Fred Ley

Hi George, Ah, images of galaxies, one of my favorite things to look at through a telescope. You sure did capture a few in your image. Real nice job. -Fred

Hey, This one looks real nice too. Good job. -Fred

Dimitri, Well this came out looking just excellent. It certainly gets the "Silver Dollar Award" from me. -Fred

Hi Dimitri, When viewing your images, I would "drag" the image across my monitor to be able to discern any additional details. I did notice that there are a few small festoons in the STrZ -the South Tropical zone. I gather that south is at the top of your image? These are in the "brownish" area to be real simple in terms of a description. I also noticed that in the Northern Hemisphere, in the NTrZ -the North Tropical Zone, there appears to be two small white festoons. By moving the image, your eye should pick them up. Let me know what you think. There are pretty much on the disk's meridian. Let me know what you think. -Fred

Hmmm.... I was begining to wonder why the planet changed size in such a short time. Its the old "switch the focal length" trick. And I thought that I had to go for a visit to the optometrist. -Fred -Oh yeah, nice images too. I prefer the f/20 one.

Frank, In other words, "we have one happy camper". -Fred

So, this is the technicolor version of Hubble's Variable Nebula. It came out real nice and there is real nice detail in the nebulosity too. -Fred

Great looking scope. It should give you a lifetime of use. The wooden touch looks nice and matches the house floor too. It looks quite at home sitting where it is. I hope to be able to attend some of these dark sky meets that are held when I pick up a vehicle and am able to meet many of you. Enjoy, -Fred

Looks like you all are having a great time-that's what it is all about. -Fred

Cool! This image came out real, real, nice. OK! So, like, what's next? -Fred

Hi Spartiati, Enjoyed looking at your two images. The title "Sun & Ice" reminds me of a vinyl album that I have by the artist Vangellis Papathanasiou titled "Fire & Ice". I gather that you received a fair share of snow where you live. It was 27F (-3C) where I live, in Athens, this morning. -Fred

Hi Antonios, Nice image you have there. One would conclude, from looking at a light pollution chart of Attica, that it would be next to impossible to obtain good deep sky images. But modern technology, being what it is, appears to have alllowed us to overcome that. -Fred

Hi Dimitri, So, another Dimikolgr Astro Productions image. Hmmm.... Quite a few galaxies too. I count five, unless there are a few more lurking out there in the silent depths of space. -Fred

Hey Dimitri, Real nice image of the California Nebula. -Fred Hey Sevax, You are thinking of the song titled CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' by the Mamas & The Papas. Here are the lyrics. -Fred All the leaves are brown All the leaves are brown And the sky is grey And the sky is grey Ive been for a walk Ive been for a walk On a winters day On a winters day Id be safe and warm Id be safe and warm If I was in l.a. If I was in l.a. California dreamin California dreamin On such a winters day Stopped into a church I passed along the way Well, I got down on my knees Got down on my knees And I pretend to pray I pretend to pray You know the preacher likes the cold Preacher likes the cold He knows Im gonna stay Knows Im gonna stay California dreamin California dreamin On such a winters day All the leaves are brown All the leaves are brown And the sky is grey And the sky is grey Ive been for a walk Ive been for a walk On a winters day On a winters day If I didnt tell her If I didnt tell her I could leave today I could leave today California dreamin California dreamin On such a winters day California dreaming On such a winters day California dreaming On such a winters day

Hi Pascal, This is a nice wintry image with snow, blue skies and the observatory. I can see the skiers too. If I recall correctly, there is a ski center in the vicinity. Havn't made it up there yet, but hope to one day. -Fred

Hi George, The scope looks great. One thing that I know is that you won't be running out of objects to look at for the next thousand years. By any chance do you have a web site showing the various stages of the construction of the telescope? Just asking as telescope making is a field that interests me. Anyhow, congratulations on a job well done. Now, where do I go to buy tickets to look through this thing? -Fred

OK, this one looks real nice too. -Fred

Yeah, you gotta get a bigger and badder camera. Hey, I can even see a few background galaxies too. Real nice. Now to go and look at your other galaxy image. -Fred

Hi Dimitri, Neat! I love the dust lane across the galaxy, looks real nice. I was wondering how the galaxy would look if you took the image at f/11 instead of f/6.3-you would have a slightly larger image. Fred

Hey, This turned out nice, you can even see the dust lanes in the spiral too. So, what else do you have in your bag of tricks? -Fred