TAG Image Processing
Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography
Re: raw image from modified D70
Hi Jimbo, The image is a jpeg not NEF (Nikon’s raw format). My recollection is that there might be a plug-in from the Nikon website that Photoshop needs. I am using CS2 […]
Deep Sky / Gear / Long Exposure Photography
M20, The Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius
I am continually amazed at how much data the modified camera is picking up down in the light polluted muck near the horizon. The weird “box” artifact is from the application that […]
Deep Sky / Gear / Long Exposure Photography
M27, The Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula, composite
This is a stack of the previous 2 images of M27. The 5 minute image had nice blue nebulosity, and the 30sec images had some highly textured red, so I decided to […]
Deep Sky / Gear / Long Exposure Photography / Techniques
M8, The Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius
This is from the first night after I performed the “filterectomy” on the Nikon D70. This is a stack of 12 30 second images shot from my light-polluted Newark backyard (”total imaging […]
Moon at 17 days
Moon at 17 days. August 12, 2006. Nikon D70/ED80 @ f/7.5. from the new observatory.
Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography / Observing Reports
Re: Ad Astra Observatory photo updates
Hi Jimbo, I liked the dark horse image in particular. Looks good. Alex On Aug 7, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Jimbo S. Harris wrote: > Hi all, > > Now that the […]
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DSLR astrophoto tips
http://www.dl-digital.com/astrophoto/P2-Astro/Astro-Workflow.htm http://www.dl-digital.com/photoshop_basics.htm http://www.users.bigpond.com/lansma/art_prime_focus_imaging.htm
Gear / Long Exposure Photography
The Great Rift – Milky Way from Cygnus to Aquila
A widefield shot of the Milky Way galaxy in the vicinity of Cygnus the Swan and Aquila the Eagle. Note the “Great Rift”, an dust cloud that blots out most of the […]
Moon at 12 days
Moon at 12 days. June 20, 2005. Nikon D70/Schmidt-Newt 6” @ f/5. Stack of 15 frames.
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Polar Alignment Calculations
Here’s a page that derives Polar Alignment Calculations. (update 5/2020: the original site is gone, so I found the text on Wayback and am inserting it below. This is by the original […]
Gear / Observatory / Telescope
Special Guest Star takes the mount at Hilltop O
The Astro Jedi needed somewhere to store his light sab—- I mean, bucket, and I was only too happy to accommodate him. I have decided that I need to come to a […]
General / Maintenance / Observatory
Dome shutter is motorized again!
I finally decided to bite the bullet and fix the shutter motor. Things went sideways last winter, and I’ve been opening the shutter manually (and tying it shut with rope, so we […]
Trixie 2017 – tube mods
I finally got around to cutting the MTA-UTA tubes to length; the only eyepiece that would come to focus with the focuser spacer in place is the Televue 55mm Plossl. If I […]
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Observatory
Observatory 2.0 – Time has come today!
General / Maintenance
First Light, a deeper look
Mount / Observatory / Telescope
Observatory 2.0 – Result!
Observatory
Observatory 2.0 – The Pier goes in
Gear / General / Maintenance
Martin Farmer Wormblock installation notes
Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography
NGC2244, The Rosette Nebula
Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography
Another beautiful night.