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Keep the images coming Paul M.. -------------------- Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX ---------------------------------------------- http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com Post Extras:       Paul Milligan Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/03/06 Posts: 1225 Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: Paul Milligan]       #2051322 - 12/14/07 05:39 PM Attachment (115 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here are few more :- M1 - Crab Nebula 90 Minutes LRGB William Optics FLT110 [TEC] GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera Videostudio 7, Videodub, Registax, Photoshop Elements. -------------------- Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX ---------------------------------------------- http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com Post Extras:       Paul Milligan Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/03/06 Posts: 1225 Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: Paul Milligan]       #2051323 - 12/14/07 05:41 PM Attachment (105 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Another M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy 40 Minutes Takahashi Epsilon 160 GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera Videostudio 7, Videodub, Registax, Photoshop Elements. -------------------- Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX ---------------------------------------------- http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com Post Extras:       Paul Milligan Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/03/06 Posts: 1225 Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: Paul Milligan]       #2051330 - 12/14/07 05:44 PM Attachment (84 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Another M64 - Blackeye Galaxy 40 Minutes Williams Optics FLT110 [TEC] GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera Videostudio 7, Videodub, Registax, Photoshop Elements. -------------------- Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX ---------------------------------------------- http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com Post Extras:       MikeML super member Reged: 10/09/04 Posts: 111 Loc: NJ Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: Paul Milligan]       #2051346 - 12/14/07 05:52 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Paul, I'll have to capture some more shots with the video cam. BTW, checked out the images on your website. Great stuff. -------------------- Mike CGE 1100 TV 85 FLT-110 Maxscope 40 Megrez 80, etc., etc. Post Extras:       Gord sage Reged: 01/06/04 Posts: 497 Loc: Toronto, ON, Canada Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: MikeML]       #2051524 - 12/14/07 07:15 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here are some images I've acquired over the years with my MallinCam. Certainly not as good as what has already been posted here! But they are with much less capture time, and almost as good as the live images: This was my very first image ever, taken on the first night I got the camera. In Toronto on an average night with an Orion Apex 102 (4" mak-cass). This was 15 x 2sec each. This was not as good as the live view on the monitor looked, a pretty common thing in video astro. I find it takes stacking quite a few images and some light processing to equal the "live" view. Now roll a little while forward in time and under slightly better conditions with an 8" f5 newt, and this is the same target: I still hadn't figured out the whole stacking and processing thing yet at this point... this image might have been a minute of 2sec images. And finally, a year or two later still with my 10" newt this time. This was about 30 2sec images stacked. Pretty close to what I see live realtime: Maybe one day I'll figure out image processing a bit better and be able to produce a pretty image. Enjoy, and I hope this helps illustrate how things look with various different scope setups. -Gord -------------------- * Celestron C10/Normand Fullum primary * Tasco 11TR/Normand Fullum primary * Orion StarBlast * Orion Apex 102 * SkyWatcher 80ED * Celestron CG5a mount * MallinCam Pro & Color II * Lots of other astro toys ...and the best wife I could ever dream of for letting it all happen! -------------------- Post Extras:       Paul Milligan Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/03/06 Posts: 1225 Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: Gord]       #2051559 - 12/14/07 07:32 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Gord A nice set of images of M82. Its very interesting to see what a difference aperture and sky conditions make to the final image. Great job! Paul M.. -------------------- Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX ---------------------------------------------- http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com Post Extras:       Chris Schroeder Postmaster Reged: 12/11/04 Posts: 5098 Loc: N.E. WI Sky Glow Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: Paul Milligan]       #2051620 - 12/14/07 08:11 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   These are really great, I made it a sticky so it stays on top of the forum. But please lets just post images to this thread. Thank you! -------------------- Chris Mallincam Color Hyper Plus 10" DSH with SC DSC, CPC 800 XLT M102ED S.V., ZS 80FD 10th Anniv, ZS 66SD, PST POD XL3 http://POD.SchroederCity.com Post Extras:       RandyR Enginerd Reged: 04/01/04 Posts: 14076 Loc: Castle Rock, CO 6677' MSL Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: Chris Schroeder]       #2051974 - 12/15/07 12:02 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   And remember this forum is for Assisted Visual Observing. NOT photo/electronic imaging. There are other forums for that. It your Assisted Observing device does integration of multiple framse that's fine, but images that are captured and post-processed belong in the imaging fora. -------------------- "Dark Skies & Great Viewing" RandyR / NQ0R GPS 9.25 XLT/Sky Align /FeatherTouch TV85 w/FeatherTouch Post Extras:       Sky Captain Scope Builder Reged: 11/07/04 Posts: 5743 Loc: Seattle Washington Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: RandyR]       #2052043 - 12/15/07 01:12 AM Attachment (95 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This is the best I can do at my poor viewing location of the Dumbell Nebula. I'm hoping to get a better screen picture at a darker location. 10" SCT 2.1 Sec F6.3 FR -------------------- Equipment Overload! Kerry. Post Extras:       BradH Pooh-Bah Reged: 06/19/04 Posts: 1008 Loc: Spencer, Indiana Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: Sky Captain]       #2052948 - 12/15/07 03:27 PM Attachment (87 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is a shot of the Moon 9-2-07 MCHP color TOA 150 single frame no processing. Brad -------------------- AP 140mm f7.5 StarFire AP 900 GTO PST goto Meade DS mount Mallincam Hyper Color Plus Skyshed Post Extras:       smokin oakum Pooh-Bah Reged: 09/24/07 Posts: 1426 Loc: Wilmington, NC Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: BradH]       #2052956 - 12/15/07 03:31 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice shot! that's a lot of contrast for no processing. Neil -------------------- Broadcasting live views of the night sky @ Sparkcast C11 CGE / Hyperstar MallinCam Hyper Plus Color Orion 12" XTi f/4.9 MoonLite Focuser Round Table Platform 12" Parralax rings Cape Fear Astronomy Club Post Extras:       BradH Pooh-Bah Reged: 06/19/04 Posts: 1008 Loc: Spencer, Indiana Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: smokin oakum]       #2053011 - 12/15/07 04:02 PM Attachment (109 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Neal The images was captured using S-video to laptop and video card. I change the gamma setting sometimes, which really helps. Here is a M42 showing the two gamma settings. Single frame no processing captured with the video card. First with with the gamma setting at .45 second using 1.0 Brad -------------------- AP 140mm f7.5 StarFire AP 900 GTO PST goto Meade DS mount Mallincam Hyper Color Plus Skyshed Post Extras:       skyguy88 member Reged: 11/13/06 Posts: 62 Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: BradH]       #2053349 - 12/15/07 06:45 PM Attachment (88 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Brad, Really nice look at the core region. Are they 2 second exposures? When I try to capture the full extent of M42 the core just gets overwhelmed. So for looking at what is going on, I settle for separate images. You can do neat tricks to combine short and long exposures, but I would rather not spend the time. Here is a 12 second single frame unprocessed image of the lagoon nebulae. This is one that I always stare at for a while. C8, .3 fr, avermedia TV cardbus. The live display always looks better than the simgle frame captures. Bill McDonald Post Extras:       skyguy88 member Reged: 11/13/06 Posts: 62 Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: RandyR]       #2053900 - 12/16/07 12:09 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Randy, Restricting post processing makes sense to me with some limitation. The Mallincam has two outputs, composite and Svideo. I use the composite signal to drive an old TV that is my primary observing screen. I run the svid signal into a laptop which then drives a led monitor. When I get an image that I like on the tv I capture it on the laptop but there are color and brightness adjustments on the camera, the TV, the laptop and the monitor. Often an image that looks great on the TV is either too light or too dark or the color balance is off when its captured. For example, em nebulae may look brown in the raw image despite the fact that the color looked fine on the TV. For demonstrating what the camera can do live it would be reasonable to make simple adjustments like brightness/color balance/contrast before posting an image. In other words, I suggest allowing adjustments that could have been made before the image was collected. Thanks, Bill McDonald Post Extras:       RandyR Enginerd Reged: 04/01/04 Posts: 14076 Loc: Castle Rock, CO 6677' MSL Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: skyguy88]       #2053978 - 12/16/07 12:49 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   And we agree, but there's a specific forum for 'imaging'. The images that are captured from video screens used for "Assisted Visual Astronomy" are fine, but we want to avoid significantly post-processed images in this forum... So far everyone's been pretty good about it... -------------------- "Dark Skies & Great Viewing" RandyR / NQ0R GPS 9.25 XLT/Sky Align /FeatherTouch TV85 w/FeatherTouch Post Extras:       Paul Milligan Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/03/06 Posts: 1225 Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: RandyR]       #2054336 - 12/16/07 09:10 AM Attachment (84 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   M1 - Crab Nebula Raw screen shot of a 2.6 second integration. Takahashi Epsilon 160 GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera. Clear skies.. Paul M.. -------------------- Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX ---------------------------------------------- http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com Post Extras:       Paul Milligan Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/03/06 Posts: 1225 Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: Paul Milligan]       #2054347 - 12/16/07 09:18 AM Attachment (88 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   M33 - Triangulum Galaxy Raw screen shot of a 2.6 second integration. Takahashi Epsilon 160 GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera. Clear skies.. Paul M.. -------------------- Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX ---------------------------------------------- http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com Post Extras:       Paul Milligan Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/03/06 Posts: 1225 Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: Paul Milligan]       #2054353 - 12/16/07 09:25 AM Attachment (75 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   NGC 6960 - Veil Nebula Raw screen shot of a 2.6 second integration. Takahashi Epsilon 160 GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera. Clear skies.. Paul M.. -------------------- Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX ---------------------------------------------- http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com Post Extras:       Paul Milligan Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/03/06 Posts: 1225 Loc: 54°12.0' N; 4°25' W Re: Astro Video Image Gallery [Re: Paul Milligan]       #2054358 - 12/16/07 09:29 AM Attachment (67 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   M27 - Dumbell Nebula Raw screen shot of a 2.6 second integration. Takahashi Epsilon 160 GSTAR-EX Integrating CCD Video Camera. Clear skies.. Paul M.. -------------------- Tak Epsilon 160 / 16 Inch Custom Truss Dob WO FLT-110 [TEC] APO / WO Megrez 80FD APO EQ6 Pro / Canon Rebel XTi / QHY5 / GSTAR-EX ---------------------------------------------- http://www.eyetotheuniverse.com Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | (show all) Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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