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Posts Made By: Peter Morrison

December 19, 2005 06:21 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Moon & Mars from December 11

Posted By Peter Morrison
Stefan's wonderful image inspired me to post my own from that day. We also had a nice ring here, but it was too large for my camera to capture, so I tried to find an exposure setting that would capture both objects without washing out the Moon. This was shot through light cloud, so there is some haze. My focus was not quite right which caused the color fringe. Levels were applied selectively to the Moon to increase contrast and reduce it's overall brightness.

Details:
Optics - TV-85, 22mm Nagler T4
Mount - Bogen 475 Tripod/410 Head
Camera - Olympus Camedia C-4000
Crop, resize, levels, orient in MS Digital Image Suite

Thanks,
Peter

January 20, 2006 12:14 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn - January 18, 2006

Posted By Peter Morrison
Here is my latest attempt at Saturn with the ToUCam. Seeing was average to good. I used a very light touch with wavelets because my AVI was a little under-exposed. The image would get grainy, just when things started to look sharp - Doh!. I will figure this out eventually.

Details:
10" SCT, 2x Barlow, Alt/Az
Philips ToUcam Pro II
1/33second, 10fps, 180 second AVI, Approx 1000/1800 frames
Align, optimize, stack and wavelet processing in Registax.
Crop, and tint in MS Digital Image Suite (forgot to add the UV/IR filter)

April 8, 2006 07:49 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn - 04/06/2006

Posted By Peter Morrison
Here is my first image since January.

Details:
10" SCT, 3x TeleXtender, UV/IR block
Philips ToUcam Pro II
1/25s, 180s @ 10fps

April 8, 2006 10:41 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter - 04/07/2006

Posted By Peter Morrison
My first Jupiter with the ToUcam. Taken at about 2am from San Diego. Jupiter was at about 40 degrees altitude, but only a few degrees above the neighbors house. At one point it dimmed as it passed over the corner. I will pick a better place to image next time.

Detail:
10" SCT, 2x Barlow, UV/IR block, Alt/Az
Philips ToUCam Pro II
1/25s 120s @ 10fps
Registax & MS digital image suite

June 21, 2006 04:40 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter Red Spots from May

Posted By Peter Morrison
Here is a series from May 20. I could not get the detail I wanted using the original image scale, so reduced to 50%.

My eyeglass prescription has expired so I might have taken the processing a little too far. Comments welcome.

Details:
10" LX200 GPS, Alt/Az, 2x Barlow (about f/25)
Philips ToUCam Pro II
Processed using Registax and MS Digital Image Suite
Various exposure/camera settings, 400-600 frames (too much messing around with settings - doh!).

February 13, 2008 07:33 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars from 02/09/2008

Posted By Peter Morrison
My first Mars image this season.

Details:
02/09/2008 - Mt. Laguna CA.
Philips ToUcam Pro II, 1/33s, 10fps
10" Meade LX200 GPS, Alt/Az
3x Meade TeleXtender
600/1200 frames (approx)

Align, stack in Registax 4. Wavelet processing in ImagesPlus 2.82. Crop, orient and final tweaks in MS digital image suite.

Thanks for looking.

Peter

May 9, 2008 01:15 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Omega Centauri

Posted By Peter Morrison
Shot from Mt. Laguna in southern CA.

Equipment:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Losmandy GM8 (Non-Gemini, Unguided)
Camera - Canon 350D
Exposure - 26x30 second @ ISO 800
Capture/Processing - ImagesPlus 2.82

June 2, 2008 08:18 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

M8 & M20

Posted By Peter Morrison
Lagoon and Trifid

Imaged at Tierra Del Sol (SDAA club site) on 06/01/2008

Equipment & Processing:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Losmandy GM8 (Non-Gemini, Unguided)
Camera - Canon 350D
Exposure - 65x60 second @ ISO 800
Capture/Processing - ImagesPlus 3.5

June 12, 2008 11:57 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Widefield M27

Posted By Peter Morrison
A wide field Dumbell nebula (~2.5 degrees) from Mt. Laguna.

Equipment:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Losmandy GM8
Camera - Canon 350D

Exposure Information:
18x60s @ ISO 800

June 16, 2008 05:55 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Another M13

Posted By Peter Morrison
I picked up an Orion StarShoot Autoguider yesterday and was eager to test it. I shot this from my back yard under a three quarter moon. This is my first ever guided shot. All parameters for the guider except exposure were set to default so there a few tweaks might improve things a little.

Does anyone have any recomendation as to which guide speed to set my GM8 to (stepper version, non-goto)?

Equipment:
Optics - TV-85, TV 0.8x focal reducer
Mount - Losmandy GM8
Camera - Canon 350D (unmodified)
Guiding - Orion StarShoot Autoguider/PHD/William Optics ZenithStar 66 SD

Exposure Information:
7x180s @ ISO 800

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