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Mike's Astronomy Page: July 2011

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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Jul 14, 2011. A Proper First Light Part Deux. I wrote recently about my trip to Starizona down in Tucson and Dean's efforts to help me straighten out my imaging rig. Let me reiterate that he went far beyond what would be considered above and beyond the call of duty in helping me. Only a week later I was able to get some time away from civilization over the Independence Day holiday in Northern Arizona. So what was the end result? Nothing but...

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Mike's Astronomy Page: September 2011

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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Sep 20, 2011. She Blinded Me With Science. 65279;. Amateur astronomy has long been a pursuit that loves to debate the controversial topics, even from its earliest days. All those hours spent studying, observing and watching the sky frees the mind enough that it can form hypotheses and compare them with those of nearby observing companions. I think it's going to hit the ground! To which Galileo simply replied, "No it isn't.". With the...

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Mike's Astronomy Page: October 2012

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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Oct 31, 2012. NGC 6914 - Seeing Red. My emphasis on the Hydrogen Alpha data and its use in the luminance. Intended effect on the detail, but it cost me a lot. Reflection nebulosity that's in this nebula complex. I have been able to massively increase the amount of time that I spend imaging. Much narrowband data gets collected from my Arizona backyard while I sleep. During weekends at dark sky observing sites, CCDAutoPilot. Kies of Portal, AZ.

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Mike's Astronomy Page: March 2013

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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Mar 19, 2013. Messier and the ED152. After driving through a punishing thunderstorm. To get to the campsite, I was greeted with a. Fantastic rainbow to start my first night out. I look forward to this event every year. I also look forward to the East Valley Astronomy Club. Over the nine days of the trip I had a couple of goals astronomy-wise. I wanted to put my new Explore Scientific. ED152CF through its paces. It's a 6" f/8 apochromati...

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Mike's Astronomy Page: January 2012

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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Jan 17, 2012. Various and Sundry Things. I've had a few things that I've been meaning to talk about and they've been hangin' around on my back burner for a little while now. I enjoy the mechanical and technical aspects of imaging as much as the actual images, so that's what I'm going to talk about this time out. First I want to give a little love to Ed Thomas and his company. Active Cooling for the Edge HD! Cooling Fans installed on my.

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Mike's Astronomy Page: PixInsight Deconvolution

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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Aug 7, 2013. World class imager Manuel Jimenez. Put together a tutorial some time ago that taught me much about PixInsight's implementation of deconvolution. His tutorial. Can be found at his website. There are a few points to remember in order to get the best results. 1 - Do deconvolution on a linear image. Before you stretch. 3 - Use the Dynamic PSF process module. It's your friend. Here's a link to a larger version of this image:. Im cur...

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Celestron Ultima 8 Telescope

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Celestron Ultima 8 Telescope. This is one of the best Schmidt Cassegrain telescopes ever built. Read what Uncle Rod writes about this model by going to Uncle Rod's Blog. Then click on "Uncle Rods' Used STC Guide". Rod Mollise is an authority figure when it comes to the SCT.). Heavy duty tripod mount. Hand controller/corrector (for astro-photography). Celestron Plossl 30mm multi-coated. Celestron 2x Barlow (CNBLU #93506). Celestron 12.5mm Ultima (CN125U #93352). Celestron 18mm Ultima (CN18U #93353).

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Urban Astronomy: Old film photo - Corona Borealis

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Saturday, March 12, 2011. Old film photo - Corona Borealis. Recently found an old film AP pic I took. I'm afraid I don't have a lot of info on this one. I can tell you it was taken years ago, using Kodak ISO 200 Slide Film, and scanned with an Epson scanner. It may. Have been taken with a Pentacon Six, Medium Format camera, but again, I'm not sure. I had to significantly reduce it, just to upload it. Orig. size was over 96MB! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Some Of My Favorite Links.