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Antonio - April 2011 Fred and I had such a good time in March that we decided to come back in April. Fortunately it was much warmer this time around. Here's Fred waiting for dark. |
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San Antonio - April 2011 It's getting dark, but not quite enough to start imaging yet. |
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San Antonio - April 2011 Sunset on our second night with our scopes and a turkey. |
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San Antonio - April 2011 We had some visitors in the mornings. Wild turkeys - they make a lot a noise. |
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San Antonio - April 2011 Fred getting ready on night number two. We both bought telescopes and mounts that were very similar to what we learned on in Rick Nolthenius' astro photography classes. Stick with what you know while you're learning is a good way to go. |
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San Antonio - April 2011 My tent. |
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San Antonio - April 2011 Just getting organized is the hardest part. Fred's rig is an Orion 190mm Mak/Newt on the Losmandy G11 mount. My Meade 10" turned out to be too hard to image with so I eventually joined Fred with the Orion scope. It's about 8" in aperture and f/5. So it collects a lot of photons. |
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San Antonio - April 2011 My rig: A Meade 10" f/10 SCT on a Losmandy G11 mount. The camera we both still use is the SBIG ST-4000XCM One Shot Color (OSC). |
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