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Posts Made By: Cal Sandfort

February 16, 2005 07:49 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M42 Wide Field

Posted By Cal Sandfort

Great shot. You're picking up some nice detail.

Cal

February 16, 2005 07:56 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M51 from this morning

Posted By Cal Sandfort

Wow! Nice tracking, star color and detail. It looks like there may be a slight gradient on the right side. Darn moon!

Cal

February 18, 2005 10:48 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Horsehead, Again!

Posted By Cal Sandfort

Hi Don, I think this is better. Nice job!

Cal

February 18, 2005 11:00 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Rosette with Tak Sky 90

Posted By Cal Sandfort

The Tak scopes are great! I'm amazed at what you're doing with the Canon 20D. Your images are beautiful!

Cal

February 23, 2005 03:47 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M42 - Newbie to the digital SLR thing....

Posted By Cal Sandfort

Nice first try, Don. I have some Canon equipment but have not hooked it to the back of the scope. You DSLR guys have me curious smile

Nice shot - Cal

February 23, 2005 03:58 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

horsehead ha

Posted By Cal Sandfort

Cool! Ha is fun when the moon is full. Are you using any kind of focus aid? I've found I can get very close with the diffraction method then switch to a very dim star and concentrate on getting it tight and bright. I just got back from a trip late this afternoon and found clear skies!!! The Horsehead was well positioned so I'm imaging it in H-a as I write. I'm using a 6nm filter which may give me tighter stars but I found Alnitak was just right for focusing and tracking. If I get anything decent I'll post it tomorrow.

Nice shot - Cal

February 23, 2005 04:02 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Witch Head

Posted By Cal Sandfort

This is impressive, Ivan. You have a lot of signal for your short exposures. You must have dark skies.

Cal

February 24, 2005 03:36 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Omega Centauri

Posted By Cal Sandfort

All beautiful shots, Greg. I'd like to see these myself some day.

Thanks for sharing - Cal

February 25, 2005 03:58 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Rosette from Utah

Posted By Cal Sandfort

For all your troubles you ended up with a beautiful image.

Nice shot - cal

February 26, 2005 04:34 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

IC410 - core

Posted By Cal Sandfort

Thanks everybody for your kind comments. I enjoy H-alpha imaging and it's fun to show them.

Mike Sirois ran my shot through NeatImage. It definitely brings out the structure. Particularly the two, uhh, hmmm, well "haploid" structures that seem to dominate the image smile smile

What do you think?

Cal