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Old 15-07-2013, 06:16 PM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Originally Posted by naskies View Post
Very nice, Mike! I see a angry dragon in side profile

The yellow stars have green halos though...
Ah an angry Dragon huh..?

Green halos? meah, I like colour

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Originally Posted by Ken View Post
Nice image but I like the old one better no I dont. I remember my first astro shots in 85 were pretty bad, never knew wot to expect when that roll of film came back from the chemist.
Clear skies Ken.
Ah those were the days....

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Originally Posted by jase View Post
Impressive Mike. Perhaps a glimpse of what's to come. As you mention when the conditions are more favourable the resolution you'll obtain will be mind boggling. Is it all about resolution however? A wide sweeping flat field also adds dimension. You sitting inside the dome isn't going to do much for local seeing conditions either with all heat rising through the dome slit. Time to get the rotation kit me thinks. Looking forward to seeing more.
Yeh well, with two cameras now I guess I have both capabilities I guess - wide and narrow so after 2 years of doing wide stuff successfully with the AG12 and 16803 Proline I guess I was looking for something different for a while

No chance of automation any time soon I am afraid so I will have to wear space blanket insulation I guess ...actually I haven't noticed a change in temp inside the dome, my thermometer reads the same temp inside and out when I am in it to +/- 0.1 deg

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Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne View Post
Great resolution on this Mike, and so quick!

A 12" and HA sensitivity sure helps.

Cheers,

Justin.
Yes it's a great scope and so far seems a great little camera setup too...so I'm excited about using it actually

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Originally Posted by Larryp View Post
Lovely image, Mike!
Cheers Lozza

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Originally Posted by petershah View Post
another fine image there Mike
Cheers Peter
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