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Posts Made By: Ron Wodaski

July 29, 2003 09:11 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Deep Trifid Nebula, color

Posted By Ron Wodaski
I did the final testing of the control software for the remote telescope in Chile tonight, and managed to grab a 20-image sequence of the Trifid. Individual exposures were just 30 seconds, but the system has a reducer and operates at about f/7 so the end result has really good S/N. Taken with AP7p camera on C14, Paramount GT1100s, using f/6.3 reducer.

Color is from some older images of the Trifid taken with my former refractor (FCT-150). The depth of the luminance image allowed me to really push the brightness in the dim zones, yielding some subtle and interesting colors one often does not see in this nebula.

Sharpening is all unsharp masking; I'm going to try some deconvolution because of the great S/N.

Ron Wodaski

July 30, 2003 09:45 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

NGC 346

Posted By Ron Wodaski
This is an open cluster with nebuolosity in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Taken with the AP7p/C14/Paramount GT1100s at Las Campanas, Chile. Twenty 30-second luminance exposures.

For more information about the TIE (Telescopes in Education) program, please see:

http://tie.jpl.nasa.gov/tie/

Ron Wodaski

July 30, 2003 09:50 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Eagle Nebula from Chile

Posted By Ron Wodaski
This was taken with the TIE telescope in Chile. twenty 30-second images combined.

Ron Wodaski

July 30, 2003 10:05 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M13 in color

Posted By Ron Wodaski
This was taken in New Mexico (I'm getting to quite a globe trotter from my desk in Seattle!) with the C14, ST-1001E, and Paramount ME. Three 5-minute luminance plus two sets of 6:10:12 unbinned RGB.

Reduced to 80%.

Ron Wodaski

July 30, 2003 10:22 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Cocoon Nebula, test exposure

Posted By Ron Wodaski
I've been struggling the last few nights to get a good TPoint model, and was frustrated by annoying equipment glitches. TheSky and the mount lost track of each other halfway through the TPoint run on Monday night, so I had to do it again tonight. Things went flawlessly (though I had less time than I wanted, and went with 3x3 binning for the first time - results were actually quite good with 3x3).

To test the TPoint model, I took at 15-minute exposure of the Cocoon to see if I would get any trailing. This exposure looks pretty darn good, so I'm finally satisfied with my TPoint model. For those who are not familiar with TPoint, it's a statistical package that works with TheSky for improving pointing accuracy of your telescope (and, in the case of my Paramount, it also is used to improve tracking).

Ron Wodaski

July 30, 2003 10:48 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Cocoon nebula, color

Posted By Ron Wodaski
I took several more exposures of the Cocoon to try different TPoint settings, so I combined them afterwards and added in some color from over a year ago with the FCT-150 refractor.

A sum of three images: two at 15-minutes; one at 5 minutes.

Ron Wodaski

December 31, 2007 10:01 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Re: Where Can I Locate a CCD Software Programmer

Posted By Ron Wodaski
I've written such software for years now. Please contact me privately:

ron at wodaski dot com

Ron Wodaski

September 14, 2002 06:01 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Got Broadband? You'll need it....:-)

Posted By Ron Wodaski
Awesome image, Jeff. Congratulations on a work of art!

Ron Wodaski
author of "The New CCD Astronomy"
http://www.newastro.com

September 16, 2002 06:27 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

New Image: M31 LRGB

Posted By Ron Wodaski
Great start - the dim outer areas will certainly benefit from that extra exposure time you are planning. But the image, as is, is already very nice.

Ron Wodaski
author of "The New CCD Astronomy"
http://www.newastro.com

September 16, 2002 06:35 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M33

Posted By Ron Wodaski
That's pretty nice for a fast achromat. You ought to get some very nice results with filters.

Ron Wodaski
author of "The New CCD Astronomy"
http://www.newastro.com

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