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Posts Made By: Mike Unsold

September 7, 2003 11:43 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

NGC7635 - Bubble Nebula 2.5 hour H-alpha

Posted By Mike Unsold
Hi All,

Here is a stack of 15 10 minute H-alpha images using a 180mm TMB at F9 and ST-10XME from Friday night. I may add another 2-3 hours of H-alpha to complete the luminance image. Color will then be added using RGB components. It will take 2 more nights of imaging to complete the color image.

http://www.mlunsold.com/examples/Temp/BubbleNebula.jpg

Processed in ImagesPlus.

Comments are always welcome.

Mike


September 12, 2003 01:12 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M16 - 60 minute Ha

Posted By Mike Unsold
Here is a 12 x 5 minute combination of images from a ST-10XME with Astronomik H-alpha filter and 180mm TMB at F9. The moon was bright and very close to M16 last Friday night when the images were captured.

http://www.mlunsold.com/examples/Temp/M16.jpg

Processed using ImagesPlus.

Mike


September 15, 2003 10:57 AM Forum: Equipment Talk

Parabolic mirror coatings

Posted By Mike Unsold
Hi

What are the the best companies to send a mirror to for coating? I am interested in an enhanced aluminum coating for a 10" f4 paraboloid.

Thanks
Mike

September 15, 2003 12:21 PM Forum: Telescope Making

Who is the best mirror coating Service?

Posted By Mike Unsold
Hi

I am working on a 10" f4 paraboloid and will need to have it coated. An enhanced aluminum-silver would be the best for CCD and digital camera imagining. What companies are currently the best at coating mirrors?

Thanks
Mike

October 14, 2003 01:30 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

M57 - LRGB

Posted By Mike Unsold
Hi,

Here is a LRGB image of M57 using a 180mm TMB at F9, ST-10XME, and Astronomik H-alpha, 03, and H-beta filters. The LRGB composite was combined using the same sigma clipped stack of 20 H-alpha image for both the L and R components. The G and B components are excluded min/max average stacks of 15 O3 and 15 H-beta images, respectively.

The L component was brightness stretched and sharpened very
aggressively compared to the R,G, and B components. Additional information about the equipment used to create the image and processing is available under the image.

http://www.mlunsold.com/examples/St-10XME/ST10-M57.html

Have a nice day.
Mike


October 31, 2003 01:55 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Full sun from noon today

Posted By Mike Unsold
Full sun from noon today


Hi,

Here is an image of the sun from noon today taken with a 180mm TMB at F9 and Canon 1Ds. 60 full resolution raw images were captured using ImagesPlus to control the 1Ds. Each image was taken at ISO 100 with a shutter speed of 1/8000sec. The best from the set was selected using
auto quality grade. Levels, curves, and 80 iterations of adaptive Richardson-Lusy deconvolution were used to sharpen the image.

Full Scale Version (2MB):
http://www.mlunsold.com/examples/1DS/Sun10-30-2003.jpg

Canon DSLR Focus, image capture, and processing by ImagesPlus.

Mike


January 31, 2010 01:29 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars Last Night

Posted By Mike Unsold
Mars high in the sky with good seeing. Best 255 of 2700 using Canon T1i/500D 5x live view data and 203mm TMB APO with 5x PowerMate :

http://www.mlunsold.com/examples/T1i/Mars1-30-2010.html

Acquired and processed with ImagesPlus 3.82.

Comments always welcome.

Mike

August 12, 2010 12:59 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Jupiter 8-8-2010 From Canon 8 bit Live View Data

Posted By Mike Unsold
Hi

Thought this group might be interested in a little different approach. Here is a version of Jupiter from early Sunday morning processed from 8 bit live view data from a Canon T1i.

Additional details under the image :

http://www.mlunsold.com/examples/T1i/Jupiter8-8-2010.html

Comments always welcome.

Mike

June 15, 2012 01:10 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Sunspots & Granulation

Posted By Mike Unsold
Full resolution single shot CR2 image from Canon 60Da with 203mm TMB F9 and Baader Herschel Wedge.

Processed in ImagesPlus :



Mike

July 14, 2012 10:25 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NGC 6888 - Color from Ha & OIII

Posted By Mike Unsold
Color image built from Ha and OIII from C14 HD Hyperstar F2 and QSI 583ws.

http://www.mlunsold.com/examples/QSI583/NGC6888-C14F2HaOIII.html

Captured and processed with ImagesPlus 5.0 x64 using 32 bit floating point selective color masks and blending modes.

Comments Always Welcome.

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