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Posts Made By: Rick Krejci

June 3, 2003 02:34 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

New M63

Posted By Rick Krejci
Just finished an image of M63 using the SXV-H9 and a C11 mounted on a G11. No dark frames were used (not at all needed with the SXV). You can find the details and other images here:

http://www.ricksastro.com/SXV_H9.htm

Rick Krejci

June 8, 2003 05:34 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M101

Posted By Rick Krejci
Spent a load of time on this cool object, even with the half moon. As usual with the SXV, no darks needed.

M101 ( 6/07/03 )
SXV-H9,C11 @f6.3 on G11, Guided with STV
L:36x2 min, Astronomik Lum Filter, 2xbinned
RGB: Rsad8x2min Red + 8x2min Ha), G:8x2min, B:15x2min, all 2x binned

Rick Krejci
http://www.ricksastro.com/SXV_H9.htm

June 17, 2003 03:40 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Canon EOS 10D images

Posted By Rick Krejci
I just purchased the EOS 10D a few weeks ago and have had a couple of nights to put it through it's paces. So far, I'm quite impressed. For a comsumer camera (and CMOS to boot), it is very sensitive and very low noise. Here are a few of my initial images:

http://www.ricksastro.com/Gallery/htm/10D.htm

I did no dark frame subtraction for any of these. It's not going to beat many of the dedicated cooled astro CCDs, but it seems to be a great way to get sucked into this hobby.

With these initial tests out of the way, I'm ready to do some longer, deeper exposures to push the limits of the camera a little more. Let's hope the weather holds out.

Rick Krejci

August 4, 2003 05:45 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M16 in Ha with SXV-H9

Posted By Rick Krejci
Hey,
Was finally able to beat the monsoons and captured M16 in Ha.

I took 28 1 minute images with the SXV-H9 through an Astronomik Ha filter...details can be found here:

http://www.ricksastro.com/Gallery/htm/SXV_M16_c11.htm

Regards,

Rick Krejci

August 18, 2003 05:48 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars from 8/17/03 7:30UT

Posted By Rick Krejci
I finally had a nice, steady night last night to image Mars...I used a Toucam Pro, 7" MakNewt and a 5x Powermate. Took about 4 minutes worth and ran through the new Registax 2.0. I had also run it through the older version as well as K3CCDTools, but the new Registax was the easy winner. I post processed them in Photoshop, mostly using successive unsharp masking.

I also put a 2 image animated GIF on my web page here:
http://www.ricksastro.com/Planets.htm

Thanks for looking!

Rick Krejci

September 1, 2003 04:56 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars from 8/29/03

Posted By Rick Krejci
Well, the clouds broke here in AZ and, with a nice humid night, the seeing was pretty good. I decided to try my SXV-H9 rather than the Toucam...results look promising. For all the details and another shot from the same night, see my webpage here:

http://www.ricksastro.com/Gallery/htm/SXV_mars1.htm

Regards,

Rick Krejci

October 21, 2003 07:02 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

M31 with a 10D

Posted By Rick Krejci
Well, due to mount troubles, I've been quiet a while, but I was finally able to exercise my cameras this past weekend. Last night, I captured a little over an hour of M31 using my Tak Epsilon 160, which is a fast f3.3 Newtonian...perfectly matched for the 10D. I used ImagesPlus's newest and greatest features and must say it worked superbly...the adaptive dark frame subtraction made for a much more noise free final product. I did little noise suppression, really.

Anyway, the final version and more details are here:
http://www.ricksastro.com/Gallery/htm/10D_M31.htm

Comments/suggestions welcome.

Regards,

Rick Krejci

October 21, 2003 04:34 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M31 with a 10D and Epsilon160

Posted By Rick Krejci
Well, due to mount troubles, I've been quiet a while, but I was finally able to exercise my cameras this past weekend. Last night, I captured a little over an hour of M31 using my Tak Epsilon 160, which is a fast f3.3 Newtonian...perfectly matched for the 10D. I used ImagesPlus's newest and greatest features and must say it worked superbly...the adaptive dark frame subtraction made for a much more noise free final product. I did little noise suppression, really.

Anyway, the final version and more details are here:
http://www.ricksastro.com/Gallery/htm/10D_M31.htm

Comments/suggestions welcome.

Regards,

Rick Krejci

October 27, 2003 08:14 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Cocoon Nebula with Canon 10D

Posted By Rick Krejci
Had a nice night out tonight and was able to capture a lot of good
stuff.

I wanted to try the Cocoon Nebula, since it has an interesting mix of colors and dust lanes...and a bazillion stars.

I took 80 minutes worth of exposures through the Tak Epsilon at f3.3. Used ImagesPlus for about everything except the final curves adjusting and tweaks. I gave a go at flat fielding with a little success, although I had to crop this one a little. Anyway, here are the details and full resolution link:

http://www.ricksastro.com/Gallery/htm/10D_Cocoon.htm

Comments/suggestions welcomed.

Rick Krejci

November 20, 2003 06:36 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M45 with the Canon EOS 10D

Posted By Rick Krejci
Last night was a perfect night for imaging...cool, calm and crystal clear. I captured about 1.5 hours worth of exposures of M45 with the F3.3 6" Tak Epsilon. I was really surprised how deep the 10D was able to get!

Processing was really not too bad at all...the sky background was fairly smooth even when stretched severly.

For details and higher resolution images, check out my web page here:

http://www.ricksastro.com/Gallery/htm/10D_M45.htm

Rick

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