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Posts Made By: Edward Roach

November 13, 2005 10:43 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

My latest Mars

Posted By Edward Roach
Hi everyone,

Here is Mars under good seeing taken last night. I'm having a lot of trouble getting the same color from image to image, but I like the result of this one.

Meade LX90 8" SCT @ f/57.5(5x Powermate), ToUcam 840 w/IR block Filter, Seeing 4-6/10, Transparency 3/5, Frames= 1166/2300 @ 10 fps, 1/33 sec. shutter speed, taken 3:24 UT on November 13, 2005.

Thanks,
Ed Roach



November 17, 2005 03:20 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn November 13, 2005

Posted By Edward Roach
Hi all,

Here is Saturn the morning after my latest Mars image. The seeing was not as good as it was for Mars, but good enough to get a decent image.

Meade LX90 8" SCT @ f/35, ToUcam 840 w/IR block filter, seeing 3-4/10, transparency 3/5, frames= 565/2300 @ 10fps, 9:54 UT.

Thanks,
Ed Roach

November 18, 2005 02:55 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: A view over Petavius - lunar image

Posted By Edward Roach
A very fine image Robert with nice processing.

Regards,
Ed Roach

November 18, 2005 02:59 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Gassendi November 12, 2005

Posted By Edward Roach
Hi all,

Here is Gassendi taken under average seeing this past week.

Meade LX90 8" SCT @ f/25, ToUcam 840 w/IR pass filter, seeing 4-5/10, frames= 300/1200 @ 10fps, 2:14 UT on 11-13-2005.

Thanks,
Ed Roach

December 25, 2005 02:17 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Christmas Saturn

Posted By Edward Roach
Hi all,

It's been a long time since I've been able to image, 43 days to be exact. sad I originally went out to try to image Santa and his reindeer, but decided to go for Saturn instead. grin

Meade LX90 8" SCT @ f/35, ToUcam 840 w/IR block filter, Seeing 5-6/10, Transparency 3/5, Frames= 1400/4600 @ 10fps, resized 110%.

Regards,
Ed Roach

December 28, 2005 07:41 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Forgotten Mars

Posted By Edward Roach
Hi all,

I've been going through all my unprocessed avi's and ran into this one which I guess I didn't think much of at first, but now looking at it I can't imaging why?

Meade LX90 8" SCT @ f/46, ToUcam 840, Seeing ?, Frames= 540/2300 @ 10fps, Taken November 6, 2005 at 4:00 UT, Resized 120%.

Thanks,
Ed Roach

January 8, 2006 09:38 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn January 8, 2006

Posted By Edward Roach
Hi everyone,

Here is Saturn from last night under fair to poor seeing. I included an IR luminance to a color image to improve the image.
Meade 8" LX90 SCT @ f/35, ToUcam 840, Seeing 3-5/10, Frames= 1718/2300(IR pass)& 700/2300(IR block) @ 10fps.

Thanks,
Ed Roach

January 17, 2006 01:02 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

DMK cameras

Posted By Edward Roach
Hi all,

I recently tried to order a DMK 21BF04 camera from The Imaging Source. I was told they have stopped shipping them because of problems with the capacitors. Is anyone aware of what this problem is? I'm also going to check if the DMK 21F04 is in stock, would this camera be a viable alternative for me or should I wait to see if the problem with the 21BF04's can be rectified?

Thanks,
Ed Roach

January 24, 2006 02:07 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

IC Capture help

Posted By Edward Roach
Hi all,

I just recieved my DMK 21AF04 camera from The Imaging Source. I've been fooling around with it and can see it will take me a little while to get used to IC Capture 2.0(I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to software :S ).
I tried saving a test avi with the Y800 codec that Chris Go suggested but neither Registax or Virtualdub will accept it. Can anyone tell me the best way to capture and process with this software, or direct me to a good Imaging for Dummies book. smile Also can I just use K3CCD Tools if I'm going to use 15fps or less? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ed Roach

February 21, 2006 11:38 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn February 20, 2006

Posted By Edward Roach
Hi all,

With only 1 good night in the last 3 months, I went out to image even though the conditions were only forcast to be average. Luckily there were moments of decent seeing and my DMK 21AF04 finally got to see first light. I still have a lot to learn about this new camera, but I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy the learning curve. grin

I took the luminance portion of the image with the DMK. I got an unfiltered luminance image and an IR pass image and combined them. This image was combined with the RGB image I took with my ToUcam 840. All in all I am extremely happy with the DMK. I can't wait to give the Moon atry with it. grin

Meade LX90 8" SCT @ f/35, 4500 frames total, seeing 3-5/10, taken 4:14UT on 2-21-2006.

Thanks,
Ed Roach

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