Archives for November 2005
Imaged Mars tonight
Published on 23 Nov 2005 at 1:26 am.
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It was about 65º F and breezy tonight with fast-moving intermittent clouds (low-level Cumulus?). I did about 10 runs with the camera, refocusing before each run. The reason I do this is because it’s close to impossible to tell if I’m in focus with Mars unless I can make out some surface details — which [...]
November 05 Desktop Images
Published on 23 Nov 2005 at 1:00 am.
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Desktop Images for November 2005
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Image Stacking
Published on 22 Nov 2005 at 10:30 am.
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Ian Musgrave has made a nice entry regarding image stacking over on his Astroblog
Prime Focus Moon
Published on 18 Nov 2005 at 11:59 am.
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I took the scope out last night in manual mode to shoot some portraits of the Moon. I took 49 shots in various configurations and camera settings as I was trying out the Canon Digital Rebel with the scope for the first time. I took many shots with the camera coupled to ScopeTronix 40mm ST [...]
Pleiades and Moon
Published on 15 Nov 2005 at 7:25 pm.
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Tomorrow morning just before sunrise the Moon and the Pleiades will be less than a degree apart in the sky. I may set my alarm and try to get a shot of this conjunction as well. For those of you in the central and western Pacific, Hawaii in particular… it looks like you will see [...]
