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Posts Made By: Andrew Chatman

January 14, 2004 12:56 AM Forum: Film Astrophotography - Imaging and Processing

Repost: Rollover Widefield Images

Posted By Andrew Chatman
Hi. I posted these last year, but thought that some might want to see them who weren't here before. They are widefield shots taken with an Olympus OM-1 and FujiPress 800.

M31:
http://www.macnmotion.com/m31/

Cygnus:
http://www.macnmotion.com/cygnus/

Enjoy. Andy

March 14, 2004 02:30 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

My first digital Jupiter

Posted By Andrew Chatman
I'm experimenting, I've never taken planetary photos before. Here is a stack of 25 images taken with Canon D60. 8" LX200, eyepiece projection with 12.4mm eyepiece.

Andy

April 16, 2004 11:55 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Wide Field M51

Posted By Andrew Chatman
100 minutes of exposure through a 70mm refractor (Pronto), using a Canon D60 digital camera at ISO400.

Andy

April 26, 2004 10:23 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: DSLR Processing

Posted By Andrew Chatman
I use ImagesPlus (http://www.mlunsold.com). With it, I perform my dark and flat frame calibration, alignment, stacking and stretching. I tweak curves and unsharp mask in Photoshop.

Take a look at that ImagesPlus site, there is a Yahoo Group for the software.

Andy

April 28, 2004 09:36 PM Forum: Coronado-Lunt-DayStar Solar Filters

And a closeup of the "T-shaped" prominence

Posted By Andrew Chatman
Here is a closeup.

Andy

May 19, 2004 12:24 AM Forum: A Day in the Life of the Administrator

OK, so far I don't like it, but...

Posted By Andrew Chatman
I'll give it a week or two to grow on me. I guess I have to get used to the new forum look and figuring out what's new, etc.

FWIW, whether I like it or not, I think it's a good production.

Andy C.

June 8, 2004 07:20 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

H-Alpha transit photos

Posted By Andrew Chatman
Hi everyone. I captured several photos of the transit through a hydrogen alpha filter.

Here is a combination disk/prominence shot:



Here is third contact. I didn't add a prominence image to this photo as it was damaging the integrity of the venus disk:



Andy

October 30, 2004 04:57 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Lunar Eclipse

Posted By Andrew Chatman
This is a 3-1/2 hour exposure (created from a series of 2-minute exposures) taken with a Canon 20D and 17-40mm F/4.0L at 17mm. Clouds interfered early on and tree limbs during the second half, as evidenced by this photo.

macnmotion


September 8, 2005 03:06 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Solar Prominences - 09/07/2005

Posted By Andrew Chatman
A beautiful loop prominence appeared on the limb of today's sun. This photo gives an impression of what was there, but cannot do justice to the wispy fine detail of the multiple intertwined loops.

Andy

September 12, 2002 02:15 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

NGC 891 in colour

Posted By Andrew Chatman
Hi Maurice. I have the same telescope as you, and am considering which SBIG camera to buy. Any reason you went with the 8E instead of some other? I've been considering the 8E or the 10E. Is this photo above the final resolution of the photo, or do you get a higher resolution shot out of the camera? My ultimate goal is to have enough pixels to get decent 8x10 prints of my photos.

Also, do you have a website where you're chronicling your efforts? It would be a great resource for me considering I have the same equipment. In any case, I hope to be up-and-CCDing within a few months!

macnmotion

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