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glorious copernicus

Started by Alan Friedman, 10/21/2006 05:16AM
Posted 10/21/2006 05:16AM | Edited 10/21/2006 05:28AM Opening Post
Hi -

Copernicus and environs captured in nine images over nine minutes - the seeing varied some over that time, but at some moments it was quite good.

100 frames hand selected from each video stream and aligned multiple times to make each of the nine mosaic panels. The original image is quite large - reduced here to fit the Astromart size constraints.

best wishes -
Alan



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Alan Friedman

http://www.avertedimagination.com
Posted 10/21/2006 05:46AM #1
Hi Alan, I wake up this morning and oh...that's a beautiful image.
Great processing and very good resolution !
Regards Richard
Posted 10/21/2006 07:07AM #2
Hi Alan,

glorious is also the right term for your image 8O shocked grin
This must have been a lot of work, the result is just wonderfull!
Any chance to see the full sized version ?

Best wishes,
Oliver

http://www.astro-imaging.de/astro
Posted 10/21/2006 07:35AM #3
Aloha Alan

Great detail !
8O

Freddy
Posted 10/21/2006 07:42AM #4
That is awesome! You're one of the kings of High Res.
Posted 10/21/2006 11:09AM | Edited 10/21/2006 11:14AM #5
Posted 10/21/2006 02:24PM #6
This is the image of my dreams Alan, stunning!! 8O This image was well worth the wait and I hope you have more coming.

Regards,
Ed Roach
Posted 10/21/2006 03:19PM #7
Alan,

Very very nice indeed. It almost looks like you can touch and feel the depth (for me anyway). Out of curiosity, did you use a smoothing/noise command or program on the image?

-JW:
Posted 10/21/2006 04:06PM #8
Alan,

As many times as I have seen this crater imaged, I never tire of seeing it. This is a perfect example why...it is just beautiful!!

Thanks for posting it.
Paul Maxson

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Posted 10/21/2006 06:59PM #9
Hi -

I've updated my website with the new pictures - underneath this image you will find a link to the full resolution version:

http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/glorious_copernicus.html

thanks for looking,

Alan

Alan Friedman

http://www.avertedimagination.com