On 9/1/2010 8:11 PM, Marty wrote:>
Have you seen what some are doing with astro video cameras? Check out the Night Skies Network. They are a group that broadcast live astro video.
I bought a Mallincam a while back. I'll likely never buy another eyepiece again.
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Amateur astronomers have been doing amazing things with video and stuff.... I've seen pictures of Mars taken by amateurs during the last apparition that showed more detail than pictures taken with the largest professional scopes in the world just a few years earlier. Some technique involving stacking numbers of individual video frames or something. Wonderful stuff! As for me, I'm just a low tech, star hopping, sight-seer with a worn out coat. I get a thrill out of having ancient photons rattle down through my telescope, hit my retina, and stop, after millions of years of travel. :) I don't mean to hijack this thread... Congrats to GarageWoodWorks for doing something I've never done! =20 Marty
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