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Posts Made By: Mike Clemens

September 3, 2009 04:50 AM Forum: Astro-Physics

NGC7331

Posted By Mike Clemens

love it

September 12, 2009 09:47 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

IC 1396b ha

Posted By Mike Clemens

Dramatic. This thing is like the famous Hubble pillars in M16 portrayed like this.

September 27, 2009 11:08 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

fireworks again, diff processing

Posted By Mike Clemens

here is this object now up to 6.8 hrs exp

September 30, 2009 04:50 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

November 13, 2009 10:09 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

M45 with Tak Baby-Q

Posted By Mike Clemens

Gorgeous, thanks for posting.

April 9, 2010 08:39 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

M 63

Posted By Mike Clemens

Thats a really nice M63!

April 24, 2010 06:13 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Is a light box needed for good flats?

Posted By Mike Clemens

Flats CAN be ultra-critical. Depends on vignetting, dust artifacts on your eqpt etc. The purpose of a flat (correct me if I am wrong) is to make all pixels on your sensor have equal sensitivity. You should see my flats (attached)... my sensor looks like hell !! Calibrating with flats makes my results look a lot better.

When I had an ultra clean little ST237 sensor, it barely had any defects or vignetting. I never flat fielded. This flat is for my APS-C size sensor.

May 7, 2010 03:52 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M51 Luminance - Nocturne Observatory

Posted By Mike Clemens

This is awesome. That is my dream camera as a galaxy hunter with the TEC200.

August 23, 2010 12:57 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

Mounting a DSLR to a dovetail ?????

Posted By Mike Clemens

Use a Losmandy DA for attaching a DSLR to Losmandy dovetail bars.

September 13, 2010 12:59 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

M 27

Posted By Mike Clemens

That is really nice!