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Posts Made By: Charles Hakes

May 28, 2012 03:25 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

webcam for telrad?

Posted By Charles Hakes
Does anyone use a webcam or VERY low magnification camera to rough align your scope? This would be for remote operations. When I turn the scope on and move from "home" it is really hard to get a sync star perfectly lined up, so was thinking of adding a web cam to look through the telrad. Or something like that. Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Charlie

June 7, 2012 12:48 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NGC 3628

Posted By Charles Hakes
Files have been piling up. I started this one mid-April and just got around to processing yesterday. Remote operations are progressing, but at a snails pace. As always, processing suggestions welcome.

http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory/image_detail.asp?ID=263

Charlie



June 10, 2012 01:52 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NGC 6045 etc.

Posted By Charles Hakes
Another one from last month. I might get to add to this, since I ended up discarding about half the luminance frames during processing for one reason or another.

http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory/image_detail.asp?ID=264

Charlie

November 26, 2012 04:27 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NGC7331

Posted By Charles Hakes
Haven't posted in a long time. We got internet access and have spent a while getting things to be able to operate remotely. This is one of the first done totally while sitting at home via Logmein.

details and high rez at:
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory/image_detail.asp?ID=268

I am always curious as to what the colors look like on your monitors. Every time I look at what I have processed on a different monitor, I want to go back and re-process. (There is getting to be quite a queue for re-processing.)

I took this horizontally, but while processing kept having to twist my neck to get the galaxy upright... Anyone else have those sort of problems.

Clear skies,
Charlie




April 22, 2002 02:07 AM Forum: Star Parties

Okie-Tex Star Party

Posted By Charles Hakes
Didn't that web site have the planets that were "tied" to you cursor last year? That was cool - what happened to them?

Charlie

May 14, 2002 02:28 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Freaking out on collimation

Posted By Charles Hakes
I have center-spotted my secondary, but I'm not sure it helps that much. I find I sometimes need to do a course centering of the secondary without the cheshire - just stand back a ways to look at it.

Charlie

May 16, 2002 04:57 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Re: Recipe for producing a 102mm semi-apo

Posted By Charles Hakes
Apogee has new lenses like that (102mm F15) for $250. I use an old Edmund scope that works great. Haven't looked at who sells them now. You are right - it is very long and unwieldy. But the images are great.

Charlie



May 18, 2002 09:38 PM Forum: Telescope Making

8" f/5 Ideas

Posted By Charles Hakes
When you say 8" "travel scope" I think you mean truss-style that will collapse into a tiny box. I did see a web site a couple years back about someone who made an 8" f5 for a trip to Australia. It fit into a carry-on size for an airplane. I'll see if I can find it again and post a link.

Charlie

May 29, 2002 10:35 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

TASCO!

Posted By Charles Hakes
That last line about a similar proceding with Celestron... Does this mean Celestron is liquidating too???

Charlie

May 30, 2002 03:16 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Good Binoculars

Posted By Charles Hakes
I really like my Orion Ultraview 10x50. Well worth the money. I got them as a second so it was an even better buy. I like the long eye relief so I can use them in the daytime with my sunglasses on. Nice wide views and sharp stars. I would rather have be them waterproof and maybe have a flatter field, but that would be way over $200.

Charlie


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