From: Ron Pearson <ursamajor_1@mac.com>

Date: March 1, 2015 9:06:51 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] First image light with 18" ultralite dob

Thats a cool scope Jim, -even cooler setting out on a winter night..  ; )   yeah seeing always wins over everything we do.   I guess I need to fire up AstroIIDC and try to process my stuff from the triple transit even though the seeing was terrible..     Looking fwd to seeing more of your images from that scope.    Ron

On Mar 1, 2015, at 5:25 AM, jim_chung@sunshine.net [Astro_IIDC] <Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Well, actually second image light since I did try some monochrome imaging the night before and realized I needed to chop off four inches from the truss poles to create enough focus travel room for a filter wheel and powered focuser.

Here's Jupiter at around f/15 under medicore seeing:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4852049/JupiterRGB18inch02282015.jpg


Here's what the dob looks like this morning:


https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4852049/finalfinaldob.jpg

Can't wait for some real Spring weather and hopefully better skies!

Jim