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   Flat   nytecam Postmaster Reged: 08/20/05 Posts: 5751 Loc: London UK ETX-70 snaps quasar       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       Entire thread Subject Posted by Posted on ETX-70 snaps quasar nytecam 05/31/09 03:35 AM Re: ETX-70 snaps quasar KWB   06/05/09 03:16 AM Extra information 2 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. Moderator:  Shadowalker, oldsalt  Forum Permissions       You cannot start new topics       You cannot reply to topics       HTML is disabled       UBBCode is enabled Rating: Thread views: 669 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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