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Don Quixote wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2019 5:59 am
A favorite from my Tiger Cruise on LHD 8 with the Marine ACE.
I sailed across the Pacific in the company of men and women you don't meet every day. :-)
I was really looking forward to a tiger cruise when my son was on the CVN-72. They changed plans to stop in Hawii. Major bummer!
Thanks,
Jim
Jim
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO, Samyang 135 F2 (still on the Nikon).
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), ZWO OAG, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, ASI 220mm min, ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF, Mele Overloock 3C.
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, ASI 220mm mini , IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, ZWO UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, Adobe Photoshop CC, Pixinsight.
Dog and best bud: Jack
Sky: Bortle 6-7
My Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/Juno16/
Don Quixote wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2019 5:59 am
A favorite from my Tiger Cruise on LHD 8 with the Marine ACE.
I sailed across the Pacific in the company of men and women you don't meet every day. :-)
Don Quixote wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2019 5:59 am
A favorite from my Tiger Cruise on LHD 8 with the Marine ACE.
I sailed across the Pacific in the company of men and women you don't meet every day. :-)
I was really looking forward to a tiger cruise when my son was on the CVN-72. They changed plans to stop in Hawii. Major bummer!
Thanks,
Jim
Oh Boy !
I feel your pain, Jim.
This was an experience that competes with any I have ever had. It left a permanent impression on me.
He used to come to work with me when he was a kid. In this cruise the tables were turned.
The LHD is a pigmy compared to CVN 72.
Peace.
Peace to you too my friend. Maybe I’ll get another chance some day. My son got out of the Navy, got a degree, and just went back in. We will see!
Have a fine evening!
Jim
Jim
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO, Samyang 135 F2 (still on the Nikon).
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), ZWO OAG, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, ASI 220mm min, ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF, Mele Overloock 3C.
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, ASI 220mm mini , IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, ZWO UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, Adobe Photoshop CC, Pixinsight.
Dog and best bud: Jack
Sky: Bortle 6-7
My Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/Juno16/
I have had NO sky for a while so I have been doing some photography. I hope I am not wearing out my welcome here.
This is my mother, "the lady in Red". She is "parked" here at her corner desk. She likes to "arrange" things. This used to drive me crazy but I understand it now.
It is a dreary day here, but she tells me in great detail about her walk in the woods and the Indians she met along the way. I asked her about this monologue. She says, "Oh no! I wasn't really walking in the woods. I was just telling you a story."
Thought I would jump in and just post a random image. As most of you know, my wife and I moved to Arizona (Cottonwood) which is referred to as "northern Arizona", but the fact is it's really more 'central' Arizona. We get snow on the local mountains but not any at our house. The sky is clear, no smog, low growing trees so we can see for many miles all around us. We are about 17 miles from Sedona (if any of you may have visited the area before.).
So from time to time I will post a few of my new "local" photos.
Attachments
Gordon
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED80CF, Skywatcher 200 Quattro Imaging Newt, SeeStar S50 for EAA.
Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-g mount & Skywatcher EQ5 Pro.
ZWO mini guider.
Image cameras: ZWO ASI1600 MM Cool, ZWO ASI533mc-Pro, ZWO ASI174mm-C (for use with my Quark chromosphere), ZWO ASI120MC
Filters: LRGB, Ha 7nm, O-III 7nm, S-II 7nm
Eyepieces: a few.
Primary software: Cartes du Ciel, N.I.N.A, StarTools V1.4.
Here's a picture I took during our visit to the V bar V ranch.
Gordon
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED80CF, Skywatcher 200 Quattro Imaging Newt, SeeStar S50 for EAA.
Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-g mount & Skywatcher EQ5 Pro.
ZWO mini guider.
Image cameras: ZWO ASI1600 MM Cool, ZWO ASI533mc-Pro, ZWO ASI174mm-C (for use with my Quark chromosphere), ZWO ASI120MC
Filters: LRGB, Ha 7nm, O-III 7nm, S-II 7nm
Eyepieces: a few.
Primary software: Cartes du Ciel, N.I.N.A, StarTools V1.4.