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Posts Made By: Jim Thommes

November 19, 2009 04:20 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NGC1333

Posted By Jim Thommes
Jeff, Tyler,
Thanks for the comments.

November 27, 2009 06:05 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M82 half of mosaic

Posted By Jim Thommes
Looks real nice Jeff. Looking forward to see the completed project.

November 27, 2009 06:08 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M35 with AP130 F8.35

Posted By Jim Thommes
Well, picky, picky. I think its pretty nice. I realy like the colors.

I too prefer the less strectched image (sitting back and looking at it). The streched image is always usefull to pick out the finer details.

November 27, 2009 06:12 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Quick M38

Posted By Jim Thommes
Nice image Charlie. I like your expression "sort of for stamp collecting". I have some images that fall into that category and now I know how tro describe them.

November 29, 2009 10:20 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Observatory Update

Posted By Jim Thommes
Tyler,
Looing pretty good,but what's with those clouds?

December 7, 2009 01:56 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Tom Davis - one of 2009 competition winners

Posted By Jim Thommes
Congratulations Tom!

December 9, 2009 05:34 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

LBN 1022 - a nearby brightening taking place?

Posted By Jim Thommes
Thanks for the comments folks.

Tom, I tried to email Bo at CASA, but the email bounced as undeliverable. Is h no longer there?

December 11, 2009 04:54 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

LBN 1022 - a nearby brightening taking place?

Posted By Jim Thommes
Hi All,
Here is a follow up on the little nebula.....

I have been in correspondence with Bo Reipurth at the University of Hawaii. Part of what he said follows....

"I am cautiously optimistic that it is a new young eruptive variable, like an EXor or FUor. We will be doing some sampling observations at Mauna Kea to see if we can narrow it down any further. We are routinely doing monitoring observations of most of the star forming regions of the sky and I just checked and found that we have 12 images of this region, which I will download and examine."

He said he would keep in touch and let me know what they find out from their test observations.

December 20, 2009 03:53 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

How many are using OAG vs. Guide Scope?

Posted By Jim Thommes

Guide Scope. (I guess I'm pretty much a minority). I have never tried to autoguide with an OAG - I did some manual stuff way back when....

I think I would like to go back to an OAG, but I think I would want to do it with a system in front of the filters.

January 2, 2010 10:17 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Cederblad 214

Posted By Jim Thommes
Jim,
Nice Cederblad. I like #2 better. Seems that I get the full impact of the dta. For image #1 I have to turn my monitor gamma way up. Even then the clipping is still evident.

Boy, my posted images must look pretty bright and out of whack for you at home.


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