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Posts Made By: Michael O'Connor

February 25, 2008 08:54 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

The Tadpoles in Ha

Posted By Michael O'Connor
I have been away from the board for too long! The weather in my area has been simply miserable this winter. The last time I had the roof off of my observatory was on December 12th. This past weekend we had two clear nights in a row which I made sure to take advantage of. Attached is a two hour image of NGC 1893 and IC 410 which I took last night with a Takahashi TOA 130, MI-250, SBIG STL-11000, and Astrodon Trubalance 6nm Ha filter (12x10 min.). Acquired and processed in MaximDL/CCD 4 and Photoshop CS3. A full res version can be viewed at http://www.orbitjetobservatory.com/astroimages/NGC1893_large.jpg

Regards,
Mike O'Connor

April 14, 2008 10:17 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M81, M82 and NGC 3077 widefield

Posted By Michael O'Connor
Hi Guys, the weatherman is claiming we're going to have several clear nights in a row. I had a bit of a backlog to clear before collecting anything new so I thought I would share a few images that I have recently made. This is 60 minutes of luminance data of M81, M82 and NGC 3077. I plan to add color data to it ASAP.
Takahashi TOA-130, STL-11000. 5 min. x 12. Aligned, combined and processed in MaximDL/CCD 4 and Photoshop CS3. Data acquisition via CCDAutopilot 3.

Thanks for looking,
Mike O'Connor

April 14, 2008 10:20 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M97 and M108 widefield

Posted By Michael O'Connor
This is the second of three widefield galaxy images images I wanted to share. Takahashi TOA 130, STL-11000, MI-250, Astrodon Trubalance LRGB (60:15:15:15) color binned 2x2. Aligned and combined in Maxim DL/CCD4. Processed in Photoshop CS3.

Thanks for looking,
Mike O'Connor

April 14, 2008 10:21 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Widefield Leo Trio

Posted By Michael O'Connor
This is the third of three widefield galaxy images that I wanted to share. Takahashi TOA-130, STL-11000. LRGB (75:20:20:20). Color binned 2x2. Aligned, combined and processed in MaximDL/CCD 4 and Photoshop CS3. Data acquisition via CCDAutopilot 3.

Thanks again for looking!
Mike O'Connor

February 27, 2008 01:58 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M35+NGC2158

Posted By Michael O'Connor
Beautiful Dietmar! I always love seeing these two clusters in the same FOV.

Best,
Mike O'Connor

April 2, 2008 02:09 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Last nights image

Posted By Michael O'Connor
Very nice Floyd. Your imaging has really taken a quantum leap forward over the last year or so. Are you using an STL-11000? I am looking at your image on a very bright laptop screen. One thing that I notice is a fairly significant light pollution gradient. Green in the lower left progressing to magenta in the upper right. You might want to give Russ Croman's Gradient Xterminator a try. It works really well at getting rid of those pesky nuisances and is very reasonably priced. I believe he offers a 30 day free trial. Be sure to check out the short tutorial as well. It will get you up and running in no time.

Best,
Mike O'Connor

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