Jen's new astro toy :)

[Jen]

Hi guys i now have a new toy to go towards my astro collection wooohooooooo im one happy astro chick right now

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Nice work Jen

[astroron (Ron)]

Way to go Jen
Still plenty of time in this Solar cycle to get lots of use out
of your new toy
Cheers

[byronpaul (Paul)]

Excellent Jen.

Hope you get great views and clear skys in Qld for the solar eclipse.

Can't wait to do a side by side comparison at March SV camp with the SM40.

Paul

[Baddad (Marty)]

Hi Jen,

Now I see why Victoria has copped a weather beating. My sister in Melbourne has complained. That is how far reaching the affects of your new toy has had. So many Victorians have suffered so that you may have a new toy.
If you think you can make me jealous..... Wellll...lll. er YOU HAVE

Enjoy what you have. Its nice to have those little things in life that give us joy. Personally I would like to see everyone owning the best.

Cheers Buddy

[pgc hunter]

Cool, have fun with it Jen. Lots of sunshine coming your way

Meanwhile, I just came back inside from hanging out the washing in the rain.

[Jen]

thanks guys he gave me this camera too not that know what to do with it it has no instructions

[Jen]

oops i forgot to add picture

[mozzie (Peter)]

nice jen !!!!!!! aaahhhh new toys

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Yeah - the Sun rocks and you will love it! Let us know how your sessions go!

[barx1963 (Malcolm)]

Nice one Jen! Another Solar Scope. SV in March will have lots of solar stuff going on.

Malcolm

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Good one, Jen! Want one myself

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Jen jen, you have to change your signature now.
Congrats on the new scope. The camera is analog. You can plug it straight into your tv and watch the sun on the big screen.

[Ric]

Congrats Jen

Your sure to have fun with that at eclipse time.

[Jen]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Jen jen, you have to change your signature now.
Congrats on the new scope. The camera is analog. You can plug it straight into your tv and watch the sun on the big screen.

Really so is that all this camera does
Thanks everyone i had a play with it today but I couldn't seem to get it focused is there a trick to these scopes the eyepiece seems to be a pain in the butt

[Liz]

Good luck Jen, all looks fabulous!!

Good luck on the camera too ... looks a little like my GStar .... which I have trouble without guidance.

[Jen]

They should come with a bottle of sun screen too I got burnt yesterday

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Slip, slop , slap next time....


And that ain't your jandals (flip flops to you guys )



You know, I never thought sunburn would be an occupational hazard for astronomers. Who knew .. !!

[erick (Eric)]

By definition, astronomer's skin is a pale pasty white colour (OK, the Caucasians anyway). You going to buck the rules!

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Originally Posted by Jen

Really so is that all this camera does
Thanks everyone i had a play with it today but I couldn't seem to get it focused is there a trick to these scopes the eyepiece seems to be a pain in the butt

Congrats Jen, hope you have a ball with it.

Hmmm getting focus with PST and a camera can be a bit of a pita at times. My experience is that the chip is too far away and you will need a shorter 1.25" adapter. Either that or screw an old barlow lens (sans the barlow tube) onto the end of the adapter. You'll get a bit of magnification but you should be able to reach focus that way ..... if the chip isn't tooooooo far away.

What would be realllllly nice on the pst is if the eyepiece holder could screw off and you could screw the camera directly to the pst. Would work a treat then.