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Last post: My Try At The Monkey by Juno16, Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:49 pm

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Image processing
Discuss how you are able to get those fantastic images!!!

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Last post: Video converting and stacking? by yobbo89, Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:58 am

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Video astronomy
Discuss video astronomy / Electronically assisted imaging.

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Last post: Laptop viewing only? by JayTee, Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:35 am

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AP equipment
Discuss what equipment you are using.

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Last post: What do you think I shoud buy… by UlteriorModem, Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:48 pm

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Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:48 pm
Guiding
Discuss guiding here

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Last post: Little East Movement in PHD2 by jrm_astro, Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:15 am

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Celestron SLT/GT Wedge For Budget Wide Field AP

Last post by STEVE333 « Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:15 pm
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by JayTee » Sat Sep 14, 2019 6:04 am

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In an effort to increase our footprint on Google with articles that are germane to our forums, here is a reprint of an article I wrote and posted...

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Nice article and nice workmanship. You are a clever guy. Thanks for sharing.

Steve

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Last post by STEVE333
Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:15 pm
PHD2 Guiding Tips

Last post by JayTee « Thu Dec 19, 2019 1:43 am
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by JayTee » Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:12 am

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For many, PHD2 isn't really as easy as Push Here Dummy as the name implies.

There are several practices/actions that should be considered/addressed...

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Just read this today on the Open PHD Guiding Google group from the creators of PHD2 - Do not run PHD2 in Administrator mode as it tends to mess with...

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Last post by JayTee
Thu Dec 19, 2019 1:43 am
Autoguiding - A Brief Overview

Last post by JayTee « Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:08 am
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by JayTee » Wed Jun 05, 2019 4:16 am

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This is another lecture from a course in Beginner's AP that I have given in the past.

Autoguiding is a vital part of the black art of long exposure...

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Hey Gents,

You are all providing great info and a good discussion but I believe we are getting a little off-track here. The basis for this post was...

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Last post by JayTee
Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:08 am
My Try At The Monkey

Last post by Juno16 « Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:49 pm
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by Juno16 » Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:15 pm

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Hi Everyone,

I saw Steve's @steve333 post of the Monkey's Head Nebula (NGC 2174) a few days ago and his beautiful image. I had never heard of the...

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Jim, I did a quick search on halos and StarTools. There are lots of hits out there, I thought this one looked promising. I'm sure there is a way to...

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Last post by Juno16
Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:49 pm
Southern Milky Way

Last post by Baskevo « Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:28 pm
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by JayTee » Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:09 pm

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I had the opportunity on Wed, Thurs, Fri of last week to image (first completely clear nights in 11 months!). My choice of gear was driven by what I...

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Wow! That is incredible! That's, what... less than $400 in gear including the camera? Incredible...

I had no idea you can see carina from Hawaii!...

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Last post by Baskevo
Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:28 pm
What do you think I shoud buy, or not buy?

Last post by UlteriorModem « Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:48 pm
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by radarsski » Wed Jan 01, 2020 7:19 am

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Hey all, I now own a Canon T5i; no mod. I bought an Orion f/3.9 Newt Astrograph. I have a chance tomorrow to get a well kept Canon 5d Mark II for...

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Not really familiar with the 183. I went and looked at the specs and it appears to have pretty small pixels at 2.4 uM which would be good for longer...

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Last post by UlteriorModem
Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:48 pm
The Green Flash

Last post by JayTee « Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:30 pm
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by JayTee » Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:11 am

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I was very fortunate last week to capture sunset video that contained the green flash, not over one sunset, but 3 consecutive sunsets...

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Any idea what the flash could be caused by? Green flashes occur because the atmosphere refracts, or bends, light from the Sun, especially when it's...

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Last post by JayTee
Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:30 pm
Video converting and stacking?

Last post by yobbo89 « Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:58 am
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by bigfish » Mon Jan 27, 2020 6:03 am

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Hello,

I'm wondering if I can convert video to separate frames then stack them in something like Deep Sky Stacker?
My phone takes 4K UHD mp4 Video....

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I use pipp to convert to tiff from avi then stack in autostakkert, it lets me find the good frames for say 3-4 out of 6000 when i'm imaging the space...

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Last post by yobbo89
Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:58 am
NGC7822 bicolor (v2) first pixinsight image!

Last post by Micke187 « Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:55 am
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by Micke187 » Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:13 pm

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So with the step over to Pixinsight from Photoshop and after watching numourus tutorials later i finally after some hours of post-processing i have...

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Ever since I moved to PixInsight years ago, I've never looked back. Although I will typically enhance the final image in PSP.

Same here! I do have...

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Last post by Micke187
Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:55 am
Side-by-side for Better Guiding

Last post by JayTee « Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:19 am
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by Baskevo » Mon Jan 27, 2020 4:33 am

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Hi guys! I wanted to share my latest endeavor with AP equipment, as recommended by JayTee

A new side-by-side set up by Losmandy:

I got it when I...

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I have an old triangular-shaped drafting ruler that acts as a fulcrum so I can get a pretty accurate balance point. I watched the vid and the guy...

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Last post by JayTee
Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:19 am
Newer EQ6-R Pro

Last post by Baskevo « Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:39 am
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by Baskevo » Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:58 pm

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Hey guys,

I just received my new EQ6-R Pro yesterday! I setup last night and, of course, had a rough experience lol Clouds were rolling in and out...

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Thanks for sharing that Butcher! I was able to get EQMod working, it just was not as user friendly as CPWI was, and I was a bit confused by it. I do...

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Last post by Baskevo
Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:39 am
The Orion nebula (January 2020)

Last post by bladekeeper « Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:09 am
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by JohnP_1 » Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:32 am

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I have been wanting to re-take the Orion nebula from scratch for a few months. This time I dialed in the focus to the best I've ever had on this...

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Very nice image, John! :)

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Last post by bladekeeper
Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:09 am
Thor's Helmet...First Try Ever

Last post by XCalRocketMan « Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:20 am
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by Astrovetteman » Fri Jan 24, 2020 4:30 am

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Well here's my first try on ever imaging Thor's Helmet....somehow I don't think Thor would be too pleased!! I need A LOT more data, and with the...

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Congrats on the TSS APOD.

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Last post by XCalRocketMan
Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:20 am
Planning a Session

Last post by Graeme1858 « Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:14 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:09 pm

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I was just playing with Stellarium. It's so versatile that it can be used to set up hypothetical scenarios for various imaging opportunities. I...

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Here's a good one for anyone East of Greenwich tomorrow night:

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Last post by Graeme1858
Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:14 pm
M44 a nice open cluster.

Last post by UlteriorModem « Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:36 pm
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by UlteriorModem » Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:59 pm

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Here is some more data from the other night. This was actually kind of a 'filler' target in between other targets. Still it's a nice open cluster...

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Nice looking cluster shot of M44. Filler targets are always a nice bonus.

Indeed. At times the next 'main event' target wont get out of the trees...

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Last post by UlteriorModem
Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:36 pm
California Nebula

Last post by Juno16 « Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:26 pm
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by sdbodin » Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:30 am

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Finally got some clearing to get the RGB data for the Ha that I got half a month ago for the California nebula. Still the transparency was poor with...

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Great image Steve! Very nice color and detail.

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Last post by Juno16
Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:26 pm
M42 in various wavelengths

Last post by jmt92130 « Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:17 pm
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by JimMinCT » Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:07 pm

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Hey all,
I've been working on collecting frames for a Tadpoles/Flaming Star mosaic, and in the meantime collecting frames on this as fill while the...

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Excellent images Jim.

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Last post by jmt92130
Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:17 pm
Monkey Head Nebula - NGC 2174

Last post by jmt92130 « Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:15 pm
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by STEVE333 » Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:04 pm

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It was a pleasant surprise to see this nebula had strong emissions in the Ha and Oiii wavelengths. Fits perfectly with the Astro Duo-Narrowband...

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Excellent image and crop Steve. Nice to hear your inside laptop is working well for you. It's tough to have heard your laptop stolen, but maybe it...

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Last post by jmt92130
Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:15 pm
vdB 29 - Reflection nebula in Taurus

Last post by jmt92130 « Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:08 pm
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by bernhardhubl » Wed Jan 22, 2020 5:24 pm

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Hello astrophotographers,

In December and early January I was able to use a few halfway clear night hours to capture a rarely photographed...

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Cool images Bernhard. It is interesting seeing both the close up and the wide field.

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Last post by jmt92130
Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:08 pm
Having a hard time finding a particular spacer...

Last post by UlteriorModem « Sun Jan 26, 2020 9:13 pm
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by UlteriorModem » Sat Jan 25, 2020 8:54 pm

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Just got a new ZWO OAG and have it all put together. But it's overall spacing is 55.5mm. Just a tad too long.

What I need is an M42 male thread to...

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get a lathe tom :lol:

I have access to one of those too. I just did not feel like driving over to the shop. I just sanded away while watching...

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Last post by UlteriorModem
Sun Jan 26, 2020 9:13 pm
Sharpless 242

Last post by dcrowson « Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:31 pm

by dcrowson » Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:31 pm

Sharpless 242 (LBN 826 and 827, DG 84 and others) is an emission nebula located approximately 7142 ( light-years away in Taurus.

Teutsch GN...

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Last post by dcrowson
Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:31 pm
UGC 2495 + 2500

Last post by dcrowson « Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:30 pm
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by dcrowson » Tue Jan 21, 2020 4:35 pm

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UGC 2495 (PGC 11449) is a S0 spiral on the right side of the image. This galaxy appears to have a faint tidal tail looping around on the left (east)...

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Jim,

I think I looked into that but I think the distances were quite a bit different if I'm remembering right.

Dan

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Last post by dcrowson
Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:30 pm
First light! M1

Last post by jmt92130 « Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:01 pm
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by Larry 1969 » Fri Jan 17, 2020 1:40 am

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Good evening all!
I've been working with a completely new rig and my first EQ mount.
Equipment used:
EQ6-R Pro
Orion 8 Newtonian astrograph F3.9...

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Congrats on the first light success with the equipment. As you say, getting a resulting image is a nice bonus. Looking forward to seeing more.

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Last post by jmt92130
Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:01 pm
IC410 LRGBSHO

Last post by jmt92130 « Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:57 pm
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by Astrovetteman » Tue Jan 21, 2020 9:34 pm

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I've been playing around with Starnet++....enhancing Nebula's, making star masks, and combining the two. I used some data I took this year...HA,...

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Looks really nice Tom. I have been using starnet++ as well. Yes, it does leave artifacts, but its a lot better than anything else I have tried. I...

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Last post by jmt92130
Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:57 pm
Sharpless 261

Last post by jmt92130 « Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:50 pm
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by dcrowson » Sat Jan 25, 2020 11:12 pm

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Sh2-261 (LBN 863, Simeis 34, Lower’s Nebula and others) is an emission nebula located approximately 6,164 ( light-years away in Orion.

Ha – 24x1800s...

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Great images Dan. Nice work on the different data set presentations.

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Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:50 pm

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