Christina Chester
Christina Chester
@christinachester
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Joined: Jun 19, 2020
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RE: Super Blue Moon timelapse

Nexstar Tracking mount works well, Tej. Great timelapse! Sounds like you had a lovely evening.

5 years ago
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RE: Monument: The Secret Lab and Telescope

Oops! Sorry about that. I'm unable to edit my post so have attached the pdf article instead... Hope this works. A well telescope doesn't appeal to me...

5 years ago
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RE: Monument: The Secret Lab and Telescope

.. I couldn't leave it at that article... ! Here is another interesting read: It's a pdf that you can download that describes Hooke's experiments at ...

5 years ago
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RE: Broken Telescope

Sorry for the slow reply, Alex. I'd suggest that you bring your telescope to one of our monthly Blackheath observing sessions where it will be easier...

5 years ago
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RE: National Geographic's top places for dark skies

Hi Thomas - Welcome to the Flamsteed! Hope that your twins enjoyed Venus viewing with the Great Equatorial Telescope last summer. Thanks for your not...

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RE: National Geographic's top places for dark skies

Why the fascination with getting a super wide angle lens?   I’m not immensely keen on the appearance of super-wide photos, to be honest... I’m ...

6 years ago
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RE: National Geographic's top places for dark skies

.. Upon closer inspection of the equalized photos...   This is ISO 800: 24mm 10s f/5 ISO 800 by Christina Chester, on Flickr     ...

6 years ago
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RE: National Geographic's top places for dark skies

You got image 3 and 2 out of image 1??? Wow!!!   I second that! Your Rosette Nebula image is amazing, Rupert. It really does depict what can be...

6 years ago
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RE: National Geographic's top places for dark skies

Thanks very much for the detailed reply, Rupert. Your advice (and expertise) is immensely helpful.   Perhaps this Sigma lens is a lemon… The re...

6 years ago
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RE: National Geographic's top places for dark skies

How much coma is too much coma?   I've been outside playing with a Sigma 20mm F/1.4 ART lens tonight... I just wanted to test it for aberration...

6 years ago
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