(Sorry) Mars Shot from Oct 19

--- In no.spam@mail.pls, "Johnny" <perkqlater03_.at._y...>
wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I was out tonight trying to get some doubles but I couldn't get
> the focus right. So I turned to Mars and checked focus and it
seemed
> ok. I went ahead and took a few of Mars and stacked them and little
> processing.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/rjm8
>
> 6" f/8 Tal Reflector, CP4500 18mm EP and 2x Barlow at ISO200
> 1/15sec, 110 stacked w/ Registax2. Processed in PS.
>
> Johnny

---

Hi Johnny,

That turned out real nice!!! Kind of makes up for the doubles
frustration. We'll just have to keep trying on the doubles.

Ginger

Johnny wrote:
>
> --- In no.spam@mail.pls, "Johnny" <perkqlater03_.at._y...>
> wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > I was out tonight trying to get some doubles but I couldn't get
> > the focus right. So I turned to Mars and checked focus and it
> seemed
> > ok. I went ahead and took a few of Mars and stacked them and little
> > processing.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/rjm8
> >
> > 6" f/8 Tal Reflector, CP4500 18mm EP and 2x Barlow at ISO200
> > 1/15sec, 110 stacked w/ Registax2. Processed in PS.
> >
> > Johnny
>
>

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Thanks Ginger...and yes it kinda made up for the double frustration.
I wish I had known that the seeing was as good as it was, I would
have taken more shots. I only took 150+ and Registax lined up 110 of
them and they all looked pretty decent. I then tried to find Uranus
but ended up with that same DSO I got before, I think it is the
Saturn Nebula from what I can tell from Starry Night. I need to move
my setup to a location where I can see Mars and the doubles I am
trying to shoot. My focus was way off and from where I can see Mars
to focus I couldn't see the doubles. GRRRRRRR! I am going to scout
out the yard and find a place where I can focus on Mars and still see
most everything else. I love trees most of the time until they block
my view.

                   Johnny

--- In no.spam@mail.pls, Ginger Mayfield <chikadee_.at._e...>
wrote:
> Hi Johnny,
>
> That turned out real nice!!! Kind of makes up for the doubles
> frustration. We'll just have to keep trying on the doubles.
>
> Ginger
>
>
> Johnny wrote:
> >
> > --- In no.spam@mail.pls, "Johnny" <perkqlater03_.at._y...>
> > wrote:
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > I was out tonight trying to get some doubles but I couldn't
get
> > > the focus right. So I turned to Mars and checked focus and it
> > seemed
> > > ok. I went ahead and took a few of Mars and stacked them and
little
> > > processing.
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/rjm8
> > >
> > > 6" f/8 Tal Reflector, CP4500 18mm EP and 2x Barlow at ISO200
> > > 1/15sec, 110 stacked w/ Registax2. Processed in PS.
> > >
> > > Johnny
> >
> >

---.

How did you caputure 110 pics of mars with the nikon 4500? Does the
4500 act as a web cam? Over what time period? 8 minutes?

What were your skies like? What part of the country do you image
from?

This is a good image.

Dave

--- In no.spam@mail.pls, "Johnny" <perkqlater03_.at._y...>
wrote:
> --- In no.spam@mail.pls, "Johnny" <perkqlater03_.at._y...>
> wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > I was out tonight trying to get some doubles but I couldn't
get
> > the focus right. So I turned to Mars and checked focus and it
> seemed
> > ok. I went ahead and took a few of Mars and stacked them and
little
> > processing.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/rjm8
> >
> > 6" f/8 Tal Reflector, CP4500 18mm EP and 2x Barlow at ISO200
> > 1/15sec, 110 stacked w/ Registax2. Processed in PS.
> >
> > Johnny

---

Dave,

   Thanks for the comments on my Mars shot.

   Using the remote with the CP4500 you can take as many pictures as
the buffer of the camera will allow. I can take 85 shots holding the
shutter button on the remote and with the camera set for continuos
shots. As soon as the buffer clears, I can take another 85 shots. I
usually take 50 and wait and take 50 more. The buffer takes as long
as it takes to take the shots to clear. So, If I took 60 shots, it
would take about a minute and then a minute wait on the buffer to
clear. In 8 minutes I can take 400 shots, 100 every 2 minutes. Search
through the archives for my Mars pictures or you can see all my best
ones on my website www.mindspring.com/~johnnyperk .

   I live out in the boonies near Richmond, Va. The skies are pretty
much on the dark side. I can see the Milky Way when it is really
clear but that doesn't happen all the time.

                   Thanks again,
                    Johnny

--- In no.spam@mail.pls, "mogulskier_groups"
<mogulskier_groups_.at._y...> wrote:
> How did you caputure 110 pics of mars with the nikon 4500? Does
the
> 4500 act as a web cam? Over what time period? 8 minutes?
>
> What were your skies like? What part of the country do you image
> from?
>
> This is a good image.
>
> Dave
>
> --- In no.spam@mail.pls, "Johnny" <perkqlater03_.at._y...>
> wrote:
> > --- In no.spam@mail.pls, "Johnny"
<perkqlater03_.at._y...>
> > wrote:
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > I was out tonight trying to get some doubles but I couldn't
> get
> > > the focus right. So I turned to Mars and checked focus and it
> > seemed
> > > ok. I went ahead and took a few of Mars and stacked them and
> little
> > > processing.
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/rjm8
> > >
> > > 6" f/8 Tal Reflector, CP4500 18mm EP and 2x Barlow at ISO200
> > > 1/15sec, 110 stacked w/ Registax2. Processed in PS.
> > >
> > > Johnny

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