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Posts Made By: Derrick Lipinski

March 31, 2004 03:19 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Five Planets in One Hour

Posted By Derrick Lipinski
Excellent work Joe. We all know what a time effort is involved in such an endeavor... I's not easy to pull it off.

Derrick.

April 10, 2004 03:52 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Apollo 11 Landing Site

Posted By Derrick Lipinski
A truly spectacular image Jim.

Very clear! Much better than the last image.

Derrick.


April 10, 2004 04:21 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

toucam vsersus LPI versus digital cameras

Posted By Derrick Lipinski
Hi Greg.

Ivan speaks words of wisdom.

I also have an LX90 (beautiful little scope). I also have a ToUcam as well as an LPI. I bought the LPI for comparison and to use as an autoguiding tool. My own humble experience with planetary imaging with a ToUcam has been successful and promising. Unfortunately, I can't quite say I have been overly impressed with the LPI. To date, I much prefer the little ToUcam for planetary work. A ToUcam, however, will not perform overly well for deep sky objects (even if modified). This depends, of course, on you opinion of "quality".

Deep sky obects, however, you will still need a good CCD. You shouldn't have to spend $10,000 though. the Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 or SBIG ST2000 are excellent choices for $3,000 to $4,000. Even better yet, the Canon 10D is quite popular among astrophotographers and is proving to be a very capable DSO CCD with a large (35mm) sensor, and it's only about $1500 for the body.

I think you'll have difficulty in finding a best "all around" camera. You will likely require two different set-ups: one for deep sky, the other for planetary.

Derrick.

April 10, 2004 07:04 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter 04/08/04

Posted By Derrick Lipinski
Excellent detail in that image, regardless of conditions.

Great job Wes.

Derrick.

April 16, 2004 02:57 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter 04.15.2004

Posted By Derrick Lipinski
Excellent image Jose. Lots of detail.

Derrick.

April 16, 2004 02:59 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter & Saturn 04/15/04

Posted By Derrick Lipinski
They both worked out quite nicely Ivan. The Cassini division is nice and consistent throughout.

Derrick.

April 16, 2004 10:20 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Sony F717 or not?

Posted By Derrick Lipinski
Emanuele, if it is within your budget, the Canon 10D appears to be one of the digital SLR's of choice for astrophotography.

Derrick

April 22, 2004 02:24 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter from Raiatea Island (french polynesia)

Posted By Derrick Lipinski
Fantastic images Leroi.

Derrick

April 22, 2004 08:36 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter 4/17/04

Posted By Derrick Lipinski
Hi David.

Looks to me that the problem may be in the image aqcuisition (i.e. poor seeing, focus, etc.). Post processing with Photoshop, etc. can only do so much. In fact, the very best images need very little processing. As Mike queried, We may need a little bit more information regarding the equipment used and the conditions influencing how the image was aqcuired. That would be a good start.

Derrick.

April 23, 2004 12:28 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M3 ST7E

Posted By Derrick Lipinski
Beautiful image Stefano. Excellent focus and exposure!
Well done!

Derrick.

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