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Posts Made By: dan kowall

March 12, 2008 03:43 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M35 & NGC2158

Posted By dan kowall

Nicely framed with good color, Taylor.

dan

March 31, 2008 02:21 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NGC 3718

Posted By dan kowall

That's a wonderful image, Diets.
The color is not over-cooked and you've handled the background stuff well.

dan

April 16, 2008 02:52 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M101

Posted By dan kowall

The color looks good to me, Jason, as is the dust lane detail.

dan

April 19, 2008 03:01 PM Forum: Telescope Making

Glue for Ebony Star

Posted By dan kowall

Forget about using carpenter's glue for your laminate. It's made to work with porous materials and will not work well with laminates.
Contact cement is the preferred glue for laminates.

dan kowall

April 20, 2008 04:07 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M106 In a 4" Scope

Posted By dan kowall

That is an excellent image as is, Brian.
I applaud your perseverance in going so deep on just one channel.
Certainly one benefit of having such good signal is that it can take to some sharpening.
I applied some unsharp mask to just your galaxy cores. You, of course, could do better with the original data.
You might want to try some selective deconvolution or other sharpening technique on the galaxies instead of the unsharp mask, then pick the one that looks the best to you.

dan

April 20, 2008 04:14 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NGC 4216 and friends

Posted By dan kowall

Welcome back, Jim.
That's an interesting cluster that I wasn't aware of. I'm surprised that it isn't imaged as much, seeing as how it's such a handsome grouping.
Well done.

dan

April 30, 2008 04:39 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Leo Trio - Version 2

Posted By dan kowall

Much better, Tyler.

dan

May 5, 2008 04:54 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M13 from this last Friday

Posted By dan kowall

Good color and focus, Floyd.

dan

May 8, 2008 06:27 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

ngc 5907

Posted By dan kowall

I always thought this is what NGC 7331 would look like edge-on.
Masterfully processed as always, Diets.

dan

May 9, 2008 03:37 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Propeller Nebula

Posted By dan kowall

That's the perfect field of view and framing for this one, Jim.
DWB111 gets lost in the surrounding 'stuff' in widefield shots.
The color looks right on, too.

dan