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Posts Made By: Brian Maynard

June 14, 2005 07:51 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mewlon 250 First light

Posted By Brian Maynard
Finally after a month of waiting for the scope and then 2 weeks of cloudy nights, I tried some Jupiter images. I must say though, my seeing conditions and processing skills do not do this scope justice.

Mewlon 250 on an EM200
Toucam 840 with IR block
Meade 2x APO Barlow =(F/24, 6000mm FL)
Best 550 of 1000
Best AVI of four.

I think I need a UV blocker as well. Seems the blue didn't focus as well as the rest.

Brian

June 19, 2005 08:37 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

My first Pelican

Posted By Brian Maynard
Lots of time and effort went into this. Lots of dark, flats and bias frames. This is the first image that I used a reduction group in Maxim 4. Seems to look ok. Taking a tip from Thomas Davis by trying not to clip any data.
Takahashi FSQ106 on an EM 200 Temma 2 mount
Maxim 4 for image aqusition, reduction and combining
Curve and contrast adjustment in PS CS
Ha = 6x15min
10 darks median combined
30 flats and 20 Bias all median combined
The discussion we all had about tips tricks and comments definetly apply to this image. Feel free to tell me exactly what you think.

July 6, 2005 04:06 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Where's the RCX400's

Posted By Brian Maynard
Meade has been shipping these scopes for a few weeks now. I'm interested is seeing how they perform optically and mechanically. Anybody got one?

July 8, 2005 12:27 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

My M27

Posted By Brian Maynard
Thought I'd take a crack at it.

August 1, 2005 11:52 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Cacoon

Posted By Brian Maynard
I dont see a lot of this image and after trying myself I can see why. For my location is in a real polluted area of the sky. I think I got rid of most of the light pollution in the image.
Mewlon 250 @ f/8
St2000 HaLRGB all binned 2x2
cleaned up with Neat Image
I can't remember the exposures times but I have a few hours invested in it.
Thanks for lookin.

August 7, 2005 07:06 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars last night ( wrong image)

Posted By Brian Maynard
Posted the wrong image. Here is the one I wanted to post.
Logitech Quickcam
Mewlon 250 @ 15000 mm
IR block filter
500 frames aligned and stacked with K3CCD
processed with R/3 and PS CS
Seeing is alway bad where I live. Not sure why. Sometimes I wonder if I should keep such an expensive scope if the seeing is never more than mediocre.

August 17, 2005 06:25 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

MRZ

Posted By Brian Maynard
Well, it's no exploding star, I think it looks more like a potato. I'll post it anyway.

August 21, 2005 01:11 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Where can I find....

Posted By Brian Maynard
I can't find where to get the Pentax XP eyepiece for eyepiece projection imaging. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

August 28, 2005 06:26 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NGC7380

Posted By Brian Maynard
I thought this was an intresting target.
Mewlon 250 @f/8
ST2000XM Bin 2x2
6x12min HA
Aquired and combined SDMASK Maxim
Curves, contrast and sharpening PS CS
If it wasn't for HA imaging I'd have nothin.

September 4, 2005 07:00 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

My amazing Bubble...Thanks Steven

Posted By Brian Maynard
Yeah we've seen it. But I don't have one yet for my photo album.

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