Just another Arizona Dawn
 

We've got a front moving in and these are the advance Scouts. Temp
outside is for jim a balmy 28F. For those interested in Astronomy below
the Moon is the "Teapot" aka Sagittarius.

Crazy Ed

Just another Arizona Dawn
 

"Edward Erbeck" wrote in message
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We've got a front moving in and these are the advance Scouts. Temp
outside is for jim a balmy 28F. For those interested in Astronomy below
the Moon is the "Teapot" aka Sagittarius.

Crazy Ed

Wish I could see Sagittarius that high above the horizon from here.
jim

Just another Arizona Dawn
 

"Edward Erbeck" schreef in bericht
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We've got a front moving in and these are the advance Scouts. Temp
outside is for jim a balmy 28F. For those interested in Astronomy below
the Moon is the "Teapot" aka Sagittarius.

Crazy Ed

Another great skyshot, Ed.
You realise you catched the centre of our galaxy...? :^)

Just another Arizona Dawn
 

"jim wilson" wrote:

We've got a front moving in and these are the advance Scouts. Temp
outside is for jim a balmy 28F. For those interested in Astronomy below
the Moon is the "Teapot" aka Sagittarius.


Wish I could see Sagittarius that high above the horizon from here.


Ok, it's Salt in an open wound but I'd guess you'd also enjoy seeing
Omega Centauri and Centaurus A .................

Crazy Ed

Just another Arizona Dawn
 

"Ge Nidee" wrote:


Another great skyshot, Ed.

Thank You Ge

You realise you caught the centre of our galaxy...? :^)


Yep. It'd be to the Right of the Moon just about where the two tree
branches cross.
I've been an Amateur Astronomer for, well quite a while. My largest
Telescope is an 18" (.4572 meter) F 5.5 Dob mounted Reflector. Part of the
reason we live where we do is the Dark Skies.

Crazy Ed

Just another Arizona Dawn
 

"Edward Erbeck" wrote in message
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"jim wilson" wrote:

We've got a front moving in and these are the advance Scouts. Temp
outside is for jim a balmy 28F. For those interested in Astronomy
below
the Moon is the "Teapot" aka Sagittarius.


Wish I could see Sagittarius that high above the horizon from here.


Ok, it's Salt in an open wound but I'd guess you'd also enjoy seeing
Omega Centauri and Centaurus A .................

Crazy Ed

Grrrrr......
jim

Just another Arizona Dawn
 

"Edward Erbeck" schreef in bericht
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I've been an Amateur Astronomer for, well quite a while. My largest
Telescope is an 18" (.4572 meter) F 5.5 Dob mounted Reflector. Part of the
reason we live where we do is the Dark Skies.

Crazy Ed

My scope is a 11cm (4 1/2 inch?) Newton on a fragile equatorial mount and
ditto tripod, very cheap thingy, own it for appr. 30 years.
Did a lot of viewing back then, now we live in a much more lightpoluted
area. Also the mirror lost most of it's aluminium, I think.

Ever considered to mount your camera on the Dob? Should deliver great shots
with tracking.

Just another Arizona Dawn
 

"Ge Nidee" wrote in message
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"Edward Erbeck" schreef in bericht
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I've been an Amateur Astronomer for, well quite a while. My largest
Telescope is an 18" (.4572 meter) F 5.5 Dob mounted Reflector. Part of
the
reason we live where we do is the Dark Skies.

Crazy Ed

My scope is a 11cm (4 1/2 inch?) Newton on a fragile equatorial mount and
ditto tripod, very cheap thingy, own it for appr. 30 years.
Did a lot of viewing back then, now we live in a much more lightpoluted
area. Also the mirror lost most of it's aluminium, I think.

Ever considered to mount your camera on the Dob? Should deliver great
shots with tracking.

Well I have an 8" Newt (former Dob) which shares (one or the other) a goto
mount with an 80mm apo all to look at never ending winter CLOUDS (or haze
lit up by the ski hill)!!!!! 8-(
jim

Just another Arizona Dawn
 

"jim wilson" wrote:


Ok, it's Salt in an open wound but I'd guess you'd also enjoy seeing
Omega Centauri and Centaurus A .................


Grrrrr......


Well Jim, maybe someday if you're lost in S.E Arizona around March or
AprilI just might be able to haul out a Scope or my 100mm APO Binos and let
you get your fill ;-).

Crazy Ed

Just another Arizona Dawn
 

"Ge Nidee" wrote:

I've been an Amateur Astronomer for, well quite a while. My largest
Telescope is an 18" (.4572 meter) F 5.5 Dob mounted Reflector. Part of the
reason we live where we do is the Dark Skies.



My scope is a 11cm (4 1/2 inch?) Newton on a fragile equatorial mount and
ditto tripod, very cheap thingy, own it for appr. 30 years.
Did a lot of viewing back then, now we live in a much more lightpoluted
area. Also the mirror lost most of it's aluminium, I think.


If you were to remount it onto a "Dob" style Mount you could toss it into
a Car and get to a darker location for viewing. There's no need for a
nontracking Scope to be mounted on an equatorial mount for visual use.

Ever considered to mount your camera on the Dob? Should deliver great shots
with tracking.


If I wanted to take the time, I have the equipment to do Astro Imaging.
I just enjoy visual.

Crazy Ed