Astromart

January 12, 2006 08:37 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Keeper of the House

Interesting perch. Nice exposure, color and detail. These things are hard to approach around here.

Great shot - Cal

March 28, 2006 03:00 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M51 Luminance Data - from Utah

Nice shot, Tyler.

I'm glad to see you are getting some clear skies. I have had less than two or three nights, seriously, since November and one of those was when the moon was full.

Come on spring!!

Keep 'em coming - Cal

March 29, 2006 10:25 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M106 Luminance

Posted By Cal Sandfort

Thanks everyone for your comments. I appreciate it. The long term forecast is clouds for seven to ten days. I have to keep myself from getting interested in another object before I get my color frames. M104 is rising to the occasion, so to speak smile

Thanks again - Cal

March 29, 2006 10:36 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M51 New and improved

Posted By Cal Sandfort

Nice shot, Brian, and Gregg. I would think that collaboratve efforts are fun.

Good job - Cal

April 2, 2006 04:45 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M106 Core - Luminance

Posted By Cal Sandfort

Lots of detail, Tyler. If either of us ever get some color frames maybe we could both add them to our shots.

I woke up at 1:00 am this morning to a crystal clear night with fairly steady seeing. M106 had crossed the meridian so I open the observatory, got everything working just right by 1:30 and started a three hour sequence of ten minute color subs in MaximDL. Life was good so I went to bed then woke up at 4:00 am to find that winXP updated my clock for daylight savings time at 2:00 and somehow shut my script OFF!!!! I got one ten minute sub each of RGB. Ya gotta' love automated astrophotography :C

Nice shot - Cal

April 3, 2006 03:44 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky