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Posts Made By: Thomas V Davis

September 8, 2007 05:05 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Here's a rare one - vdB158

Posted By Thomas V Davis
This one is not often imaged, and I know why -- very faint. When I was processing this I thought I had a bad gradient but as I progressed I could see that what I thought was a gradient was actually a whole lot of "dust" clouds. The background looks bright but it's the dust. If I darken it much more I will be black clipping! I sort of like seeing all the dust anyway.

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_00001d.htm

Comments/criticisms welcome.

Best,
Tom

September 13, 2007 03:00 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

vdB14 and 15

Posted By Thomas V Davis
Keeping with my taste for very faint, obscure nebulae I imaged vdB14 and 15 over the last few nights. I thought I'd get these with more detail but I guess they are so faint that it will take a lot more exposure time to get better detail and color S/N. Never the less they are not imaged very often (and I know why) but this is what I came up with:

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_000025.htm

Comments and criticism welcome.

Tom

September 17, 2007 03:41 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

A fresh look at NGC1333

Posted By Thomas V Davis
I have always thought NGC1333 was a pretty cool looking object but I have never imaged it thinking my system has too short of a focal length. This object as seen through the eyes of an RC is very impressive. I thought I'd shoot it this past week to see what I got and guess what -- I got dust! It seems that almost everywhere I point my scope I get images of dust. There's NGC1333 as pretty as ever but surrounded by very faint clouds of dust.

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_000033.htm

The dust itself has some pretty interesting colors and details.

Comments and criticism welcome.

Best,
Tom

October 16, 2007 05:04 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

vdB27 area in Taurus

Posted By Thomas V Davis
I've never tried a mosaic before so I thought I'd try a two frame mosaic over some dusty regions in Taurus. This is the region of vdB27 and IC359. Once again, the background looks light but it is all dust!!! I need to work on it some more but I think this will do for now.

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_00002a.htm

Comments and criticisms welcome.

Best,
Tom


October 17, 2007 03:50 PM Forum: AstroMart FAQ

Can't find a registered Astromarter in User profil

Posted By Thomas V Davis
I received an Astromart e-mail response to one of ads but when I replied I get a transmission error saying that his e-mail address is not valid. When I go to check his Astromart user profile I can't find him. I've used various permutations of his first, last and email but no matches are found. Any ideas on what I can do?

Thanks,
Tom

November 10, 2007 09:56 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Another dark nebula - with a soft, chewy center!

Posted By Thomas V Davis
Here is IC2087 and Barnard 22 in Taurus. I find these dark nebulae to be very challenging to process. To bring out the details in the main dark cloud, the background has to be carefully lightened so to provide a base for some contrast. This, of course, brings out the more subtle clouds in the background whacking the traditional "dark sky" look. IC2087 is the small reflection nebula in the center.

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_00002b.htm

Comments/criticisms welcome.

Tom Davis
Inkom, ID

November 12, 2007 01:33 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

The Dancing Dolphin Nebula -- LDN1622

Posted By Thomas V Davis
Ok, this is not the official common name for this nebula (it doesn't have one), but to me it looks like two dolphins jumping (the larger has nose, dorsal fin, right and left flippers). The larger one has a ball (vdB62) balanced on its head. vdB63 is just "below" its right flipper.

I took this as part of my dark nebula series and was surprised at the detail in the nebula. The vdB objects were an added plus.

I hope you like it.

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_00002c.htm

Comments/criticisms welcome.

Tom Davis
Inkom, ID

December 31, 2007 07:52 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Re: Where Can I Locate a CCD Software Programmer

Posted By Thomas V Davis
You may want to contact Matt Thomas. He is very knowlegable and has written astroimaging/control software.

http://ccdcommander.astromatt.com/

Tom

March 8, 2008 07:04 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M51 - b/w bare bones wide field

Posted By Thomas V Davis
This winter has been brutal as far as cloud cover and snow. The good news is my well will probably produce for another year. The bad news is no imaging from mid November until March 5th when I took this very meager image.

Nothing fancy.... just 60 minutes of M51 through a clear filter.

I am hopeful to get more data...some day.

Tom

March 12, 2008 03:40 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Simple M81-82

Posted By Thomas V Davis
2 hours STL11k clear
Tom

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