Posts Made By: Mark Keitel

Took this image the other night
After 3 weeks of rain and clouds this image was actually taken with a thunderstorm off to the West. Was very interesting having the sky light up with lightning from time to time.

12 x 5 min
Ha 10nm
Sbig 8XE camera
Fl/ 2348
F/7.8
Guiding was done with a STV attached to a FSQ
Ap 1200 mount

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/galaxyquest/CCD%20Images/M8Ha.jpg

After five hours of observing, and seven different people viewing each of wich haveing over 10 years each experiance. Everyone agreed that the 4" APO gave better views of the cut out Jupiter that was placed 20' away and taken from the taken from the Hubble. Everyone was able to see greater detail than the C-14 gave on the real object.

How about comparisons like this one?

Just needed a laugh after so many cloudy and rainy nights
Had to use a C-14 for your benifit Paul

Mark

Tried this image last week with a thunderstorm off to my west but had to try it anyway. Think that it came out alright though the stars are on the yellow side

12 x 5 min Ha
3 x 5 min Red
3 x 5 min Green
3 x 5 min blue

ALL 1x and with a SBIG 8XE camera

Thank you

Not sure if this is the right color since I did the Lum in Ha

Ha 180 min
Red 60min 2x
Green 45min 2x
Blue 75 min 2x

Mark

Here is my interpretation of M8 up close in color
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/galaxyquest/CCD%20Images/M8ColorRGBcombinedPhotoLayer.jpg

Yes I should have cropped it but I did not and Ha was take a week prior to the color since it is raining here in Florida so often

Ha 60 min 1x
Red 15 min 1x
Blue 15 min 1x
Green 15 min 1x

Sbig8Xe / Optec filers and wheel/ LPS filter/ 10nm Ha filter/ Fl/2348. F/7.8

Mark

Decided to process this image in Ha since I had all the data for it

Comment welcome
Ha 180 min
Fl/2348
F/7.8

For the most part buyers and sellers on Amart are a honest and trustworthy group and there is always one in there that gets someone upset.
Just wanted to vent and maybe get some suggestions on what to do before I go giving someone a bad rating, for making me take these oculars off the market for him.

Posted an add on July 15th
On July 15th person says I will take them, give me your adress and I will send you fund tomorrow
July 16th e-mailed me and stated funds were mailed today. Since they the money was on its way can you ship me the oculars now. I replied when I get the funds the oculars will be shipped the next day priority mail to you.
Waited and waited and no letter
July 22 e-mailed him and told him no funds yet just wanted you to be aware of it, no reply
July 24th I noticed that he put an add on Amart on the 23rd so I e-mailed him again and said still no funds maybe the mail lost it.
later on the 24th he e-mailed me back sorry I was away on a business trip just got back ( maybe his just got back was yesterday to place his add on Amart?) give me your adress again and let me check to make sure the funds have gone out.
I e-mailed him back with my adress again ( why not?) and said that you had told me that the funds went out on the 16th and you wanted me to ship you the oculars already. Now you are not sure that you sent the funds to me??? What is going on. Please confirm when you send the funds.
I have never heard back from him
Sent him an e-mail on the 25th and then again 29th

What concerns me is that he stated he sent the funds and wanted me to send him the oculars since he sent me the funds. I checked his feedback on Amart yesterday and found that another party sent him an ocular ( no were as much money though) and he stated that he did not get then and got paypals to refund the money. The seller says that he sent it but did not put a confirm receipt on the package. ( Something that I found out the hard way to NEVER to leave one of those little babies off of a package again even for a $60 item)

So now that you have read my tail of WOWE
Do I wait for him to respond another business trip?? or has ample time gone by for me to warn others through feedback on this person now?
thank you for your suggestions

Mark

AS of now the Northeast portion of the US and part of Canada are without power at all. Hope that someone has a telescope out for tonight in that area. Will be one of the darkest nights in that part of the country in a long time.

Mark

AS of now the Northeast portion of the US and part of Canada are without power at all. Hope that someone has a telescope out for tonight in that area. Will be one of the darkest nights in that part of the country in a long time.

Mark

It still looks like a brain to me and not a Crescent
NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula

Tak FRC 300 FL/2700 F/7.8
Imaging at .6 arc/sec
SBIG 10Xe camera
Schuler 10nm Ha filter
255 min Ha image

Hope you enjoy

Mark