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Posts Made By: Wesley Higgins

August 1, 2008 02:08 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Some new lunar images

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Hi,

After about a seven month break from lunar imaging I'm back into it now, here are two new images with more to come.

Curtius-Pentland-Simpelius imaged 07/22/08, a stack of only 74 frames which made it difficult to keep the noise down.

http://tinyurl.com/5772ne

Catharina and Beaumont
http://higginsandsons.com/astro/images/CATHARINA-BEAUMONT-09-01-07.jpg


18" Reflector, UT= 10:11, Infinity 21-m camera, MAP 91X64, stack of 74 frames.

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

August 27, 2008 11:46 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Tycho 08-23-08

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Hi,

Tycho close to the lunar terminator 08/23/08

18" Reflector, 11:41:27 UT , Infinity 2-1m camera, MAP 150X64, stack of 498 frames
Tycho always reminds me of Copernicus little brother

http://higginsandsons.com/astro/images/Tycho-08-23-08.jpg

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

September 17, 2009 12:41 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mare Crisium Mosaic 09-06-09

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Here is a large three frame mosaic of Mare Crisium taken the morning of 09-06-09 at 8:29 UT.
A low sun angle image, the seeing left a lot to be desired but over all I guess the image is not to bad.

http://higginsandsons.com/astro/images/Mare-Crisium-Mosaic-2-09-06-09.jpg

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

November 3, 2002 01:46 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Re: Olympus C2100UZ for astro photography

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Vars,

Per your request here are some sample images
I took with the Olympus C2100UZ .

The 16 second exposure will limit you to the
brighter DSO such as M42, M27,M57 and others .
And of course the DSO images will not be as good
as a cooled dedicated CCD camera .

Wes Higgins

November 3, 2002 04:11 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Horsehead with C14

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Hi Ron,

I don't have much experience in DSO imaging so
me commenting on your fantastic images is a little
like a layman telling Leonardo Davinci the Mona Lisa
looks good .
That Horse head image is certainly the best one I have
had the pleasure of viewing , GREAT! IMAGE!

Thanks,

Wes Higgins




November 14, 2002 08:33 PM Forum: Film Astrophotography - Imaging and Processing

First Moon Shot

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Christopher ,

Super!! Moon image, the D60 is turning out
to be quite an Astro camera .

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

November 15, 2002 05:03 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn - Nov 8

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Hi Johannes,

That's a great Saturn , after viewing your
raw image video it's amazing to me that you
can end up with such a great final image.
Stacking 2400 images must work wonders in
reducing the noise, I'm looking at digital
cameras that can take 7 to 15 images a second
and I hope to try stacking hundreds or thousands
of images like you have .

Thanks,

Wes Higgins




November 18, 2002 12:07 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

New Saturn Picture with Encke Division!

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Yu,

Superb!! Saturn image ,I'm just starting to
use Registax (I assume you are stacking with Registax)
How long does it take in minutes or maybe even hours
to align and optimize 3000 images ?

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

December 11, 2002 04:08 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn Improvement

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Tom,

That is a big improvement , keep up
the good work and keep posting images .

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

February 19, 2003 12:57 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Which one do you prefer?

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Hi Tan,

Both image are fantastic.

From reading the replies it looks like I am
in the minority but I prefer the one on the left.
The one on the right (on my 19" CRT) looks just
slightly washed out compared to the right one
and the edge looks a little to hard .
The right one has more contrast and shows more
details with out being to noisy or looking
un real.
This is all just my opinion and others may differ .

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

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