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Posts Made By: Mike Clemens

February 5, 2006 09:53 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Takahashi FS128 History

Posted By Mike Clemens
Pretty sure it's the 123rd built in 1996.

IIRC there is no significance outside of different colored paint.

February 8, 2006 06:11 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

M42 1D MarkII single frame

Posted By Mike Clemens
Well, for a digital SLR, for a single frame, at ISO800, I think that image is superb! Combine a bunch of those and it will be smooth as some Makers Mark. Nice job focusing.

February 22, 2006 06:48 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

First Light Saturn from Utah - 2/20/2006

Posted By Mike Clemens
Really nice results for first light with a new camera. The crepe is gorgeous!

February 22, 2006 09:49 PM Forum: After Dark

Saturn Moons Software

Posted By Mike Clemens
SkyTools 2 works well.

If you want something for free, use the JPL Solar System Simulator and US Navy clock for accuracy:

Get the exact UDT time from: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what.html

Then go to: http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/

Select:
(1) Show me "Saturn" as seen from "Earth"
(2) Set the date/time to closest UDT
(3) For wide orbit moons: set to "I want the body to take up [2]
percent of the image width."
(4) For close orbit moons: set to "I want the body to take up [20] percent
of the image width."


FYI, step #4 above yields an image like attached:


February 24, 2006 03:26 AM Forum: Film Astrophotography - Imaging and Processing

Mauna Kea star trail

Posted By Mike Clemens
Wow, wow, wow, I love them, congratulations. Especially love (almost all of them). The South pole shot is great! What a tremendous location for observing.

February 24, 2006 03:30 AM Forum: Film Astrophotography - Imaging and Processing

Mauna Kea star trail

Posted By Mike Clemens
Love the way the stars come close to stationary near the pole in this one:
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~wang/gallery/picutres/maunakea/20060205-3.htm

February 24, 2006 03:31 AM Forum: Film Astrophotography - Imaging and Processing

Mauna Kea star trail

Posted By Mike Clemens
Clear skies, nighttime, 3+ hour exposure and the observatories are closed!?!?

http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~wang/gallery/picutres/maunakea/20060204-1.htm


February 28, 2006 06:10 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter 2/27 RED OVAL BA dissected!

Posted By Mike Clemens
Fantastic image. Grab an image with the GRS in the same spot every day and make of movie of the cloud belts whipping around the planet, you've got the level of detail to really pull it off.

Mike


March 10, 2006 08:11 AM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

How do you do it?

Posted By Mike Clemens
With Astromart, many times you can buy a used scope, use it for a long time, and then sell it for about the same price. (Providing you dont thrash your equipment) This lets you save up slowly and consistently, selling and upgrading to larger more expensive options over time. This is the only way I could have tried some of the scopes I've owned.

If you want to really wonder about where people get money, look at what is thrown away daily on new cars. Go buy a new car, drive it home and you've probably lost a couple thousand dollars of value right there. Within two years, your new cars value has been soundly deflated by Many Thousand dollars.

In comparison, go buy a Takahashi FS102 for $1650, and in two years you can sell it again for $1650, and then you can take that amount right off the pricetag of your next more expensive telescope. Worked for me with both scopes and mounts. Go Astromart!

Mike

April 16, 2006 09:37 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Ganymede by Jove

Posted By Mike Clemens
Your photographs are consistently favorites! Please get more moons , and moon and shadow transits. I think we could see detail on any moon of Jupiter with your processing.

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