Hi Mike,

Ginny and I will be at the WSP.

See you there!

Bob

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Hey Mike.

I sent my check in to wsp. No reply yet.

-ad

On 2009-11-18, MikeZ <mike.zeidler@...> wrote:
>
> Just want to know who I might run into down there. WSP cashed my check so I
> presume that I have a spot.
>
> Looking forward to it.
>
> ziggy
>
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Here's a shot I took this week of good ol' M42, but with a twist.  I used
narrowband filters, and assigned SII to Red, Ha to Green, and OIII to blue. The
stars came out very red, but the details in the nebula are emphasized.

http://www.cyanogen.com/doug/M42-NarrowProc2shrunk.jpg

Equipment:  Ceravolo 300 Astrograph in f/9 mode, Astrodon narrowband filters,
Apogee Alta U9 CCD camera, Paramount ME.  Acquired and processed in MaxIm DL.

Doug

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Cool image. Unusual colorbalance. I note you resolved the trapesium. -ad

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 17:01, Douglas B. George <dg@...> wrote:
> Here's a shot I took this week of good ol' M42, but with a twist.  I used
> narrowband filters, and assigned SII to Red, Ha to Green, and OIII to blue.
The
> stars came out very red, but the details in the nebula are emphasized.
>
> http://www.cyanogen.com/doug/M42-NarrowProc2shrunk.jpg
>
> Equipment:  Ceravolo 300 Astrograph in f/9 mode, Astrodon narrowband filters,
> Apogee Alta U9 CCD camera, Paramount ME.  Acquired and processed in MaxIm DL.
>
> Doug
>
> --
>
> Doug George
> dgeorge@...
>
> Diffraction Limited
> Makers of Cyanogen Imaging Products
> http://www.cyanogen.com/
>
> 100 Craig Henry Dr., Suite 202
> Ottawa, Ontario,
> Canada, K2G 5W3
>
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> Fax:      (613) 225-9688
>
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Attilla Danko wrote:
> Cool image. Unusual colorbalance. I note you resolved the trapesium. -ad

To be precise, it's not actually color balance... it's really false color.  I've
mapped narrowband images arbitrarily to RGB.

Yes, one of the reasons I decided to try narrowband was so I wouldn't get
enormous blooms, and it would let me resolve the trapesium.

Doug

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dgeorge@...

Diffraction Limited
Makers of Cyanogen Imaging Products
http://www.cyanogen.com/

100 Craig Henry Dr., Suite 202
Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada, K2G 5W3

Phone:    (613) 225-2732
Fax:      (613) 225-9688

>> To be precise, it's not actually color balance... it's really false color.

Yes. I mis-spoke. I should have written, unusual choice of colors.
Usual M42 is rendered much more saturated. But then color in
astrophotography seems to be largely a matter of taste and art.  For
false color images, I think one is free to just make colors up.

Still a cool image.


On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 17:56, Douglas B. George <dg@...> wrote:
> Attilla Danko wrote:
>> Cool image. Unusual colorbalance. I note you resolved the trapesium. -ad
>
> To be precise, it's not actually color balance... it's really false color.
 I've
> mapped narrowband images arbitrarily to RGB.
>
> Yes, one of the reasons I decided to try narrowband was so I wouldn't get
> enormous blooms, and it would let me resolve the trapesium.
>
> Doug
>
> --
>
> Doug George
> dgeorge@...
>
> Diffraction Limited
> Makers of Cyanogen Imaging Products
> http://www.cyanogen.com/
>
> 100 Craig Henry Dr., Suite 202
> Ottawa, Ontario,
> Canada, K2G 5W3
>
> Phone:    (613) 225-2732
> Fax:      (613) 225-9688
>
>
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>
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>
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Yet another M42, and a few others taken in the last month or so:

In LRGB:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4105758003/in/set-721576051192\
49428/

In narrowband HA only:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4105756087/in/set-721576051192\
49428/

NGC 891:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4105760383/in/set-721576051192\
49428/

M45:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4107088099/in/set-721576051192\
49428/

The above images were taken here in Ottawa (carp) with my 12.5" CDK,
U16M camera, and CGE Pro mount.

Here's one of NGC7331 and Stephan's Quintet from a recent trip to the
Mojave that I took with the 20" CDK, U16M camera, and custom GEM mount:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4107537493/in/set-721576051192\
49428/

Cheers,

Andre

Wow. Stunning.

Andre - are your mount/OTA the commercially available versions?

Sanjeev

--- In OAFs@yahoogroups.com, "majikthyze" <andre@...> wrote:
>
> Yet another M42, and a few others taken in the last month or so:
>
> In LRGB:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4105758003/in/set-721576051192\
> 49428/
>
> In narrowband HA only:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4105756087/in/set-721576051192\
> 49428/
>
> NGC 891:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4105760383/in/set-721576051192\
> 49428/
>
> M45:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4107088099/in/set-721576051192\
> 49428/
>
> The above images were taken here in Ottawa (carp) with my 12.5" CDK,
> U16M camera, and CGE Pro mount.
>
> Here's one of NGC7331 and Stephan's Quintet from a recent trip to the
> Mojave that I took with the 20" CDK, U16M camera, and custom GEM mount:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4107537493/in/set-721576051192\
> 49428/
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andre
>

Thanks.  Yup, everything is a standard production model without any special
tweaking.

Andre



--- In OAFs@yahoogroups.com, "sivarulrasa" <angelasanjeev@...> wrote:
>
> Wow. Stunning.
>
> Andre - are your mount/OTA the commercially available versions?
>
> Sanjeev
>
> --- In OAFs@yahoogroups.com, "majikthyze" <andre@> wrote:
> >
> > Yet another M42, and a few others taken in the last month or so:
> >
> > In LRGB:
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4105758003/in/set-721576051192\
> > 49428/
> >
> > In narrowband HA only:
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4105756087/in/set-721576051192\
> > 49428/
> >
> > NGC 891:
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4105760383/in/set-721576051192\
> > 49428/
> >
> > M45:
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4107088099/in/set-721576051192\
> > 49428/
> >
> > The above images were taken here in Ottawa (carp) with my 12.5" CDK,
> > U16M camera, and CGE Pro mount.
> >
> > Here's one of NGC7331 and Stephan's Quintet from a recent trip to the
> > Mojave that I took with the 20" CDK, U16M camera, and custom GEM mount:
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4107537493/in/set-721576051192\
> > 49428/
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Andre
> >
>

Here's another one (M77) that I took on the CDK20 while in the Mojave.  There
are a number of issues with the image (including just lack of exposure) but I
really love the "rainbow spotlight" shining down on the galaxy from a mag 4 star
(82-Delta Ceti) just outside the field...
http://www.paquettefamily.ca/astro/20091016_m77_half.jpg

Cheers,

Andre

--- In OAFs@yahoogroups.com, "majikthyze" <andre@...> wrote:
>
> Yet another M42, and a few others taken in the last month or so:
>
> In LRGB:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4105758003/in/set-721576051192\
> 49428/
>
> In narrowband HA only:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4105756087/in/set-721576051192\
> 49428/
>
> NGC 891:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4105760383/in/set-721576051192\
> 49428/
>
> M45:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4107088099/in/set-721576051192\
> 49428/
>
> The above images were taken here in Ottawa (carp) with my 12.5" CDK,
> U16M camera, and CGE Pro mount.
>
> Here's one of NGC7331 and Stephan's Quintet from a recent trip to the
> Mojave that I took with the 20" CDK, U16M camera, and custom GEM mount:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26671216@N02/4107537493/in/set-721576051192\
> 49428/
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andre
>

Hello all,

Effective immediately, I am going with a new ISP.  My current email address
dob14.5 at sympatico.ca is no longer going to work.

From now on, you can reach me at pmartin at teksavvy.com

(be sure to replace the "at" with the @)

Clear skies!

- Pierre

Wow! Awesome photos.

bruce
Member IEEE, SPIE, IACR
http://faintfuzzies.ca

This page:
    http://www.phrenopolis.com/perspective/solarsystem/
has  great image on it.  It shows the Sun and planets at their correct-to-scale
distances from the Sun.

You have to scroll to the right a bit because the solar system is a big place -
at 72 dots per inch, the image is just under one kilometre wide.

Clever.  I found all the planets except uranus.

At 22:12 +0000 2009/11/24, RichardOtt wrote:
>This page:
><http://www.phrenopolis.com/perspective/solarsystem/>http://www.phrenopolis.com\
/perspective/solarsystem/
>has great image on it. It shows the Sun and planets at their
>correct-to-scale distances from the Sun.

Very cool!  Thanks for posting that.

Rob

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Maybe the IAU has declared it to be a non-planet.

Attilla Danko wrote:
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I got a big surprise when I put together a narrowband version of M1 - the thing
is psychedelic.

http://www.cyanogen.com/doug/M1-Narrow.jpg

220 minutes SII as Red
230 minutes Ha as Green
215 minutes OIII as Blue

Ceravolo 300 Astrograph / Apogee U9 / Astrodon Filters / Paramount ME.  Acquired
and processed in MaxIm DL.

Doug

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Diffraction Limited
Makers of Cyanogen Imaging Products
http://www.cyanogen.com/

100 Craig Henry Dr., Suite 202
Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada, K2G 5W3

Phone:    (613) 225-2732
Fax:      (613) 225-9688

Kewl.

I suggest you show it at the Dec rasc meeting.

It would probably look more psychedelic if you cropped it a bit.

-ad

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 13:16, Douglas B. George <dg@...> wrote:
> I got a big surprise when I put together a narrowband version of M1 - the
thing
> is psychedelic.
>
> http://www.cyanogen.com/doug/M1-Narrow.jpg
>
> 220 minutes SII as Red
> 230 minutes Ha as Green
> 215 minutes OIII as Blue
>
> Ceravolo 300 Astrograph / Apogee U9 / Astrodon Filters / Paramount ME.
 Acquired
> and processed in MaxIm DL.
>
> Doug
>
> --
>
> Doug George
> dgeorge@...
>
> Diffraction Limited
> Makers of Cyanogen Imaging Products
> http://www.cyanogen.com/
>
> 100 Craig Henry Dr., Suite 202
> Ottawa, Ontario,
> Canada, K2G 5W3
>
> Phone:    (613) 225-2732
> Fax:      (613) 225-9688
>
>
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>
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At 13:16 -0500 2009/11/25, Douglas B. George wrote:
>I got a big surprise when I put together a narrowband version of M1
>- the thing
>is psychedelic.
>
><http://www.cyanogen.com/doug/M1-Narrow.jpg>http://www.cyanogen.com/doug/M1-Nar\
row.jpg

That colour is octarine, isn't it?  The colour of magic...?

;)

Rob




KEEPER: WHAT is your favorite colour?
LAUNCELOT: Blue.
KEEPER: Right. Off you go.

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> http://www.cyanogen.com/doug/M1-Narrow.jpg

Reminds me of that Startrek TOS eposiode with the 17000km wide amoeba. :)

Hi Doug,

Great image! Psychedelic for sure.

What focal length mode is the scope?

Bob

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Attilla Danko wrote:
> Kewl.
>
> I suggest you show it at the Dec rasc meeting.

Sure.

> It would probably look more psychedelic if you cropped it a bit.

Well if your screen is 1024 x 768... take out the middle bit and put that on the
powerpoint.

Doug

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100 Craig Henry Dr., Suite 202
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Canada, K2G 5W3

Phone:    (613) 225-2732
Fax:      (613) 225-9688

Bob Olson wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> Great image! Psychedelic for sure.
>
> What focal length mode is the scope?

That was taken in the f/9 mode.  The image I posted is actually at 50% of full
scale.  I can post the full res version if you're interested.

Doug

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100 Craig Henry Dr., Suite 202
Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada, K2G 5W3

Phone:    (613) 225-2732
Fax:      (613) 225-9688

It's a really interesting, detailed image. Don't know about others, but I would
appreciate seeing the full-resolution image.

--- In OAFs@yahoogroups.com, "Douglas B. George" <dg@...> wrote:
>   I can post the full res version if you're interested.
>
> Doug
>
> --

Hi Doug,

I would love to see a full scale image.   I could be the cropped image that
Attilla wants if you wish.

I love the detail that you are able to get out of these narrow band images!!
Incredible.

Bob

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Bob Olson wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> I would love to see a full scale image.   I could be the cropped image that
> Attilla wants if you wish.

Okay, here is a small piece cropped out of the middle of the image.

http://www.cyanogen.com/doug/M1-Narrow-Crop.jpg

Doug

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dgeorge@...

Diffraction Limited
Makers of Cyanogen Imaging Products
http://www.cyanogen.com/

100 Craig Henry Dr., Suite 202
Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada, K2G 5W3

Phone:    (613) 225-2732
Fax:      (613) 225-9688

> http://www.cyanogen.com/doug/M1-Narrow-Crop.jpg

cool. the christmas ball nebula

Hi Doug,

The star images are perfectly round. Wow, do you ever have your setup dialled
in!

I am in a Florida condo right now, typing on a laptop.  Typos are therefore
almost guaranteed.  I am so glad that you didn't crop me.

Great image.

Bob

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Bob Olson wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> The star images are perfectly round. Wow, do you ever have your setup dialled
> in!

I've got a good mount, PEC trained using many passes in PEMPro so the periodic
error is much smaller than the seeing.  On top of that, to take out any slow
drift I'm autoguiding with a very low aggressiveness that averages out the
seeing.

With this setup I don't get trailed stars unless something goes very wrong, e.g.
some bonehead bumps into the telescope (one more reason why I stay out of the
dome).  Of course MaxIm DL automatically kicks any trailed images out of the
stack, so if I do get a bad image it doesn't affect anything.

> I am in a Florida condo right now, typing on a laptop.  Typos are therefore
> almost guaranteed.  I am so glad that you didn't crop me.

Luckily being in Florida you were too far away to get cropped.  So I just did it
to the image instead.

Doug

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Diffraction Limited
Makers of Cyanogen Imaging Products
http://www.cyanogen.com/

100 Craig Henry Dr., Suite 202
Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada, K2G 5W3

Phone:    (613) 225-2732
Fax:      (613) 225-9688

--- In OAFs@yahoogroups.com, "Douglas B. George" <dg@...> wrote:

> Okay, here is a small piece cropped out of the middle of the image.
> http://www.cyanogen.com/doug/M1-Narrow-Crop.jpg

Wow... I don't know what to say.