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Posts Made By: Stephen Fugardi

December 10, 2007 02:08 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars Dec 8th

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Jim, excellent Mars! With 2 weeks to go, good seeing seems even harder to find. Thanks

Regards,
Steve

December 12, 2007 11:40 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Another Mars December 10, 2007

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
John, excellent shot! What size barlow & frame rate did you use? Thanks

Regards,
Steve

December 13, 2007 03:05 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars 12/11/07

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Jim, another great shot! Your lucky to get such good seeing. Early next week should be clear here in CT. With at least a foot of snow heading in, I can hardly wait to snowblow a 300ft path to my observatory. Keep those images coming!

Regards,
Steve

December 14, 2007 01:26 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars Dec13

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Jim, awesome shot! There is some great detail in there. Hope you don't mind me sharpening your image just a bit. You are really on a roll. Tues is my next chance. Thanks for posting

Regards,
Steve

December 15, 2007 11:20 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn this morning

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Jim, Absolutely stunning shot! Thanks for posting it

Regards,
Steve

December 18, 2007 08:59 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Illustrated guide to seeing on Mars

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Dodi, Spectacular Mars images! You must have had near perfect seeing and collimation. Thanks for posting them

Regards,
Steve

December 19, 2007 12:48 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars f25 12/18/07

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Here is a slightly improved image using only the best 350/3187 of these marginal frames.

Regards,
Steve

December 19, 2007 03:05 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars f25 12/18/07

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Attached is the HST simulation from calsky.com rotated and reduced to match my shot. Of course the fuzzy one on the left is mine...

Regards,
Steve

December 22, 2007 03:35 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars ( North Polar Cap) 12-20-07

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Dan, awesome Mars! Especially under those harsh conditions. I am surprised to see the Toucam running at 30fps and the gamma set to 100%. I usually use 10fps and gamma set to 0%. How did you get the Toucam to collect an uncompressed 30fps?

Regards,
Steve

Dan Petersen said:

Greetings:

The "NPC" is finally observable, you can see it in this photo taken Wednesday evening, the hood clouds are just about gone now. Lets hope a global dust storm doesn't start up and obscure everything. For this shot I used my 10" SCT and SPC900 set at; 30 fps (uncompressed), S/S= 1/30, brightness= 100%, gamma= 100% and the image enhancer was set at 100%. I processed the two minute avi (400/3329) in RV4, post processed in Microsoft Digital Image. Seeing 5/10, transparency 2/10. cheers, Dan grin

December 29, 2007 02:04 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars images from Opposition night!

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Dan, congradulations on capturing Mars exactly at its peak! These shots are amazing, considering the seeing from that night was below average. Can't wait to see the .gif animation. My next stargeezing window may be Jan3 in crisp 14degF temps.

Regards,
Steve

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