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Posts Made By: Paul Maxson

May 3, 2008 02:56 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn April 14, 2008 with Storm!

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

I finally got in on the fun and captured an image of Saturn with the Storm.

http://www.sunspot51.com/Saturn/Saturn041308-LRGB.jpg

Paul Maxson

May 10, 2008 12:15 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars is getting smaller!

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

Here is a Mars from April 22 when it was 6" of arc. I'm still getting images and hope to image when Mars gets to about 5", but that will depend on how close to my house it is.

http://www.sunspot51.com/Mars/May-June07/2008-04-21-PWM.jpg

Paul

May 14, 2008 03:19 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn April 23, 2008

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

Here is Saturn from April 23. Seeing was very good, but no storms visible.

http://www.sunspot51.com/Saturn/Saturn042208-RRGB.jpg

Paul

May 17, 2008 11:41 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn April 26

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

Seeing wasn't good, it was windy, but the storm shows up nicely.

http://www.sunspot51.com/Saturn/Saturn042508-LRGB.jpg

Paul Maxson

May 22, 2008 06:03 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars and Saturn on May 20.

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

I took heed of the filters Bird is using for his Jupiter images and bought a set (Astrodon Series I, 2nd generation) and am impressed. Here are Mars and Saturn using those filters. The seeing was pretty bad, I was fighting 20mph winds and 100+ temps. The two things that stood out for me was that in each colour, especially blue and red, the images were noticeably brighter than the Astronomik filters I had been using. Also, when I combined the LRGB images, the colour balance was very close. I only needed to do some minor adjustments to get where I am now. Of course, since I got the filters the weather has not cooperated one bit. I mean, come on...snow in Arizona in late May! Good thing I didn't buy a new telescope or something like that!

http://www.sunspot51.com/Mars/May-June07/2008-05-19-PWM.jpg

http://www.sunspot51.com/Saturn/Saturn051908-LRGB.jpg

The Saturn image shows what has happened to the storms.

Paul

May 25, 2008 03:20 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn storms from May 4.

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

Here is Saturn from May 4. The storms are quite nicely visible.

http://www.sunspot51.com/Saturn/Saturn050308-LRGB.jpg

Paul Maxson

May 28, 2008 12:05 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

My first Jupiter of the year.

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

Here is my first Jupiter of the year. Only 35 degrees up here, so I'll take what I can get. The moon is Europa.

http://www.sunspot51.com/Jupiter/Jupiter052708-RRGB.jpg

Paul Maxson

May 28, 2008 11:25 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

My first Jupiter of the year - reprocessed

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

I reprocessed the Jupiter image I posted earlier using the tutorial given by David Pretorius and I think the results speak for themselves. One image doesn't tell the whole story, but so far the results are encouraging. Specifically I used his section with Astra Image and RGB combining. Thanks David!!

Old image:

http://www.sunspot51.com/Jupiter/Jupiter052708-RRGB.jpg

New Image:

http://www.sunspot51.com/Jupiter/Jupiter052708-RRGB-b.jpg

Paul Maxson

June 5, 2008 02:40 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn May 12, 2008

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

I'm working my way through my May Saturn images. This one shows the storms very nicely.

http://www.sunspot51.com/Saturn/Saturn051108-RGB.jpg

Paul

June 5, 2008 05:14 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Lunar mosaic

Posted By Paul Maxson
Hi all,

I found these images I shot back in May. I guess I intended to turn them into a mosaic, so I put them together and while the seeing wasn't fantastic, it turned out ok.

http://www.sunspot51.com/Moon/Moon-mosiac051208.jpg

Paul

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