[Chaos-l] tonight

[Mark Montazer]

I didn't stay out too late last night (left about 10:30) but enjoyed seeing
everyone. I bought a Starshoot Auto Guider several weeks ago and have been
itching to try it out, and last night was a great opportunity. I decided to
do my brief test on a cluster Allen had mentioned NGC 7789 Caroline's Rose.

Due to the amount of light pollution (i.e., the moon), and how cold it was,
I kept my exposures to 1 minute and didn't bother taking any dark frames.
That being said, 13 minutes of integrated exposure yielded almost perfectly
round stars. The seeing was pretty bad at times so the focus on this
picture looks slightly off.

http://www.astrobin.com/full/28023/

Cheers,
Mark



On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Allen Davis
<starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>wrote:

> Sounds good…I’ll see you later one  allen****
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> *From:* Mark Montazer [mailto:mark at montazer.org]
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 22, 2012 11:52 AM
> *To:* Allen Davis
> *Cc:* North Carolina Observers That Chase Photons In Medoc Mountain State
> Park; Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society
> *Subject:* Re: [Chaos-l] tonight****
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> FYI, I'll be bringing an electric kettle, hot chocolate, tea, and some
> cups (sorry, no coffee).  I'll be loading up the truck shortly and hope to
> get there between 3 and 4.****
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> Mark****
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> On Dec 22, 2012 8:04 AM, "Allen Davis" <starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>
> wrote:****
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> Looks like it’ll be Jason, Michael and sandi, and Mark M…and the fire.****
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> Join us if you like.  Be prepared for the cold.  There will be  fire.
> allen****
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