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Posts Made By: Mike Wirths

January 31, 2005 05:47 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

First light with my SAC4-II camera

Posted By Mike Wirths
Very nice pic Paul!! How do you like it compared to the TouCam?

--Mike W

February 1, 2005 05:19 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn--my best

Posted By Mike Wirths
Hers a version with less noise and better colour

February 3, 2005 02:19 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Another Saturn from the Northeastern U.S.

Posted By Mike Wirths
Ed, thats really a superb Saturn, great smooth processing!

-Mike Wirths

February 3, 2005 02:34 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Just ordered an Atik

Posted By Mike Wirths
Hi Paul,

I don't think you will regret it, thats the camera I use for my lunar imaging, like Damian said in another post its raw frames are much cleaner and it seems a bit more sensitive than the regular Toucam. I do wish sometimes though that it had a firewire or USB2 30fps framerate. My thinking is the bigger the stack is the more it will stand up to processing and be less noisy.
I wonder when one of the big CCD manufactuers will come up with a true quantum leap forward in video lunar/planetary imaging technology. Something along the lines of the Lumenera but better, are we that small a part of the astro imaging community? It seems we are being ignored except for a few small companies like Atik!! cwy

--cheers and good seeing

Mike Wirths

February 5, 2005 08:28 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Archimedes

Posted By Mike Wirths
Awesome resolution Wes!! Like Tom said its not often you get this many craterlets on the floor of Arch!
BTW great plan to get better sharpness, I certainly noticed with my last Saturn how one side of the image got sharper than the other depending where you placed the Reg curser! Certainly be a great leap forward to get some software that had multiple alignment points!!

best

Mike W

February 7, 2005 10:10 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

One of Those Nights

Posted By Mike Wirths
Jim, Jim, Jim, 28 degrees is t-shirt weather wink
Beautiful pic!! I like it!


--Mike W

February 10, 2005 03:11 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

AR720's comeback image from Sunday

Posted By Mike Wirths
Very sweet image Paul!

I really like the light coloured granular areas!
Be interesting to see how that area will develop in the next while!

cheers

Mike W

February 10, 2005 04:09 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Steady Viewing from Utah

Posted By Mike Wirths
Tyler,

Beautiful crisp detailed image of Saturn! Congrats!
Is'nt it much more fun and satifiying when the seeings good? Makes everything easier from focusing to processing!

great stuff

Mike W

February 15, 2005 11:04 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Lunar crater Lambert

Posted By Mike Wirths
Wow, the steep walls of Lambert reminded me of Manilus, but the really delicate ray ejecta blanket surrounding it is what caught my eye! Quite spectacular!

AWESOME

Mike W

February 17, 2005 02:39 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter 2/16 Boring Side but with Perfect Seeing

Posted By Mike Wirths
smile Hi Chris! Welcome to our forum, glad you're here! I think you will find lots of activity and enthusiasm!
So much for it being the boring side! Superb detail!

thanks for posting it!

Mike Wirths



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