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Posts Made By: Miguel Olivares

October 12, 2006 12:37 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Petavius - wide field

Posted By Miguel Olivares
Intes Micro Alter M603
Eyepiece projection (20mm)
Toucam Pro 740

3 shots, 1 alignment point, 150 frames.

Oct. 9, 2006

October 13, 2006 03:37 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mare Crisium

Posted By Miguel Olivares
Mosaic, 1 alignment point / avi

Alter M603
Toucam Pro
Eyepiece projection (20mm)


November 27, 2006 01:26 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mercury

Posted By Miguel Olivares
Update: re-aligned the RGB channels.

December 10, 2006 10:36 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Planets Dec. 10, 2006

Posted By Miguel Olivares
grin

September 2, 2007 04:34 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars Sept. 2, 2007

Posted By Miguel Olivares
11" SCT
Klee 2.8
IR filter
Toucam 740k
240 Frames

September 4, 2007 05:16 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Venus Sept. 2, 2007

Posted By Miguel Olivares
It's been a while since I observed Venus, but I've been following the threads by fellow imagers on Astromart. Inspired, I waited for the planet to rise above the tree line on Saturday morning. It was almost 7 am, the planet still easily visible to the naked eye.

At an altitude of 23 degrees, I quickly spotted it through my 80mm refractor. I lost myself in the eyepiece for a moment, looking at this marvel. The tiny sliver was shimmering against the blue background in an almost hypnotic dance.

Seeing wasn't good, but that did not matter. I trained my C-11 on the planet, and captured a 50 second video at 10 fps. The planet nearly filled the frame of the webcam, here is the result.


6:55 EST
Diameter: 52"
Illumination: 8.34%

11" SCT
2.8x barlow
IR filter
Toucam




September 20, 2007 12:10 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars Sept 20, 2007

Posted By Miguel Olivares
Mars this morning. 2 shots with different filters, combined in photoshop.

Equipment used:

Celestron C-11.
UO 2.8x barlow.
IR 685nm filter.
Baader Contrast Booster filter.
Toucam 740k

Registax 4 (drizzling resizing factor 2)
Photoshop (image reduced to 75%)

Thanks for looking.

October 22, 2007 10:23 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Mars Oct. 22, 2007

Posted By Miguel Olivares
Average seeing.

Toucam 740k
No filters.

Registax:
Trying to work on the color, I used the LRGB mixer in registax to save 3 versions of the image, to emphasize each channel. I then combined those channels in Photoshop to get better color rendition, and detail, at least on my monitor. Suggestions are welcome.

Thanks.

October 26, 2007 07:09 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Comet 17P / Holmes

Posted By Miguel Olivares
I wasn't expecting to image the comet tonight. Fortunately, the sky cleared long enough to capture a few shots.

C-11 at f/10, Toucam 740k.



October 27, 2007 01:51 AM Forum: DVDs and Music and Books That You Recommend

KOYAANISQATSI

Posted By Miguel Olivares
The film consists primarily of slow motion and time-lapse photography of cities and natural landscapes across the United States. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and music.

In the Hopi language, the word Koyaanisqatsi means 'life of moral corruption and turmoil, life out of balance', and the film implies that modern humanity is living in such a way.

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