It has been a long time since I have posted anything from the FLC Observatory - mechanical problems, then computer problems, then buried in snow, then axle deep in mud... Now I hope things are ALMOST back to where they were in November. I just need to remind myself how anything works.
This is 12x3 minutes of M95 from Saturday night, mostly to check how things were working. (Actually PHD Guiding was acting a little flakey, but that is another story.) I did get a little color, and my plan was to get some more luminance and color data last night, but the wind was blowing like something else.
I am reasonably happy with the flatness here, and not too much done with processing - sigma beta combine, then arcsine stretch with a slight blur on the dim areas and slight unsharp mask on the bright areas. Comments and suggestions most welcome.
Charlie
This is 12x3 minutes of M95 from Saturday night, mostly to check how things were working. (Actually PHD Guiding was acting a little flakey, but that is another story.) I did get a little color, and my plan was to get some more luminance and color data last night, but the wind was blowing like something else.
I am reasonably happy with the flatness here, and not too much done with processing - sigma beta combine, then arcsine stretch with a slight blur on the dim areas and slight unsharp mask on the bright areas. Comments and suggestions most welcome.
Charlie
Attached Image:
Fort Lewis Observatory: (37.238, -108.052) ~2360m (7744 ft.) elevation.
Darkness - typically 6.5+
Scope - Meade 16" LX200; f6.3 focal reducer
Focus - JMI Smart focus
Camera - SBIG ST-10XE; (~.5"/pixel)
Guiding - AO-8 and/or Meade 5"/DSI/PHD
http://www.fortlewis.edu/observatory
