Well, I took the leap. Bought an ATIK filter wheel and a set of Meade filters, made a light box for taking flats, put it all together and set out last night...
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Great image Mike, especially given the conditions. Nick 40° 00' 00' N 82° 52' 47'' W ... From: Mike <thred_kllr@...> To: Meade_DSI@yahoogroups.com ...
Hi Mike, I've got lots of crummy conditions over here if you want to take the setup mobile and have a go at it! Very nice image, especially for the conditions...
Hi Wolfgang, Very nice image! The filaments look pretty good to me. If you don't mind taking some liberties with Photoshop, one way to bring out the filaments...
Hi Kel, thank you very much. Thats the kind of information we all need. Perhaps you can post it at autostarsuite.net so that i can see the difference. Would...
Mike , Your a brave soul imaging in the moon light lol. Great job on this. Now remember what you did when the moon goes away and repeat it. Again nice job. ...
Hi Wolfgang, I added two files to the Help folder. One is the jpg result, and the other is the full Photoshop file with layer mask - I'll leave the second one...
Well done, Mike! LOL at your "best of the worst" comment...seems like things work well 'just' often enough to keep us trying :-) anyway, nice job with the new...
hi thanks brings out the details much better and with better contrast. thanks i will work on it. regards Wolfgang ... From: Kel To: Meade_DSI@yahoogroups.com ...
Hi Chuck, thanks. still no end :))) now i get a glimps what i can do with layer masks. There should be no outburnt galaxy centers any longer :)). regards ...
Very good for a first LRGB. It's a great feeling isn't it? Thanks for sharing. Buddy ... From: Mike <thred_kllr@...> To: Meade_DSI@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Wow! That's a wonderful image Mike! I feel completely inadequate looking at my M81 data now. Darn it, now I'll have to build a light box. Tim Schuh ...
Hi all, i hope to take full advantage of your generous help i've seen given out. Let me tell you i appreciate it even before sending this question. I have a...
Hi Larry, The 2130 sounds like a perfect scope for astroimaging with the DSI. The longer the focal length, the harder it is to image without a lot of ...
Thanks for all the kind comments guys. I won't fill your mailboxes with individual replies. But, whether or not you know it, you have all been inspiration and...
Hey Tim, I'd like a light box too. But dawn t-shirt flats have been doing the job for me so far. Couple of t-shirts, each layer tightened with a big...
Kel I made an action for PS to do high pass layer sharpening. Its pretty much straight forward. If you use PS and want the action drop me an e mail and ill e...
If the scope has clock drives it can be used for imaging. A lot will depend on how well it tracks and the PEC of the drive but you should still be anle to do...
Thanks for the compliment Tim. Before you go crazy constructing a lightbox... Actually, calling what I made a "lightbox" was a bit misleading. What I made is...
Hey everyone, It has been a while since I have posted or even had a chance to visit the group. Just got married and the wedding took up a lot of time. I hope...
Brad, I could be wrong but I think "TEC" and "Peltier" are the same thing. I've seen the eBay mod offer and for 75 bucks (if I remember correctly) it "sounds"...
hey brad well i did buy one of the units and installed it on one of my dsi pro cameras. first of all the ad says he is in atl which is less than 20 min from my...
Today has been a good day. I finally after weeks of trying now have AIP4WIN running on the new fire breathing Windows Vista laptop, happy happy joy joy! To...
Greetings to all from North Wales. I have a second hand LXD 10 and after much playing around finally got Saturn in my sights and was hooked! Last week I...