Much less noise and also some finer details in the nebulas, compared to your previous posting. After experiencing the image size limitations imposed by small...
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Albert Saikaley
albertsaikaley
Feb 1, 2004 3:19 pm
Rol, I'm sure that I could rebalance the colour but the detail in the nebula is a bit disappointing so I'm doing to cut my losses and stop porcessing this...
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roland_prevost
Feb 1, 2004 4:10 pm
... That'll be interesting to see. Esp. in comparison with the ST80 image of same. You expect that if all else is equal, the Pronto shot should maybe be a bit...
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Albert Saikaley
albertsaikaley
Feb 1, 2004 10:13 pm
I meant to post this earlier. We saved these images in TIFF format. The only processing I did was to convert the TIFF to a jpeg with 50% compression (to keep...
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Albert Saikaley
albertsaikaley
Feb 1, 2004 11:13 pm
OK...I lied, I processed this image just a teeny bit more.. Here it is one more time but I used the green channel to create the L, as it was really clean....
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ldbenschop
Feb 1, 2004 11:50 pm
Albert; YOOD best use your PINK T-Shirt to flat field that one!! Len...
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ldbenschop
Feb 2, 2004 3:41 am
Found a really neat package called PGOffline that allows viewing of Yahoo messages without the ads. It also archives the group messages into an Access DB. ...
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Albert Saikaley
albertsaikaley
Feb 2, 2004 4:07 am
I'm sure you're all sick of seeing M42... $200 and $1000 scopes were used to take the following images. Guess which shot was taken by an ST80 and which one was...
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ldbenschop
Feb 2, 2004 4:35 am
Albert; Wow, they are very similiar! I'm guessing M42s is from the TV Pronto. Wondering, did you use an IR Block filter? I think it may reduce the bloat around...
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roland_prevost
Feb 2, 2004 5:03 am
Very interesting, Albert. M42s seems to be the wider view ST80 image. I think I see a bit more detail in M42s as compared to M42a? Also, the same stars seem...
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Albert Saikaley
albertsaikaley
Feb 2, 2004 5:18 am
Rol/Len, To try and even things up, I cropped and resized the ST80 image to match the FOV of the Pronto image. Have a look again. I do agree that he ST80...
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ldbenschop
Feb 2, 2004 5:30 am
Albert; Stars seem better in M42a than in M42s, but I think you've played a knavish trick. You switched the images around didn't ya! C'mon, admit it! ...really...
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Attilla Danko
attilladanko
Feb 2, 2004 5:35 am
... is the pronto. -ad...
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Tom Trottier
tomtrottierca
Feb 2, 2004 7:59 am
Dear Mayor and Councillors, The Dec 4 report by R. T. LeClaire to the Council has some good points and some bad points ( CAPITAL STANDARDS REVIEW FOR PUBLIC...
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Saikaley, Albert
albertsaikaley
Feb 2, 2004 2:16 pm
Len, No Knavish trickery...the M42a is the el che(apo) image from the ST80. All I did was crop and resize the M42a shot. The stars are not as round in the ...
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Ricardo Borba
rborba10
Feb 2, 2004 7:05 pm
From KBO (Kathik-B Observatory), finally a clear night below -20C: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OAFs/files/rb/saturn040201a.jpg 10" LX200GPS-UHTC Toucam +...
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Richard Harding
elleray14
Feb 2, 2004 7:41 pm
<Now I'm ready for the ... Good.....Ziggy has purchased the Pronto and will be picking it up shortly!! d:o) [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Richard Harding
elleray14
Feb 2, 2004 7:41 pm
I believe that the "s" is the Pronto. Richard ... From: Albert Saikaley To: OAFs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 11:07 PM Subject: [OAFs] M42...
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Bob Olson
r_olson2
Feb 2, 2004 7:50 pm
Hi Ricardo, Very nice. Bob...
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Richard Harding
elleray14
Feb 2, 2004 10:38 pm
My new N-11 saw first light last night.... Ziggy came over yesterday to help me modify my wedge to fit the new scope. Actually, he did all the work (I DID...
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ldbenschop
Feb 2, 2004 10:58 pm
Ha! I should have stuck with my first guess. Ya got me. Thanks for the challenge. It is surprising how similiar the two shots are. Rgrds; Len...
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Albert Saikaley
albertsaikaley
Feb 2, 2004 11:34 pm
Ricardo, That's a decent shot. I'm not speaking from much experience but the IR/UV may not be required on Saturn it's a much fainter target than Mars (at...
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Albert Saikaley
albertsaikaley
Feb 2, 2004 11:35 pm
You sir are correct! This entitles you to buy me a beer next time we meet!! ... Guess ... a ... at ... Service....
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Albert Saikaley
albertsaikaley
Feb 2, 2004 11:43 pm
Get ready for more clouds...I got a call from Focus Scientific today announcing the arrival of my Orion 80 ED Che(apo) Refractor! I'll pick it up tomorrow and...
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Albert Saikaley
albertsaikaley
Feb 2, 2004 11:49 pm
Richard, I don't need no stink'n Pronto's! See last post. BTW, Ziggy already graciously offered to lend me the Pronto right after he bought it! Cheers, ...
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Ricardo Borba
rborba10
Feb 3, 2004 12:18 am
Hmmm. I'll give it a shot next time. I noticed the image was quite grainy and that I couldn't get the camera to work well with the lowest gain. I didn't know...
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Ross Taylor
cp73rt
Feb 3, 2004 12:51 am
... Albert, I like your taste test-beer accounting system: You are thus entitled to buy (me) a beer next time we meet ... this because I did not hazard a guess...
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Mike Zeidler
z_oaf
Feb 3, 2004 12:53 am
Hey Ricardo, Very nice. ziggy...
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Mike Zeidler
z_oaf
Feb 3, 2004 12:59 am
So does anyone know how to remove the poly urathane type expanding foam: from hands, from floors, from walls, from kitchen cabinets, from windows, from window...
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roland_prevost
Feb 3, 2004 1:06 am
Look, out West of Kanata... Is it a snowball? Is is a blanc-mange? No, it's the Abominable Poly Urathane Man!! Sometimes, it's so bad, it's hilarious. Rol ... ...
