tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72476827895595229502024-03-12T18:47:23.600-07:00APSIGDavidPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10975573368874835285noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-9723137114382084632023-03-01T21:03:00.006-08:002023-03-01T21:03:45.330-08:00APSIG Meeting Schedule<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Beginners APSIG - Need help with you new equipment or with Image Processing. </b></p><p><b>First and Third Monday at 7 PM via Zoom</b></p><p>The Beginner APSIG was setup specifically to allow members to have time to ask questions and get help and advice from seasoned Astrophotographers.</p><p>The Beginners APSIG Meeting is held twice Monthly , each meeting lasts about 2 hours.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Advanced APSIG</b> - <b>The original, More advanced topics , all members are welcome!</b></p><p><b>First Tuesday of the Month at 6PM via Zoom</b></p><p>Have you been Imaging for a while and have the basics underhand, The advanced APSIG group is the meeting for you. the topics are more advanced covering all aspects of Astrophotography Techniques.</p><p>Meetings typically last for 2 Hours</p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>APSIG Image Processing Meeting - Learn new techniques and processing Flows.</b></p><p><b>Second Wednesday of each month at 7 PM via Zoom</b></p><p>Want to learn PixInsight, Siril, Deep Sky Stacker etc., want to learn how to calibrate Subframes and create a Master Stack Image, this is the meeting for you</p><p>typical meeting lasts 2 hours</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p>Frank Castanhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405457562305169879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-11328970783673612092014-10-05T08:56:00.000-07:002014-10-05T08:56:51.669-07:00October APSIG Meeting<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>First</b>, I have asked Frank Castanho to take over as chairperson for the APSIG and he has accepted. Frank is an experienced deep sky imager in both narrow-band and RGB imaging. He has offered many suggestions for APSIG direction and topics. Please come and welcome Frank as our new chairperson. I am very grateful to Frank for accepting this responsibility.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>Second</b>, Phillip Easton offered to coordinate an APSIG dark site imaging event. Phillip has been polling members and planning the timing and activities for this event. In case you missed his post on the APSIG forum on this topic, here are the plans that Phillip has put forward for the October 18th event.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><b>Third,</b> Frank Castanho suggested at our last meeting that we hold a series of "workshop" like meetings where we work as a group. We will be viewing image processing video tutorials and work as a group to develop hands-on experience implementing the image processing techniques covered in the tutorial. This first meeting will lay the ground work for the following meeting by assessing the image processing tutorial material available, assessing the software available in the group and interest in specific processing techniques and tools. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Frank has taken the initiative to contact Adam Block and get permission to use his video Tutorials and image data at our group meetings. I my opinion, these are the best image processing tutorials available and will be very informative to go through as a group. Below is a quote from Frank's e-mail to me on the subject:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Adam Block has graciously agreed to allow APSIG to use his processing tutorials videos and image data for limited use during our meeting. The format of the meetings would consist of a multi-meeting sessions to process a selected image thought entire image processing flow. The Videos are broken down into 5-7 segments per image. Each meeting we would view a segment, about 45 minutes of video. Following the viewing of each video segment we will have a short group discussion about the techniques and method presented. Following the discussion wee would have a hands on group processing of the supplied image data. Feel free to bring your laptop and video processing software. While each participant may not have the software packages used in the tutorials, it would still be interesting to see the results members produce using different software packages using the concepts presented in the videos. We will try to reserve about 15-20 minutes for show and tell so don't forget your images for Show & Tell.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Last month I offered to discuss one of the topics listed below. It was the group consensus that the topic at that meeting should be "Long Focal Length Imaging with a 12" LX200GPS". The remaining topics were covered at meetings last year. I would offer to re-visit one of these topics this month. We can decide on one of these topics at the meeting or select another way to spend our time together. </span></div>
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Please join us at the Timberglen Library Tuesday, August 5th from 6-8pm for our monthly APSIG meeting.<br />
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Planetary Imaging and Processing<br />
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Long Focal Length Imaging with a 12" LX200GPS<br />
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The Long FL imaging topic will give an account of the modifications/adjustments and equipment that I have found useful to be able to make long exposure images with a 12" LX200GPS at 3000 mm FL.<br />
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apsig.blogspot.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-68301373226183972262014-06-26T07:53:00.003-07:002014-06-26T07:53:52.986-07:00July APSIG MeetingHey APSIG gang!<br />
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Please join us at the Timberglen Library Tuesday, July 1st from 6-8pm for our monthly APSIG meeting.<br />
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Phil Easton suggested that we have an equipment/hardware show-and-tell theme meeting with special emphasis on Do-It-Yourself AP projects. So, lets have that meeting next week. APSIG members are asked to bring one or two pieces of equipment that they find useful and believe that other APSIG members might find useful. We can either take turns describing the equipment and answering questions or do it all in parallel. When you decide the equipment you plan to bring, please post a message on this forum so that other APSIG members will know what they can expect to see.<br />
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apsig.blogspot.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-2496428904391002552014-05-28T09:42:00.000-07:002014-05-28T09:45:09.689-07:00June APSIG Meeting<span style="background-color: #01050b; color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Hey APSIG Gang!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">When imaging we all want to see nice tight, round stars. One of the best ways to accomplish this is with auto guiding. However, at times auto guiding can be a frustrating and problematic. This presentation will cover methods for successful auto guiding to help you get them most out of your system. First the focus will be on different types of hardware and the various attributes of each that contribute to an optimal setup. Both off-axis guiders and separate guide scopes will be compared to help you decide the best configuration for your system. Next the talk will highlight some of the free software used for auto guiding with a focus on PHD2. We will do a walk through of the new features and discuss how to configure the settings to maximize results. Through-out the talk we will present tips, discuss what good guiding looks like and troubleshooting to help you get the most out of auto guiding during your imaging sessions.</span></div>
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Dave has collected data from various members of the group and he will present his techniques for analyzing and processing that data. This will be a fairly interactive session - so make sure and be ready to ask lots of questions!</span><br style="background-color: #01050b; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #01050b; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #01050b; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget your images for show-n-tell!</span><br style="background-color: #01050b; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #01050b; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #01050b; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">-George</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-66407567733831992672014-03-27T14:53:00.002-07:002014-03-27T14:53:20.255-07:00April APSIG Meeting<span style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Hey APSIG gang!</span><br style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Please join us at the Timberglen Library Tuesday, April 1st from 6-8pm for our monthly APSIG meeting.</span><br style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">This month David Wilson will be our speaker. David will talk about successes and pitfalls he has encountered in the last 7 years pertaining to DSLR astrophotography.</span><br style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget to bring your raw image data to pass to Dave Raphael for the image data quality analysis presentation. </span><br style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget your images for show-n-tell!</span><br style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #01050b; color: #abbacb; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">-George</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-85074816427587244232014-02-28T08:18:00.003-08:002014-02-28T08:18:30.540-08:00March APSIG MeetingHey APSIG gang!<br />
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Please join us at the Timberglen Library Tuesday, March 4th from 6-8pm for our monthly APSIG meeting.<br />
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This month Frank Castanho will be our speaker. Below is his description of topics he plans to cover.<br />
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CCDStack is a program designed specifically for image calibration ,<br />
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It has some nice features like<br />
Data Rejection<br />
DDP - Digital Development Processing,<br />
De-convolution.<br />
Automatic Image Registration<br />
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Data rejection features are useful for removing star blooms ,satellite trails, hot and cold pixels etc , it lets you keep frames that would normally be discarded.<br />
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DDP is useful for evaluating the image content by automatically doing automatic curves or dynamic range compression, useful for evaluating images before fully processed<br />
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De-convolution is useful for sharpening image features and reducing star size.<br />
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I plan on giving a brief power point presentation, followed by a demo of processing an image in CCDStack, and if time is available showing some video excepts from Adam Blocks CCDStack tutorial<br />
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Don't forget to bring your raw image data to pass to Dave Raphael for the image data quality analysis presentation.<br />
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Don't forget your images for show-n-tell!<br />
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I will be out of town for this meeting and David Pearson will coordinate the meeting.<br />
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March 4th. is voting day. There will be voting at the Library. I have contacted the Library an they have said that the voting will take place in the classroom across the hall from where our meeting normally takes place. Our meeting location is unchanged.<br />
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-GeorgeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-45556152153008507612014-01-28T18:12:00.003-08:002014-01-28T18:12:52.256-08:00February 2014 MeetingPlease join us at the Timberglen Library Tuesday, Feb. 4th from 6-8pm for our monthly APSIG meeting. <br />
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There were several request for an equipment/hardware show-and-tell theme
meeting during our recent discussions. So, lets have that meeting next
week. APSIG members are asked to bring one or two pieces of equipment
that they find useful and believe that other APSIG members might find
useful. We can either take turns describing the equipment and answering
questions or do it all in parallel. When you decide the equipment you
plan to bring, please post a message on this forum so that other APSIG
members will know what they can expect to see. <br />
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At the start of the meeting there are a few issues left over from last meeting we might revisit to reach closure on. <br />
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Don't forget to bring your raw image data to pass to Dave Raphael for the image data quality analysis presentation. <br />
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Don't forget your images for show-n-tell!<br />
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I plan to arrive a little early and attempt to calibrate the projector.
Anyone interested in helping with this activity is welcome. <br />
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See you there!DavidPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10975573368874835285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-22257823934681069132013-11-05T10:09:00.002-08:002013-11-05T10:09:33.736-08:00November Meeting - 11/5/2013<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1383669225095_3679">Sequence Generator Pro!</span><br />
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1383669225095_3679">Ever
wished you could automate your imaging sessions without breaking the
bank? Come learn about Sequence Generator Pro from MainSequence
Software. APSIG member David Pearson will show how he uses it to plan
mosaics, integrate guiding, use plate-solving and combine many useful
features that maximize photon collection time!</span><br />
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1383669225095_3679"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1383669225095_3679">http://www.mainsequencesoftware.com/ </span></span><br />
<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1383669225095_3679"> </span><br /><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1383669225095_3679">Timberglen Library - 6-8pm 11/5/2013 </span><br />
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We covered both the mechanics and optics of focusing as well as attempted a live focusing demo with an artificial star (despite the fact we couldn't turn the room lights off!)<br />
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JOhn Davis gave a great presentation on automated focusing using FocusMax.<br />
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Also, we had some great images shared by APSIG members.<br />
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You can find a link to the meeting presentation <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B__--0bVmk67QnNxVVduZHVSTWlyaHVPYTBaZGY3UQ">here</a><br />
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Bahtinov Focus Mask<br />
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The March 2012 meeting of APSIG ventured into new territory with a live videoconference presentation by Nightscape photographer Robert Arn.<br />
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We also got the chance to express our thanks to APSIG Chair Emeritus JOhn Davis. JOhn has spent many hours over the last couple of years establishing this group and creating a fantastic program. Thanks JOhn!</div>DavidPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10975573368874835285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-65590125959322746802010-02-08T14:00:00.000-08:002012-03-31T06:38:19.840-07:00February 2010 Meeting Pics<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/S3CKA7amfJI/AAAAAAAAAmw/S2U-Vrf6SkA/s1600-h/4328431527_95635ee3b2_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435996498790087826" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/S3CKA7amfJI/AAAAAAAAAmw/S2U-Vrf6SkA/s400/4328431527_95635ee3b2_b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 359px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a>Jeff Barton gave an excellent presentation on Solar Imaging at the February APSIG meeting.<br />
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About 20 folks attended the talk at the Timberglen Library Branch, where Jeff not only showed some of his solar gear, but also gave a very informative slide presentation on ima<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/S3CKbOMKioI/AAAAAAAAAm4/6ToiB0Tbft0/s1600-h/4328431723_59259a3003_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435996950506408578" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/S3CKbOMKioI/AAAAAAAAAm4/6ToiB0Tbft0/s400/4328431723_59259a3003_b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 181px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a>ging our close<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/S3CLeOUgbDI/AAAAAAAAAnI/lFUq4TJ8e70/s1600-h/4329165440_d1a9f1a68d_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435998101592632370" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/S3CLeOUgbDI/AAAAAAAAAnI/lFUq4TJ8e70/s400/4329165440_d1a9f1a68d_b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 277px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a>st star.<br />
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Jeff also demonstrated the use of Registax to process the solar images.<br />
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A big THANKS to Jeff Barton and all those who participated.<br />
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And another big THANKS to Andy Cheng for the photos!<br />
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Enjoy!<br /><br />http://www.lightbuckets.com/support.phpUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-54816488253720974372009-11-24T20:47:00.000-08:002009-11-24T20:49:37.276-08:00AIC Presentation Links<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >Here is a LINK to the presentations at the recent Advanced Imaging Conference (AIC). Enjoy!</span><br />http://www.aicccd.com/archive/_2009_presentation_archive.htmlUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-59229605229428154032009-10-24T11:23:00.000-07:002009-10-24T11:33:36.594-07:00October Meeting Highlights<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SuNIA-PCIGI/AAAAAAAAAjo/gGImT886LwA/s1600-h/3990918345_4e09b6f0f7_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SuNIA-PCIGI/AAAAAAAAAjo/gGImT886LwA/s400/3990918345_4e09b6f0f7_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396235960063238242" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SuNH9Apnx8I/AAAAAAAAAjg/-5wJUB1ARME/s1600-h/3991675246_f1fd523720_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SuNH9Apnx8I/AAAAAAAAAjg/-5wJUB1ARME/s400/3991675246_f1fd523720_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396235891992152002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SuNH16Kqh0I/AAAAAAAAAjY/t_b3-UfFRxk/s1600-h/3991675900_e0acd43f69_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SuNH16Kqh0I/AAAAAAAAAjY/t_b3-UfFRxk/s400/3991675900_e0acd43f69_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396235769992611650" border="0" /></a>I am sorry I missed this one, especially since I hear Jay and Eric did a great job with the presentations. Even with the new day and time, the meeting was well attended -- hoorah!<br /><br />Thanks again to Andy for the great photos!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-53443555272702403832009-09-26T20:32:00.000-07:002009-09-26T20:42:28.478-07:003RF Imaging Conference 09<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/Sr7dEaXj3xI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/otGjsrS8YXo/s1600-h/3RF+Imaging+Workshop+09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/Sr7dEaXj3xI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/otGjsrS8YXo/s400/3RF+Imaging+Workshop+09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385985272249048850" border="0" /></a><br />The Three Rivers Foundation (3RF) is sponsoring an imaging conference in November at their Astronomy Campus and nearby Circle Bar Ranch.<br /><br />If you have never made the drive out to the 3RF campus, you are missing out -- it is awesome! Great dark skies and fabulous accommodations.<br /><br />Check out this brochure, then contact Jeff Barton for more details about making your reservation. But hurry, it is already half filled!<br /><br />Jeff Barton is at:<br />jeffb_at_3rf.org <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-65544573793123046492009-09-07T10:18:00.001-07:002009-09-07T10:39:57.946-07:00September meeting Highlights<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SqVBxzcXO7I/AAAAAAAAAhA/PgDy49kvYWo/s1600-h/3897114954_afd68ff14f_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SqVBxzcXO7I/AAAAAAAAAhA/PgDy49kvYWo/s400/3897114954_afd68ff14f_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378777653842492338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SqVBl7WB1LI/AAAAAAAAAg4/LLEM_Sl645c/s1600-h/3896334465_96ffb563dc_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 386px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SqVBl7WB1LI/AAAAAAAAAg4/LLEM_Sl645c/s400/3896334465_96ffb563dc_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378777449804977330" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SqVBErtseuI/AAAAAAAAAgw/iFxvv2yL6-I/s1600-h/3896334197_ff7961670d_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 348px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SqVBErtseuI/AAAAAAAAAgw/iFxvv2yL6-I/s400/3896334197_ff7961670d_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378776878673591010" border="0" /></a>Jeff Barton arrived early to conduct some Solar viewing for patrons of the library. Jeff stayed out there all afternoon (during the APSIG meeting -- thanks Jeff!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SqVB9Y_kPvI/AAAAAAAAAhI/PTpuUhvkkQ8/s1600-h/3897116444_e518dcd6fe_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 229px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SqVB9Y_kPvI/AAAAAAAAAhI/PTpuUhvkkQ8/s400/3897116444_e518dcd6fe_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378777852900818674" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Jay Ballauer drew a nice crowd (especially for Labor Day weekend) for his presentation on Deep Sky imaging.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SqVCXrmmPNI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/C8r3FnYoU3M/s1600-h/3897117624_583d9678c1_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SqVCXrmmPNI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/C8r3FnYoU3M/s400/3897117624_583d9678c1_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378778304572964050" border="0" /></a>Jay proves that gesticulation and astrophotography go hand in hand<br />: )<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SqVDN5wwrxI/AAAAAAAAAhg/h38ruAZvKeU/s1600-h/3897119126_5aacc2eac2_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 341px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SqVDN5wwrxI/AAAAAAAAAhg/h38ruAZvKeU/s400/3897119126_5aacc2eac2_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378779236086624018" border="0" /></a>Thanks Jay!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SqVC6d8n0ZI/AAAAAAAAAhY/boMJDq8yAEE/s1600-h/3897118216_2ab69f5378_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SqVC6d8n0ZI/AAAAAAAAAhY/boMJDq8yAEE/s400/3897118216_2ab69f5378_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378778902202667410" border="0" /></a>And a big thanks to Andy Cheng for the photos (more of Andy's pics from the meeting can be seen here http://www.flickr.com/photos/81068664@N00/sets/72157622287749568/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-58268279032889037722009-08-08T07:52:00.001-07:002009-08-08T08:00:50.865-07:00Solar Viewing at next APSIG Meeting!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/Sn2RWiIG6OI/AAAAAAAAAfw/yLyWxGYNAP4/s1600-h/Sun.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 364px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/Sn2RWiIG6OI/AAAAAAAAAfw/yLyWxGYNAP4/s400/Sun.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367606147199461602" border="0" /></a>Jeff Barton has agreed to organize a Solar Viewing event before the next APSIG meeting on Sept. 6 at the Timberglen Library. The viewing will begin around 1:00.<br /><br />So come on out and see what the sun is up to (as hot as it's been, you KNOW it's up to something).<br /><br />This event (and the following APSIG meeting) are both open to the public. Thanks to Jeff for organizing this!<br /><br />(solar image by Bret Dahl)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-43993190656335073842009-08-03T15:55:00.000-07:002009-08-03T16:19:34.213-07:00August Meeting Highlights<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SndrVc5XiaI/AAAAAAAAAeI/qkhc3fPiWzw/s1600-h/3784622733_8bf83b2ced_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 177px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SndrVc5XiaI/AAAAAAAAAeI/qkhc3fPiWzw/s320/3784622733_8bf83b2ced_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365875497313470882" border="0" /></a>For our first "real" meeting, we had a nice crowd of 18 folks who came to hear about imaging with a webcam and DSLR.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SndrdJPizZI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/sm7v5IvwnFg/s1600-h/3785431892_34f7dd6c33_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 263px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SndrdJPizZI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/sm7v5IvwnFg/s320/3785431892_34f7dd6c33_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365875629476728210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SndrkTzfPYI/AAAAAAAAAeY/PHJdpJGRc4E/s1600-h/3785432230_aebe4cd4ef_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 168px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SndrkTzfPYI/AAAAAAAAAeY/PHJdpJGRc4E/s320/3785432230_aebe4cd4ef_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365875752570928514" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bret Dahl did a great job presenting an overview of planetary imaging using a simple webcam to achieve outstanding images. He also showed-off his homemade cooler for his SCT -- reducing OTA cool down to about 20 minutes (instead of 2 hours)!<br /><br />JOhn Davis discussed imaging with a DSLR and normal camera lenses using light, portable gear. He showed imaging examples using both with fixed tripods and simple tracking mounts. He also gave a brief demonstration of his AstroTrac rig.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SndrqS7P-AI/AAAAAAAAAeg/_cwGoXaAQ9I/s1600-h/3784623439_ea1a5f893e_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 298px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SndrqS7P-AI/AAAAAAAAAeg/_cwGoXaAQ9I/s320/3784623439_ea1a5f893e_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365875855414261762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SndsHQS7N7I/AAAAAAAAAew/MwhpQTXgi-4/s1600-h/3784623609_a4ac0dfe01_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/SndsHQS7N7I/AAAAAAAAAew/MwhpQTXgi-4/s320/3784623609_a4ac0dfe01_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365876352924465074" border="0" /></a>Next, members David Pearson, Phil Jones, and JOhn showed some recent images and discussed their experiences.<br /><br />Afterwards, a small contingent gathered at the local Mi Cocina for refreshing beverages -- bueno!<br /><br />(special thanks to Andy Cheng for the photos)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247682789559522950.post-72285785357513350402009-07-28T23:25:00.000-07:002009-07-30T22:12:22.760-07:00APSIG Kicks-Off First Meeting<img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363770377326879682" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UFwZfAXi71E/Sm_wvV1U48I/AAAAAAAAAeA/BFYtQ74SxOo/s400/First+Meeting.jpg" />Its a bird! Its a plane! Its <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">APSIG</span>!!!<br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">APSIG</span> held its first meeting on July 12 at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Timberglen</span> Branch Dallas Library. The dozen folks who showed had a meet and greet, kicked the tires on the new meeting venue, and plotted a course for the club's series of meetings. There was also a nifty "show & tell" of recent <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">astrophotos</span> by group members.<br /><br />After the meeting, several members continued the fun at the nearby Mi <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Cocinas</span> for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">cerveza</span> and margaritas.<br /><br />After the meeting, Jay Ellis volunteered to help co-lead the club with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">JOhn</span> Davis -- three <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">cheers</span> for Jay!!! But we still need another volunteer to help coordinate outreach events at the Library. Any takers? Come on, don't be shy, you know you want to.<br /><br />Also, a big thank you for Francisco and the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Timberglen</span> Branch for co-sponsoring <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">APSIG</span> and making us feel at home.<br /><br />And finally, thanks to Dave Hutchison for taking the photos!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2