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M33 from early morning 10-26-17
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10/31/2017 10:39 AM

Very nice!

 

Johnny

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From: "Astrophotography" <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2017 3:25am
To: "johnnyb@reagan.com" <johnnyb@reagan.com>
Subject: re: M33 from early morning 10-26-17 <<$183736199786$>>




Here is the full size (except for a little crop on the edges which overlapped from stacking) of a new attempt at processing. Again, just the RGB files.

Willie

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10/30/2017 10:17 AM
Willie,

Please pardon me if I have already replied, but that is a GREAT image. Any reasonable astrophotographer would be proud to claim it!

Congratulations on your entry to a never-ending black hole of frustration and joy. 

Jeff


On Oct 28, 2017, at 1:31 AM, Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:

I took 5 x 5 min each of LRGB & Ha on M33 centered around 3am on Thursday morning.  These were taken with my SBIG 2000 and Baader filters on my William Optics 132 FLT.

For this image I calibrated, combined and aligned the images using AstroImageJ.  Then I used Fits Liberator for the initial stretch and save to tiff, followed by RGB stretching and combination with Photoshop.  For this version, I did not use my L or Ha frames.  Then I opened the file in Nebulosity and did a bit more processing, 2x2 adaptive binning and saved as a jpg.

I intend to work on another version using the L & Ha frames.

Willie
10/30/2017 7:06 AM
Looks like your best image so far. It’s a very good job.

Aubrey

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From: mailer@mail2.clubexpress.com [mailto:mailer@mail2.clubexpress.com] On Behalf Of Astrophotography
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2017 3:26 AM
To: abrickhouse1@att.net
Subject: re: M33 from early morning 10-26-17 <<$183736047687$>>




The uploaded image was just 640x480 jpg. I have done a new version that is a better, I think. I will post the higher resolution image this time.

Willie
10/30/2017 7:01 AM
Nice image Willie

Dave

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From: "Astrophotography" <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org>
To: "jde209@netzero.net" <jde209@netzero.net>
Subject: re: M33 from early morning 10-26-17 <<$183736047687$>>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 03:25:39 -0500




The uploaded image was just 640x480 jpg. I have done a new version that is a better, I think. I will post the higher resolution image this time.

Willie
10/30/2017 5:26 AM
Very nice Willie
 
- Steve
 
 
 
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2017 1:31 AM
Subject: M33 from early morning 10-26-17 <<$183655657582$>>
 
I took 5 x 5 min each of LRGB & Ha on M33 centered around 3am on Thursday morning.  These were taken with my SBIG 2000 and Baader filters on my William Optics 132 FLT.
 
For this image I calibrated, combined and aligned the images using AstroImageJ.  Then I used Fits Liberator for the initial stretch and save to tiff, followed by RGB stretching and combination with Photoshop.  For this version, I did not use my L or Ha frames.  Then I opened the file in Nebulosity and did a bit more processing, 2x2 adaptive binning and saved as a jpg.
 
I intend to work on another version using the L & Ha frames.
 
Willie
 
 
10/30/2017 3:23 AM
Here is the full size (except for a little crop on the edges which overlapped from stacking) of a new attempt at processing. Again, just the RGB files.

Willie
10/30/2017 3:21 AM
The uploaded image was just 640x480 jpg. I have done a new version that is a better, I think. I will post the higher resolution image this time.

Willie
10/28/2017 9:44 AM
Hi Willie, that is an excellent image. I can not blow it up for some reason but it has good color, etc.

Thanks for sharing

Aubrey

-----Original Message-----
From: mailer@mail2.clubexpress.com [mailto:mailer@mail2.clubexpress.com] On Behalf Of Astrophotography
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2017 1:31 AM
To: abrickhouse1@att.net
Subject: M33 from early morning 10-26-17 <<$183655657582$>>




I took 5 x 5 min each of LRGB &amp; Ha on M33 centered around 3am on Thursday morning. &nbsp;These were taken with my SBIG 2000 and Baader filters on my William Optics 132 FLT.
For this image I calibrated, combined and aligned the images using AstroImageJ. Then I used Fits Liberator for the initial stretch and save to tiff, followed by RGB stretching and combination with Photoshop. For this version, I did not use my L or Ha frames. Then I opened the file in Nebulosity and did a bit more processing, 2x2 adaptive binning and saved as a jpg.
I intend to work on another version using the L & Ha frames.
Willie
10/28/2017 8:24 AM
Beautiful work, Willie! Well done.

On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 1:31 AM, Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
I took 5 x 5 min each of LRGB & Ha on M33 centered around 3am on Thursday morning.  These were taken with my SBIG 2000 and Baader filters on my William Optics 132 FLT.

For this image I calibrated, combined and aligned the images using AstroImageJ.  Then I used Fits Liberator for the initial stretch and save to tiff, followed by RGB stretching and combination with Photoshop.  For this version, I did not use my L or Ha frames.  Then I opened the file in Nebulosity and did a bit more processing, 2x2 adaptive binning and saved as a jpg.

I intend to work on another version using the L & Ha frames.

Willie
10/28/2017 1:22 AM
I took 5 x 5 min each of LRGB & Ha on M33 centered around 3am on Thursday morning.  These were taken with my SBIG 2000 and Baader filters on my William Optics 132 FLT.

For this image I calibrated, combined and aligned the images using AstroImageJ.  Then I used Fits Liberator for the initial stretch and save to tiff, followed by RGB stretching and combination with Photoshop.  For this version, I did not use my L or Ha frames.  Then I opened the file in Nebulosity and did a bit more processing, 2x2 adaptive binning and saved as a jpg.

I intend to work on another version using the L & Ha frames.

Willie
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