Category: General
Posted by: Tom How
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7016020.stm

Recent annoucements from the labour party conference suggest plans for phasing out traditional lightbulbs by 2011

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Category: General
Posted by: Tom How
Not exactly an earth shattering revelation.

As the more advanced astrophotographers amongst you will have noticed, we don't stuff our optical tube assemblies with clothes and fill them with water. However, some people in our hobby have a mentality that telescope equipment should be like a washing machine. You bring it home. You install it. You read the instructions, and then it works first time and every time, performing its mundane task without variation.

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Category: Buying Kit
Posted by: Tom How
Could somebody please tell me, what is so great about a F10 SCT telescope? I don't think large schmidt cassegrain telescopes, known as SCT telescopes, are a poor choice for the beginnner in astrophotography. Examples include the meade LX200 and the Cesestron C11 Here are the reasons behind my thinking...

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Category: Equipment
Posted by: Tom How
How many of you can put your hands up and say that if your hard disk gets damaged or stolen today, will you have enough backups to recover everything you want to? Or will you loose all the images you've work so hard on, except for the jpgs on your website?

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Category: General
Posted by: Tom How
That first test with the Bubble nebula has come out ok.

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Category: Equipment
Posted by: Tom How
A happy chance has lead me to acquiring an Astrodon SII narrowband astrophotography filter for a very low price.

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Category: General
Posted by: Tom How
You name it - tonight it has taken a chance a break down.

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Category: Equipment
Posted by: Tom How
I've now got the replacement IR filter for my Canon 350D DSLR camera. Last night Pete and I did the filter swap.

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Category: Equipment
Posted by: Tom How
It is over two years since I published my results concerning the breakthrough modifications to a SC long exposure toucam webcam which finally cured all the problems relating to amp glow.....

Direct bias amp off modification for long exposure webcams

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Category: General
Posted by: Tom How
I felt my new canon 350D DSLR deserved a tripod. Not for astrophotography (well, except for star trails) but for terrestial shots.

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