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Started by IGastaldo, 12/01/2008 03:05AM
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Posted 12/01/2008 03:05AM | Edited 12/01/2008 03:08AM Opening Post
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Using my venerable Orion Starshoot I, I was able to get these 4 shots on Friday night. It was cool, crisp & clear, with almost no mosquitoes at all... (a great thing here, in the S.Fla Everglades)

Taken with a William Optics SD66. 12x5min exposures.
Captured & stacked with Nebulosity 2 & processed with Adobe Photoshoip CS2.

Objects are: The Horsehead, The Cocoon, The Pacman Nebula and the Triangulum Galaxy.

Clear skies to all, 8)

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Posted 12/01/2008 07:12AM #1
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You have been busy! Nice group. grin
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Nice set. Shouldn't those mosquitos have started hibernating by this time of year? This is a one-shot color imager, correct? I especially like the horsehead here. I would have expected a bit more color on stars, etc., especially on M33. Is that a processing thing, or do the stars start to wash out with the "long" exposures?

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Nice! Looks like you had a great weekend!
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Hi Ivan,

That's a productive weekend!
Nice group of images,I like them all but I think my favorite is the Horsehead too.Never tire of images of this one.

Well done!

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Ivan, that is a nice series of shots!
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Looks good, Ivan.

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It's nice to get out and image isn't it. Nicely done.

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Very cool Ivan!! Looks like you had a great weekend! Good job my friend - very nice.
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Ivan Gastaldo said:

Using my venerable Orion Starshoot I, I was able to get these 4 shots on Friday night. It was cool, crisp & clear, with almost no mosquitoes at all... (a great thing here, in the S.Fla Everglades)

Taken with a William Optics SD66. 12x5min exposures.
Captured & stacked with Nebulosity 2 & processed with Adobe Photoshoip CS2.

Objects are: The Horsehead, The Cocoon, The Pacman Nebula and the Triangulum Galaxy.

Clear skies to all, 8)

Ivan,
Here are a couple of images done the weekend before Thanksgiving.

Both are stacks of six ten minute exposures in MaxIm DL Essentials and finished in Photoshop Elements v6.0.
Equipment: Meade 10" LX200, Vixen ED80SF, Orion SS Pro and Orion SS Autoguider (Best bargain of all).

Gary Caldwell
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