My Wiruna evening assistant

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

I've already posted this on the open IIS forum so in case some on this section haven't seen it and not strictly a deep sky image I know but cause I luv you guys, here is a picture Joe Cauchi took of my new Wiruna helping hand and Earths shadow:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...12075/original

and

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...12082/original

Mike

[dcalleja]

Is it a new type of focussing aid?

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

lovely shot! love it

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Sorry a post re this Kookaburra photo appears twice here in the General Chat forum, you see I also posted it to the Deep Sky forum because I spend most of my IIS time in that forum thus have developed a bit of a pixel bond with all the other loonies in there "plus" it was of my deep sky imaging rig and showed where I do my deep sky imaging from ...so I thought they might like to see it, in case they, like me, don't frequent the general chat forum and thus miss most of the posts in there....but it seems a senior IIS hall monitor grabbed my post by the ear and lead it to the general chat office to see the principal..?

Mike

[Aster]

Love the photo Mike, swap you my tube balance weight for your scope

[iceman (Mike)]

I hope he didn't leave a calling card

Nice of him to drop by.

[tornado33]

Nice Lilac Point Siamese there Aster

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by iceman

I hope he didn't leave a calling card

I had a close look when I first saw the shot - endcap is on! Whew!

[Aster]

Originally Posted by tornado33

Nice Lilac Point Siamese there Aster

Tonkinese if you please

She feels insulted

[shredder]

So thats how you get a birds eye view of the night sky...

[g__day (Matthew)]

Or its a real Cat

[Quark (Trevor)]

Hi Mike,
I knew that they were using artificial Laser generated stars for feedback with the Keck's but I was unaware that, with true Australian ingenuity, you were developing your own feathered version

Does it have a name and are you using its feedback, regarding the atmospheric conditions above the scope, to generate better images?

Great idea and good to see that your using genuine Aussie Made feather-ware.

Regards
Trevor

[Quark (Trevor)]

Hi Again Mike,

Another thought.

I note that your new cutting edge development of Genuine Aussie Feather-ware also incorporates fully wireless functionality.

Cheers
Trevor

[Jen]

Originally Posted by Aster

Love the photo Mike, swap you my tube balance weight for your scope

Awwww kitty wants to see whats up there too how cute