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: 5756 Loc: London UK ETX-70 snaps quasar       #3136936 - 05/31/09 03:35 AM Attachment (36 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Long twilit evenings from 51N and the quarter moon nearby unhelpful last night but need my imaging fix Currently wellplaced due south at dusk here's the brightest quasar [3C273 in Virgo] at ~mag 12.5 in a 100s exp [5x20s subs] with the SX Lodestar CCD which just record a field star ~mag 14.7 - see inset As an aside I've be lurking on the CN Video Assist Forum and tested how faint my ETX-70+Lodestar combo got in video-refresh 1s - 8s exposures on M13 glob - no worries see here where even 1 second's exposure vastly outperforms my mark 1 eyeball on the same ETX -------------------- 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:       KWB Postmaster Reged: 09/30/06 Posts: 9268 Loc: Westminster,Co Elev.1646Meters Re: ETX-70 snaps quasar [Re: nytecam]       #3146733 - 06/05/09 03:16 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That is amazing. I'll be *BLEEPED*. -------------------- Kenny "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." - Albert Einstein Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. Moderator:  Shadowalker, oldsalt  Print Thread Forum Permissions       You cannot start new topics       You cannot reply to topics       HTML is disabled       UBBCode is enabled Thread views: 672 Jump to *International Year of Astronomy 2009* -----   Global Coordination   Cornerstone Projects   Special Projects   Special Task Groups   Global Activities   National and Regional Activities   IYA 2009 in Africa   IYA 2009 in the USA*Announcements and News* -----   Cloudy Nights Announcements   Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports   Beginners Forum   Celestial Events   Light Pollution*Equipment Discussions* -----   ATM, Optics and DIY Forum   Binoculars   Binoviewers   Cats & Casses   Classic Telescopes   Equipment   Eyepieces   Mounts   Observatories   Reflectors   Refractors    Celestron SkyScout and Meade mySky   Video and Electronically Assisted Astronomy*Astrophotography and Sketching* -----   Beginning and Intermediate Imaging   Film Astrophotography   DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing   CCD Imaging & Processing   Solar System Imaging & Processing   Sketching   Astro Imaging/Sketching Contest *Observing* -----   NEO   General Observing   Planetary and Solar System Observing   Lunar Observing   Deep Sky Observing   Double Star Observing   Solar   Variable Star Observing and Radio Astronomy*Telescope Specific Forums* -----   Celestron NexStar    NexStar GPS / CPC Telescopes   Questar Forum   Meade ACF/RCX / LX / GPS    Meade ETX*Other* -----   Science of Astronomy & Space Exploration   AstroWebsites   Space Rocks*Speciality Forums* -----   AstroArt   Astronomy Software & Computers   Stellar Media   Astro Outreach, Clubs and Star Parties*CN Feedback and Vendor Announcements* -----   Vendor and Group Announcements CN Forums Home

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