Posts Made By: Rod Mollise

mike selz said:

Im interested in getting into deep sky astrophotography from my boca raton fla residence..with a Nexstar 11. ive done visual work on many of the Messier objects the last 6 months but looking to take the plunge for AP...

Looking for something that will give really good images, yet is fairly easy to use. Would an Orion starshoot Pro, or a Mallincam Hyper Plus be preferred? Im interested in astrophotography, as well as seeing the live images taken on the laptop immediately after an exposure. I dont have a wedge, would prefer to do 30-60 sec exposures and just stack them for the time being and have fun playing with that. Ill get a f 6.3 or 3.3 focal reducer if need be...or even the hyperstar f1.9 if that'll help, even though the 3.3/6.3 would cost much less..

Any suggestions?
Thanks!

George Maddox said:

I have an old orange clestron C11 That is apart with a refinished mirror.
I need someone to advise me on how to put it together either on line or at remote job site, where I will Deliver it.
[email protected] thanx

Scott Satko said:

Hi Rod,
I'm not angry with you (don't really have any reason to be). I was just using you as an illustration. Of course you exist, and it would be foolish of me to try to prove that you didn't exist. My point is that while you *claim* to exist, just as I claim that God exists, I am currently in possession of no more undisputable proof that you exist than in possession of undisputable proof that God exists. So deny God's existence if you like. From now on, I'll deny that you exist unless you can prove to me otherwise. (Sounds ludicrous, right? Well I submit that you're taking the same approach with God.)

Roland Beard said:

M81 is a common favorite. Even at a little astro-video gathering in Luray Va the last two days and evenings, nearly everyone took a look at M81 or M82 while passing through the region observing other objects. From a binocular view (with both 81 and 82 in the field of view) to highly magnified views with big scopes, it's hard not to return to it. So while we are waiting in Luray for a line of thunderstorms to pass and perhaps observe tonight if its clear, I was running through some recent observing sketches around Ursa Major. Here is a recent one of M81 using a classic C8 tube but with a MallinCAM astro video camera attached.

Klaus Brasch said:

Hello:

I am new to this forum. Has anyone out there actually used a C11 or C14 HD for digital imaging, or knows someone who has? The few images shown on Celestron ads and website look quite good, but it would be nice to have independent verification that HD optics are indeed superior in that regard to the traditional SCT.

Thanks,

Klaus

John Agnew said:

If you're referring to the religion that says it is the only true path and others will burn in hell, then yes.

Steve Hollenbach said:

The wind blew from the west one morning. The grain of sand next to it had a rounded top, so it fell just there and stayed on top for about a week. Because of its sharp edges an animal with muddy hooves tracked it half a mile east. There it fell and mixed in with decaying leaves. It remained an unseen spec in the dirt for a thousand years. A strong rain washed the hillside away and it eventually regained its place in the sun on the old beach.

Every grain of sand has some history. Every star in the sky as well. Everything we observe has been placed there and will be moved by countless billions of causes and affects. There is very little random in the Universe.

Sit up late at night. Look out upon the magnificent, contemplate the infinite, imagine the amazing and see the beauty.

Steve
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