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Posts Made By: Tyler Allred

March 7, 2005 01:44 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Cone Nebula

Posted By Tyler Allred
A miracle occurred last night.... the sky was clear and steady, and I got invited to go to a star party in Utah's West Desert. grin The site had great dark skies and was just perfect for imaging. I spent the whole night imaging the Cone Nebula, and here is the result. The image is LRGB 55:25:25:25 minutes, with 5-minute subexposures. The luminance data was unbinned and the RGB was binned 2x2. The data was aquired using Maxim DL and processed in Maxim and Photoshop CS. Comments and suggestions are always appreciated.
Cheers,
Tyler

March 7, 2005 02:19 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Great Shots All!

Posted By Tyler Allred
There have been some very nice shots posted in the last couple of days. I won't comment on them all individually, but thanks for sharing everyone!

March 10, 2005 12:57 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Webcam Autoguiding Question

Posted By Tyler Allred
Hi all. I want to try autoguiding with my webcam Toucam 840, and I have a couple of questions:
1 - Is anyone out there using K3CCDTools for webcam autoguiding? Results?
2 - How do you wire the computer output back to the mount? I have a G-11.
3 - Is there anything else I should know?

Thanks for your help.
Tyler

March 10, 2005 04:02 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M101 from Utah

Posted By Tyler Allred
Hi all. I tried to image M101 last night from my extremely light polluted back yard here in Orem. It turned out OK, but I had to do lots more processing than I would have liked, just to get rid of the gradient. Oh well... I'll take whatever imaging time I can get. Here is the image. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Cheers,
Tyler

Here is the data:
Equipment: Takahashi Sky90 - Losmandy G-11/Gemini - SBIG ST2000XM with Custom Scientific filters
Exposure: L:R:G:B 65:10:10:10min -5min subexposures - L unbinned - RGB binned 2x2
Acquired with Maxim DL - Processed with Maxim DL and Photoshop CS

March 12, 2005 12:05 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M46/NGC2438 from Utah

Posted By Tyler Allred
Hi all. I went back out to my dark sky site last night and did a little imaging. Dark skies make me happy. smile After imaging M78 all night (which I am still processing), I turned the scope to M46 and its planetary nebula NGC2438. I always enjoy looking at this cluster through the eyepiece and I thought I would give it a try. Here is the result. This is my first attempt at an object like this one, so go easy on me. I think I could really enjoy imaging these open clusters.... as it only takes a few minutes to take the exposures, not the hours that are needed for deep sky stuff! The processing is easier too!
Cheers,
Tyler

Oh yeah! Here is the data.
Takahashi Sky90 - Losmandy G-11 - SBIG ST2000XM
LRGB 10:4:4:4minutes with 1 minute subs
Acquired using Maxim and processed in Maxim and Photoshop

March 12, 2005 12:57 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M78 from Utah

Posted By Tyler Allred
Here is the other image from last night. This is the one that I spent all evening on. I was inspired by Cal's recent version of this, and thought I would try it out for myself. Here is the result.

Cheers,
Tyler


Image Data:
M78 imaged from Rush Valley, Utah, USA
Takahashi Sky90 - Losmandy G-11 - SBIG ST2000XM
LRGB 50:20:20:20 minutes - 5 minute subs - L unbinned - RGB binned 2x2
Acquired using Maxim - Processed with Maxim and Photoshop

March 13, 2005 05:08 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M35 and NGC2158

Posted By Tyler Allred
I just love this area of the sky... with the two clusters that are so obviously different in color and distance. It makes for an interesting view at the eyepiece, and a nice target for imaging. This image was taken last night. I used the values from the RGB Weight Calculator software to get the G2V star colors. I think it turned out pretty nice.

The wind was HOWLING last night, but the G-11 was rock solid!

Cheers,
Tyler

Image info:
Takahashi Sky90 - Losmandy G-11/Gemini - SBIG ST2000XM
L:R:G:B 10:2:2:2 minutes unbinned
Acquired and processed with Maxim DL using color weights from RGB Weight Calculator v1.4 (from Don Goldman)

March 15, 2005 11:40 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M36 Cluster from Utah

Posted By Tyler Allred
Hi all. Here is another cluster that I imaged from my back yard a few days ago. It has a really nice orange star (upper right corner). The star colors were calibrated for G2V using Don Goldman's RGB Calculator.

A larger version (wider filed), and some of my other photos, can be seen at the following link.

http://www.utahastronomy.com/album16/Utah_Astronomy_M36?full=1

Cheers,
Tyler

March 17, 2005 10:48 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Question?? Multiple SBIG Cameras

Posted By Tyler Allred
Hi all. Is anyone out there using two SBIG cameras at the the same time? Is it possible to do this? I am wondering about using an ST-237 as an autoguider while also using my ST2000 for imaging. Will a laptop run both cameras at the same time? Will this combination work?
Cheers,
Tyler

March 23, 2005 12:47 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Clavius from Utah

Posted By Tyler Allred
Hi all. I have been spending my time, of late, doing deep sky stuff, but I decided to try a little lunar work last night. The moon was pretty bright for much else. I imaged a couple of areas.... here is one.

Image info:
Celestron Ultima 2000 8" SCT on a G-11 mount
Toucam 840 - Best 100/1019 frames
Acquired with K3CCDTools - Processed in Registax 3

Cheers,
Tyler

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