John, those are very nice images. So good that I can ask if there is a little coma showing on the botton right of the Veil? Apart from the evidence of the...
Hi Serena, and all others, Yes indeed, that is coma showing its funny little distorions towards the edge of the CCD images. The CN-212 in Newtonian mode has a...
The Gemini v3 is fun to use and is giving much better goto accuracy than I expected. Spent most of my recent time (what with sailing and cloudy skies) building...
... Hi Serena, That's a nice image for just wanting a better look. Great job! It looks like the mount is working well for you. This site has been so quiet...
Hello everyone! This site has been very quiet and when I tried to get on to see Serena's nice image I found I had to rejoin but that's fixed now. Isn't Yahoo...
Hi Cal, I think they're great! Those are two nice images with good detail. Very natural looking without the usual artifacts people (like me) usually introduce...
Hi Serena, I'm using a Philips Toucam Pro model 740. I took the insides out and mounted it in a plastic work box I bought and Radio Shack, a local electronics...
Very nice job on both with lots of detail... Also shows that focus is not a problem for you :) buen cielo, Dan NM ... get ... fixed ... make ... planet ... ...
Cal! Good to see you here on the web again. Great images. I still have yet to get the nack of getting good planetary shots: you have mastered it!. ~johnb...
Two new images of a couple of favorite subjects... M-1 Crab Nebula http://www.regulusastro.com/regulus/photos/text/m1rgbcn212.html M-42 Orion Nebula ...
Thanks John. I couldn't get a decent planet image myself until I took off the expensive CCD camera and imaged through a $80.00 webcam. I wish now that I could...
One of the challenges I've set myself is to photograph a galaxy such as ngc 1566. This is a spiral galaxy about 8 arcmins in apparent diameter situated around...
... such ... magnitude ... the ... Hi Serena, Excellent image!! good detail in the spiral arms, I'd be very happy with your image. What software are you using...
Hi Janet, Thanks for your nice comment. Guess I'm comparing the image with one of a similar size and brightness galaxy in the SBIG advertisement in Feb S&T....
Finished processing this one today. The snow is coming down pretty hard, so hopefully this will remind people of the wonderful clear skies of New Hampshire...
Ah, Mr Bode should have looked more closely before he called it a nebula ;-) Very nice image. Good detail in the periphery. Incidentally, SkyChart III says...
Ahhhh Mr Bode would have been pleased. If he only had the availability of CCD equipment! Yep - I have been having a difficult time finding the "truth" as to...
Hi Dan, Ahhh hah! The secrets of CCD imaging being revealed. <kidding>. The luminance images were a combination of 5-minute integrations. I have troubles with...
For those who are interested in the snow and ice recently dumped on us in New England, I have uploaded a jpg shot of the observatory. Pretty unhappy looking....
That's a pretty "sad sack" looking observatory :-) Does the inside stay dry? I wish we had some of the moisture with the emphasis on "some". Spring is just...
We finally have clear weather so I took this image of M1. I decided to go back to color images for awhile but now know why I quit. Gradients from light...
OK John, you've got me tricked. Where is that photo of the snow laden observatory? I've looked through every album "of this group". Serena ... us ... Pretty...
Great shot of the Crab there Cal. Yes - understood about the issues surrounding color CCD imaging. I also have serious gradient problems especially in the...
Hello, I need astronomy movies(DVD, VIDEO, AVI etc.)in 3D staill. Does any one know where I can get/download astronomy and space movies? Especially in 3D? Kind...
Thanks Larry. I recently purchased a new monitor because the old monitor turned anything gray to a sickly purple color so processing images was difficult. I...
Well, these past few nights have been clear enough to allow for some quick imaging sessions. I should have been collimating a C-14 <sigh> but I didn't have the...