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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50908164148_dd44086f04_z.jpg Orion Nebula taken on Feb. 2, 2021 This was my last chance to photo M42 and the maximum frames I can achieve before the upper balcony obscure its view. I live at a latitude of 25 degrees N which was a godsent when it came to last year...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50898637327_b5c1cfd1b4_z.jpg Orion Nebula, using the same data as the previous one posted two days ago (17 minutes of exposure) and then I reprocessed it for a second time in PhotoShop. It appears to me the photo degrades somewhat when it is converted from a fits...

HI Robin,

I wish to change it to "RickBG".

Thanks, Rick

Thanks for your comments. I started somewhat late that evening when Orion Nebula was around 50 degrees latitude, causing a degradation of the image due to the balcony above. I live in a high-rise and when I photograph celestial objects on my balcony I am limited to 55 degrees or so in latitude. Usin...

Hi Robin, I wish to change my user name...how do I go about it?

Rick

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50883104001_7a19c9a9fa_w.jpg Orion Nebula up close taken on January 23, 2021. I took 17 minutes of exposures (1000 frames of 1 second each) which would be considered very short. Note, the Trapezium (four stars) can be seen when zoomed in. Hardware: CPC 800 SCT 8&...

Hi Tim, I exposed the image for 2.5 minutes at approximately 120 frames per second giving me about 18,000 frames. I took 50% of that total in AutoStakkert3 which yielded 9,000 frames. The QHY5IIIColor is a very fast frame rate CMOS camera with a large 5.86 micron pixel size which is useful for plane...

Mars taken on 11/16/2020, Miami

CPC 800 SCT
QHY5IIIC
5X Focal extender
ADC by ZWO

CPWI to control mount
Sharpcap Pro (64bit) 3.3
AutoStakkert3
RegiStax6
Photoshop/Astra Image

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50680403586_6a56034231.jpg Taken on Oct 30, 2020 of the lunar southwest limb As you approach the limbs of the moon, the central peaks of large craters can be better viewed on their sides which gives you a good perspective of their heights, as seen in this photo. ...

One of the reasons for the enhanced detail, especially the rings around Saturn, was the use of "deconvolution " in the Astra Image program. I now use it for all my planetary images to bring out that final detail.