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Posts Made By: Alan Friedman

October 9, 2006 08:58 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

goblin prominence

Posted By Alan Friedman
I'm not sure anyone but me can see this spooky sprite so I've posted a helper image!

cheers- Alan

October 10, 2006 07:45 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

My first Saturn of the season

Posted By Alan Friedman
Nice first effort - with saturn at a higher elevation and good seeing your scope should produce some excellent images. Thanks for posting.

Alan

October 10, 2006 07:47 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Marius and Rima Marius

Posted By Alan Friedman
Hi Jim -

A nicely stitched mosaic and a great view of that long rille - welcome back Mr. Phillips!

Alan

October 11, 2006 06:03 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Prom animation

Posted By Alan Friedman
Hi Paul -

Wow - that must have taken a lot of work! The images are processed very well and the animation shows that this large prom was quite a stable formation, changing little over the period of your recording. Yours is a more accurate way to show a timeline of change than my movie, which uses only three images and shows more the range of motion over time than the full narrative.

One small suggestion - if you apply a mild gaussian blur to the occulting image over the bright sun it will ease that sharp edge.

best -
Alan


October 12, 2006 06:16 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Cauchy Domes

Posted By Alan Friedman
Hi Richard -

An excellent image - your processing brings out these subtle features beautifully!

best -
Alan

October 14, 2006 07:57 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Copernicus Hires

Posted By Alan Friedman
Hi Wes -

Fantastic image - your shots always manage to shed new light even on old favorites!

Once again I have a wonderful benchmark for a picture I am working on (I am just too slow!). We have been without power here since the recent storm and will probably be without until sometime next week (70% of the city of Buffalo is dark - fortunately my office has power) - the long dark nights should give me some time to get some work done on my laptop.

best wishes -
Alan


October 16, 2006 09:07 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Theophilus from raw stack till ....

Posted By Alan Friedman
Hi Richard -

The transformation when unsharp mask is applied to a lunar stack is a beautiful thing and even more so when the seeing was good. Your animation captures this well.

Your recent lunar images are stunning - congratulations on the good conditions!

Alan

October 17, 2006 04:48 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Lunar Northpole 2006.10.11

Posted By Alan Friedman
Hi Oliver -

That is a very beautiful image!

best -
Alan

October 18, 2006 01:15 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Arago

Posted By Alan Friedman
Hi Richard -

Arago is a very cool and unusual crater - you've made a great picture of it!

best -
Alan

October 21, 2006 06:59 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

glorious copernicus

Posted By Alan Friedman
Hi -

I've updated my website with the new pictures - underneath this image you will find a link to the full resolution version:

http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/glorious_copernicus.html

thanks for looking,

Alan

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