Carl O Beirnes
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« on: September 13, 2009, 11:03:55 pm » |
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Hi all, With amazing clear skies all this week, a very rare event for us I was able to do a lot of imaging. Most of it was all in H Alpha due to a very bright Moon. But last night the 11/12th the moon was just 49% Sunlit so I took a chance on getting color for one of the projects. I was working on Melotte15 which is in the center of the heart nebula that lies in Cassiopeia. Hope you like the image PLEASE CLiCK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE DETAILS The Image was taken between 11th 12th & 13 of September 2009 with a William's Optics FLT-110 Triple APO refractor Atik 4000 ccd camera. @ - 25 Degrees. Guided with a Celestron 80ED and Sac 4.2 ccd camera with phd guiding software On a CGE mount L=HA (420m), R=R+HA =(60m, 60m), G(120m), B(120m) Processed in images plus V3.5 and Photoshop CS3 & maxImum DL. http://www.webtreatz.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-51Carl O'Beirnes, Balbriggan Observatory (MPC#J09)
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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2009, 11:16:00 pm » |
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An absolute work of art Carl, full credit to you on getting such a top class capture!!. These clear nights have been great haven't they. The link on your post didn't work so I edited it with the new link. Hope you don't mind.
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« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2009, 11:20:36 pm » |
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Beautiful finished image Carl, I think you're giving the HST a run for it's money! Thanks
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Carl O Beirnes
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« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2009, 11:31:29 pm » |
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Hi Lads'
Thanks martin for doing that for me, I've never been so tired I've imaged every part of the sky this week loads of processing to do I go to bed at 6am then back up at 7am with the kids a well. I just love been out under the stars.what a week. Again thanks for the comments lads.
Carl
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« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2009, 12:03:39 am » |
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...now, that's what I call dedication!!!. Any NEO hunting Carl?
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« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2009, 12:39:37 am » |
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Thats a beautiful bit of work Carl, one worthy of Sky & Telescope or APOD.
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« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2009, 09:30:39 am » |
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Marvellous image Carl! I go to bed at 6am then back up at 7am with the kids a well
OMG!
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Carl O Beirnes
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« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2009, 10:14:48 am » |
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Any NEO hunting Carl?
Hi Martin, I'm just weighing on some new gear for the 14" OTA then I should be good to go. Thanks for all the comments Lads, Carl.
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« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2009, 10:19:30 am » |
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Nice one Carl! I go to bed at 6am then back up at 7am with the kids a well
OMG! There have been a couple of days this week when I haven't actually got to bed ... Mars & the Moon once twilight is setting in. That's autumn for you - "daylight saving time" plus a high morning ecliptic.
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« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2009, 10:36:00 am » |
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Superb image Carl
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Carl O Beirnes
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« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2009, 10:59:10 am » |
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Hi all, Well I wasn't to happy with the way the first image turned out. I thought I could get a better result from 15 hours worth of data. So I reprocessed the image. The dark halos are now gone around the stars. I did a lot of extra work on the H Alpha luminance to bring out more detail I used Noel Carboni local contrast enhancement in photoshop actions witch did a great job of bringing out lot's more detail in the H Alpha luminance. Anyway here is the final result. Your comments are always welcome. PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE http://www.webtreatz.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-55Carl.
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