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A collection of my MX7C images, and some other astro' info'. |
I have hundreds of 1900 to 1940's cigarette collectors cards for sale. All indexed, some pictures / scans. |
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Framed loose, complete sets and odd's. A full online database lists all the cards I have so far sorted: Cards. Including: J.Player & Son, Carreras, W.D.& H.O.Wills, Cavanders, Godfrey Phillips, Ogdens, Turf, amongst many others. |
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Pic's |
M27 - Dumbell nebula M42 - Orion nebula - Camera lens - 210mm M57 - Ring nebula M101 - Pinwheel galaxy NGC891 - My first real attempt to get an image. NGC 6792 - Galaxy NGC 6675 - Galaxy NGC7023 - Reflection Nebula JUPITER - First pic's of Jupiter at long FL. |
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Scope: Meade LXD55 SN8 UHTC Camera: MX7C - USB. S.T.A.R. 2000 guider interface. Astroart 3.0 image processing S/W. Deepsky2003 (Reference/database etc) 70...210mm Zoom camera lens - Approx' 5deg...1.6deg FOV 28mm Wide-angle camera lens - Approx' 13deg FOV Home made electric focuser (Focusser) Fixed mounting pillar for the GEM. (Mount) Home made "dew cap" (Dew cap) Heleos Explorer 150 - used for some early images. Sold on Ebay. |
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Site |
I live in the geographic centre of Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England (51.31, 00.46) - a town of 250,000 people. The light pollution is very bad, naked eye limit of visibility is about mag' 4...4.5 on those rare clear nights. (Site) | |
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Links |
Weasners LXD55 Site - very useful. RS Components - all electromechanical bits available mail-order. wideopenwest.com - stepper motor focusser and other bits. |
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Info' |
An interesting test of what is really black! (Black test) | |
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| 17 Level greyscale - adjust screen brightness/contrast to show all 17 distinct levels from black to white for best image contrast. |
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