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Posts Made By: Mike Clemens

April 6, 2009 11:25 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

King Eider (Thanks for ID, John!)

Posted By Mike Clemens
From this weekend at the Seward Sealife Center.

Looks like its got a pair of GPS antenna on its back!

April 13, 2009 11:10 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

single 5 min exposure of M51

Posted By Mike Clemens
I promise I will NOT use my ST237 next time I go out.
I promise I will NOT use my ST237 next time I go out.
I promise I will NOT use my ST237 next time I go out.
I promise I will NOT use my ST237 next time I go out.

This single 5 minute exposure of M51 shows enormous promise. But.... how do I do darks and subtract them, I am accustomed to Maxim spoiling me with a quick "Calibrate button".

April 18, 2009 08:17 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

ze final M51

Posted By Mike Clemens

I want to thank Uncle Rod for prodding me to try Nebulosity2, which gave me my best color results ever!!!

I am puzzled I do not think my CCD color frames were ever _that_ bad but for some reason the color from the DSLR just comes together so much easier.

This is 25 frames of 5 mins each. Calibrated, normalized, and layered in Nebulosity. Aligned and median combined in Maxim.

April 20, 2009 01:10 AM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

M63 Sunflower

Posted By Mike Clemens
Another from the DSLR 40D

59 exposures of 5 mins each @ ISO 800
Do you think I should be shooting at ISO 1600???

April 22, 2009 09:29 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

255 minutes of M101

Posted By Mike Clemens
(51 x 5 minutes) and the TEC200ED

April 30, 2009 10:25 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

NGC6503 in Draco

Posted By Mike Clemens

Here's another one that goes almost overhead up here in Alaska. This is my first time messing with RAW data, with bias/dark calibration and with FocusMax/Robofocus focusing on a DSLR. A lot of stuff came together in one night, just in time for the Sun to take away all my fun!

April 30, 2009 10:26 PM Forum: Digital SLR AstroPhotography

NGC5907 in Draco

Posted By Mike Clemens
This one was converted from RAW pre-calibration and I notice now its harder to stretch the data that way. I might do this one again tonight with RAW's... ignore the Moon, it's not really there.

May 2, 2009 01:43 AM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Le Moon 2009-04-30

Posted By Mike Clemens
2 exposures joined, EOS 40D

May 11, 2009 07:09 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

another M101

Posted By Mike Clemens
This one has a bit more detail I think due to smarter normalization of my various sets. Please ignore the corners, I've been working through figuring out how to process detail out of the galaxy, and I'm getting a bit bored of grafting corners onto the image.

May 17, 2009 09:28 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

NGC6543 Cats Eye in Draco

Posted By Mike Clemens
This was shot half at 1800mm f/9 and half at 3600mm f/18. (Ridiculously oversampled for the seeing.) ~50 frames @ 90 seconds and ISO1600

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