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Posts Made By: Jose Suro

December 1, 2005 04:04 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Disaster Recovery - Rosette in H-alpha

Posted By Jose Suro
Hi All,

Leave it to me to fall asleep early and wake up at two in the morning to find that I only got 1 image of IC443 out of 16 from the last four hours! I wrote this little script to park the scope if I fell asleep and I put it in the wrong sequence so it parked the scope after the first image!

Undeterred, I pointed the scope at the Rosette for another 2.5 hours to try and salvage the night The result is below. I processed this image for feature contrast, rather than for depth. If your bandwith permits, please have a look at a full size center crop (447KB) for a higher resolution image - details on the shot are also there:

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/jsuro/neb/ngc2237-FSQ_crop.htm

TAK FSQ - AP900 - STL11000M - Astronomik H-alpha filter - 10x900 second exposures.

Best,

Jose Suro
Tierra Verde, Florida


December 3, 2005 12:34 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

A flat wide field - Double cluster

Posted By Jose Suro
Hi All,

I had to wait a couple of hours 2 nights ago for my target to get into optimal ascention, so I killed some time doing this shot.

The shot gives a really good demonstration of how large and flat the field is with the FSQ/11000 combo. Silently and perfectly milling away is the star of the show - my new AP900. I can't thank Roland enough for putting out such an incredibly well engineered product. The mount is a masterpiece.

Please look here for a 100% crop and details of the shot:

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/jsuro/clusters/double_cluster_crop.htm

Tak FSQ - STL11000M - AP900

Best,

Jose Suro
Tierra Verde, Florida

December 3, 2005 04:37 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

New Image: ic443 - The Jellyfish Nebula

Posted By Jose Suro
Hi All,

I finally got to finish re-shooting this very dim object after the fiasco the other night with the loss of 4-hours worth of imaging.

FSQ - STL11000M - AP900 - Astronomik HaRGB

Full size crop and acquisition details:

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/jsuro/neb/ic443-FSQ_crop.htm

This page has a link to the pure H-alpha images:

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/jsuro/neb/ic443-FSQ.htm


Hope you enjoy the images smile.

Best,

Jose Suro
Tierra Verde, Florida

December 5, 2005 03:35 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

New image: NGC 1499 - California Nebula

Posted By Jose Suro
Hi All,

A record five nights in a row of moonless crystal clear skies and some serious sleep depravation is the story lately smile This latest image was a last minute thing as the forecast called for some clouds around and I was so tired I almost wished the forecast to be on the money smile. Well, it was crystal again so I picked a reasonably bright object so at least I would not have to spend a lot of time processing. Unfortunately, SBIG trew me a curve with their new updated drivers so I had some extra work . I processed this image for smoothness and color as the nebula is pretty devoid of detail any way.

Please look here for a larger image reduced 60%, as well as image details:

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/jsuro/neb/ngc1499-FSQ-large.htm

Tak FSQ - AP900 - SBIG STL 11000M - Astronomik HaRGB filters.

Best,

Jose Suro
Tierra Verde, Florida

December 24, 2005 01:01 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

IC Three - Auriga Wide Field

Posted By Jose Suro
Hi All,

This is my interpretation of this often imaged field. Three ICs in this one - 405, 410 and 417. I went deep so I lost some star color - can't win them all I guess smile.

STL11K - FSQ - Astronomik HaRGB - 7.7 hours exposure.

Additional info plus a close-up of IC405 on my website:

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/jsuro/neb/ic405-FSQ.htm

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Best,

Jose

April 13, 2006 12:40 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Double Cluster Montage

Posted By Jose Suro
Hi All,

Haven't been posting a lot as I've been super busy with work and home remodeling. I put this image together from a wide field view with my STL11000 and My nikon D70 using a 12~18mm Nikon lens. It was picked as an APOD today smile.

Best,

Jose Suro
Tierra Verde, Florida

September 25, 2006 01:50 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Back from Hiatus - North American and Pelican

Posted By Jose Suro
Hi All,

I'm back from my yearly astro-imaging hiatus. I've decided I wont even try to shoot anymore during the summer here on the west coast of Florida and instead concentrate on my terrestrial/landscape imaging. For some of those images you can cruise through here:

http://jsuro.smugmug.com/

I received a new field flattener for my TMB 105 back in May but was not able to try it until last night, when we got our first fall front, which produced the first all night clear skies in 5 months. This is a "quickie" Ha image, with very little processing. The flattener works very well.

Glad to be back and thanks for looking smile.

Best,

Jose

STL11000 - TMB 105 - 12x1200 seconds

October 8, 2006 02:00 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

October Full Moonset

Posted By Jose Suro
Hi All,

I've been away from the boards for my "summer" hiatus and this is my first post since last April. I've been after this shot for three years and it was impossible to do without a camera with mirror lockup. I got a Nikon D200 during the summer and had to wait for perfect conditions to do this, and the whole thing finally came together this morning. Even so I had to use two exposures to accomplish the task, one for the Moon and one for the foreground. This image will print to 20x30 so I'm finally happy smile.

Thanks for looking!

Best,

Jose Suro
Tierra Verde, Florida
www.josesuro.com


D200 - Borg 76ED - Borg .85x Digital Flattener - Gitzo 1257 - Remote - Velvia filter @ 27%


May 23, 2003 01:37 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Is it just me or is Al sucking us dry($)....

Posted By Jose Suro
Let me see if I can put this in perspective. We're talking about two to five hundred dollars for a product that, with due care will last a life time, and currently, arguably, its the best there is.

So, I fail to see the point. for example:

My computer cost me $1500 and it will be worthless in 3 years.
I put about $1500 a year in a car's gas tank and it all goes out the tail pipe.
Every year our Bertram goes onto dry dock for maintenance. That's $3000 - a year.
Talking about boats - it gives about 1 GALLON to the MILE. 30 miles = 30 gallons.
Still talking boats - I have friends whose boats use 90 gallons AN HOUR.
You can pay $30,000 for an SUV and get back $15,000 after five years.

I could go on, but then again, I don't see your point.

Take Care,

Jose

(edited for spelling)

June 9, 2003 02:24 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

One last hummer

Posted By Jose Suro
Outstanding! A Classic.

Take Care,

Jose Suro
Tierra Verde, Florida

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