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Posts Made By: Dale Conrad

June 15, 2010 01:57 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Re: Camera focal length

Posted By Dale Conrad
If you can focus with an EP and diagonal then get yourself a 2" long 2inch extender. That should give you enough additional backfocus for your camera.

June 24, 2010 01:59 AM Forum: Politics

Isn't he the one dem congress called betrayus?

Posted By Dale Conrad
With our present leadership(?) how long will he last?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100624/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_mcchrystal

October 16, 2010 12:44 AM Forum: Politics

Politics as usual?

Posted By Dale Conrad
Thought this was a little interesting. Particularly the last paragraph.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101016/ap_on_el_ge/us_democrats_trumping_loyalty

Dale

August 1, 2011 03:11 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Comet Garradd

Posted By Dale Conrad
Managed to get clear skies last night. 12 X 10min exposures. Wished my Starshoot Autoguider was a little more sensitive, but PHD did a pretty good job of guiding on the comet.

August 20, 2011 09:32 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

M71

Posted By Dale Conrad
12X5 minute exposures were stacked and preprocessed with Nebulosity.
Final processing was done with Cannon DPP.
A Baader Moon/SkyGlow filter was used with a Skywatcher 120ED scope and Borg 0.85 reducer flattener.
The mount was an older Mountain Instrument tangent arm equatorial mount guided with a Borg 77ACH guide scope with Orion Star Shoot autoguider.
This is a 100% crop from the original image.

August 21, 2011 05:22 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Comet Garrard Aug 20

Posted By Dale Conrad
Tried c2009/P1 again.
Tracking on the comet worked fairly well considering the density of the star field.
Managed to get eight 5 minute exposures in a row so the star tracks weren't aall broken up,
Finally had to stop taking exposures when I couldn't buck a star in the guide field.
8X5min exposures with a Hutech Canon 40D (clear filter) and Skywatcher 120ED with Borg 7887 reducer/flattener.

August 22, 2011 06:51 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Harvard 20

Posted By Dale Conrad
Sort of an obscure open cluster in Saggita.
It was in the same fram as M71.

August 24, 2011 05:11 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

PacMan

Posted By Dale Conrad
11 10 minutes exposures taken with a SkyWatcher 120ED and Borg .85 flattener/reducer.
Hutech modified Canon 40D with clear filter.
Overstretched a bit.

August 30, 2011 08:22 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Abell 2666

Posted By Dale Conrad
Managed to get this one Aug 27. 10X10min. exposures with a Hutech 40D and a Skywatcher 120ED with Borg 0.85 reducer. 100% crop from image center.

August 30, 2011 09:49 PM Forum: Politics

Mexico and Weapons

Posted By Dale Conrad
http://news.yahoo.com/atf-chief-reassigned-botched-sting-161949768.html

This after telling the Mexican Press that there were American undercover agents working in northern Mexico a couple of weeks ago?? 8O 8O
In President Obamas defense I will have to say the BATF has a long history of making bone headed moves all on their own. Usually in an effort to grab some headlines when the appropriations committe is considering their budget. grin

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