RE: [APML] Internal Reflection?

["Scott Hammonds" <capella@creatorsview.com>]

Mike,
Great idea, I'll try that today!  I think I'll try several setups, with
the focal reducer and without, and also with the deep sky filter.  As
for the OAG, it's the Meade #777, I wish that I'd gone with the Easy
Guider.  I'll play with that as well to see if it's adjustable. I have
to fly to Houston tomorrow I'll post the result when I return.  
Scott

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-astro-photo@seds.org [mailto:owner-astro-photo@seds.org] On
Behalf Of Michael Smith
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 11:02 AM
To: astro-photo@seds.org
Subject: Re: [APML] Internal Reflection?

Scott,

Why wait? You can test it indoors at night or in a dark room. Just load
your
camera, attach it to the OAG with guiding EP and open the shutter for an
hour or two. You can see if turning down the brightness will work.
Something
else you can try is to shine an LED flashlight down the guider EP tube
and
look for reflections. What brand of guider are you using?

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Hammonds" <capella@creatorsview.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 8:40 AM
Subject: RE: [APML] Internal Reflection?


> Thanks all for the input.  As soon as I have a reasonably clear
moonless
> night I plan to try again using all the suggestions.  I don't have a
> Nikon slr but I do have an OM-1 available.  I don't know if I can turn
> down the intensity of the reticle crosshairs, but I'm going to look
into
> it.  I also am going to see if I can move away from the poor man's
> autoguider(my frozen fingers on the keypad). :-)    Maybe I can find
an
> ST-4 or something along that line and my wife won't divorce me for
> spending more money!!!
>
> Scott



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