo, since it's dark right now, I want to see the comet!" I was at my mum's place, which meant my sis was there. So me & my sister were like, "Let's go see the comet~~!" We walked outside and...what comet!?!?! We were sad & mad. Ohohoho, but now that I've read what you wrote, no wonder I didn't see a damned thing.

I'm going to need to telescope? Well, I am happy to know there is going to be a star party hosted next Saturday. (Not this Sat, but next week's Sat.) Yay~! I'll get to see it then? It's breaking up? Wow! Awesome. I can't wait to see it. Plus, since Saturn, Jupiter, & Mars are out, I'm going to want the astronomer to show me the planets. I can't wait to see them in real life!

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quicksimon In reply to AyaneShinobi [2006-05-19 19:01:37 +0000 UTC]

I'm sorry to hear you didn't see the comet I haven't seen it either There was kind of an opportunity to see it but the moon was bright and it was lighting up a thin haze in the sky!! I tried with the telescope but no joy. It was hard because conditions were so bad, I couldn't see lyra under vega throught the haze. It's probably too late now

Your going to a star party!! That will be awesome , I hope you have clear skies!!

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AyaneShinobi In reply to quicksimon [2006-05-24 23:58:21 +0000 UTC]

You haven't seen Schwassman either? Well bloody hell, where in the world is it! I keep on looking, even at different times of the night & don't see a darned thing. I don't understand. You think it's too late now? I thought it was supposed to be visible until next month. Oh God, I hope it's not too late. Darn you, Moon, for shining brightly when we were supposed to see the comet!!!

Yep, I'm going to a star party this Saturday. Yes, I hope there will be clear skies too! *Crosses fingers*

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quicksimon In reply to AyaneShinobi [2006-05-29 22:03:31 +0000 UTC]

Sorry you haven't seen it! Yeah, it's to late now Like you, i'm so frustrated, but hey, how did the star party go? Hope it was clear for you! It's been pretty bad here for a loong time now

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AyaneShinobi In reply to quicksimon [2006-06-21 04:46:53 +0000 UTC]

Star Party? What Star Party? There wasn't one after all! And that night, the sky was absolutely 100% perfect. And I mean Perfect with a capital P!!! I've never seen the sky so amazing: all the stars were shining bright, the planets were huge, I could see everything...yet there was no star party. I don't know what the hell happened. It was supposed to be at 9 p.m, & me, my mum, & sis drove out to the site (25 miles away from my mum's house) & there wasn't anything at the state park. I guess it was cancelled. It sucked to drive out all those miles to find nothing. So yes, it was a total bummer.

So the comet...what happened to it? Did it disintigrate during that time when there was the full moon? That's no fair that we didn't get to see it.

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quicksimon In reply to AyaneShinobi [2006-06-21 17:59:17 +0000 UTC]

omg that's just hideous!!
I'm sorry to hear you had to travel all that way and then no star party!! What the hell made them cancel it, especially on Perfect (with a big P) night?!!!!! I'm not sure what has happened to the comet!! All I know is we didn't see it and that's poo!

Hope you get to have a good night under the stars soon!

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quicksimon In reply to dmlaird [2006-04-24 23:03:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Dianne

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dmlaird In reply to quicksimon [2006-04-25 04:28:00 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome Simon!

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quicksimon In reply to Hozzell [2006-04-23 23:06:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!!

I took them both on the same night so I thought I'd show them on the one pic

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quicksimon In reply to Tabriz-Ishtar [2006-04-22 13:40:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man!! You know your greek Mythology!!! Was Mars a Roman god? Sleep is important, I need more of it BIG TIME.

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Tabriz-Ishtar In reply to quicksimon [2006-04-23 01:38:47 +0000 UTC]

Yeah...!!! Mars was the war god of romans and Ares on greek

Let´s go sleep

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quicksimon In reply to Tabriz-Ishtar [2006-04-24 11:45:58 +0000 UTC]

thanks man!!

I need sleep!

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quicksimon In reply to aambience [2006-04-22 13:35:34 +0000 UTC]

Correction sorry!! The moons AREN'T so little

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aambience In reply to quicksimon [2006-04-24 02:20:11 +0000 UTC]

.... they are cute for sue!

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quicksimon In reply to aambience [2006-04-24 11:53:41 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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quicksimon In reply to aambience [2006-04-22 13:34:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!! Those moons are so little!

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quicksimon In reply to Manfredo [2006-04-21 16:59:14 +0000 UTC]

Sorry i forgot, my link has gone. Here's my site

[link]

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quicksimon In reply to Manfredo [2006-04-21 16:49:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!!!!

I use my telescope and for this picture, a camera called an LPI. [link]

Check out my website at the link below to see all of my gear!! One thing though, my site only works in Internet Explorer, so I hope you have that browser!!
Thanks!

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quicksimon In reply to nilvar [2006-04-21 16:43:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Nilvar!!

I've tried Jupiter previously this year but it's been really low and the seeing conditions have been bad. I nearly didn't take this one!!

I have to move all my gear to the bottom of my garden in order to avoid a big tree After seeing Saturn looking good, i was about to pack away and I thought, go on then. It takes ages to set up

It was worth it though

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quicksimon In reply to Tyran-T-Briggs [2006-04-21 10:30:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Shawn. Jupiter looked amazing this night, Galileo would have with joy at the sight I had!! It was low down too. If it was higher it would have looked even better!!!

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FoxMaq In reply to quicksimon [2006-04-23 16:55:59 +0000 UTC]

That's because Jupiter is currently in opposition... gives nicely glow I'd say about -2 mag... btw... have You seen some Lyrids? I've seen two... one was about -4 mag... and the second... well... much brighter... I ain't seen it directly... but seems to me that it was brighter than full moon...

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quicksimon In reply to FoxMaq [2006-04-23 22:53:59 +0000 UTC]

it looked awesome this night!!

-4!!!!
I seen one this night It was near Jupiter and was burning up for ages!! Cloudy fri/sat night so haven't seen any since

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FoxMaq In reply to quicksimon [2006-04-24 07:56:07 +0000 UTC]

-4 is nothing... I've seen Iridium flares stronger than that... but still... those were fine meteors. Slower than Perseides... must have been an older trail also, cause majority was about -2 to -4. I've seen something that might be a second fireball today before sunrise, but have to verify that.

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quicksimon In reply to FoxMaq [2006-04-24 12:03:30 +0000 UTC]

You've had a good clear spell then!! I had an idea to set up my camera on a long exposure pointing at the radiant near vega!

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