March 2010

M3 – Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici

M3

Telescope: Meade LXD75 SN6
Camera: Meade DSI Pro III
Filters: IDAS LPS-2, Meade LRGB
Luminance: 28x45sec, saved as FITS
RGB: 10x60sec, saved as FITS
Guide scope: Meade DSX-90, PHD
Software: Envisage, Autostar Image Processing, Nebulosity, Photoshop

M3 – Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici

M3

Telescope: Meade LXD75 SN6
Camera: Meade DSI Pro III
Filters: IDAS LPS-2, Meade LRGB
Luminance: 28x45sec, saved as FITS
RGB: 10x60sec, saved as FITS
Guide scope: Meade DSX-90, PHD
Software: Envisage, Autostar Image Processing, Nebulosity, Photoshop

M3

M3

The Sun in Ultraviolet – Second Image Set

The Sun in Ultraviolet

Telescope: Meade LXD75 SN6 (stopped to 50mm)
Camera: Meade DSI Pro III
Filters: Thousand Oaks Solar Filter (visible), Baader Venus Filter (UV)
Luminance: 94x0.25sec, saved as FITS
RGB: None
Guide scope: None
Software: Envisage, Photoshop Elements
Date & Time: 3/20/10 at 17h 0m UT

This image is similar to the one I posted earlier, but this one was assembled from a subset of 105 uncombined source images, sorted by hand, and then stacked in Envisage. The final image was colorized in Photoshop Elements.

The Sun in Ultraviolet – Second Image Set

The Sun in Ultraviolet

Telescope: Meade LXD75 SN6 (stopped to 50mm)
Camera: Meade DSI Pro III
Filters: Thousand Oaks Solar Filter (visible), Baader Venus Filter (UV)
Luminance: 94x0.25sec, saved as FITS
RGB: None
Guide scope: None
Software: Envisage, Photoshop Elements
Date & Time: 3/20/10 at 17h 0m UT

This image is similar to the one I posted earlier, but this one was assembled from a subset of 105 uncombined source images, sorted by hand, and then stacked in Envisage. The final image was colorized in Photoshop Elements.

The Sun in Ultraviolet

The Sun in Ultraviolet

After

After

On the operating table

On the operating table

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