Here is a H-Alpha image of the Horsehead region (3x45 minutes STL11000M and AP160 at f/5.7). The data was acquired on the 26th of January: BTW, I think the...
Nice and sharp Ray, with great contrast in the faint areas. I have taken similar photos of this nebula, and others, and really like the contrast and sharpness...
Hi Phil, Thanks for the feedback! I think you may be right about the black point. I always struggle with moving the black point right because I would rather...
Nice smooth natural feel on this one Ray. Your eye travels through the image fluidly from the Horse on down to the striking features of the Flame. Being in...
For studing the detail and hidden objects in the field, I prefer B+W. If I where going to hang it on the wall, I might like a pretty color one (but not a bad...
Hi Ray, If pressed I'd have to admit that's one fine image! I think your question was a little loaded, but I'm going to stand with the unwashed masses on this...
That's a very nice image Ray! As far as color vs B&W, I enjoy color imaging and processing, when an LRGB image turns out well it's very satisfying! Iver...
Hi Guys, I started putting together my M42 data (from before Christmas!). Unfortunately I had a problem with the focus on the green and blue data so I will...
Sorry, I forgot to change the image to 8-bit RGB before saving so Photoshop didn't save the image as it appeared (I'm not sure why it does that). If you ...
Wow! You got a lot out of 50 min. Your image shows tremendous detail around the "Running Man". My data on M42 is still on the hard drive from Dec, as...
Hi Dale, Thanks for the nice feedback! I too was surprised by the amount of detail in the areas where you usually see little nebulosity. In fact it was my goal...
Pete Santangeli, Chris Patel, Paul LeFevre and I (Paul Sterngold) have rescheduled our imaging trip to the Mojave (Afton Canyon) for the weekend of 16.Feb.07 -...
Hi Ray, I just got back into town and now catching up on the E-mail. Your color shot of the trio is fantastic, but this is the most exciting image to me. I...
... Hmm.. Anyone interested in an AP900? http://www.pbase.com/jeffcrilly/ap900_for_sale Seriously though... I should really allow someone else to enjoy the...
Thought I might share the ha version, even though I have a little more to do on it, and then , on to the color components. This is the first time I have...
Impressive dynamic range. Most impressive. Hate to see you mess up this killer image with color. Are you using a focal reducer to get that wide field of...
... Yes, Jim I am. I am at 5.9 instead of the native f8. This started out as a test to see if I could get a larger field of view without a field flattener....
... any obvious ... amount of feathering down for a smooth blending of the different layers, as well as getting the tones correct at the blending points. Dale ...
Hi everyone, Does anyone have any ideas for good spring-time objects? I already shot the Leo Triplet, my first spring target, so now I'm looking for others. ...
How about Rho Ophiuchi? I was planning on imaging this region but I don't have a good southern exposure from my house and not a large enough field of view...
In the unlikely event we get some clear skies this month, should we pick a Challenge object? Ray already did the Leo Trio how about that for a target? Iver...
Hi Iver, Yeah, let's try to beat Ray! :) Seriously that sounds like a good choice and it was on my to-do list of objects anyway! Darren. ... [Non-text portions...
... Bring it, Darren!!! (heheh :-) :-) But seriously, if you can get to a dark site you shouldn't have much trouble equaling or doing better than what I did. ...
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