Charles Dunlop's Comments

Here is another great group that you would love...
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skyshed-pod/

Excellent site Charles great work!

Thanks for the welcome, Charles.

Thanks, man. It was one of the last images I took in .jpg before switching to raw. I'll be happy to send it to you! I took it with a Celestron C6R-GT (stock set-up) and Canon 1000D. I also have an AT72ED that I mount on my CG-5. Today I am receiving delivery of an Orion 8" f/4 imaging newt that I am really looking forward to trying out. We have had a terrible Nov & Dec, here, with hardly any clear nights at all. Forecast isn'tlooking too promising, either. BTW, cool site!

Celestron images has not updated since 12/24....this site has posted 180 pics since the 26th!

Very cool Nasa pics!

Dick...just checked my weather....best report says fair...but I am desparate...may set up anyway!

The Skyshed Pod was too difficult setting up. It's unwieldy is all. The weight of each of the domes - main and secondary - are too heavy and bulky to lift on your own. I had to get another guy over to do that. Other than that it wasn't difficult. Make sure you watch the video - it saved me an hour or two. I had a small leak when the wind and rain were from the East - directly at where the two domes join. I took off the secondary dome and bought some additional weather stripping, made sure I had the 'gutters' long enough where the pivots attach and everything was fine. Wayne Parker was fine with me. Responded promptly to all my email questions and phone calls. Got a great deal on shipping - took a month exactly from order date to actual delivery - four huge boxes with only one guy delivering so I had to help unload and move the boxes - then did everything myself. Took about 8 hours over two days, but most of the slowness is doing it yourself with no help. Just awkward holding and measuring and kicking things into place.

Thanks for doing this.... It's great to see what other astronomers are doing out there...

How did you get the skyline along the top of the page?

Need to set up a template for the contributed photos...I mean the data that goes along with it. Not only what set up, but like how long the subs are and total exposure time too.