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Posts Made By: Stephen Fugardi

April 4, 2008 05:11 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Sunspot 988, 3/30/08 C11 f10

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
In an effort to improve image quality, I took my best avi from Sunday and re-ran Registax at different stacks ranging from 100-400. Going <200 increased the noise and >200 made it softer by bringing in lower quality frames. 200frames seemed optimal at least for my seeing conditions and setup. Attached is that result, it is a little better than the 400frame version.

Regards,
Steve

April 19, 2008 12:38 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn f25 LRGB 4/17/08

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Ansuman, thanks! We're losing Saturn fast, now reaching peak altitude less than 2 hours after sunset. Seeing has been terrible for Saturn this season here in CT. Hope you get at least one more excellent night to capture the ringed planet

Regards,
Steve

PS: You've got a great website

April 19, 2008 01:07 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn with TEC 8" APO on 4-16-08 / Toucam

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Mark, excellent Saturn! With your optics, you could easily use a 2.5-3.0x barlow to boost the image size. Thanks for posting

Regards,
Steve

April 19, 2008 01:16 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn and moon with 9" TMB Apo

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Dietmar, stunning Saturn! Congradulations on the picture of the day posting. Can't wait to see more of your planetary shots. Your deep sky images have always been incredible. Thank you

Regards,
Steve

April 20, 2008 12:41 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

DFK21AU04.as

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Freddy, Try posting your questions to the Yahoo DMK user group, http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DMKCCD-cameras/
I have seen some excellent images with the DFK posted there in the past. Good luck

Regards,
Steve

April 23, 2008 05:36 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn April 21, 2008

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Ed, excellent composite image. Did you use any filters for the Toucam or DMK captures? Thanks for posting

Regards,
Steve

April 23, 2008 06:34 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn 4/22/08 f25 LRGB Toucam + DMK

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Here are the best 400 frames from individual R,G,B avi captures using the DMK21, taken approximately 30minutes later. It is definitely a better image, however maybe for the wrong reason. When I combined the previous Toucam + DMK, I did not resize them to exactly match which could explain the image softness.

I'll try adding in the L later to this image, but typically it seems to ruin the natural colors.

Regards,
Steve

April 28, 2008 10:57 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Saturn and storm April 23, 2008 -

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Freddy, great shot! Glad the camera is working for you. The colors look nicely balanced from here. Thanks for posting

Regards,
Steve

May 6, 2008 03:05 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Two Jupiters from murrumbateman

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Anthony, those are incredible images with tons of surface detail! Colors look awesome. Thank you for posting them.

Regards,
Steve

May 14, 2008 09:28 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M3

Posted By Stephen Fugardi
Dietmar, Absolutely stunning image! I was lucky to view and image M3 last night and have to agree with you on its beauty. Thank you for posting it

Regards,
Steve

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