I have tested the ACER netbook mentioned earlier and it seems as powerful as my old laptop. But you need Microsoft XP and not Windows 7 Starter which has limited functionality. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Holmes Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 8:15 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT Want Ad: netbook computer One thing to note, a small netbook may not have the horsepower to do the imaging. I've got a Dell Mini 10, and much more than web browsing and Word really tasks it... Dan On May 26, 2011, at 11:25 PM, Canopus56 wrote:

I suspect some of you may be dumping your netbooks to upgrade to an Ipad. If so, I am interested in picking up a used netbook with at least two USB 2.0 ports for use as a dedicated small astro imaging computer in the $125-$150 price port range. I decided I don't want to haul around my main writing-accounting laptop to remote sites for astro imaging. Clear Skies, Kurt c a n o p u s 5 6 at y a h o o dot c o m

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Best one yet. Well done. You note the storm is in the north but on the image it appears to be in the south. It might help to either flip the image right side up or note in the text that south is up. patrick On 28 May 2011, at 12:33, David Rankin wrote:

I spent a lot of time trying to collimate my scope before going out tonight. I ran some star tests and it all looked good. I think it made an improvement in the image even tho the seeing was still not great. You can see the head of the storm in the northern hemisphere. It is flipped n/s.

http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4322

Cheers,

David

I rotated it around to give a different perspective. It is south pole up. Cheers, David On 5/28/2011 2:31 PM, Patrick Wiggins wrote:

Opps, I meant to say "It might help to either flip the image right side up or note in the text *on the web page* that south is up."

patrick

On 28 May 2011, at 15:23, Patrick Wiggins wrote:

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Best one yet. Well done.

You note the storm is in the north but on the image it appears to be in the south. It might help to either flip the image right side up or note in the text that south is up.

patrick

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Another fine one, David! ________________________________ From: David Rankin <David@rankinstudio.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 12:33 PM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Saturn, 5/27/11 I spent a lot of time trying to collimate my scope before going out tonight. I ran some star tests and it all looked good. I think it made an improvement in the image even tho the seeing was still not great. You can see the head of the storm in the northern hemisphere. It is flipped n/s. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4322 Cheers, David _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php