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Posts Made By: Tyler Allred

November 22, 2006 10:51 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Red-tailed Hawk

Posted By Tyler Allred

Hi all. Here is one I snapped today at the lake.
Cheers,
Tyler

November 23, 2006 03:58 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Turkey Nebula for Thanksgiving Day

Posted By Tyler Allred

Hi all. This is my annual posting of the Turkey Nebula (aka M42), wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving day! I added some old color data to my recent Ha for this Turkey.
Cheers,
Tyler

November 26, 2006 12:46 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M52 and the Bubble

Posted By Tyler Allred

Here is one from last night. I am not really happy with the processing, but I thought I would go ahead and post it as an intermediate version. smile

Tak E160 on G-11
SBIG ST2000XM with Astrodon and Schuler Filters
MaxIm DL and Photoshop CS

November 29, 2006 03:18 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

The BUB

Posted By Tyler Allred

Hi all. This is my final version (yeah right!) of my recent Bubble Nebula shot. It shows the Bubble, M52, and a dim but interesting planetary nebula (lower middle). I really struggled with the processing on this one, but I am now pretty happy with it. I wanted to post a smaller version, but I didn't like what reduction did to the stars, so you get the big version instead. Let me know what you think.

November 30, 2006 11:41 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Ha Horse

Posted By Tyler Allred

Hi. Here is a quick Horsehead from a few nights back.
Tak Epsilon on G-11 with ST2000XM
Ha
8x60s
1x300s
1x600s

December 2, 2006 05:25 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

CLAV

Posted By Tyler Allred

Hi all. I don't often post to this forum, but occasionally I come over from the dark side to try my hand at lunar or planetary imaging. Last night, I completed a collimation of my Tak CN-212 and wanted to test the optics. I broke out the Infinity camera and took a few thousand images.... enough to competely fill my hard drive. smile Here is the first stream from the night. It shows the region around Clavius. I thought I would post the full version. I hope you don't mind.
Cheers,
Tyler

December 4, 2006 05:32 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Tycho and Longomontanus

Posted By Tyler Allred

Hi again everyone. Here is another from my recent crossover from the dark side. This image was taken with the Tak CN-212 at roughly F/25 using an Infinity 2-1 camera. I really like this camera, but I think I need to invest in a better control program. I had some struggles, but the seeing was about as good as it gets here in Utah.... maybe 6/10. There were enough good frames to make a decent image. I am working on combining this with my earlier post (CLAV) for a small mosaic. Let me know what you think of the processing, etc.
Cheers,
Tyler

April 28, 2007 07:30 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M13 from Utah

Posted By Tyler Allred

Hi all,
It has been a long winter and a very long time since I spent any time imaging. But, tonight I broke out the old Tak E160 a got the cobwebs off by imaging a few clusters. The moon was pretty bright so I didn't try to go very deep. Here is the first image from tonight.... it is M13, a favorite of mine. I hope you like it.
Cheers,
Tyler

Tak E160 on G-11
SBIG ST2000XM with Astrodons
MaxIm and Photoshop

April 29, 2007 03:55 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

M53 - A quick test

Posted By Tyler Allred

Hi all. Here is M53 from the night before last. This one was hard to process, but I think it turned out OK. This is a crop at full resolution.
Cheers,
Tyler

Tak E160 on G-11
SBIG ST2000 with Astrodons

May 8, 2007 05:24 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Greetings from Utah

Posted By Tyler Allred

Hi all. I have been AWOL for quite a while, but I got a chance to do a little trip to the lake on Sunday, and I thought I would post a couple of shots. Here is the first.... a snowy egret in flight. Others will follow sometime, when I get a chance to look them over.
Cheers,
Tyler

D200 with 70-200mm VR Nikkor and TC20EII