Finally modified focuser on 200mm F4 to achieve focus with Lumicon filter holder attached.Makes colour imaging easier when you don't have to manually change...
G'day Lindsay, That looks better for sure, starting to show a bit more depth in the faint stuff. You want to try combining your old shot with the new to show...
G'day all, I have put a Word doc in the files section describing the routine of combining luminance, red, green and blue images in Photoshop. Any comments or...
I am still experimenting with all the AVIs I have on Orion .I think my images may be a bit overcoloured.I have just added a B&W image of the Tarantula Nebula I...
G'day Lindsay, Yes, the Gimp will do all the levels and colour correcting etc. that Photoshop does with equal power (I've used it also). It can't do the layers...
It was the usual bad weather for an astronomical event.I drove to Bargo from my place and it was a bit better with some breaks in cloud cover.I got a few...
Steve,I was reading through some old threads and see you make mention of a possible hand control add-on for the camera. Have you progressed any further on...
It was just as bad down in Tasmania, however, I managed to grab a couple of images at 09.16 & 11.36. from my observatory 12 km away. The local newspaper put...
Tony Yes, I am looking at a hand control or paddle option but there won't be anything happening until next year. It would possibly use the RS485 communications...
I have added an image of The Running Man Nebula.With regards to the program 'The Gimp',I have been loading each colour image seperately.I then colourise them...
Sorry bout the delayed response Lindsay, Where's Arnie??? :-) Not sure what you mean about colourising the separate images, they should contain the seperate...
Hi Jon Welcome to the group and enjoy your time here I see you are listed as Simi Valley, is that in California Usa If that is the case then again welcome as I...
... Thanks for the reply.I have not found a way to open each colour channel as a channel in a single image.What I have been doing is opening each colour...
For any U.S members of the group who may be interested, we now have NTSC models of the GSTAR-EX cameras available ready to ship from myAstroShop.com.au Steve...
hello all. sorry ive been absent for some time but not through lack of interest. moving everything back home was quit a mission as my assignment in oz was cut...
Hey there Daz Hope it wasn't too much of a drama moving back o/s. I remember what a drama that can be from my old IT days. It's a bummer you couldn't have hung...
hey steve, na the move was pretty easy considering all things and i didnt have to pay the cost of it, only for things we'd accumulated in oz. i will email you...
Seasons Greetings to all my fellow gstar-users, and a big thankyou, to the members that helped me get started, when I was having computer problems. Cheers Bob...
Just thought I would wish everyone a productive new year and also to say that imaging of the Roma sky will continue again once I have constructed my backyard...
Thanks Mark I for one am looking forward to seeing more Roma Sky images.. you certainly kicked things along there for a while. Hope the new Observatory works...
Hi All Thought I would share with the group have just become aware of a possible bright Comet for mid to end of this Month You may be aware that some...
Hi all, Since discovery on Aug 7, the small perihelion distance of this comet, well inside that of Mercury, has suggested the possibility that it could become...
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Sent the email too soon. Meant to add the following. At sunset on Jan 14, the comet will be located only 1.2 deg due right of Mercury which will then be mag...
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Hi Rob Thanks for the detailed report very interesting read and to have a report by the Discoverer/Member of the group and GStar user What a bonus! Did not...
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