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Posts Made By: Paul Maxson

May 2, 2005 08:01 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

AR 756 in White light (May 1)

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

Well yesterday was very odd. I woke to thick, but high clouds. The sun barely showed. I wrote it off as a lost day for imaging AR756. Then about 10am local time the sun shown brighter than all day so far. I checked it out and sure enough it was about 50/50 clouds and clear. I figured, what the heck (and applauded myself for having a nice "Grab and Go" solar scope. I was setup in 5 minutes and AR756 showed nice and crisp. Getting the camera attached I could see some really, really good frames and some truly terrible frames. Well, that's what hand picking frames is all about, right?? I managed 4 avi's before it socked in again. All were pretty nice. I finally decided the linked image was the best of the lot, even after enlarging it by 10%. I actually think it may be the best solar image I have shot so far.

http://tinyurl.com/cedoh

Thanks!!
Paul Maxson
http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/index.htm

May 3, 2005 08:42 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: sunspot 756

Posted By Paul Maxson
Eric,

I saw again....outstanding!! grin

Paul Maxson

May 3, 2005 08:44 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter and Saturn from May 1, 2005

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

I have a couple of images of Jupiter, one is an animation. They show the passage of Europa's shadow on the clouds. One day I am hoping to get good seeing. Also is my last (likely) image of Saturn for this opposition. It's not as good as my best, but better than I thought it would be.

Jupiter

http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/Misc/Jupiter0501.gif

http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/Jupiter/2005/Jupiter050105cl-1-14.jpg

Saturn

http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/Saturn/Saturn050105cl-1.jpg

Clear skies!
Paul Maxson
http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/

May 5, 2005 07:39 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter May 2 and 3

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

My C925 is on it's way back to Celestron again to fix the seconday mirror coming loose. Hopefully this is covered by warranty since it is less than 2 yrs old and was at Celestron for similar repair 6 months ago. Anyway, here are links to 2 Jupiter images I made. The first was made just moments before the secondary came loose and was my best C925 Jupiter image this year....wouldn't it figure! The second image was made with my new primary scope until the C925 gets back, my Orion ED100. I am still amazed how well the ED series works on the planets!! These will be the type of planetary images I'll be producing for the next month or so.

http://tinyurl.com/ckvwh

http://tinyurl.com/bcxru

Clear skies!!
Paul Maxson

May 5, 2005 07:41 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: sunspot 756 May 5th, 2005

Posted By Paul Maxson
Eric,

Beautiful!!! I managed a couple of images today and should have them posted soon I hope. It will be fun to compare and see short term changes. Hopefully we'll get another like 756 again soon.

Paul

May 8, 2005 12:07 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter from May 4 and the Sun from May 5

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

The C925 is on it's way to Celestron and probably gone for 4-6 weeks. Luckily I have my Orion ED100 or I'd go nuts not being able to image. Here is a shot of Jupiter and 3 shots of the Sun. The first two solar images are of groups 756 and 758. The last image was shot with my Atik 0.5 reducer and Baader Solar Continuum green filter (as well as the Baader solar filter.) I am happily surprised how well it came out.

Thanks for looking.

http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/Jupiter/2005/Jupiter050405cl-4.jpg


Sun
http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/Solar/Sun050505-756-1.jpg
http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/Solar/Sun050505-758-4.jpg
http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/Solar/Sun050505full-6.jpg

Paul Maxson
http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/

May 8, 2005 08:37 PM Forum: Meade

What happened to....

Posted By Paul Maxson
Wht happened to the Meade 6 and 7" APO's? They are no longer on the Meade website and vendors don't show them in their product line? Were they not all that great?

Thanks!!
Paul Maxson

May 9, 2005 08:52 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

The Sun from May 6, 2005

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

I am trying to get caught up with my weekend imaging. This is what happens when we have lots of nice stuff in the sky and decent seeing. I am showing 3 images of the Sun here, one each of AR756 and 758 as well as a nearly full disk image. More to follow in the next few days, including some Jupiter with my ED100...

http://tinyurl.com/7mqbe (756)
http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/Solar/Sun050605-758-6.jpg (758)
http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/Solar/Sun050605-whole-2.jpg (Whole)

Thanks for looking!
Paul Maxson
http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/

May 10, 2005 02:50 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: Jupiter May 9th, 2005

Posted By Paul Maxson
Eric,

Beautiful!! I see what I am missing with my 9.25 back at Celestron....LOL!!

Thanks for posting!
Paul Maxson

May 10, 2005 03:34 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter May 5 and 6

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

Here are a couple of Jupiter images I have made with my ED100 Apo. These beg for more aperature, but I take what I can get. I need your opinion. On the first image below

http://tinyurl.com/clmzv

which image (A) or (B) looks better? The (A) image I extracted the Lum layer, sharpened it and recombined it back to the RGB (colour) layers. I then a mild unsharp mask and Median filter to clean noise. The (B) image was processed as one image.

Here is the May 6 (May 7UT) image:

http://tinyurl.com/al4x5

I think the ED100 (as well as the ED80) are very decent "Grab and Go" planetary scopes.

Thanks for looking!
Paul Maxson
http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~pmaxson/

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