OT: Planets 2005-03-06 - By Ed Baker
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Thanks Mike
Ed
At 09:07 AM 3/6/2005, you wrote:
>Ed, very cool pics and info.
>
>Mike
>http://www.binkydognose.com/word
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>-- --Original Message-- --
>From: TSML [mailto:truespace@(protected)] On Behalf Of Ed Baker
>Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 7:05 PM
>To: truespace@(protected)
>Subject: Re: [TSML] OT: Planets
>
>Hey Bill,
>
>Thanks. It's my first try with the imager. It has about the magnification of
>a 9mm eyepiece from my understanding. These images were taken with my Meade
>5 inch DS-2130 reflector.
>
>I just recently also purchased a 2x Barlow, but am waiting for an adapter
>since it has a 1.25" barrel, and my scope has a .965". I have a 3x Barlow
>that fits, but the optics are poor.
>
>The Lunar Planetary Imager is made by Meade, and is a CCD albeit a simple
>one. From what I've read, it's basically a glorified webcam of sorts, but
>you can control exposure times from .001 to 16 seconds. The software that it
>comes with also helps by taking multiple exposures and then compositing them
>into a single image with some automatic processing.
>
>Meade has two CCDs that are in the affordable range (for me :) ):
>The Lunar Planetary Imager:
>http://meade.com/autostar/lpi.html
>And the Deep Sky Imager (Which has much longer exposure times at twice the
>cost):
>http://meade.com/dsi/index.html
>
>Thanks,
>Ed
>
>
>At 08:21 PM 3/5/2005, you wrote:
> >Ed, great pics, what is a Lunar Planetary Imager? Some kind of CCD?
> >Looks like the view I get through my 8 inch reflector, beautiful.
> >Bill
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