Archive for the ‘Astronomy’ Category
Meade Deep Sky Imager Pro with filter set
Review of Meade’s Deep Sky Imager Pro used as an auto-guider
September 11, 2005
Posted in: Astronomy, DSLR Cameras, Photography 
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Table Mountain Star Party
Attended the Table Mountain Star Party from 8/3/05 to 8/6/05 and had a very good time. The star party (a gathering of amateur astronomers, usually in a dark sky location) is one of the most popular in the Pacific Northwest and has an attendance of 700+ people. The first (Wednesday) and third (Friday) nights [...]
August 16, 2005
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Imaging the Sky 2005
I attended the Imaging the Sky 2005 conference, Saturday, July 23. While it’s a small conference it’s rich in speakers. Richard Berry, The Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing, was the standout speaker was there to discuss the latest edition of his book and software. Later Richard did a comparison of imaging with CCD [...]
July 28, 2005
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Televue 24mm – 8mm Clickstop eyepiece
Just bought a Televue 24mm – 8mm clickstop eyepiece while at the Mt. Bachelor Star Party. While it’s really a Vixen eyepiece (Orion sells the same eyepiece without the clicks) it’s still very convenient. Very nice to stuff one eyepiece in your pocket instead of carrying a Pelican case out to the dark sky sites! [...]
July 19, 2005
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