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Posts Made By: Paul Maxson

September 14, 2005 03:26 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars September 10, 2005

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

Mars shot on September 10, 2005. Seeing was a bit better than Sept 9.

http://tinyurl.com/ddr2f

Paul Maxson

September 14, 2005 04:49 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: Mars Sept 13th UT - LU075C

Posted By Paul Maxson
Robert,

Very nice! It looks like you are getting the hang of the Lum camera. I am beginning to see it's good points also. I like the save settings feature which almost makes it easy to reproduce settings. As soon as Streampix fixes more of the bugs, it will really help.

Paul Maxson

September 15, 2005 12:42 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars September 11

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

Another image of Mars shot on Sept 11.

http://tinyurl.com/a357d

Paul Maxson

September 18, 2005 01:43 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars September 15 (shot with the Lum)

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

A fairly decent set of images of Mars from September 15.

http://tinyurl.com/a4hov

Paul Maxson

September 19, 2005 09:06 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars September 16, 2005

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

Mars from September 16. It turned out better than I thought it would. I am finding that the Lumenera camera is outperforming the Toucam lately.

http://tinyurl.com/7hc4e

Paul Maxson

September 19, 2005 09:22 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Sunspot group AR 808

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

Following the Mars shot, here is Sunspot group AR808 from the same day.

http://tinyurl.com/dy92t

Paul Maxson

September 21, 2005 02:07 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars Sept 17, 2005

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

Another Mars. Again, the conditions improved as my session went along.

http://tinyurl.com/cyrvf

Paul Maxson

September 21, 2005 09:01 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: I think I got one in.

Posted By Paul Maxson
Brian,

That is a nice set of images. First, the colour looks nice. I look at the SPC and it is almost pure white. That is a good sign the colours are close. You have a nice image scale, detail jumps out. How much time do you put into focusing? I find with my Mewlon 250 the image almost snaps into focus unlike the Celestrons I have owned.

One thing I have done is to get away from using the monitor attached to the laptops. When I was using a laptop, I bought a good 15" crt monitor and run it in tandem with the laptop. I feel the colours are truer and I can focus tighter. Now I use a tower and the same 15" crt monitor. It requires a little more cart to hold everything, but I like the results better.

Good luck and keep them coming!!
Paul Maxson

September 22, 2005 02:00 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars September 18, 2005

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

Here is the last image of my 4 observing run, just in time for the next 4 day run. smile

http://tinyurl.com/74djb

Paul Maxson

September 25, 2005 12:51 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars September 22, 2005

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

Here are my images from September 22. I think they are my best Mars images yet. I am using the Lumenera almost exclusively for Mars now. I'm not sure about the excess of green in the image. Seems I get a signficant green reading in the Lum even when it is totally covered and the green gain set to it's lowest value. We'll have to see how that pans out.

http://tinyurl.com/e3an4

Paul Maxson

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