You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Telescope Specific Forums >> Meade ETX Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 nytecam Postmaster Reged: 08/20/05 Posts: 5753 Loc: London UK Venus thro ETX-70 at dawn       #3095893 - 05/10/09 10:08 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   A bathroom pitstop at dawn this morning and I spied Venus low in the east under a beautiful dawn birdsong chorus Later, before breakfast, plopped the ETX-70 on the patio and scanned left of its earlier position and got lucky - Venus came into view - all as videoed here. Anyone else enjoying the Morning Star currently -------------------- Nytecam 51N 0.1W Meade 30cm LX200+ETX-70+e-finder+C8+Ha+CaK PSTs SBIG SGS+homebuilt spectrographs Starlight SXVF_M9+Lodestar CCDs/Canon 300D DSLR/Fuji E550 My observatory build-ETX-70 imaging-my videos Post Extras:       cnstarz professor emeritus Reged: 12/22/07 Posts: 549 Loc: Kentucky, USA Re: Venus thro ETX-70 at dawn [Re: nytecam]       #3096500 - 05/10/09 04:05 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great Vid Nytecam, I've not attempted to image Venus, however I did notice the recent Lunar occultation. Watching the movements of Venus and Jupiter with the moon has been most interesting lately. Regards, -------------------- Matt Apogee 50mm BB scope ETX-60 BB Meade 70-az 5" DIY Newt (wip) C6-N on CG-4 GEM Gallery Post Extras:       KWB Postmaster Reged: 09/30/06 Posts: 9268 Loc: Westminster,Co Elev.1646Meters Re: Venus thro ETX-70 at dawn [Re: cnstarz]       #3101645 - 05/13/09 01:36 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Outstanding! -------------------- Kenny "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." - Albert Einstein Post Extras:       Starman27 professor emeritus Reged: 01/29/06 Posts: 576 Loc: Illinois, Iowa Re: Venus thro ETX-70 at dawn [Re: KWB]       #3126130 - 05/25/09 11:38 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks for the video. The birds sound familiar. What video camera did you use? -------------------- Enjoy the dark, Herman Meade 14 LX200 GPS SMT 12 LX200 GPS 7 LX200 Maksutov ETX 125 TAK FS128 NSV Sky 90II Lunt LS60ThaDS BF1200 Canon 5D Mark II Illinois Iowa Post Extras:       nytecam Postmaster Reged: 08/20/05 Posts: 5753 Loc: London UK Re: Venus thro ETX-70 at dawn [Re: Starman27]       #3126212 - 05/25/09 12:13 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Herman - it's a regular Fuji E550 digicam in movie-mode shown here but handheld on this occasion for Venus shots -------------------- Nytecam 51N 0.1W Meade 30cm LX200+ETX-70+e-finder+C8+Ha+CaK PSTs SBIG SGS+homebuilt spectrographs Starlight SXVF_M9+Lodestar CCDs/Canon 300D DSLR/Fuji E550 My observatory build-ETX-70 imaging-my videos Post Extras:       Starman27 professor emeritus Reged: 01/29/06 Posts: 576 Loc: Illinois, Iowa Re: Venus thro ETX-70 at dawn [Re: nytecam]       #3126781 - 05/25/09 06:01 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks for the info, nice work. -------------------- Enjoy the dark, Herman Meade 14 LX200 GPS SMT 12 LX200 GPS 7 LX200 Maksutov ETX 125 TAK FS128 NSV Sky 90II Lunt LS60ThaDS BF1200 Canon 5D Mark II Illinois Iowa Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 1 registered and 4 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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