Hi Kel & thanks for your comments re the image ! I don't think that a photoshop action would help us, or even if it is possible to create one. The action would...
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Alan Castillo
alancastillo1
Jul 1, 2006 8:30 am
Benvindo & boa sorte Andre - you have come to the right place for learning about this hobby. Don't be afraid to ask anything whatsoever, and everyone here is...
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Kel
skywardview
Jul 1, 2006 8:32 am
Thanks Matt, I will give it a try. And thank you to everyone else for the nice comments. I think I captured much better data than I processed, which I guess is...
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Alan Castillo
alancastillo1
Jul 1, 2006 8:33 am
Hi again Kel - just saw this one ! rather cool yourself too ! very nice & some fine details you captured there ! Alan http://www.geocities.com/alancastillo1/ ...
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Alan Castillo
alancastillo1
Jul 1, 2006 8:34 am
Hi There Matt ! Thank you ! Much appreciated ! Alan http://www.geocities.com/alancastillo1/ <http://www.geocities.com/alancastillo1/> ... from the...
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Kel
skywardview
Jul 1, 2006 8:35 am
Hi all, I accidentally saved my DSO frames to FitsInt instead of Fits format, and on the longer Luminance frames, all the bright stars have black centers. I...
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Kel
skywardview
Jul 1, 2006 9:03 am
Thanks everyone. The Hutech IDAS filter has a transmission curve that makes a little more sense for those of us wanting to image RGB! Now that I see the data,...
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Kel
skywardview
Jul 1, 2006 9:41 am
Alan, I agree, it's a lot better to not have bad pixels in the first place (except maybe when dark subtract is perfect. Hm!). I'm looking forward to hearing...
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john hendry
napier58
Jul 1, 2006 12:30 pm
A bit off topic this BUT: Lightning goes from the ground to the cloud, by the easiest route. The tower will be the point from which the current flows, but the...
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eject12
Jul 1, 2006 12:52 pm
Hello to everyone. I have owned the DSI for over a year but have only been able to use it a couple of times. I am now in a position to start imaging. I have...
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madjordainian
Jul 1, 2006 1:15 pm
"Best advice in an electric storm is to sit in a car or to squat in a ditch with your feet together, not comfy but safe." John H Thanks for the advice John,...
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Terry Mains
mainstm
Jul 1, 2006 1:30 pm
Hi Andre...and welcome to the group. Great bunch of people here that know the DSI's very well. Another group that I would suggest would be the LX200GPS...
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Dave
dsnay
Jul 1, 2006 1:35 pm
Hi all, I made this last night. (The clouds actually parted for the first time in about a month here in Massachusetts!) ...
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Alan Castillo
alancastillo1
Jul 1, 2006 1:40 pm
Looking good Dave ! Alan http://www.geocities.com/alancastillo1/ ... time ... image ... open). ... no ... channel ... then ... luminance ... about 5...
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Dave
dsnay
Jul 1, 2006 1:45 pm
Matt, What version of PS are you using? I'm in PS7 and I don't see the same histogram window you mention below. To open my histogram window I have to go to...
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Dave
dsnay
Jul 1, 2006 2:02 pm
Hi all, During experimentation this morning, I tried median combine of all the composite images saved last night. Does anyone have a explanation for the...
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Leonard E. Mercer
apolen2001
Jul 1, 2006 2:06 pm
I have sent the following message to Mark, but decided to send it also to the group, since I thought others like me, who started off in LRGB imaging, might...
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Alan Castillo
alancastillo1
Jul 1, 2006 2:20 pm
Hi Leonard - admit am no expert at all, so I may be wrong. But you may want to try re-sizing the image under the "help" tab, "re-size image" & then, if it is...
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Kel
skywardview
Jul 1, 2006 2:41 pm
Leonard, Not sure if this is the best way, but in PShop I use the following commands to resize and rotate mis-matched frames and RGB channels in PShop: - With...
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Leonard Ellul Mercer
apolen2001
Jul 1, 2006 3:06 pm
Hi Alan, Thank you for your quick intervension. Actually I did use that method in an earlier case and succeeded. In that case the hight and breadth adjusted in...
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Tom King
tking2097
Jul 1, 2006 3:22 pm
Hi Leonard, I do these types of adjustments with the "Free Transform" tool in the Edit menu. Start with the luminance layer loaded above one of the other rgb...
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Chuck Reese
chuckr54
Jul 1, 2006 4:52 pm
Hi, Kel There is nothing inherently "bad" about the format...it is 16 bit integer. The key is whether you exceeded the full well depth of the chip when you...
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starsteve3o7@...
starsteve3o7
Jul 1, 2006 5:37 pm
Here you go: _http://webcaddy.com.au/astro/adapter.asp_ (http://webcaddy.com.au/astro/adapter.asp) (http://webcaddy.com.au) SteveL In a message dated 6/30/2006...
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Meade_DSI@yahoogroups...
Jul 1, 2006 6:08 pm
Code of Conduct for Meade DSI 1. This group is open to anyone interested in astronomy or astrophotography, without prejudice of previous experience or...
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Monty Fox
fox_monty
Jul 1, 2006 6:15 pm
Thanks for all the helpful advice. I've tried a couple of things suggested here and improved my picture taking dramatically. I am now working on perfecting...
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starsteve3o7@...
starsteve3o7
Jul 1, 2006 7:04 pm
The odyssey began as I came back from traveling and had 2 days to get an M16 image if I wanted to be part of this months challenge. Rule number 1, never ...
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jimmy perez
perez_mercado
Jul 1, 2006 7:07 pm
Hi Matt, a year ago I had some trouble with my lx90 too fortunately I have the sky assurance from meade and they took care of everything, then, when my...
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Leonard Ellul Mercer
apolen2001
Jul 1, 2006 7:33 pm
Hi Tom & Kel, I thank you both for the help and the trouble to explain to me what should be done. Unfortunately I have not succeeded yet. I seems I have been...
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Mark
qteaser2002
Jul 1, 2006 8:19 pm
Well after checking for damage from the strike i gave the scope a good run last night \Here is the Cave nebula in HaLRGB 64:56:32:32:32 in 8 minute subframes ...
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David Shafer
dshafer85268
Jul 1, 2006 8:27 pm
... method was taught to me by Don Waid. ... levels to pull up the image a little at this point, about 25% of full brightness is about right for a starting...
