Rick and Michael,
I agree. Some of us have done the imaging marathon and it can be fun and
crazy. Getting an image takes a few seconds longer than just eyeballing the
object, so you need to work fast. One method is to automate the whole thing by
programming the entire sequence into your go-to mount. Howard Anderson did
this and perhaps he can elaborate. I believe the first time it worked great
until it started missing objects when he wasn't looking. It's not good to
notice this after the objects have set!! We all know that when computers are
in control nothing can go wrong --- go wrong --go wrong.... I've heard you are
a software person. You might try something like this.
Paul Lind
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From: Rick Tejera <SaguaroAstro@xxxxxxx>
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 23:19:55 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: All Arizona Messier Marathon: target
recommendations?
Michael,
I meant to answer this earlier but a bout of Pneumonia has kept me
incommunicado for the last week. Rathe than trying to image just a few
Messiers, why not try for them all? See the AAMM page on the SAC website for
the detail of the Imaging marathon. Basically the same as for a visual
marathon, except you need to see the object on your screen. Like the visual
marathon which doesn't require detailed notes, the imaging marathon doesn’t
require pristine processing, just see the object. I hope you'll consider
adding you name to the ranks of imaging marathoners
Rick Tejera (K7TEJ)
Saguaro Astronomy Club
www.saguaroastro.org
Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club
www.W7TBC.org
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From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of Michael McDonald
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2019 9:10 PM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] All Arizona Messier Marathon: target recommendations?
I just ordered a tent and an air mattress so I can attend this month’s AAMM.
Assuming it doesn’t snow or a plague of locusts doesn’t descend on the event,
what would be some good targets to aim for that weekend? If either does happen,
I apologize in advance!
I won’t be trying to do the visual Messier list as my scope isn’t set up to
visual observation. So I’ll be trying to image one or two targets. (Assuming I
don’t spend the whole night trying to pick out Polaris again!) Turing the clock
forward in Stellarium, it looks like the Milky Way will be getting pretty low
in the West soon after dark. Maybe the Crab Nebula or the Monkey Head Nebula?
In the East, maybe M90 or M60? Both look like they might make good
compositions.
FWI, my scope’s FoV is 40x30 arc minutes. So the Leo Triplets is out.
So those of you who have more experience at this (which should be just about
all of you!), what would you recommend?
Mike McDonald
mikemac@xxxxxxxxxxx
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