Mike Wirths LPOD

Hi Mike,

Congratulations on your great! Fracastorius crater image
on LPOD today, in a few weeks (when mine is completed) we will both be using 18" Starmasters.

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

Wow, that's a fabulous image Mike!! Between you and Wes, we should have quite a lunar atlas some day...

Paul Maxson

Great shot Mike!
Congrats!


Ivan

Thanks Wes and all,

I like imaging stuff right on the terminator, since I have an interest in lunar domes this is the place to best see them, under very low solar illumination.

Wes when you get that new 18" will you be using that firewire camera to shoot the planets as well?
I see that Sirius optics has a low profile filter wheel that might work with webcams to do LRGB imaging. I was thinking to (use Jupiter an an example with a 2 minute window for the avi aquistion)use my Atik B&W webcam and shoot a 30 sec L and then 30 sec each for RGB, might be tough cause you would have to refocus slightly after each filter. Or you could just swap in a Toucam to shoot a colour sequence, don't know which would work better.

cheers

Mike W