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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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Feb 1, 2004
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12455
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...
Albert Saikaley
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Feb 1, 2004
3:19 pm
12456
... 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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Feb 1, 2004
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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...
Albert Saikaley
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Feb 1, 2004
10:13 pm
12458
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....
Albert Saikaley
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Feb 1, 2004
11:13 pm
12459
Albert; YOOD best use your PINK T-Shirt to flat field that one!! Len...
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Feb 1, 2004
11:50 pm
12460
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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Feb 2, 2004
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12461
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...
Albert Saikaley
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Feb 2, 2004
4:07 am
12462
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...
ldbenschop
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Feb 2, 2004
4:35 am
12463
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...
roland_prevost
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Feb 2, 2004
5:03 am
12464
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...
Albert Saikaley
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Feb 2, 2004
5:18 am
12465
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...
ldbenschop
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Feb 2, 2004
5:30 am
12466
... is the pronto. -ad...
Attilla Danko
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Feb 2, 2004
5:35 am
12467
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...
Tom Trottier
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Feb 2, 2004
7:59 am
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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 ...
Saikaley, Albert
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Feb 2, 2004
2:16 pm
12469
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 +...
Ricardo Borba
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Feb 2, 2004
7:05 pm
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<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...
Richard Harding
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Feb 2, 2004
7:41 pm
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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...
Richard Harding
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Feb 2, 2004
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12472
Hi Ricardo, Very nice. Bob...
Bob Olson
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Feb 2, 2004
7:50 pm
12473
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...
Richard Harding
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Feb 2, 2004
10:38 pm
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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...
ldbenschop
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Feb 2, 2004
10:58 pm
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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...
Albert Saikaley
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Feb 2, 2004
11:34 pm
12476
You sir are correct! This entitles you to buy me a beer next time we meet!! ... Guess ... a ... at ... Service....
Albert Saikaley
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Feb 2, 2004
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12477
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...
Albert Saikaley
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Feb 2, 2004
11:43 pm
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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, ...
Albert Saikaley
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Feb 2, 2004
11:49 pm
12479
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...
Ricardo Borba
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Feb 3, 2004
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12480
... 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...
Ross Taylor
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Feb 3, 2004
12:51 am
12481
Hey Ricardo, Very nice. ziggy...
Mike Zeidler
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Feb 3, 2004
12:53 am
12482
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...
Mike Zeidler
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Feb 3, 2004
12:59 am
12483
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 ... ...
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