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November 19, 2005 06:09 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Rosette in Ha

Awesome shot Dan! Its amazing how large that object really is. Vince

November 20, 2005 04:05 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Hi Eric. I took your image into PS and adjusted curves and applied some moderate gaussian blur using the select color range tool as when stretching the image I noticed it becoming quite noisy. Lemme say that I think this object is difficult to image. Well it was for me anyway but of course I'm only a beginner imager. I got a few hours of data on it last month with similar results as yours. I think maybe since you are using a very narrow HA filter that it could use at least 6 hours of data to smooth out the noise. It also appears that either focus was a bit soft or the seeing was bad. Maybe try to get more data on it your next time out. I wouldnt be too discouraged about it. Vince

November 21, 2005 08:45 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

IC 1805 - Heart Nebula

Posted By Vincent Bert

great shot Jim, I really love the widefield stuff.

November 22, 2005 03:47 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Sun day

Posted By Vincent Bert

Whoa.....now thats is an awesome image. Vince

November 28, 2005 01:44 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M78 from Utah

Posted By Vincent Bert

very nice! Its amazing to me how I can get such different results from the same data when I reprocess just a few months later. All in the learning curve I guess.....Vince

November 28, 2005 01:45 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Flaming Star HA-RGB

Posted By Vincent Bert

thats very cool, I didnt realize there was any blue in that object. Nice.

December 10, 2005 07:12 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Horsehead and Flame

Posted By Vincent Bert

Thanks for the kind comments guys. The RGB processing is alot more challenging than I expected. Its interesting that if you stare at an image with messed up color long enough, it starts to look good to your eye. Then you walk away from the screen and when you come back....WHOA! how did it get that messed up?? 8O

December 15, 2005 09:04 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky