Allergy to food and medications

Allergy to food and medications

Discovered the connection to many health problems today, the S2 protein allergen

Table containing Summary of 2S Allergens   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2570561/table/T1/  ... from   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2570561/ - [table pdf saved in G3200]  Echo at: https://benthamopen.com/ABSTRACT/TOBIOCJ-2-16 

Listed are items (oils) that have 2S protein and affect me:
    Cottonseed oil –  in Testosterone  Cypionate -  Major allergy, picture link below, took months to identify cause.
    Sesame seed - -   in Testosterone  Enanthate  -  Allergy, showed up in about a month?
    Walnuts  - not feeling well after eating noted about a year ago, may test again, after skin clears up.


Allergen name of Ber e 1 , includes walnut, cottonseed, sunflower, castor bean.

Will avoid ingesting items from same table: (Sunflower seed)  (Sesame) (Yellow mustard)
  Maybe avoid  (Cashew nut) (peanuts) (Buckwheat) (Sunflower seed)  (Soya , listed as minor)
Allergy pictures at: https://www.flickr.com/gp/edhiker/11S555

Ed 

12/11/16

Allergy

Link to private album is:   https://www.flickr.com/gp/edhiker/11S555

 
Atopic dermatitis  (eczema)  most often occurs where your skin flexes — inside the elbows, behind the knees.



Oils are:      Cottonseed oil in Testosterone Cypronate.   Sesame seed oil in Testosterone Enanthate


Cottonseed oil's allergen is the 2S protein. As a water-soluble protein, the 2S albumin storage protein contains structural, functional and biochemical properties responsible for determining its allergenicity.... provokes an allergic reaction in certain individuals.
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Allergic reactions caused by the 2S proteins include atopic dermatitis and, in severe cases, minor swelling or hives. Individuals suffering from atopic dermatitis caused by cottonseed oil will experience patches of red, itchy, flaky skin, with the insides of knees and elbows prone to this type of allergic reaction.
Sesame seed allergy is not new (it was first reported in the 1950s), but it has become increasingly common and now is one of the top 10 causes of food allergies.
Sesame oil is made by cold-pressing sesame seeds and is not refined, so retains most of its allergenicity. It is used ‘unrefined’ in food products and as a result it contains sesame allergens which can cause reactions to those allergic to sesame seed.
Sesame oil (sesamum indicum) is also used in pharmaceutical products 

Computer Upgrade - G3200

Ed's main computer just had an upgrade.

A few documentary photos and comments are shown at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/sets/72157623576482270 ...  The recent work shows in the last 55 photos of the album.

The highly flexible custom computer was built in Feb 2010. Before boot-up, any one of four operating system/data configurations can be chosen by toggle switch. During the last few days, a solid-state "drive C"  was added, RAM was doubled producing quite a boost in performance. Processor runs at 3.2 GHz.
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As of 11/11/16, they're four installations of Windows 10. The one on a 120GB SSD got today's attention. That drive, during formatting somehow wound up with 15GB unallocated space. Used EaseUS - Manage your partitions     http://www.partition-tool.com/   Quickly resize, move, merge and split partitions without data loss to make better use of hard drive capacity.
-  WORKED Perfectly - Recovered 14.57 GB of lost space (unseen, unallocated ) on the SSD.
Now, used space is 18.8GB,  Free space is 92.2GB.
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Next move is to transfer some applications to SSD  

Hormone Replacement - latest Expert Consensus

A list of educational YouTube videos on hormones, emphasis on women.   


https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=395&v=3ij6E4C6nls Howard Liebowitz, M.D.
Bio-identical Hormone Therapy, Los Angeles. YouTube  (27 min long).  For women, listen specifically to the 10 to 13 min timeline.
Dr. Marie on Testosterone Therapy for Women   (6 min long)    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxqqx6Bt4wg  

Good item >>   Myths of Testosterone Replacement for Women -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM3z4xFwOm0  23 min
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Female Hormone Levels and Restoration - Estrogen and Progesterone: The Complete Hormonal Picture   - In addition to estrogen and progesterone, it is important to monitor levels of the hormones pregnenolone, DHEA, and testosterone.  Life Extension encourages females to maintain a total testosterone level of 35-45 ng/dL and a free testosterone level of 1-2.2 pg/mL.
   http://www.lifeextension.com/protocols/female-reproductive/female-hormone-restoration/page-07
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  Links about female mortality risk related to hormone levels -

Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Reduces Mortality Risk
Conclusions of the analysis were that "After 10 years of randomized treatment, women receiving hormone replacement therapy early after menopause had a significantly reduced risk of mortality, heart failure, or myocardial infarction (heart attack), without any apparent increase in risk of cancer, venous thromboembolism (blood clots), or stroke. The mortality risk reduction was about 40% 

 http://www.cenegenics-philadelphia.com/medical-news/postmenopausal-hormone-replacement-reduces-mortality-risk/ 

Related URL  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1492478/

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 Testosterone Deficiency Resolutions From an International Expert Consensus, for men- 2016 
 The video version, the latest conclusions:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGKd3OJX_TY   Dr. Abraham Morgentaler  [ text version at: http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(16)30115-X/fulltext ]



I have a thousand related bookmarks, if you have any questions, send them along, 

Ed Johnson -    rob@edhiker.com

The World as observed by Ed

A good Nova program about telescopes is at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc35UX7-wHw#t=985.592083 
Hunting the Edge of Space In this two-hour special, NOVA examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understanding of our place in the universe. Starts with a long segment on Galileo. The lens shapes are not near correct, but that's movie-making.

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After almost a year, had the chance to visit Stony Ridge Observatory (SRO). A few tweaks need to be made on the control system I installed June 2015, See
https://www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/26763706042/in/photostreamhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/26763706042/in/photostream
 To dig deeper, click on albums on that page.
The 30" scope is now controlled with Software Bisque SkyX program.
Good SkyX tutorial is  "Setting Up SkyX "
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUecuA8kus0

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It is possible to watch two or three TV programs at once by using twctv.com ... Really neat, I almost don't need my commercial killer invention, so easy to flip audio, unless I'm in other parts of the house.
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This week my driveway tree leafed out, only 2/3's of it, so need to cut a big, tall portion. A new pole mounted chainsaw is purchased - see ad at:   https://www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/26824724075/
Tree is at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/26220209983/sizes/h/ 

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New, just now, blog when viewed in a private browser, needed Google password. Changed Permissions to PUBLIC.   https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6048056#basicsettingshttps://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6048056#basicsettings

That's it for today  - edhiker

First post on Blogger after a long absence 

A new sense of well being was achieved by obtaining a good hormone balance.  I now need only 7 hours of sleep to feel on top of the world with energy lasting all day long. Thank you, Dr Jan Yuo (Montrose) for being diligent. I have a thousand bookmarks on this subject! There are optimum levels for Testosterone and Estrogen that become more important as we get older (males and females).

My good life now has a combination of intellectual stimulation, exercise (hiking and gym), healthy eating, and  social interactions. A diary of sorts, by way of pictures, is on Flickr.

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Maybe time to add travel on the things to do list -   Travel -  Destinations on Google,  https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/03/new-ways-to-plan-your-vacation-while-on.html  

see also https://www.google.com/#safe=active&q=google+Destinations+  


4/11/16 .. to be continued

M27 - screen capture

M27 - screen capture, a photo by edhiker on Flickr.

Nebulosity 3.0.5
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PHD DEC drift due to backlash ... (WRONG), a photo by edhiker on Flickr.

CGEM mounts fail to autoguide correctly.
This keeps coming up on the chat board.
Many times confused with mechanical backlash.

Cause of DEC guiding problem in CGEM and a solution - rotor bushing fit with a bit of friction.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CelestronCGEM/message/9123
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CGEM and CGEM DX Specifications ... (2012)
Motor Drive: Low cog DC Servo motors with encoders, both axes
"motor armatures are skewed to minimize cogging during low speed operation"
http://celestronsites.com/engineering/cgem-cgem-dx-mount/
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"Well, we are close. The encoders just keep track of motor movement.
"work" the encoders send information to the motor control board no matter which
direction in order for the motor control board.."
..." Call Celestron and talk to a service "engineer" and he will tell you what Ed,
Steve, and others are saying is true. They are working on a fix. "
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CelestronCGEM/message/9246
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Motor types in CGEM http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CelestronCGEM/message/8894
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String about http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CelestronCGEM/msearch?query=%22low+cog+%22&submit=Search&charset=UTF-8
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PHD DEC drift due to backlash ... (WRONG) - picture and links
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/5989220310/
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My award for the most creative fix for CGEM cogging motors goes to Geert.

"Hello
I finally got a good simple working solution.
It is not very nice, but it is very simple and best of all, it works as it
should.

I putted a piece of cotton string with a couple of oil drops as a brake on the
motor axis.
The string is is about 2mm thick and the nice thing is that it is fastened with
the same screws which fastens the gear set to the motor so it can not move out
of place.
I added a picture of it in the file section under gvanhau.

Hope this solution is usefull for other who have the same problem.

regards
Geert
--- In CelestronCGEM@yahoogroups.com, "gvanhau"

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I have my solutions involving adding a separate motor for DEC autoguiding, offsetting polar axis, and using my "zero-backlash" homemade drive.

PHD autoguide is a joy to use on a backlash free mount.

Big Moon - almost full on 5/5/12 ... with "the Lady"

Big Moon - almost full on 5/5/12 ... with "the Lady", a photo by edhiker on Flickr.

Big Moon - almost full on 5/5/12 ... with "the Lady"

If the full moon looks a bit bigger and brighter in tonight's sky, you're not seeing things: It's just the "supermoon" — the biggest moon of 2012.
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Lady in the moon outline shown at: www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/1259776527/
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News for big moon tonight. ...
www.google.com/webhp#hl=en&output=search&sclient=...
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The details of full moon and perigee:
(UT's) Full moon on May 6 at 3:35 -- Perigee May 6 at 4h UT at 220,160 miles. 33' 44"
That's 8:35 PDT Sat eve. and extremely full, just missed being eclipsed.

Rosette Nebula

Rosette Nebula, a photo by edhiker on Flickr.

What I didn't do -
To use BPM, need to do:
How to make a BIAS frame http://www.stark-labs.com/wiki/doku.php?do=export_raw&id=tutorials:nebulosity:kips_new_user_guide
Note: If you use a Bias frame you must first pre-process your dark frames by applying the MASTER BIAS frame to it, making the dark frames, a “clean” dark frame, using this cleaned dark frame when you pre-process your light frames. The uncleaned dark frame has the bias signal in it as well. If you do not do this, during pre-processing you will not remove the bias component. Don’t worry; I have instructions on what to do.
1. Cover the scope and take as many Bias frames as you did DARKFRAMES. Use the shortest duration time allowed by the software. Don’t get the BIASDARK confused with your DARKFRAMES. If you took 10 DARKFRAMES then you want to take 10 BIAS frames at 1ms.
2. Now, combine your Bias frames together and label it master bias.
3. Now, you must apply your MASTER BIAS frame to each individual DARK frame. Use the same method as though you were applying the dark frame to your light frames. Refer to STEP 2 ‘How to process images’. Combine the master BIAS frame to each DARK frame. When you use the process in step 2 you will select only bias then click done. Once you have done that, instead of selecting light frames like the window says you will simply select your dark frames. The DARK frames should now be labeled with PPRC attached to it. To keep it in simple terms, if you labeled your DARK frames as CRABDARK. They will now read “pproc_CRABDARK”
4. Now that the MASTER BIAS frame has been removed from the Dark frames, you need to stack the DARK frames that are labeled pproc. Once the dark frames have been combined, label the dark frames ‘FINALDARK’ or whatever you want, just as long as you know that the final bias process has been been completed. The ‘FINALDARK’ frame is what you will use in Neb to process in your light frames. When you process your frames the ‘FINALDARK ' will be used as your ‘MASTERDARK’ frame.
Tip. You can take your bias frames the same time you take your dark frames.
DON’T TRY TO CUT CORNERS TO SAVE TIME. YOU CAN’T STACK THE DARK FRAMES TOGETHER THEN REMOVE THE BIAS

PHD dec drift

PHD dec drift, a photo by edhiker on Flickr.

I was sent this document by Celestron, to be distributed freely. Edhiker
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Mechanical backlash (as differentiated from gear backlash) is caused by static friction. Typically on the order of a few arcseconds, mechanical backlash is only seen when making small position adjustments in the same direction with a complete stop between each adjustment. This situation occurs frequently during pulse guiding. Mechanical backlash can make it appear that your mount is “stuck” and unable to guide in Declination. (It doesn’t apply to RA because that axis doesn’t stop moving between guiding pulses.) This document describes methods to help combat mechanical backlash while pulse guiding

Tip #1
The mechanical backlash can be increased or decreased dramatically (a factor of 2 or more) with a gravitational assist. For example, suppose the star in your image is drifting to the north in DEC. If you hang a small weight on one end of the tube so that it tends to pull north, this will keep the gears pre-tensioned in that direction. Thus the mechanical backlash in that direction will be less. Of course, mechanical backlash in the other direction will be worse by the same amount, but since changing direction also requires overcoming the gear backlash, which is many times larger, it won’t be noticed. Don’t get carried away though, too much weight can cause serious overshoot of the DEC axis when it first starts to slide. Start small and work upwards.
If this trick is not possible (as is the case in a remote observatory) then you must make sure your tube is well balanced in DEC. Don't let it become heavy in the direction of North or South. Rebalance it after you change camera equipment. The “Set Mount Position” function in the Utilities menu can be used to accomplish this without losing your alignment.

Tip #2:
Auto guiding software has multiple parameters that can help you address mechanical backlash. It is different in every package. One such parameter allows you to set the maximum pulse duration. This must be long enough to overcome the mechanical backlash on your system. If you can't control maximum duration, try increasing the AG rate setting with you hand control. Another setting to look for is the one that controls the minimum displacement before acting. For example, say you have a mount with a mechanical backlash of 3 arcSeconds. If you set the software to require a minimum of 3.5 arcseconds before reacting it will be sure to send a pulse long enough to overcome the mechanical backlash plus a little bit more. Of course, the net displacement of the mount, after accounting for the mechanical backlash, will be only 0.5 arcSeconds, and the drift error will still be 3.0 seconds. But once error rises to 3.5 arcSeconds, the software will again send a pulse of 3.5 arcSeconds, and you get another net gain of 0.5 arcSeconds. Thus, the mount will move in tiny steps of 0.5 arcSeconds, but always 3.0 arcSeconds behind. As long as you start your exposure after first correction from the AG software, the star will not drift during your exposure by more than 0.5 arcSeconds.

FINAL NOTE:
Mechanical backlash has been around for a long time. Using tips like the ones I described above, successful imagers have worked around mechanical backlash for many years.
Ref: mechanical backlash5.doc

Our ( edhiker ) vacation pictures at Rock Creek are at https://picasaweb.google.com/101865043104641583028/RockCreekAug242011?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCLHcrpy_nLPIDw&feat=directlink

Rock Creek, Aug 17-23, 2011
Shows how it was on above dates.

Photos from Edhiker's belt camera - unedited, except re-sized. A few rotated 90º. Three more cameras to go...

Located in Rock Creek Canyon is East Fork Campground. This beautifully wooded area is dense with aspens, pine, and fir trees
Reservations http://www.reserveamerica.com/campgroundDetails.do?subTabIndex=0&&contractCode=nrso&parkCode=easf


My 2009 and 2010 pictures of Rock Creek are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/sets/72157624579779954/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/sets/72157621950726691/

My campsite location at http://www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/3834565955/

GPS Info. (Latitude, Longitude): 37.48361, -118.7175


Weather http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.470498470798724&lon=-118.72787475585938&site=rev&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text

2009 P1 Garradd X15 - levels cropped 3349-8132

2009 P1 Garradd X15 - levels cropped 3349-8132, a photo by edhiker on Flickr.

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Saving H:\Astro2011\ST-8300\Darks\Comet X15 stacked on stars.fit
Crop from 1140,740 to 2128,1468
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LED lighting for a hotel, $430k , payback in 17 months.
How do they compute payback? Compact florescence is used now. Does duty cycle enter into the math?
48" tube = $50 http://dkledlights.com/

Facebook Malware
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Facebook Malware

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Go to Facebook and be one click away from having your browser locked-up. Windows close page (X in upper right) made to not work. Red arrows show the malware link, says "See your public record"
I will never click on an unexpected pop-up box, they often install viruses. Had to use Ctl-Alt_Del > windows task manager.
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For more study, go to: www.google.com/webhp#sclient=psy&hl=en&site=webhp...

Facebook Malware

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Go to Facebook and be one click away from having your browser locked-up. Windows close page (X in upper right) made to not work. Red arrows show the malware link, says "See your public record"
I will never click on an unexpected pop-up box, they often install viruses. Had to use Ctl-Alt_Del > windows task manager.
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For more study, go to: www.google.com/webhp#sclient=psy&hl=en&site=webhp...

For quick seaching with iPod - find this home page using Ed Johnson Astronomer or Tujunga

My best links for iPod Touch - links shown because iPod dosn't show embedded hyperlinks (URLs).

Tujunga Weather Graph http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Tujunga&state=CA&site=LOX&lat=34.2935&lon=-118.257&FcstType=graphical

IR-Vis-Water Vapor - LOOPS http://www.weather.gov/sat_loop.php?image=ir&hours=24

Tujunga Clear Sky http://cleardarksky.com/c/TjngObCAkey.html?1

Edhiker Flickr photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/

World's Best Photos by edhiker - Flickr Hive Mind http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/edhiker/Interesting

File Site on Google edhiker2 https://sites.google.com/site/edhiker2/file-site Has Griffith Park maps

Edhiker's Activities (blog) http://edhiker.blogspot.com/

SSCT details and variations: http://edhiker.50webs.com/SSCT_flyer/SSCT_flyer_of_100918.htm

Flickr SSCT set (photo blog) : http://www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/sets/72157624186145557/

Contemporary Telescope Patterned After Galileo's http://www.suite101.com/view_image.cfm/1090478

Edhiker pictures on webshots http://community.webshots.com/user/edhiker

Comet Hale-Bopp from Cloudburst Summit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/comet/johnson7.html

Twitter is a rich source, from edhiker http://twitter.com/Edhiker

Mercury on Sun - Rare Transit.jpg - wikimedia - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mercury_on_Sun_-_Rare_Transit.jpg

Lunar Eclipse Dec 21, 2010 http://www.flickr.com/photos/33071217@N08/5280512917/ - movie at:
Later - 1/2 hr later, this is as good as I could find: www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/last-nights-lunar-eclipse-video

Time Warner - a downgrade for Los Angeles http://edhiker.50webs.com/Time_Warner.html

Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/aprilfool2.html

Combined Visor and Hair Piece http://colitz.com/site/d302484/d302484.htm

My Quote Collection, gathered from the net over the years http://www.nada.kth.se/~asa/Quotes/list.html

Computer-generated writing, dominated by humans, until about now http://www.evolutionzone.com/kulturezone/index.html

Edgar A Johnson - Resume https://sites.google.com/site/edhiker3/

EdHiker Hiker Ed Tujunga Astronomer Ed Johnson AstronomerEd EdJohnson EDatLA EdAstro AstroEdJ WA6ECP LocatingEd EdAJ BestWebSites

Comet Hartley - an all night sight
Originally uploaded by edhiker

Photoshop stack of 7 images taken at various times on the night of 10/9/10 - 10/10/10 with Canon T1i.

A movie was made from 105 frames taken during night of 10/10/10, is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/5073133251/
The bright yellow star, Miram (Eta Persei) shines at mag 3.76
The last part, with the dawn, is missing, as it runs > 1 1/2 minutes, Flickr limit - (slow frame rate)
I would like it to run for about 40 seconds, but see no way in MS Movie Maker to set this speed - anybody know how?

The best movie of the comet (B-W) is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/5100652923

Two weeks after Comet Hartley has its close encounter with Earth, NASA will have a close encounter with the comet. The EPOXI spacecraft (formerly known as Deep Impact) is hurtling toward Comet Hartley now, and on Nov. 4th it will fly 435 miles from the comet's active icy nucleus. The encounter will mark only the fifth time in history that a spacecraft has been close enough to image a comet's core.
Been raining for a week, full moon today - maybe more comet about mid-week - Ed
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Will try stacking on comet and stars, as DSS says:
"Comet and stars stacking : "star freeze effect"
The comet position is used.
A first stack is created to extract the comet from the background.
Then a second stack is created to freeze the star (the comet is subtracted from each calibrated and registered light frame before stacking it).
Last, the final image is obtained by inserting the comet back in the image."

Springfield SCT (SSCT)
Originally uploaded by edhiker

Springfield SCT (SSCT), a compact fixed eyepiece telescope

This project is to modernize the Springfield telescope design for portability, with light pollution being a motivating factor. The modern SCT makes this possible. Quick, tool-free setup is a design goal. Removing the commonly used overhead counterweight is important for safety reasons.
The joys of being seated, holding comfortably onto the eyepiece can't be overstated. The ultimate user friendly telescope, fixed eyepiece and capable of having the observer in a warmed room. A real godsend to those in wheelchair or with muscle deficiencies.

Springfield SCT (SSCT) achieved first light on power pole insulator 6/18/10, on sky 6/21/10.

Much tidy-up to do, like exchanging Amici prism for 99% diagonal.

The main thing is IT WORKS.
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Russell Porter invented the Springfield telescope design about 1920, using the term "fixed eyepiece". The development of the SCT happened after Porter's writings.
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More background in private email to Rob Johnson, 11/18/08 "Schmidt-Cassegrain Springfield Telescope" ... ultimate user friendly telescope, fixed eyepiece and capable of having the observer in a warmed room
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key words: SSCTelescope, Johnson SSCT , Springfield Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, SSCT , edhiker, "Russell Porter" , "fixed eyepiece", "Springfield SCT"

Web page with SSCT details and variations:
http://edhiker.50webs.com/SSCT_flyer/SSCT_flyer_of_100918.htm

Link to Flickr set (photo blog) : http://www.flickr.com/photos/edhiker/sets/72157624186145557/