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Lawrence Parchman

Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253)

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Posts Made By: Jeff Hapeman

March 6, 2003 03:19 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

NGC 2683: a colorful galaxy

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Really nice, Ron. Not a ton of color, but some nice dust lanes and good detail.

I need some clear skies...can you loan me some?

Jeff

March 14, 2003 01:56 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M42 is finally done I think...

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Superb imaging and great processing; one you can really be proud of! I think it's practically perfect, and very deep.

jeff

March 15, 2003 06:26 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

NGC2467

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Nice image, Steve. The colors look really nice, especially the stars. What mount are you using and what focal reducer?

Jeff

March 15, 2003 06:30 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

First Light with 10" RCOS

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Thanks, all. I think I have found what the guiding issue was--there are some resistors on the new USB cameras that are known to cause some guiding issues with the AO-7, so we'll see what happens now that I have shorted the resistors out. It's supposed to be clear again tonight, so hopefully I can add some luminance to this shot and get some color, assuming that I have nailed the guiding issues down.

What amazes me is how tight the stars are; I collimated it using the Takahashi collimating scope and made no other adjustments (since the seeing was so bad anyway). That collimating scope is remarkably accurate.

Jeff

March 26, 2003 06:19 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

SBIG8XE first light

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Mark,

That's really nice for a "first light" image. I bet that using the "flatten image" filter in MaximDL would work well on this image.

Jeff

April 1, 2003 03:03 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

NGC 4214 color

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Very cool, Ron. I love the local galaxies; they tend to be an odd group.

jeff

April 10, 2003 04:08 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

American Kestrel

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Nice pic, what gear did you use?

jeff

April 10, 2003 04:12 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: 22923 last night pics done

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Copyright law does *not* require the copyright symbol.

Brush up on your law.

I ran into this issue almost ten years ago with the web when I was in academia and people were using my images without attribution. Since my images had been funded by govt research, it was frowned upon by the university attorneys, and the other party had to either cease and desist or properly attribute the work.

That is all you need to do--ask permission and then attribute.

Jeff

April 21, 2003 01:58 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Yellow-Headed Blackbird

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Nice shot. I am hoping to photograph one of these guys this summer. They are rare here in WI, but there are two or three local populations.

Jeff

April 21, 2003 02:03 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Smaller Pictures

Posted By Jeff Hapeman
Hmmm. Most people run their screen at 800x600 or higher. In fact, I have seen that something like 95% of web users run their computers at 1024x768 or higher. It seems like photos of 800x600 ought to be fine for most of the world, and in fact would allow most of us to not have to squint to see the small pictures.

Just my two cents.

Jeff

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