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Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all) rigel123 Postmaster Reged: 06/29/09 Loc: SW Ohio My California finished!       #5540409 - 11/26/12 02:22 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   So finally finished my first (and possibly last!) mosaic! After finishing the SII I decided to bin the OIII since there was very little showing at all after 15 minute subs. I elected to do a modified Hubble and went for a dustier rendition. All told just a bit over 48 hours over 7 1/2 nights over nearly a month! Pretty happy with it overall. Post Extras:       Mark72 sage Reged: 09/19/12 Loc: Munich, Germany Re: My California finished! [Re: rigel123]       #5540425 - 11/26/12 02:34 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great work Warren! So much efforts invested and a beautiful result. Mark Post Extras:       broca Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/26/10 Loc: Ocala, FL Re: My California finished! [Re: rigel123]       #5540430 - 11/26/12 02:35 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That is quite the commitment ! I'd say that is was time well spent. So...what is your next mosiac ? Post Extras:       mikotoy super member Reged: 06/20/12 Re: My California finished! [Re: broca]       #5540434 - 11/26/12 02:38 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wow. Seeing the narrowband images always takes my breath away. Thank you for sharing your image! Post Extras:       David Pavlich Transmographied Reged: 05/18/05 Loc: Mandeville, LA USA Re: My California finished! [Re: rigel123]       #5540581 - 11/26/12 04:09 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That's good stuff, Warren! David Post Extras:       vpcirc Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/09/09 Loc: Merced CA Re: My California finished! [Re: David Pavlich]       #5540697 - 11/26/12 05:23 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great shot! I know how tough mosaics are! Post Extras:       terry59 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 07/18/11 Loc: Colorado, USA Re: My California finished! [Re: rigel123]       #5540713 - 11/26/12 05:36 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice detail Warren. What an amazing effort! Post Extras:       rigel123 Postmaster Reged: 06/29/09 Loc: SW Ohio Re: My California finished! [Re: terry59]       #5540804 - 11/26/12 06:48 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks for the kind words! I'll likely stick to my native FOV for a while now! Post Extras:       yock1960 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 06/22/08 Loc: Ohio, USA Re: My California finished! [Re: rigel123]       #5540916 - 11/26/12 07:56 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Looks good Warren! Last mosaic? Got that large sensor camera ordered! When I think of the time spent processing these ~3MB images...bigger files terrify me! Steve Post Extras:       zerro1 Postmaster Reged: 08/02/09 Loc: Smokey Point , 48.12°N 122.25°... Re: My California finished! [Re: yock1960]       #5540990 - 11/26/12 08:34 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very Nice Warren!! Post Extras:       Raginar Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/19/10 Loc: Rapid CIty, SD Re: My California finished! [Re: zerro1]       #5541018 - 11/26/12 08:50 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   How do you align the shots over different days? Post Extras:       Jeff Smith sage Reged: 04/06/10 Loc: Chicago Re: My California finished! [Re: Raginar]       #5541062 - 11/26/12 09:14 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Outstanding work! I love the detail. Post Extras:       rigel123 Postmaster Reged: 06/29/09 Loc: SW Ohio Re: My California finished! [Re: yock1960]       #5541119 - 11/26/12 09:43 PM Attachment (7 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Steve, Quote: Last mosaic? Got that large sensor camera ordered! When I think of the time spent processing these ~3MB images...bigger files terrify me! I know what you mean, when I think of trying to handle subs that are as big as this mosaic I start to shake! Thanks Robert! Thanks Chris! Quote: How do you align the shots over different days? Nebulosity has a feature where I load an imaging from a previous night and by holding down Ctrl and right click with your cursor on a star you can insert a Cross on up to three stars. Those Crosses stay in the same place as you take new images, so I take a trial image of say up to 1 minute and then adjust the camera and the scope so those same three stars match up with the crosses I have put on the screen. Below is a screen capture of what it looks like. Post Extras:       rigel123 Postmaster Reged: 06/29/09 Loc: SW Ohio Re: My California finished! [Re: Jeff Smith]       #5541122 - 11/26/12 09:45 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks for looking Jeff! Post Extras:       zerro1 Postmaster Reged: 08/02/09 Loc: Smokey Point , 48.12°N 122.25°... Re: My California finished! [Re: rigel123]       #5541176 - 11/26/12 10:18 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Thanks Steve, When I think of the time spent processing these ~3MB images...bigger files terrify me! I know what you mean, when I think of trying to handle subs that are as big as this mosaic I start to shake! it's not as hard as you might think. Actually... it gives you a lot more room to cover your mistakes. In my case; it's the weight of the camera that is the challenge! http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/attachments/5538861-Cal_nov_24.jpg Post Extras:       rigel123 Postmaster Reged: 06/29/09 Loc: SW Ohio Re: My California finished! [Re: zerro1]       #5541197 - 11/26/12 10:29 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Quote: Thanks Steve, When I think of the time spent processing these ~3MB images...bigger files terrify me! I know what you mean, when I think of trying to handle subs that are as big as this mosaic I start to shake! it's not as hard as you might think. Actually... it gives you a lot more room to cover your mistakes. In my case; it's the weight of the camera that is the challenge! http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/attachments/5538861-Cal_nov_24.jpg I love that FOV for this object Robert! I had wanted to go out further but didn't want to spend the rest of the winter just shooting this one area! Post Extras:       blueman Vendor Blue Sky Accessories Reged: 07/20/07 Loc: California Re: My California finished! [Re: rigel123]       #5541337 - 11/26/12 11:41 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   A very deep image and sometimes it takes a long time to capture an object like this. Good work. Blueman Post Extras:       Strongmanmike super member Reged: 06/22/08 Loc: Wallaroo Australia Re: My California finished! [Re: rigel123]       #5541395 - 11/27/12 12:25 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That's a lot of sky time Warren for a very worthwhile result, great job! Mike Post Extras:       NorthBoundTrain Carpal Tunnel Reged: 11/23/11 Re: My California finished! [Re: Strongmanmike]       #5541531 - 11/27/12 05:06 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well worth the time you invested, it came out very nice Warren! Post Extras:       rigel123 Postmaster Reged: 06/29/09 Loc: SW Ohio Re: My California finished! [Re: NorthBoundTrain]       #5541638 - 11/27/12 08:06 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Blueman, Mike, Chris! Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all)

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