Here is a shot of the California Nebula from last night at the house. This is 10 frames at 300 seconds with the 350D. The moon came up a little after ...
Freud would have loved this name. This image is from ten 3-minute guided shots (ISO1600). Yes, guided. I finally have the CCD Labs Q-Guider working. Its...
Nice one Kirby. If you framed this a little differently you might get the whole thing in the field. It would probably be pretty close anyway. How are you...
Another nice one, George. Great colors but the histogram is clipped a bit on the low end. Don't feel too bad about PHD. Steve keeps teasing us with a new...
Thanks all for the nice comments on the California. Rich - No, no filters - is there such a thing that can go between a Canon EOS and a telescope? Dave - Yes,...
I like the POD very much - for the money I don't think it can be beat for all it offers - size, storage, simplicity of erection (it took Mystic Bob and myself...
I was also out last night. Got 2-ish hours of usable Ha pics to add to the color pics of ngc7635 that I took through the haze at Upham. Imaged through my C11...
That looks good Marshal, err, I mean sheriff Rich. The color looks a bit muted though. You might try blending some of your Ha data with the red channel to...
Nice one Rich! Congrats on a sweet shot. Give em heck at white sands. ss ... From: R Richins <rrichins@...> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 11:02 PM ...
Yeah, it seems purple to me too. Mystic Bob sent me some info on combining Ha and color. Apparently, purple is a common problem. So much for this being a...
Very nice George. I like the star cluster also. Actually, Freud did work on the Gamma Cygnus Complex believing it may be causal in star gazing addictions and...
All, I'm curious about how many of us will be at the star party this weekend. I debating on wheither or not to lug the shade canopy down just for Saturday...
Regarding the clipping, I always get that when I use "digital development" in Images Plus. I check the luminosity histogram and adjust the top slider...
I hate to say it but I'm gonna pass. While the sky tends to clear by ten or eleven, the transparency has remained poor for the past few weeks, and I doubt it...
Hi Dave -- I plan to be there too, perhaps a little after 3pm. I will bring a new easy-to-set-up 10' square canopy that should be adequate for afternoon shade...
George - In Imagesplus before you run digital development go to Color/Brightness levels and curves/Background-Contrast-Stretches and then check Log(Lighter)...
Dave, I will not be attending. Kirbini-san _____ From: ASLC_Imagers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ASLC_Imagers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of dave.dockery@......
Dave - I was planning on coming out. The skies should be clear Friday and Saturday nights. However, the real concern will be the wind and the sand. Both...
Here is another try at processing my image of the Gamma Cygnus Complex. The previous one was just too "contrasty" at least for my eyes. This one was...
That's much better George. Your previous image lacked the fainter nebulosity and had way too much contrast. I think you can do better in PhotoShop than most...