Roanoke Valley
Astronomical
Society
Roanoke coordinates: 37o 16' 04" N, 79o 56' 26"W Altitude is about 1050 feet (320
meters)
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RVAS Monthly Meeting: RVAS Monthly Meeting: The next meeting will be on Monday, March 16 at 7:30pm, and are held at the VWCC STEM building ST314.
This month we welcome RVAS member Dr. Ed Dixon who will speak on: Astrophotography - Things that make it go better.
Dr. Dixon is from Southwest Virginia and initially attended Clinch Valley College (now called the University of Virginia at Wise). He received his BSEE in 1972, a master degree in Applied Mathematics in 1973, and then his PhD in Applied Mathematics and Computer science in 1974. He worked in Aerospace for TRW and later for CGI. His principal focus has always been software development.
Ed has been doing AP for some years now, and learned a lot during that time. This discussion will cover some of the things found that make the process easier, faster, and yield better results. This will include details on these areas:
Setup and simple things
Hardware and tool
Capturing data
Processing data
Key tools and concepts that will be covered will include: Stellarium, Astrospheric, Polar alignment, Sharpcap, Batinoff mask, Pixinsight, RC Astro components, MiniPC computers, Remote communications via wireless WiFi, and various hardware configuration choices.