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[Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Speciality Forums >> Astro Outreach, Clubs and Star Parties Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Ziggy943 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 08/11/06 Posts: 825 Loc: SLC, UT SPOC on Saturday       #2592489 - 08/20/08 09:00 AM Attachment (4 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here we were waiting for it to get dark. -------------------- Siegfried 4" Mak 160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900 150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008) 9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812 14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory Others, that have come and gone Post Extras:       Ziggy943 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 08/11/06 Posts: 825 Loc: SLC, UT Re: SPOC on Saturday [Re: Ziggy943]       #2592493 - 08/20/08 09:01 AM Attachment (4 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Star parties attract all sorts of people. -------------------- Siegfried 4" Mak 160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900 150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008) 9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812 14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory Others, that have come and gone Post Extras:       Ziggy943 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 08/11/06 Posts: 825 Loc: SLC, UT Re: SPOC on Saturday [Re: Ziggy943]       #2592499 - 08/20/08 09:05 AM Attachment (3 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That of course is fellow CN'er and SLAS member Bill Cowles. They love us out at Stansbury, they welcomed us with fireworks. The telescope is a 6" F/17.5 refractor with a D&G lens. Very little color. Nice steady "refractor like" image. -------------------- Siegfried 4" Mak 160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900 150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008) 9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812 14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory Others, that have come and gone Post Extras:       Ziggy943 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 08/11/06 Posts: 825 Loc: SLC, UT Re: SPOC on Saturday [Re: Ziggy943]       #2592503 - 08/20/08 09:06 AM Attachment (3 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   There is no photoshopping going on here... real fireworks. -------------------- Siegfried 4" Mak 160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900 150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008) 9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812 14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory Others, that have come and gone Post Extras:       Ziggy943 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 08/11/06 Posts: 825 Loc: SLC, UT Re: SPOC on Saturday [Re: Ziggy943]       #2592510 - 08/20/08 09:09 AM Attachment (4 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   and more fireworks -------------------- Siegfried 4" Mak 160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900 150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008) 9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812 14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory Others, that have come and gone Post Extras:       Ziggy943 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 08/11/06 Posts: 825 Loc: SLC, UT Re: SPOC on Saturday [Re: Ziggy943]       #2592512 - 08/20/08 09:11 AM Attachment (3 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is Bruce making a driving gear adjustment to the 8" Bogdan refractor (Brandt F/16.8) -------------------- Siegfried 4" Mak 160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900 150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008) 9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812 14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory Others, that have come and gone Post Extras:       Ziggy943 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 08/11/06 Posts: 825 Loc: SLC, UT Re: SPOC on Saturday [Re: Ziggy943]       #2592522 - 08/20/08 09:17 AM Attachment (4 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   We just purchased an energy rejection filter (ERF) that allows us to do Solar observing with this 8" stopped down to 4.5". You talk about a WOW factor. The Chromosphere is ever so distinct above the Photosphere. The Daystar on this is just fantastic. Here is Roger at the viewing end. Despite the lack of activity we saw several prominences, including a nice loop, and a good deal of surface detail. -------------------- Siegfried 4" Mak 160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900 150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008) 9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812 14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory Others, that have come and gone Post Extras:       Bill Cowles professor emeritus Reged: 04/16/06 Posts: 638 Loc: Utah Re: SPOC on Saturday [Re: Ziggy943]       #2593636 - 08/20/08 05:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice shot. Is that the small fire that started at the bottom of the picture ? -------------------- 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 Post Extras:       Ziggy943 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 08/11/06 Posts: 825 Loc: SLC, UT Re: SPOC on Saturday [Re: Bill Cowles]       #2593883 - 08/20/08 07:40 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Above the truck there? It just might be. I hadn't noticed. -------------------- Siegfried 4" Mak 160mm F8 TEC (born 1-18-2007, 27 lbs, 45.5" long), on AP900 150mm F17.5 (D&G lens) (first light 6-7-2008) 9" F/14.8 Alvan Clark (1915), on Byers 812 14.25 F/5.5 Newt in a roll off observatory Others, that have come and gone Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 3 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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