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Pages: << 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | >> (show all) Maverick199 Postmaster Reged: 02/27/11 Loc: India Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: haytor]       #5272590 - 06/15/12 10:36 AM Attachment (23 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Had good transparency yesterday though was shooting in and out of clouds. Managed 33 x 60 secs with 85mm Prime lens and T2i piggybacked on C6. Lagoon and Sagittarius. Couldn't manage to eke out more details, perhaps next time I will try for more subs. Post Extras:       haytor Pooh-Bah Reged: 11/29/07 Loc: Smethwick near Birmingham UK. Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: Maverick199]       #5272616 - 06/15/12 10:49 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thats a truely good capture Haseeb,and really great for just 60 second subs, i agree more subs would certainly help, but as it is, its just fine. Wish we here in the UK could get a break and some decent skies, the jet stream is playing havoc as its slipped much further south over the UK. regards, Tom Post Extras:       Maverick199 Postmaster Reged: 02/27/11 Loc: India Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: haytor]       #5272632 - 06/15/12 10:56 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Tom. That 85mm Canon prime lens is like a tiny refractor. Post Extras:       haytor Pooh-Bah Reged: 11/29/07 Loc: Smethwick near Birmingham UK. Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: Maverick199]       #5272643 - 06/15/12 11:00 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   that 85mm prime lens is a very nice set up for those wider field shots, lovely stuff Haseeb, regards, Tom. Post Extras:       Skip Starlifter Driver Reged: 01/23/08 Loc: Fort Worth, Texas, USA Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: Maverick199]       #5272705 - 06/15/12 11:40 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice shot Haseeb. Looks like you also got the Trifid Nebula (M20) in there. Post Extras:       Maverick199 Postmaster Reged: 02/27/11 Loc: India Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: Skip]       #5272840 - 06/15/12 01:14 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks again Tom and Skip. Yes Skip, I did and also part of the milky way. Post Extras:       Peter9 Post Laureate Reged: 10/30/08 Loc: Yorkshire - Born & Bred Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: Maverick199]       #5272896 - 06/15/12 01:45 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thats a wonderful image Haseeb. The wide field view is a feast for the eyes. Regards. Peter. Post Extras:       ghataa professor emeritus Reged: 06/20/11 Loc: Central, NJ Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: Peter9]       #5273278 - 06/15/12 05:22 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I really like that image Haseeb! I have a 85 mm lens too and hope to capture a similar image some day! Congratulations! George Post Extras:       ghataa professor emeritus Reged: 06/20/11 Loc: Central, NJ Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: ghataa]       #5273310 - 06/15/12 05:34 PM Attachment (23 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Guys, Back again with a shot of Butterfly nebula. As described above, I have been working on my dual lens (300mm setup). I am still working on getting both cameras going (have only 1 Canon and needed a special cable for the Nikon to go beyond 30s) but did collect color data last night with the Canon. I used the Astronomik CLS clip-in filter to fight the ever present light pollution. I dropped the ISO down to 800 and was able to get 5 min subs on the CG5 last night, losing only about 20% during stacking in DSS. The diffraction spikes on Sadr are real and are produced by the blades on the lens! 300 mm Tair lens stepped down to f8 2 hrs of data (5 min subs) 30 min of darks T3i (modded) ISO800 Combined the RGB data with the Ha data from previous post. I really like PixInsight for aligning one data set with the another. Really easy to achieve and to my eye works perfectly. I combined both the Ha data and the color data in CS5 and had a pass through Noise Ninja. I want to try the processing again but I thought I would share where I am in this journey. Best, George Post Extras:       Maverick199 Postmaster Reged: 02/27/11 Loc: India Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: ghataa]       #5273901 - 06/16/12 03:14 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Peter and George. George, your image above of M 6 is beautiful and those dust clouds are very pronounced. Post Extras:       Tel Postmaster Reged: 03/31/06 Loc: Wallingford England Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: ghataa]       #5273905 - 06/16/12 03:17 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congratulations to you, Haseeb, and to you, George, on two excellent images ! I only wish I could explore all that Sagittarius and Scorpius have to offer but they barely skim my horizon here in the southern UK. At the moment though, I have to add that it wouldn't make any difference if they were even situated at the zenith ! As Tom, pointed out, the Jet Stream has slipped so far south as to envelope most of England in cloud for most of the last six weeks ! On the other hand,...... English summers ? So what's new ? Best regards, Tel Edited by Tel (06/16/12 05:43 AM) Post Extras:       Peter9 Post Laureate Reged: 10/30/08 Loc: Yorkshire - Born & Bred Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: Tel]       #5274026 - 06/16/12 07:21 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Another wonderful image George. Thanks for posting. Regards. Peter. Post Extras:       haytor Pooh-Bah Reged: 11/29/07 Loc: Smethwick near Birmingham UK. Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: Peter9]       #5274064 - 06/16/12 08:25 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Its all been said above George, great work best regards, Tom Post Extras:       svtdoug sage Reged: 02/07/11 Loc: Gig Harbor, WA, USA Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: haytor]       #5275162 - 06/17/12 02:14 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice work George. You are really making some incredible progress. Keep posting! Doug Post Extras:       ghataa professor emeritus Reged: 06/20/11 Loc: Central, NJ Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: svtdoug]       #5275395 - 06/17/12 10:11 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Haseeb, Tel, Peter, Tom and Doug! It has been 1 yr today since I got the 8SE and became hooked! George Post Extras:       Skip Starlifter Driver Reged: 01/23/08 Loc: Fort Worth, Texas, USA Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: ghataa]       #5275624 - 06/17/12 01:21 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Very nice work George. You are really making some incredible progress. + about 10 for me! All I can say to that image is - WOW! Post Extras:       hopskipson professor emeritus Reged: 06/24/10 Loc: Queens, New Yawk, Light pollut... Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: Skip]       #5287594 - 06/24/12 10:56 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   With all the great photos posted here, I'm a little intimidated to post my first attempt but here goes. This is my attempt at Albeiro from last night. I stacked in DSS. Comments and help welcome. Post Extras:       hopskipson professor emeritus Reged: 06/24/10 Loc: Queens, New Yawk, Light pollut... Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: Skip]       #5287624 - 06/24/12 11:16 PM Attachment (7 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   With all the great photos posted here, I'm a little intimidated to post my first attempt but here goes. This is my attempt at Albeiro from last night. I stacked in DSS. James Comments and help welcome. Post Extras:       Peter9 Post Laureate Reged: 10/30/08 Loc: Yorkshire - Born & Bred Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: hopskipson]       #5287873 - 06/25/12 05:26 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thats an excellent first attempt James. Congratulations. Now its begun. Regards. Peter. Post Extras:       Tel Postmaster Reged: 03/31/06 Loc: Wallingford England Re: NexStar AP Graduates Images and Discussions [Re: Peter9]       #5287939 - 06/25/12 06:56 AM Attachment (5 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   A very nice capture of Albireo, James ! Many congratulations ! Can you remind me which camera you are using ? Certainly your CEGM seems well aligned ! There is still some hidden data in the image though,that I hope I've brought out by "tweaking" it in Photoshop. Do you have this software or alternatively have you tried freeware "Gimp" as a post stacking processor ? I've possibly asked this before, but at my age I'm told I'm permitted a few senior moments ! Hope you don't mind my "fiddling". Best regards, Tel Post Extras:       Pages: << 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | >> (show all)

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