ASTRO: 2 new images in H-alpha

Hello everyone. Attached are two of my latest in H-alpha. Rough seeing but
it was clear. I have also placed and order recently for a PST. I am
hopeful that it will get here on Friday of this week. Now, I'll have
something to do at work during my lunch break.

Clear Skyz, LA

LA wrote:
Hello everyone. Attached are two of my latest in H-alpha. Rough seeing but
it was clear. I have also placed and order recently for a PST. I am
hopeful that it will get here on Friday of this week. Now, I'll have
something to do at work during my lunch break.

Clear Skyz, LA

Your images always take me back to Haleakala. Whiplash is a great name
for that filament! Your "rough" seeing is better than my typical seeing
by quite a bit. I rarely have seeing that would bring a sweat to the
PST's 40mm objective unfortunately.

BTW, the one we bought for Hyde Memorial Observatory soon developed a
bad objective. That is a cemented doublet and the cement let go. Guess
that's a problem of late. They are replacing it no problem just a
hassle. New one has a very different objective (different supplier?)
I'm told. Least the coatings are different. Performance is the same as
it was before the cement let go.

Rick

Nice!

kev

"LA" wrote in message
news:rtawh.37874$uC6.22870@trnddc02...
Hello everyone. Attached are two of my latest in H-alpha. Rough seeing
but it was clear. I have also placed and order recently for a PST. I am
hopeful that it will get here on Friday of this week. Now, I'll have
something to do at work during my lunch break.

Clear Skyz, LA

Rick - Thanks for the heads up on this. A couple of friends have seen what
your talking about so when I bought this one the ad for it said it had
already hazed and the objective was a brand new style objective. It seems
that the old turquiose front style pst are the ones that develop haze. The
new ones have a blue more transparent front to them. Clear Skyz, LA

"Rick Johnson" wrote in message
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LA wrote:
Hello everyone. Attached are two of my latest in H-alpha. Rough seeing
but it was clear. I have also placed and order recently for a PST. I am
hopeful that it will get here on Friday of this week. Now, I'll have
something to do at work during my lunch break.

Clear Skyz, LA

Your images always take me back to Haleakala. Whiplash is a great name
for that filament! Your "rough" seeing is better than my typical seeing
by quite a bit. I rarely have seeing that would bring a sweat to the
PST's 40mm objective unfortunately.

BTW, the one we bought for Hyde Memorial Observatory soon developed a bad
objective. That is a cemented doublet and the cement let go. Guess
that's a problem of late. They are replacing it no problem just a hassle.
New one has a very different objective (different supplier?) I'm told.
Least the coatings are different. Performance is the same as it was
before the cement let go.

Rick

Thanks Kev. Clear Skyz, LA

"Kev" wrote in message
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Nice!

kev

"LA" wrote in message
news:rtawh.37874$uC6.22870@trnddc02...
Hello everyone. Attached are two of my latest in H-alpha. Rough seeing
but it was clear. I have also placed and order recently for a PST. I am
hopeful that it will get here on Friday of this week. Now, I'll have
something to do at work during my lunch break.

Clear Skyz, LA

"LA" wrote
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Rick - Thanks for the heads up on this. A couple of friends have seen
what your talking about so when I bought this one the ad for it said it
had already hazed and the objective was a brand new style objective. It
seems that the old turquiose front style pst are the ones that develop
haze. The new ones have a blue more transparent front to them. Clear
Skyz, LA

My older PST is starting to go also. Meade should just, mail out the new
lenses. I'd bet that 40mm doublets can't cost much. Actually, "red lens
disease" doesn't seem to impact the image much. At least they are fixing
them for free. Anyway, a PST is a great little toy for quick solar
observing. I often take mine to work for lunch or mid-afternoon break and
the public loves the views. It only takes seconds to set up. Also the view
thru the double rig with the Glatter holder is really a knock-out! The bino
viewer attachment is cool, but does not compare to looking thru two PSTs.
The only down side (other than triple the price) is that it takes some
fiddling to get it set up so the double unit does not work well for public
viewing.

George N