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Posts Made By: Brian VanLiew

April 28, 2004 12:20 PM Forum: Star Parties

Jersey Starquest

Posted By Brian VanLiew
Our 15th year for this event. June 18th-20th.

Check it out at www.princetonastronomy.org.

May 13, 2004 01:03 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M63 Reprocessed

Posted By Brian VanLiew
I have learned a bit more on processing to bring out more detail so I thought I would repost an image taken earlier this year to share. This is one of my favorites.

May 25, 2004 12:42 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

NEAT 5/22 Fading Fast

Posted By Brian VanLiew
I tried my luck with a first attempt at imaging a comet last weekend in between and through some clouds. Taken through 120mm refractor, mx716 camera, 90 sec exp, 15 images processed in AA3. I cropped it down from it's original size. Tried my best to bring out some of it's tail.

Brian

June 8, 2004 02:52 PM Forum: Solar System Observing

Transit from NJ

Posted By Brian VanLiew
We had about a dozen member of our club get together this morning and had great weather for the event. Here is the closest pic for III contact I was able to get.

June 9, 2004 11:05 AM Forum: Solar System Observing

More priceless than a once in a lifetime event . .

Posted By Brian VanLiew
My son getting up at 4am with me to watch it and after saying it was cool!!

June 21, 2004 12:33 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M16 First Attempt

Posted By Brian VanLiew
Took the Sunday morning at our club's star party in NJ. This was my first try for this Messsier. A total of 16 images of 240 seconds each. MX716 w/ 3.3FR thru C11.

August 13, 2004 01:11 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Auto/Remote Control Dew Zapper

Posted By Brian VanLiew
Is there such a thing as an automatic and/or remote control dew zapper control system out there? :S

I know about dew zappers, like Orion's, and the control boxes, like Kendrick's, which allows you to set individual temps of dew strips plugged into it. But is there one you can set to sense when to come on or can turn on via a RS232 link?

February 14, 2005 12:29 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

IC434 my best

Posted By Brian VanLiew
This was taken around the first of Febuary from my driveway in NJ. I've finally have gotten most of the kinks worked out of it smile . There are still some black pixels in the image but I think this is as far as I will take it.

ST120
MX716 w/star2000
Ha 14mm filter
CI700
15 images 10 min each
Processed in AA3

Thanks for lookiing.

Brian


February 17, 2005 01:54 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NGC2237 first try

Posted By Brian VanLiew
I squeezed this in when the sky cleared but only for a few hours. This is my first attempt at the Rosettte and I wasn't sure what the results were going to be since I had some images with aircraft lights streaking through. Luckily I didn't have that many (only 2 out of 20 exp. 4 min each).

Too bad my focus looks a little off. Hard to tell until the image is processed.

MX716
135mm Telephoto lens
14nm Ha filter
CI700 (Used DSC to locate and selfguide)
AA3

Thanks for looking,

Brian

April 29, 2005 12:24 PM Forum: Star Parties

Jersey Starquest 2005 in June

Posted By Brian VanLiew
My club, the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton (AAAP) will be hosting our 16th year of Jersey Starquest. It is held in Hope NJ June 3-5. For more info visit our website www.princetonastronomy.org.

Hope to see some astromarters there! 8)

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