Hi Cal, Yes - doing any images of the Flame is a challenge. I also bloomed, and the star was not even in the view..then again, I am using a non-ABG imager. The...
Well, I got back to the "Running Man" nebula last night. My first test images looked like it would be too saturated to process, but I took many short shots and...
Cal, I saw your post on SBIG first, and took a look at this image: phenomenal...one word. You have captured that nebula and all of its subtle nature. Well ...
John, Thanks alot! I was pretty happy with it, therefore the SBIG posting. Those guys can be an incredible amount of help, but also a little intimidating, ...
John, Another change I might mention is, I've started to take my L images through an empty filter slot. This is one less piece of glass in the optical train. I...
Ron Wodaski just posted a step by step procedure regarding light gradients in his e-book. I have been trying to figure this out for some time and decided to...
Cal, I just had a look at your NGC1977. Guess "awe" about describes my appreciation of the quality of the image. A high standard to drive me forward...
Serena, I found your NGC3372 image. It's a great shot. Your correct, it is a big object. Did you fix the blooming or reshoot the object? Anyway, good ...
Cal, 3372 is an interesting nebula. I didn't mention posting it because I reckon the shot is somewhat out of focus (even the faint stars are blobs). Guess ...
Nice 3190 group. I just did the same through the C8 last week. It can be seen at:<br><a href=http://www.regulusastro.com/regulus/photos/text/ngc3190.html...
I processed my little piece of the Rosette Nebula. All the stars are interesting. I have a camera lense adapter and plan to try and image this with my CCD and...
Cal, that is one dense bunch of stars. Great image and I must have look myself. Maybe I'll have a go with my 300mm camera lens on the MX516 (takes in 2...
Hi there, I have not had any clear skies recently, and we're expected to get another (eeek) 6" of snow tomorrow. When will it stop? The dome is getting hard to...
Great images John! I like the starry fields. You're not missing much because the moon is extremely bright although I'm sure you could do without "more" snow....
Thanks Cal. The image processing is getting to be as interesting as actually imaging. When the snow stops (another, yes another, 8-12" expected today!), I'll...
I have a pixel 237 ccd and use ccdops. Here's the scoop. I dont have a color filter wheel, and took pics thru colored filters (of a wider bandwidth than what ...
The various astro software packages (such as AstroArt and MaxIm) provide facilities for combining RGB frames and you can do this also with photoprocessing ...
This could become a very long post, so it might spred itself over several replies ;-) Your CCD imager is a monochrome device. That is to say it only will ...
Thanks for the info so far. I know I seem to be dumb in this area, and I apologize. I am alot smarter than that, but this will really help me understand better...
It's me, Cal. I got frustrated typing underscores and numbers so I changes my ID to something different. I know it's odd but it means the study of bird eggs,...
csand says that an IR blocking filter is needed in addition to the color filters. I think this has something to do with ccd 'over-sensitivity' correction. ...
I am still not convinced that available software not specifically designed for astronomy work takes into account the spectral distribution of the various ...
Birds eggs? - guess you're involved with a museum. A curator of ornithology?<br><br>M64 is most impressive. The detail you have in the gas clouds around the ...
The fact that your software shows the different images as monochrome (greyscale, b&W) is normal. There is no need for the software to know that it is part of a...
Hey Cal! Oology? That is diverse. Cool. That image of M64 is quite beautiful. Good job! I have also changed back to the larger scopes. Spring is in the air, ...
Thank you Serena, John and Mr. Gray, I was pleased with M64 myself. John's right about the processing becoming the focal point. I am amazed at how many ways I...
Mr Gray, John did a nice job of answering your questions in his last post. I can add two examples regarding the use of an IR filter. If you look at the stars ...
Hi:<br><br>Thank you for the input, however it still seems that software 'does' make some kind of assumptions. I have to get a better understanding of the ...
Mr Gray,<br>Has your software produced a colour image using your RGB frames? This would seem to be the first step. Some people calibrate their exposures using ...
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