Anyone have an Airstream

cactus_darrell said:

thetrim said:

cactus_darrell said:

I have 1984 Airstream Excella 28ft motor home.  The one thing about Airstream trailers and motor homes is everything is top of the line first rate in quality. I purchased this to pursue my Astronomy hobby.  I have traveled many a mile to dark sites to chase those beautiful dark skies. If you have never been able to experience the awesome site of billions of stars on a black velvet sky it is really humbling. 

This picture is of my Airstream at the Canyon Tx chamber BBQ cook off last summer. My fist sanctioned cook off. We took 2 walks against 48 teams , some being very serious professionals.  We placed 2nd in chicken, 4th in brisket, and made the last table in ribs.

here is a link to my web site for my astro images  http://www.astrobin.com/138737/ click on my name to load images

My daughter with her father and mother in law, a couple of Cactus darrells  helpers.

Screw the RV what's your telescope like?

I actually have it in a remote observatory in Benson AZ. I can control it from my pc here in Amarillo. It is fully automated I can open roof program telescope to track and image anywhere in the sky. Most of my images require 6+ hours of imaging time to collect enough data to create. I have been collecting photons with a ccd camera for almost 20 years. The technology has really advanced the last decade. Some really fantastic work being done by amateur astronomers. It is a expensive hobby.  I could own about 40 XL green eggs for what I have invested just in equipment.  It is a very challenging hobby which requires lots of time to collect and process data to create these colorful images. My telescope is a custom made 12.5 inch RC, I use a large format ccd camera made especially for astro-imaging, extremely sensitive. My mount is capable of tracking a star for hours at a 2 pixcel accuracy. I am a very fortunate person to be able to have such a great hobby. 

I'm not a bad egger either.

smoke on,

starman aka cactus darrell

sorry Mickey by no means meant to hijack your thread