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M3 - Firstlight with HX916

Started by trek2100, 04/30/2005 05:57PM
Posted 04/30/2005 05:57PM Opening Post
Hi all. Here is my first image with my newly aquired HX916 and Homeyer filter wheel. The camera and wheel work great, but i've lots of software and computer issues to work out before i can truly automate my capture sequences. This image is very short on exposure since i was testing the setup and wasnt guiding on a very windy night. I tossed better than 50% of the images out on this reprocess of the image i posted on CN. This image ended up being LRGB 4:4:4:4 (min) with 45 sec. subs all calibrated with dark frames and Adaptive Added in Images Plus. Registration of the color channels and RGB combine were done with Registar. DDP strectch in IP and final processing with Paintshop Pro 8.

Thanks for looking

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John Krawczyk
Crownsville, MD

http://www.ardenastrophotography.com
Posted 04/30/2005 06:22PM | Edited 04/30/2005 06:22PM #1
Great shot John!
I ran a deconvolution filter on it, and played with contrast/brightness... hope you like it! wink

Thanks for sharing! 8)


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Ivan Gastaldo 8)
Coconut Creek, FL

Ivan's Observatory
Lat 26N 16' 48" Long 80W 10' 48"
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Posted 05/01/2005 04:54PM #2
Sweet shot John, despite the difficulties!

"The expression of the beautiful is in direct ratio to the power of perception acquired by the artist." (Gustave Courbet)