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General Category / Astronomy & Space / Re: My First images of Jupiter RGB
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on: July 17, 2009, 02:22:36 am
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Top class planetary imaging Carl, the disk of Jupiter looks massive with that set-up!. At this rate you will be giving Damien Peach a run for his money!. Thanks for sharing them with us. Thanks Martin, I don't think good old Damien has much to worry about
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General Category / Astronomy & Space / Re: My First images of Jupiter RGB
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on: July 16, 2009, 07:33:36 pm
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That looks impressive Carl, keep it up! I could not find the details however, they are not visible to my browser. Hi Dennis, Thanks for the comments. For some reason the details are not showing up on the new site. I will look into it and get back to you. Carl
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General Category / Astronomy & Space / Daytime Planets And Stars
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on: June 24, 2009, 12:02:29 pm
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Hi All
I was just out having a look at some daytime planets @ 09.15 on the 24th of June 2009. The Sun was 34 deg's altitude at the time
Mercury. Was very interesting to look at in the scope, altitude was 44 deg's disc illumination is 62% apparent magnitude was around -0.37 angular size is 6.5 arcseconds
Venus. Was very easy to find with the scope. Altitude was 49 deg's disc illumination is now 59% apparent magnitude is -4.18, angular size is around 20 arcseconds.
Mars. It was fantastic to view this planet in the daytime I could see the different shades of colour from rusty red to the darker shades of colour. Altitude was 51 deg's disc illumination is now 93% apparent magnitude 1.13 angular size is around 4.9 arcseconds
I also had a look for M45 Pleiades they where not visible at all . On an up note Aldebaran was visible along with some of the brighter stars.
I would say to anyone with a goto scope to give this a try. All you do is go solar system align - select Venus - canter Venus is the eyepeace and away you go.
PLEASE remember do NOT look at the SUN with a telescope. At the time of writing this the angular separation of the Sun And Venus was 44deg's
Carl O'Beirnes, J09 Balbriggan Observatory.
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General Category / Astronomy & Space / Re: Mars Seen in Daylight
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on: June 24, 2009, 11:58:52 am
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Utterly incredible Carl & many congratulations. You don't have one of those bionic eyes that they gave to The Six Million Dollar Man in the 1970's TV series? No Just the help of a 14" OTA. Thanks for the comments Lads. Carl.
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General Category / Astronomy & Space / Mars Seen in Daylight
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on: June 23, 2009, 03:48:25 pm
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Hi All
Wow I had a very interesting day out at the scope Just saw Mars @ 14.00 23rd June 2009 The Sun was 59 deg up It doesn't get higher than that all summer. Anyway apparent magnitude is 1.13 , angular size is 4.9 arcseconds . I also had a look at Venus disc illumination is around 58% apparent magnitude is -4.18, angular size is around 20 arcseconds.
Carl O'Beirnes, J09 Balbriggan, Observatory.
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General Category / Astronomy & Space / Re: Jupiter 16 June
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on: June 16, 2009, 08:40:33 pm
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Wow lads some great image detail is very good and they are very well processed. I got myself a new 14" CGE for a run around for imaging the planets Jupiter does not get above my house so I have to head of to image it But well done again lads.
Carl
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General Category / Astronomy & Space / Re: Carl O' Beirnes Gets His Observatory Code
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on: May 10, 2009, 08:58:17 pm
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Hi all,
Sorry for the late reply I was at my mothers house helping her with the back garden today. But I'm absolutely delighted with the news. I sent off my observations about 4 weeks ago and nearly gave up on them getting back to me. The reason I went for the code was to broaden my scope of practice. Going outside and officially looking for NEO's is just another exciting part of what I love doing.
I would like to give a big thank you to David Grennan for answering any questions I put to him. Carl.
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General Category / Astronomy & Space / M51 Reprocessed
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on: May 01, 2009, 10:42:56 am
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Hi all Well I took a step backwards and started this image all aver again.I Have learned A bit about imaging processing this week (Still a lot to learn) especially about the weight factors involved with the RGB. The RGB was combined in maxim dl luminance channel is added in Photoshop. Getting the weight factors right makes the colour of the galaxy look more natural. Anyway here is the image http://webtreatz.com/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,27/page,view/catid,10/PageNo,11/key,90/hit,1/Ps, I would like to thank kieran Rooney for all his advice over the last few days Carl
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General Category / Astronomy & Space / Re: My First LRGB Image of M51
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on: April 24, 2009, 07:46:02 pm
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Hi all, Webtreatz is up updated with a new processed image http://webtreatz.com/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,27/page,view/catid,10/PageNo,10/key,89/hit,1/ This image is a much bigger scale then the original.Also how many Galaxy's can you see in the image. Thanks for the comments everyone Carl Ps, John AKA jgs001 feel free tp post the image
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General Category / Astronomy & Space / My First LRGB Image of M51
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on: April 22, 2009, 08:55:14 pm
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Hi All, Here is my first LRGB of any Galaxy I found the processing very difficult .But also a very good learning curve in imaging processing, I said to myself just get in there and do your best and this is what I came up with. Anyway details are. M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy LRGB- 180-90,90,90 Mins through a William Optics FLT-110 Triplet APO refractor Atik 4000 cdd camera. Guided with a Celestron 80ED And Sac 4.2 CCD camera with PhD guiding software On a CGE mount. Processed in Images Plus V3.5 and Photoshop CS2 http://webtreatz.com/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,27/page,view/catid,10/PageNo,10/key,89/hit,1/Any tips on processing would be most welcome. Carl.
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