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Fly over 2

astrofrenchy — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

Fly over 2

Flying over Tom's location at 700 meters...using the USGS urban area ortho...What a great free software provided by NASA ! http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/

Fly over 1

astrofrenchy — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

Fly over 1

Flying over Tom's location at 3000 meters...using the USGS digital ortho. What a great software provided freely by the NASA ! http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/

Denk II

astrofrenchy — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

Denk II

Just received to-day my Denk II power-switch package with a pair of 21mm Denkmeier eyepieces...Great stuff. I urge to try them

Saturn with Encke ?

astrofrenchy — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

Saturn with Encke ?

I used my barlowed Saturn image with Paint Shop Pro (v4.0). Menu Colors>Histogram>Stretch and then Colors>Brightness/Average/Shades>100/2/1 That's all. Of course it's not nice, but isn't it the Encke division there ?

Saturn with Barlow and LPI

astrofrenchy — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

Saturn with Barlow and LPI

This is the result of a barlowed stacked image of Saturn with LPI and autostarsuite(I don't remember if it was the Celestron Ultima 2x or the Powermate 2.5x because this was after many tries with both!)

Saturn

astrofrenchy — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

Saturn

Jupiter & C°

astrofrenchy — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

Jupiter & C°

Not much details in this view...I'll try to do better next time :-)

6 oz 6 $ dew-shield

astrofrenchy — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

6 oz 6 $ dew-shield

The dew-shield is ready to fit the scope. The foam adhesive "carpet retainer" is there to insure a tight maintain on the scope. You can fit instead of it a velcro adhesive...but you'll have a part of it adhere permanently on the scope. I don't like that, but it's a question of taste...and it will be a bit heavier.

Materials

astrofrenchy — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

Materials

Can see here : the surplus of the fitness carpet, the surplus of the adhesive "carpet retainer" and the roll of heavy duty adhesive.

Meade 14 dew-shielded

astrofrenchy — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

Meade 14 dew-shielded

Meade 14 fitted with the 6 oz - 6 $ dew-shield

LPI image

astrofrenchy — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

LPI image

One straight shot with the LPI and the Meade 14". No processing. Just played with the histogram values.

Laptop viewing

astrofrenchy — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

Laptop viewing

On this memorable day, this was the direct viewing of the LPI program on the laptop

Scope under the observatory tent

astrofrenchy — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT

Scope under the observatory tent

Meade 14", with a piggybacked "Russian Barrel" (MTO11CA-1000/f10)just for fun, not for autoguiding, in operation with full size astrosolar covers under the Kendrick observatory tent.