Limerick Astronomy Club

Dave, Jeepers, :shock: I did not think that much could be achieved with photoshop. I am very impressed. Thanks a million for that. Every night I bring out the scope I promise myself that I will concentrate on understanding the procedure to, not alone detect the collimation being out, but to manage t...

Dave, thanks . Nope I do not have photoshop, only Microsoft Office Picture Manager that has basic capability to change the brightness, contrast etc. and Photoimpression which is much the same.
What could Photoshop do to improve the image? Care to do a demo of 'before' and 'after on M82?

Thanks for the encouraging comments. I have to think hard about the next steps --- seems to me that they would all be expensive. John, I have hesitated at the prospect of transporting the 10" up to the hill, mainly for the weight /car space problems but i like your suggestion of a night devoted to t...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2370/2103730469_69a553d995.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2009/2104508240_589024023b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2066/2103730333_b86c683e10.jpg I should really call this 'catch of the night' -- these images were taken last night and a very frosty night it w...

With the Winter solstice coming up shortly --just to let you know that our Limerick Leader weekly astronomy article on week ending 9th December will be about Newgrange. This one was written by SAC member Denis O'Mahony. I paid a visit to Newgrange earlier this week and found it most impressive -- I ...

Dave, thanks for the cotton bud tip. When the webcam had this problem you told me how to clean it and it worked out very successfully.

Lads thanks for the helpful comments. Sorry about the delay in responding but between golf and our marathon day in Birr I am only catching up. John, I have to thank Dave for the excellent collimation job. Yes, I am really pleased with the LX 200R. I get out as much as possible and just like the ETX ...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2328/1953273373_aef718e457_o.jpg From the various images captured on Thursday 8th Nov. I wondered if I could see how much the comet had moved. This image is actually two images stiched together, each taken at separate times with the same scope/camera set up on the sam...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2342/1954096538_574a3b3a8c.jpg I got this image last Thursday 8th Nov. It is a 49 Sec. exposure which managed to capture the background stars before trailing started. I liked that it caught the different star colours even though the Comet is not exactly centred. But, ...

I was out on Thursday night last with scope /camera. I took this image of an out of focus Mirphak. Anybody know what the blemish is at about the 5 o'clock position? Presumably it is small but i wonder where it is in the system. Conn

John, Canon EOS 400d bolted on to the LX200R 10" for about 6 seconds. I do not have a lap top , so carrying the desktop outside to use the webcam is a lot of bother especially when the weather was dodgy. I had one of those 'Hommah .. Hommah ... HOMMAH moments the other night. I leave the scope on th...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2042/1801382348_12f378e7f1.jpg Tried to put the two images I have together. Both images were taken with the same settings at 8:30pm -- the first was on 25 Oct and the second on 29 Oct. Am I not understanding something here or has it actually changed that much in just ...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2308/1800300225_9b95a428c9_m.jpg Comet Holmes at 8;30pm on 29th Oct. Much bigger object and this time its position has some stars to give it some perspective, even if the focus is not spot on. Any suggestions on how to get the focus exactly right? The article in this ...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2364/1799373499_7dca652a7e_b.jpg I know that there are now thousands of images available , but here's my humble effort at imaging what looked to me like a 'motorbike coming at you in a fog'. I agree with what many have already said i.e. that no image has recreated the...

I do not know how many people see Terry Mosely's newsmail but the following has just arrived. "MAJOR!!!! COMET OUTBURST!!!! From: TerryMosel@aol.com Add contact Sent:24 October 2007 23:17:19 To: iaa2000@btinternet.com Hi all, This is hard to believe, but I've seen it with my own eyes! I've just come...