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Posts Made By: Gianluca Valentini

May 19, 2005 01:24 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Neat Image and planetary shots: HELP!

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello everyone,

I thought I had seen somebody who posted recently a planetary shot that had been processed for noise also with Neat Image. Since I am now beginning to use this software (only demo version, for now) I would like to know if anyone can help me on the main guidelines for processing shots of planets. I've seen what it can do on deep sky images and would love to apply it also to my planets' shots.

Thanks for any help.

Ciao
Luca

May 29, 2005 01:17 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter with surgery's aftermath!

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello everyone,
had to take a little break to go through a minor surgery (but an extremely painful one). Friday to celebrate the removal of the stitches I shot some avis (still with crutches).

These is the first result: seeing was OK for my standards, but I wasn't exactly hopping around and had some difficulty enduring the focusing session. The results aren't great, but I'm back for good grin

Celestron 11" @F30 on AP1200GTO
Lumenera LU075C with Baader IRcut @15fps
1200/1800 unsharp and wavelet in Iris 4.37
May 27th '05 UTC 20:04

Ciao guys

Luca

June 2, 2005 12:38 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: A Blue Jupiter

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello Damian,
Paolo told me I was to expect a great group of images as a result of your trip to your holy place smile
I was not expecting this anyway 8O 8O 8O . Very beautiful and, as you point out, equally uncommon image of Jupiter. Thanks for posting it.
Would you be so kind to tell me the framerate you used and the number of images stacked.
I'll be eagerly awaiting for the rest of the images grin

Ciao Damian.

Luca

June 7, 2005 04:12 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter in the daytime

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello guys,

after a while with crappy seeing, yesterday I decided to check what I've read a few days ago, i.e. that seeing is sometimes at its best right before sunset.
Well I've tried and it was actually the best seeing conditions I saw in days grin
So, after a little time to cope with filming with a blue sky, I came up with this picture which isn't great, but it's peculiar since it was really obtained in daylight.

Data are on the picture.

Ciao guys.

Luca

June 7, 2005 04:14 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter in the daytime

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello guys,

after a while with crappy seeing, yesterday I decided to check what I've read a few days ago, i.e. that seeing is sometimes at its best right before sunset.
Well I've tried and it was actually the best seeing conditions I saw in days grin To confirm what I was reading, right after sunset the seeing deteriorated very fast and by 10pm Jupiter was nothing but a fuzzy brownish marble :C
So, after a little time to cope with filming with a blue sky, I came up with this picture which isn't great, but it's peculiar since it was really obtained in daylight.

Data are on the picture.

Ciao guys.

Luca

June 15, 2005 09:26 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: A not so boring side...

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Well Damian, you certainly have a way with boring sides! 8O 8O

It is by far one of the best images I've seen so far. The amount of detail is outstanding: it must have been a real paradise 8)

Ciao Damian

Luca

July 16, 2005 03:09 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

1st light Solarmax 90

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello guys,

I finally was able to try out the Coronado 90mm filter grin

My imaging and processing abilities leave something to be desired, but I wanted to share the 1st almost decent result of the batch of movies I took yesterday.
This image was processed in Iris which has some very interesting features dedicated to solar image processing.
Tomorrow Paolo will come to visit and show me how it's really done 8)

Needless to say, comments and tips are welcome: it is my 1st attempt at solar imaging smile

Data:

Takahashi 102 with Solarmax 90mm @ F20
AP1200 GTO
Lumenera LU075 at 41 fps (ROI)
1000/1500 stacked and processed in Iris.


PS I was also experimenting for the 1st time the brand new feature of Streampix, i.e. the FIT export (works only if you use Iris though sad ).

July 17, 2005 12:37 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Still testing: moon

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello guys,

still testing a Streampix beta and was testing also the R+IRpass filter.

I apologize for my ignorance, but I don't know which crater I imaged :S (Now I do: Ptolemaus. THANKS WES AND PAOLO)


However unknown to me, this is my best lunar shot so far! 8)

Image data:

Celestron 11" @ F30
AP1200 GTO
Lumenera LU 075C R+IRpass filter
800/1500 @ 30fps aligned and stacked in Registax


Ciao
Luca 8)

July 17, 2005 07:16 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Trying the sun once more!

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Following Alan's advice I manually aligned this one. Alas, my processing sucks so I find it easier to show it in B&W. :C

IMAGE DATA

Tak 102 with Solarmax 90 @F24 (Barlow Zeiss 3x)
Lumenera LU075C @ 30fps
250/1500 manually aligned in Registax and processed in Iris

Ciao guys

July 21, 2005 11:03 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Sun once more: RGB this time!

Posted By Gianluca Valentini
Hello all,

I'm on vacation and still processing a bunch of avis I took over 2 days.

This image was taken Sunday: Paolo was with me and a great help in identifying interesting stuff and in suggesting the camera settings for the different events we were filming. I must also thank Alan for teaching me how to apply the dark disk in PS.
However, neither Paolo nor Alan can be held responsible for what I'll post smile

IMAGE DATA:

Tak 102 FS+Coronado 90mm at f/25
Lumenera LU075C at 30fps
572/1500 manually selected and stacked in Registax
Processed for levels and black disk in PS

Ciao all

Luca 8)


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