Chris Schroeder
Postmaster
Reged: 12/11/04
Posts: 5098
Loc: N.E. WI Sky Glow
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Both awesome images Mike
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Chris
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus
10" DSH with SC DSC, CPC 800 XLT
M102ED S.V., ZS 80FD 10th Anniv, ZS 66SD, PST
POD XL3 http://POD.SchroederCity.com
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HendyPhoto
Sith Lord
Reged: 08/09/06
Posts: 1492
Loc: Bountiful, Utah
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Jon, you still out there, haven't heard from you in awhile.
Bill
Hey Bill! I am still around a litle bit. It has been either cloudy or raining now for the last few weeks (or longer) as I am sure you have noticed! (you live 10 minutes from me) lol AND you know the life of a wedding photographer in the spring is HARD CORE!  I was hoping to get some broadcast time in last night or tonight, but of course it's raining, AGAIN! We went out to the west desert camping last weekend and I was able to get a few hours worth of mallincamming before the clouds rolled in. I didnt have time to record anything because I was in awe just watching! The mallincam really is a whole new camera at a dark site! I got my hyperstar conversion kit this morning and now I am ACHING to get it all put together and take the C14 out there.
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~jon
SparkCast
CGE1400XLT w/HyperStar
90FD 66SD C6-R SN-8
CPC1100XLT Hutech 20D
Manny-Mod Vixen Porta
Mallincam MCHP
SPC900NC
CG-5 GT
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein
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Bill Cowles
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/16/06
Posts: 644
Loc: Utah
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What scope did you use?
Bill
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Lunt LS60TS50DS/B1200/FT (on order)
TV Gensis/Solarmax 60 filter
PST DS/Herschel Wedge/C4-R
C6-R /Atlas Goto/Moonlite CF2
12" LightBridge/Round Table
MCHP/8" Orion OTA
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HendyPhoto
Sith Lord
Reged: 08/09/06
Posts: 1492
Loc: Bountiful, Utah
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I took the SN-8 f/4, and it did great!
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~jon
SparkCast
CGE1400XLT w/HyperStar
90FD 66SD C6-R SN-8
CPC1100XLT Hutech 20D
Manny-Mod Vixen Porta
Mallincam MCHP
SPC900NC
CG-5 GT
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein
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Bill Cowles
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/16/06
Posts: 644
Loc: Utah
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That seems to be a popular scope. I thought Dave's setup on the CGE was great. Did you take your CGE or did you use the CG-5. It seems the really fast scopes are becoming more popular, not bigger apertures. Is the big C14 shooting at F1.9 yet? Did you take any images of your scope at Lookout Pass?
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Lunt LS60TS50DS/B1200/FT (on order)
TV Gensis/Solarmax 60 filter
PST DS/Herschel Wedge/C4-R
C6-R /Atlas Goto/Moonlite CF2
12" LightBridge/Round Table
MCHP/8" Orion OTA
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Bill Cowles
professor emeritus
Reged: 04/16/06
Posts: 644
Loc: Utah
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Jon, forgot to ask, did you use the MC focal reducer with the scope? What F ratio would that give you?
Bill
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Lunt LS60TS50DS/B1200/FT (on order)
TV Gensis/Solarmax 60 filter
PST DS/Herschel Wedge/C4-R
C6-R /Atlas Goto/Moonlite CF2
12" LightBridge/Round Table
MCHP/8" Orion OTA
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HendyPhoto
Sith Lord
Reged: 08/09/06
Posts: 1492
Loc: Bountiful, Utah
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Hey Bill, sorry, no pictures this time, I was too busy setting up and taking down in the dark! I took the trusty old cg-5 and used the mallincam without any rings or focal reducers. The sn-8 is just about a perfect FOV for the 8mm mallincam, although if I had more time before the clouds rolled in I would have tried different things. I dont have the complete hyperstar setup yet, but one day maybe soon! Next time I go out I will give you a call, this was a fast last minute trip.
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~jon
SparkCast
CGE1400XLT w/HyperStar
90FD 66SD C6-R SN-8
CPC1100XLT Hutech 20D
Manny-Mod Vixen Porta
Mallincam MCHP
SPC900NC
CG-5 GT
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein
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Bowmoreman
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 09/11/06
Posts: 2992
Loc: Bolton, MA
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Hey Bill, sorry, no pictures this time, I was too busy setting up and taking down in the dark! I took the trusty old cg-5 and used the mallincam without any rings or focal reducers. The sn-8 is just about a perfect FOV for the 8mm mallincam, although if I had more time before the clouds rolled in I would have tried different things. I dont have the complete hyperstar setup yet, but one day maybe soon! Next time I go out I will give you a call, this was a fast last minute trip.
Hi Jon - good to see ya back; I've kinda been somewhat offline as well - mostly 
Did get one great night for the 5th grade outreach (on the other thread)... haven't done any captures of bcasts yet...
I'm glad to hear that the MCHP works well on your SN8 w/o the MFR3, etc... I did notice a LOT of skyglow on mine operating down around f1.85 by my calculations with the MFR3 and 15mm of spacers... so next chance I get, I'm going to try w/o all that - i.e. native at f4...
The FOV though, is killer - multiple galaxies in Virgo all at the same time is tasty...
Next time I'll at least take a picture of the monitor! 
clear enough skies (sometime soon please!)
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Dave
Ustream
YLive
XT10i, RTP, CGE, R200CF, TMB80SS
31T5, 22T4, 13Ethos, 8Ethos, TV 3-6 Zoom; Paracorr
MallincamColorHyperPlus,SBIG STV&237A;CanonRebel Xti
WilderSkiesObservatory(BYO #90)
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gavbray
sage
Reged: 12/31/06
Posts: 232
Loc: Gold Coast, Australia
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I love winter. 
M20 through the SV90T + MCHP
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14" LX200R + SV90T + AP1200GTO
31mm, 22mm, 17mm Naglers, 13mm Ethos, 10mm Pentax XW, 2X Powermate, AP MaxBright
Mallincam Hyper Plus Color, DFG/1394 video converter, Optec 0.33 & 0.7 FRs
IDAS LPS, DGM NPB & OIII, Lumicon Deep Sky
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gavbray
sage
Reged: 12/31/06
Posts: 232
Loc: Gold Coast, Australia
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M17 through the SV90T + MCHP.
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14" LX200R + SV90T + AP1200GTO
31mm, 22mm, 17mm Naglers, 13mm Ethos, 10mm Pentax XW, 2X Powermate, AP MaxBright
Mallincam Hyper Plus Color, DFG/1394 video converter, Optec 0.33 & 0.7 FRs
IDAS LPS, DGM NPB & OIII, Lumicon Deep Sky
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gavbray
sage
Reged: 12/31/06
Posts: 232
Loc: Gold Coast, Australia
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M16 through the SV90T + MCHP.
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14" LX200R + SV90T + AP1200GTO
31mm, 22mm, 17mm Naglers, 13mm Ethos, 10mm Pentax XW, 2X Powermate, AP MaxBright
Mallincam Hyper Plus Color, DFG/1394 video converter, Optec 0.33 & 0.7 FRs
IDAS LPS, DGM NPB & OIII, Lumicon Deep Sky
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Jack Huerkamp
Vendor - Waning Moon
Reged: 10/13/05
Posts: 519
Loc: Louisiana
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Winter .. well yes in your part of the world. I can't wait to get my CPC1100 with Hyperstar and MallinCam COLOR HYPER to try to duplicate your shots with your scope.
Jack
PS Its 8:45 PM CST and its 80F outside right now!
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Orion ED80
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
Tricked-out 17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans
 Waning Moon II Observatory
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HendyPhoto
Sith Lord
Reged: 08/09/06
Posts: 1492
Loc: Bountiful, Utah
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Hey guys, last night I had a late one! I was able to get several objects with my hyperstar/fastar setup and C14. Here is my first attempt! I REALLY softened it up and stretched it, but other than that, this is a single frame, no stacking shot of the triangulum galaxy. I am going to have fun with this late nighter this week! I wanted to add, that I think the bloating, wierd shapes and color fringing is a combination of the fastar with this large chip, my cheap filter and the fastar isnt collimatable. I actually took a big gamble buying this fastar lens and I wasnt sure it was going to work at all with my cameras, but I am more than happy with the results. My actual hyperstar is on order and I think that will make a big difference, biggest improvements will be, collimatible and I can use my good 2" filters with it and it's made for these bigger chips.
Mallincam, 28 seconds, Orion SkyGlow filter, C14, f/2, 675mm.
Un-Sharpened. It got really noisy from stretching I am guessing.
Edited by HendyPhoto (07/06/08 10:44 PM)
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smokin oakum
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 09/24/07
Posts: 1426
Loc: Wilmington, NC
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Nice one Jon! I guess you got your power problem worked out.
Neil
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Broadcasting live views of the night sky @
Sparkcast
C11 CGE / Hyperstar
MallinCam Hyper Plus Color
Orion 12" XTi f/4.9
MoonLite Focuser
Round Table Platform
12" Parralax rings
Cape Fear Astronomy Club
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HendyPhoto
Sith Lord
Reged: 08/09/06
Posts: 1492
Loc: Bountiful, Utah
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Thanks Neil! I have alot of others from last night I want to post as well. I finally figured out my wiring problem at about 12:30 am, 2:30 your time! (bad outlet in the line, it was old and somebody removed the fins and I didnt notice) I went out and broadcasted for 4 hours, and not a soul was awake to come join me! My favorites were the veil, bubble and crescent. My new found aperture really likes those objects! I just cant get enough! Tonight is raining, so maybe it will give me some time to process some of the images from last night. Anyone going live tonight?
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~jon
SparkCast
CGE1400XLT w/HyperStar
90FD 66SD C6-R SN-8
CPC1100XLT Hutech 20D
Manny-Mod Vixen Porta
Mallincam MCHP
SPC900NC
CG-5 GT
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein
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HendyPhoto
Sith Lord
Reged: 08/09/06
Posts: 1492
Loc: Bountiful, Utah
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A shot of part of The Veil Nebula, same info as above, but this was 56 seconds, a nd I did some photoshop stretching.
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~jon
SparkCast
CGE1400XLT w/HyperStar
90FD 66SD C6-R SN-8
CPC1100XLT Hutech 20D
Manny-Mod Vixen Porta
Mallincam MCHP
SPC900NC
CG-5 GT
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein
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Jack Huerkamp
Vendor - Waning Moon
Reged: 10/13/05
Posts: 519
Loc: Louisiana
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Jon,
Here is another Hyperstar image of M33. It is a single, 56 second image obtained with my CPC1100 with the original Hyperstar (F/1.8), from my magnitude 4 back yard. It is a little on the red side. This was from last January and was during first light with the MallinCam-Hyperstar setup.
Jack
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Orion ED80
Coulter CT-100
Celestron 6" f/8 Refractor
8" Newtonian/Cassegrain on Byers 812 Mount
Classic C-8
Celestron 11" CPC 100 with HyperStar
Tricked-out 17.5" AstroSystems TeleKit
Life Member and ALCOR - PAS New Orleans
Waning Moon II Observatory
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HendyPhoto
Sith Lord
Reged: 08/09/06
Posts: 1492
Loc: Bountiful, Utah
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Very nice Jack, it looks like I really have something to look forward to! Alot more evenly illuminated and fringing isnt nearly as bad. My strange color shift is because of the color of the skyglow filter. I think I will try M33 tonight without a filter and see what happens. ALTHOUGH, without the filter, my max exposure is about 7 to 14 seconds in my light poluted location. I live in a red/orange border zone.
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~jon
SparkCast
CGE1400XLT w/HyperStar
90FD 66SD C6-R SN-8
CPC1100XLT Hutech 20D
Manny-Mod Vixen Porta
Mallincam MCHP
SPC900NC
CG-5 GT
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe." --Albert Einstein
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JAT Observatory
Space Freak
Reged: 02/20/05
Posts: 5651
Loc: Eastern PA
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Ok I'm still stuck on globs. This is another M3. This was taken with the Mallincam connected the 12" LX200R for a quick first light of the scope. Once I get the scope collimated I'll have to try a non-globby.
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OTA 12" LX200R
Camera Mallincam
Focal Reducer .5x
No integration
No cooling
Sense 128
AGC manual 1/2
ELC 1/2
WB manual
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-Marcus
The problem with free speech is even the stupid have a voice.
http://jatobservatory.org
12" LX200R on a Paramount ME
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Chris Schroeder
Postmaster
Reged: 12/11/04
Posts: 5098
Loc: N.E. WI Sky Glow
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Well here some from my first night, please excuss the stars trails these were shot from my CPC and with the thin clouds over head, I had to run the MCHP at 56sec for the most part.
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Chris
Mallincam Color Hyper Plus
10" DSH with SC DSC, CPC 800 XLT
M102ED S.V., ZS 80FD 10th Anniv, ZS 66SD, PST
POD XL3 http://POD.SchroederCity.com
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