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

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Last post: Re: Creating a Lunar Mosaic U… by Don Quixote, Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:46 pm

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Video astronomy
Discuss video astronomy / Electronically assisted imaging.

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Last post: Re: Saturn by Hankmeister3, Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:18 am

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Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:18 am
AP equipment
Discuss what equipment you are using.

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Last post: Re: Need focuser suggestions by dritter, Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:37 pm

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Guiding
Discuss guiding here

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Last post: Re: PHD2 Guiding Tips by Brian, Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:19 pm

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PHD2 Guiding Tips

Last post by Brian « Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:19 pm
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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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I recently discovered that the fourth suggestion on that list improves calibration and guiding a lot on an AVX mount. Dec calibration is terrible or...

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Last post by Brian
Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:19 pm
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
Celestron SLT/GT Wedge For Budget Wide Field AP

Last post by JayTee « Sun Sep 15, 2019 4:31 am
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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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Pffft…. Bortle 1 or 2...? What's that?! Yeah, I'd take everything I could too if that's where I was headed :)

If my SLT motor is shot because I...

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Last post by JayTee
Sun Sep 15, 2019 4:31 am
September Moon

Last post by Juno16 « Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:28 pm
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by Jockinireland » Thu Oct 10, 2019 11:34 am

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I finally got around to processing the moon AVI's I took late September.

These were consecutibve nights (20/21 September) on my 8 LX200, f6.3 FR,...

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Those are really nice images Jock!

Very crisp, but not overdone. Very natural looking!

Thanks,
Jim

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Last post by Juno16
Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:28 pm
October 9th Moon

Last post by mactech « Mon Oct 14, 2019 5:48 pm
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by mactech » Thu Oct 10, 2019 2:49 am

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JU9_4999.jpg I travelled to South Carolina to visit my mom and the skies were not turbulent and there wasn't a drop of dew to be found.

Captured my...

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Looks pretty good to me, Steve! :)

Thank you Bryan.

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Last post by mactech
Mon Oct 14, 2019 5:48 pm
Orion Nebula revisited

Last post by mactech « Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:21 pm
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by mactech » Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:43 pm
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I tried to get a better capture of the Orion Nebula again last night. It was much colder than the night before when I got my first ever DSO photo and...

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I did a little more reading on the Pickering scale as I was only familiar with the Bortle ratings.

I am right on the edge of this map where it...
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Last post by mactech
Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:21 pm
Creating a Lunar Mosaic Using a CMOS Camera

Last post by Don Quixote « Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:46 pm
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by bladekeeper » Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:49 am

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Creating a Lunar Mosaic using a CMOS Camera

This tutorial will show you how to capture and create a lunar mosaic using a CMOS camera. A CMOS camera...

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You have done a very nice job here Bryan.
Thank you for investing in this way in all of us.
Bravo !

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Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:46 pm
M42 Orion Nebula (Layered) w/2 meteors!

Last post by Hankmeister3 « Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:21 pm

by Hankmeister3 » Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:21 pm

There's a lot going on with this image capture from last year, 10/27/2018. I was in my seventh month of digitally capturing DSOs and sky conditions...

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Last post by Hankmeister3
Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:21 pm
Yes I do Lunar sometimes

Last post by UlteriorModem « Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:09 pm
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by UlteriorModem » Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:12 am

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A couple of frames from a couple of nights ago.

I think I forgot more than I ever knew about processing Lunar .avi but these aren't too bad....

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Yea the quality curve in Autostakkert was really steep. Maybe 2-5% of the frames 'useable'.

Never have seen it that bad.

Got a couple more to...

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Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:09 pm
M42 Orion Layer Experiment

Last post by Hankmeister3 « Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:40 pm
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by Hankmeister3 » Sun Oct 13, 2019 9:01 pm

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I'm still learning about the capabilities of my ArcSoft Photoshop 6.0 suite which was bundled with my CanoScan 9000F flatbed scanner I bought 7 or 8...

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I hear ya, Henk. I understand what you're saying. I know if I want to go cutting-edge astro-imaging software, equipment, and techniques will indeed...

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Last post by Hankmeister3
Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:40 pm
Flats trouble?

Last post by bobharmony « Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:45 am
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by bobharmony » Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:21 pm

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I decided that my Iris data could benefit from fresh darks and a new master bias, as I can use any help available in getting at the dark dustiness...

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Hi Bob,
I'll tell you what I tell everybody about flats. The histogram is misleading and almost always leads to flats that are way too dark. The best...

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Last post by bobharmony
Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:45 am
Short exposures + LP = NOISE!

Last post by bobharmony « Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:09 am
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by Larry 1969 » Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:55 pm
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Hello all!

I may have reached the limitations of my set up (10 GoTo Dob + DSLR w/ CLS-CCD clip in filter in Bortle 6 skies).
I posted recently in...

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Larry, I'm not sure there is anything wrong. Have you tried loading the output from DSS into another program, like StarTools, and seeing what is...
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Last post by bobharmony
Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:09 am
sh2-132 The Lion Nebula - very much a WIP

Last post by dritter « Mon Oct 14, 2019 8:01 am
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by ram » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:34 am

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(2) sh2-132 with about 14 hours of data from all three SHO filters combined with my FC100DF. The first is from channel combination of just SHO as RGB...

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(3) Also working on IC443 - Jellyfish nebula. Because I only decided to do two targets in one night after spending more than two hours imaging a tree...

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Last post by dritter
Mon Oct 14, 2019 8:01 am
Bad stars

Last post by Baskevo « Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:13 am
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by spectre » Sun Oct 06, 2019 9:09 pm

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Hi All,
I have been having some problems with deformed stars as well as color gradients across the stars. This is only 12 X 60 seconds of NGC 7789...

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So it looks like, with the spacers, the field flattened out better, but my stars still look really weird... Here's a screenshot of an auto-stretched,...

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Last post by Baskevo
Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:13 am
New Flats Question :)

Last post by Baskevo « Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:53 am
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by fatboy1271 » Thu Oct 10, 2019 8:11 pm
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I had some issues with PI, that turned out to be somewhat self-induced... :| Anyway, I'm able to get back to my Processing lessons!

My last session...

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Good point JT! What I was doing was tearing down and bringing everything in side to do my calibration frames, so the automatic sensor cleaner would...
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Last post by Baskevo
Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:53 am
NGC896 SHO Modified

Last post by mbocca « Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:44 pm
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by Astrovetteman » Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:24 pm

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Here's another shot of the Fish Head Nebula I took over 3 nights with the NP127is/QHY16200A (5 hours each HA, OIII, and SII @1200s).
Hope ya like...

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Tom,

That is a magnificent image. You must have really dark skies to do 1200 sec subs.

Mike

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Last post by mbocca
Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:44 pm
M31 with a 135mm - hints of dust lanes

Last post by Kanadalainen « Sun Oct 13, 2019 6:58 pm
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by Kanadalainen » Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:36 am

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October 7, 2019

I have 20 subs at 35 seconds, ISO 800, Canon 60D, stopped down to f5, used the moon to focus and then used gaffer's tape to clamp...

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Exactly, but the tiff is nice and smooth, particularly in the halo. I will read more about uploading restrictions etc on files, see what I can do....

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Last post by Kanadalainen
Sun Oct 13, 2019 6:58 pm
Thr Pac-Man Nebula - Waka waka waka waka (35 hrs)

Last post by Refractordude « Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:29 pm
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by depratnt » Sun Oct 13, 2019 7:43 am

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Greetings!

Every time I see this Nebula I just hear the “waka waka” sound that Pac-Man makes 😂

Anyway, for this project I gathered 35 hours of...

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Image makes me wish I could get in a spaceship and go there.

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Last post by Refractordude
Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:29 pm
Moon 12-10-2019

Last post by bladekeeper « Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:21 pm
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by chomper » Sat Oct 12, 2019 9:56 am

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moon3.JPG

moon4.JPG

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Good stuff! I like it! :)

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Last post by bladekeeper
Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:21 pm
International Space Station

Last post by bladekeeper « Sun Oct 13, 2019 4:38 pm
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by jerrysykes » Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:03 pm

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Finally after years of off and on trying I managed to get a picture of the space station. Yeah, the focus is a little off and the camera settings...

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Great catch, Jerry!

Man, that stresses me out just thinking about doing it. :lol:

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Last post by bladekeeper
Sun Oct 13, 2019 4:38 pm
Southern skies

Last post by mactech « Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:52 pm
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by mactech » Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:31 pm

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I could have stayed out last night for hours but the DSLR battery died and guess who forgot the charger. Rookie mistake #1

The skies here in SC are...

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Very nice images, Steve!

Thanks Bryan

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Last post by mactech
Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:52 pm
Milky Way

Last post by Piet Le Roux « Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:18 pm
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by Piet Le Roux » Sun Aug 18, 2019 6:50 am

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This is a photo of the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere with the milky way in...

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Lafras Smit just put a video on YouTube highlighting the work he has done in 2019....if you enjoyed his photos you would enjoy this...

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Last post by Piet Le Roux
Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:18 pm
IC 410 - The Tadpoles Nebula in H-Alpha

Last post by MariusD69 « Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:14 pm
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by dritter » Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:52 am

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This is IC410, the Tadpoles Nebula in Auriga.

Scope: CFF132
Mount: GM1000
Camera: SBIG STF-8300M
Guider: Lunt LE80OTA, LodestarX2 and a modified...

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Awesome! Well done!!

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Last post by MariusD69
Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:14 pm
NGC281 Up Close

Last post by bobharmony « Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:14 pm
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by Astrovetteman » Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:10 pm

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Here's a shot of the interior of the Pacman Nebula. I just zoomed in on the interior cause I liked the dust lanes and the Box globules. This was...

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Your data sure handles the crop nicely, Tom. Great detail in here - wow!

Bob

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Last post by bobharmony
Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:14 pm
Heart nebula bicolor remastered version

Last post by Micke187 « Sun Oct 13, 2019 6:38 am
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by Micke187 » Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:03 pm

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Well it really pays of to watch tutorials on the post-process.
So here comes my second version of the Heart nebula.
A complete different way then...

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Amazing! Great work!!

Thank you! :)

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Sun Oct 13, 2019 6:38 am

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