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Erik Site Admin Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5846 Location: Off Grid in Paradise... Mag 7 skies	Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:19 am    Post subject: Here ya go, Tom! Tom (nightskystargazer) keeps asking me to take a picture of my night sky. But since I don't have the EQ mount or the photography expertise necessary to take long exposures, I thought I'd instead show him pictures I took with no flash of my SQM from the other night. _________________ -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Overcoming Barriers Affecting Mainstream America All the hopey changey stuff is working great for me, thank you! Evolution is both fact and theory. Creationism is neither. -Anonymous
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Erik Site Admin Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5846 Location: Off Grid in Paradise... Mag 7 skies	Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:20 am    Post subject: _________________ -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Overcoming Barriers Affecting Mainstream America All the hopey changey stuff is working great for me, thank you! Evolution is both fact and theory. Creationism is neither. -Anonymous
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Erik Site Admin Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5846 Location: Off Grid in Paradise... Mag 7 skies	Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:21 am    Post subject: My best reading the other night, pointed towards the eastern sky at about 10PM: _________________ -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Overcoming Barriers Affecting Mainstream America All the hopey changey stuff is working great for me, thank you! Evolution is both fact and theory. Creationism is neither. -Anonymous
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Erik Site Admin Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5846 Location: Off Grid in Paradise... Mag 7 skies	Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:22 am    Post subject: Towards the Milky Way in the southwest: _________________ -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Overcoming Barriers Affecting Mainstream America All the hopey changey stuff is working great for me, thank you! Evolution is both fact and theory. Creationism is neither. -Anonymous
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Erik Site Admin Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5846 Location: Off Grid in Paradise... Mag 7 skies	Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:23 am    Post subject: In case you were wondering about the weather: _________________ -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Overcoming Barriers Affecting Mainstream America All the hopey changey stuff is working great for me, thank you! Evolution is both fact and theory. Creationism is neither. -Anonymous
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Erik Site Admin Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5846 Location: Off Grid in Paradise... Mag 7 skies	Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:24 am    Post subject: Though it did start to get chilly around 11PM _________________ -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Overcoming Barriers Affecting Mainstream America All the hopey changey stuff is working great for me, thank you! Evolution is both fact and theory. Creationism is neither. -Anonymous
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llanitedave star Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 971 Location: Amargosa Valley, NV	Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:33 pm    Post subject: Man, that glare is going to ruin my dark adaption! _________________ "Eye of Sauron Observatory" on the horizon Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism as it is a merge of state and corporate power -- Benito Mussolini
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Erik Site Admin Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5846 Location: Off Grid in Paradise... Mag 7 skies	Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:40 pm    Post subject: Hey, I had the screen on my iphone set to minimum! _________________ -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Overcoming Barriers Affecting Mainstream America All the hopey changey stuff is working great for me, thank you! Evolution is both fact and theory. Creationism is neither. -Anonymous
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nightskystargazer molecule Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Evergreen Park, Il.	Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 am    Post subject: Erik, Could you get a cable released, and hold the shutter open for a couple of seconds Thanks for tring. Tom
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Chopin The Fowl Mouth Joined: 18 Mar 2008 Posts: 1628 Location: [loh-key-shuhn] -noun: a place or situation occupied.	Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:39 pm    Post subject: You are one evil fellow, Erik. Nearly 22 in every direction...sigh, must be nice. As for your sky, imaging is cake. Take your lowest fl lens on your tripod mounted 20D, set it to manual, f8, 30 sec, ISO 1600, focus ring 90% to infinity, shot mode to timer. Place it low and behind your dob for some dramatic foreground. ;) _________________ ©Jason birdsbyjason.com Thames Amateur Astronomical Society
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Erik Site Admin Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5846 Location: Off Grid in Paradise... Mag 7 skies	Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:11 pm    Post subject: You make it sound so easy, Jason! I'll give that a shot on my next night out. _________________ -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Overcoming Barriers Affecting Mainstream America All the hopey changey stuff is working great for me, thank you! Evolution is both fact and theory. Creationism is neither. -Anonymous
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nightskystargazer molecule Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Evergreen Park, Il.	Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:22 am    Post subject: Erik, for trying. Tom
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Erik Site Admin Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5846 Location: Off Grid in Paradise... Mag 7 skies	Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:58 pm    Post subject: Actually, seeing as Volcanoes Natl Park is practically a stone's throw from us, our skies are sort of like this, minus the crater and volcano fog. There's also a lot of moonlight in this photo. (BTW, in case it's not obvious, I didn't take this picture ) _________________ -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Overcoming Barriers Affecting Mainstream America All the hopey changey stuff is working great for me, thank you! Evolution is both fact and theory. Creationism is neither. -Anonymous Last edited by Erik on Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:19 pm; edited 2 times in total
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Erik Site Admin Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5846 Location: Off Grid in Paradise... Mag 7 skies	Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:00 pm    Post subject: BTW, for those who haven't seen Wally Pacholka's night sky photography, check this out: http://www.brightnightgallery.com/ _________________ -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Overcoming Barriers Affecting Mainstream America All the hopey changey stuff is working great for me, thank you! Evolution is both fact and theory. Creationism is neither. -Anonymous
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Erik Site Admin Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5846 Location: Off Grid in Paradise... Mag 7 skies	Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:03 pm    Post subject: ...and specifically, the Big Island: http://www.brightnightgallery.com/hawaii-big.html _________________ -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Overcoming Barriers Affecting Mainstream America All the hopey changey stuff is working great for me, thank you! Evolution is both fact and theory. Creationism is neither. -Anonymous
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nightskystargazer molecule Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Evergreen Park, Il.	Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:00 am    Post subject: Erik, So you can see the stars, just like those pic's. from you home No wonder why you wanted to live there. Tom
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Erik Site Admin Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5846 Location: Off Grid in Paradise... Mag 7 skies	Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:27 pm    Post subject: Here's a photo from a place about 15 miles from where I live. This is pretty much what my sky looks like on a clear moonless night with dark adapted eyes. I wish I could take credit for the photo, but I didn't take it. I got it on the Macadamia Meadows B&B website: _________________ -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Overcoming Barriers Affecting Mainstream America All the hopey changey stuff is working great for me, thank you! Evolution is both fact and theory. Creationism is neither. -Anonymous
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nightskystargazer molecule Joined: 18 Dec 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Evergreen Park, Il.	Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:31 am    Post subject: Erik, , for the pic, if only I could see them star, like that, and only 15 miles from my house , Tom
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snorkler quasar Joined: 13 Feb 2008 Posts: 4169 Location: Bay Area, California	Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:12 am    Post subject: Well, I'm jealous, too. My consolation is I get a month or more of dark skies like that every year, when I'm out doing my astronomy volunteer gigs in the national parks. And showing the night sky to hundreds of people every other night, I really get a lot of viewing in. I honestly never get tired of M13, Albireo, and NGC457 - even looking at them 100 times in a night (aligning the scope between visitors). _________________ Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now Bob Dylan 38.1 mpg avg over 14,000 miles, 173% of EPA combined mileage 45.8 mpg avg over 12,250 miles, 164% of EPA combined mileage
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Erik Site Admin Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5846 Location: Off Grid in Paradise... Mag 7 skies	Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:31 pm    Post subject: With all the developments going up on the island, I'd say it's only a matter of time before the skies get much brighter. So I better enjoy it while I can. _________________ -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Overcoming Barriers Affecting Mainstream America All the hopey changey stuff is working great for me, thank you! Evolution is both fact and theory. Creationism is neither. -Anonymous
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fmeireso Laser Surgeon Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Posts: 91 Location: Eeklo - Belgium	Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:31 pm    Post subject: Erik, Why don't we trade places? You can have my Obsession.... Gee, boy , those readings..... _________________ Obsession 18 inch #1638 Orion Optics (UK) 8 inch
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Erik Site Admin Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 5846 Location: Off Grid in Paradise... Mag 7 skies	Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:36 pm    Post subject: With 18", you can overcome some LP with brute aperture, can't you, Freddy? I know what you mean though- I used to have mag 4 skies on a good night when I lived in California. The really good nights here are when there is volcano fog below me, which blocks out the few lights that there are. I'm at 4500 feet elevation, so when that happens, it's just incredibly dark. I was surprised to find that my backyard is quite a bit darker than the Mauna Kea Visitor Center at 9200 feet. But Mauna Kea is only 30 miles from Hilo, a town of over 40,000. I'm 80 miles from Hilo, hence the darker skies. _________________ -Erik Wilcox Homebuilt 16" Truss Dob SV 80mm ED Nighthawk NG on M1 ALT/AZ Nikon Prostaff 65mm spotter on Trekpod Konusvue 20x80 binos/Peterson pipemount Orion 10x50 binos Homebuilt 80mm f/5 refractor Mirador 60mm f/12 1960's refractor Overcoming Barriers Affecting Mainstream America All the hopey changey stuff is working great for me, thank you! Evolution is both fact and theory. Creationism is neither. -Anonymous
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