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Posts Made By: Wesley Higgins

April 19, 2003 01:28 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

HorseHead and Flame / Color 10.4 hour image

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Hi Mark,

Beautiful!! image .

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

May 30, 2003 04:15 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars 5/26/2003

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Hi Angel,

Excellent image , it's interesting to compare your
current Mars image to mine as they both are showing
the same side of Mars .
After viewing your image I can see I may have overprocessed mine just a tad but it still has
very little noise .

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

May 31, 2003 02:23 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

M16 with NP101 and MX716

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Hi Dennis,

Superb image , what mount are you using for the
2 minute unguided images ,

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

June 6, 2003 12:30 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Omega Centauri from So Cal

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Hi Chris,

Great Omega Centauri , especially being so close
to the horizon .

Thanks,

Wes Higgins



June 9, 2003 03:45 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

First Jupiter

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Hi Tim ,

For a first Jupiter that is a very good image ,
I would suggest getting more images to stack ,
with my Toucam Pro I shoot Jupiter at 10FPS for
60 seconds and maybe 20 groups of 600 and choose
the best group to stack from .
Also try a 3x barlow

Thanks,

Wes Higgins



I was able to get some shots of Jupiter in the lower western sky Saturday night. It was hazy. I used a Philips 680 web cam, a 90mm Meade 390, & Ultima 2x barlow. I got 20 shots and used Registax to combine 7 of the best.

I used Photoshop to sharpen, change brightness and color a bit.

Any tips for the newbie?

Clear skies,

Tim Hornbeck

June 22, 2003 01:10 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

My observatory is done!

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Brian,

Congratulations on your new observatory ,
it looks like a job well done, also a very nice
Saturn image .

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

June 28, 2003 05:17 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Dragon on the sun!

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Yu Gu,

Super image and I can see the Dragon shape, have you tried the Unibrain on Mars yet ?

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

June 30, 2003 01:55 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars this morning

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Hi Joplin,

Very good image, I'm anxious to see some images
with your 10" Newt too .

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

July 1, 2003 03:09 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Active Ventilation and HiRes WebCam Imaging

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Hi Tom,

Very good article , the benefits of cooling can
be easily see in your images .
You are pulling the air away from the mirror instead
of blowing against it , you must have found that pulling
the air is better , what are your thoughts on that .

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

July 5, 2003 05:19 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

My Mars

Posted By Wesley Higgins
Hi Brian,

Very good Mars image

I don't consider myself a pro at all but here are some
things I do to focus

Next to the seeing focusing gives me the most trouble
too , try setting the frame rate to the highest one
to focus with then back down when you image, also try
to focus to a sharp edge on the planet sometimes the
features don't show good enough to focus on.
Don't over expose , I think a lot of people do
that .

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

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