Astronomy
This was a month's worth of work thanks to clouds. Ended up being a 5 panel mosaic of M42 and my final image with my Meade DSI II Pro (it is getting traded in for a better CCD)
Each panel is roughly 340 x 30sec images (80xL, 60xR,G,B) for a collective total of just over 14 hours of data in 30 sec. snippets. Each channel stacked in Nebulosity then brought over to Photoshop where I used "Annie's Astro Actions" to process it (used the "Channel Process", "Make DSO Stand Out", and "Create Mosaic - 6 panel" , other than that I just used some slight levels to balance the colors between panels.
There are areas that could stand more data (top right and bottom left), but thanks to weeks of clouds with only a day or two of clear in between massive rain storms I ran out of time and my camera sold so this is it.
Overall, I am quite happy with the result, especially considering it was all with 30s subs and I havent been at this all that long.
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Two years ago I could not even tell you what someone meant if they said "narrowband image" let alone expect that I would, in a relatively short amount of time, learn enough about astrophotography that I would be undergoing a project that would take all...
- Back To Astronomy ... Or Not
After creating my action set (thanks to a few weeks of clouds) I was hoping to get back out to observing and imaging, but apparently the weatherman didnt agree and I got about 2 nights worth of clear skies before I have had another week of solid clouds...
- Finalizing Action List
The 25 free pre-orders went fairly quickly, which is exciting and I hope that everyone who gets them will find them a valuable set for processing and will spread the word about them. Likewise, I would appreciate any feedback about the actions or if you...
- Annie's Astro Actions - Almost Ready For Release!
I am still developing more actions, but my Astroimaging Actions are almost ready for release!!! The first 25 people who pre-order will get the entire action set for FREE!!! After that, any preorders will only be $8 (this is reduced from previously...
- New Astronomy Processing Tools For Photoshop Cs2
I am in the process of creating some astronomy tools for Photoshop CS2. If you are interested in testing them with me, please let me know ... I only have CS2 on my computers but believe they are compatible with a few other versions of Photoshop as well,...
Astronomy
Orion Nebula Mosaic completion
This was a month's worth of work thanks to clouds. Ended up being a 5 panel mosaic of M42 and my final image with my Meade DSI II Pro (it is getting traded in for a better CCD)
Each panel is roughly 340 x 30sec images (80xL, 60xR,G,B) for a collective total of just over 14 hours of data in 30 sec. snippets. Each channel stacked in Nebulosity then brought over to Photoshop where I used "Annie's Astro Actions" to process it (used the "Channel Process", "Make DSO Stand Out", and "Create Mosaic - 6 panel" , other than that I just used some slight levels to balance the colors between panels.
There are areas that could stand more data (top right and bottom left), but thanks to weeks of clouds with only a day or two of clear in between massive rain storms I ran out of time and my camera sold so this is it.
Overall, I am quite happy with the result, especially considering it was all with 30s subs and I havent been at this all that long.
- Two Years And A Pelican
Two years ago I could not even tell you what someone meant if they said "narrowband image" let alone expect that I would, in a relatively short amount of time, learn enough about astrophotography that I would be undergoing a project that would take all...
- Back To Astronomy ... Or Not
After creating my action set (thanks to a few weeks of clouds) I was hoping to get back out to observing and imaging, but apparently the weatherman didnt agree and I got about 2 nights worth of clear skies before I have had another week of solid clouds...
- Finalizing Action List
The 25 free pre-orders went fairly quickly, which is exciting and I hope that everyone who gets them will find them a valuable set for processing and will spread the word about them. Likewise, I would appreciate any feedback about the actions or if you...
- Annie's Astro Actions - Almost Ready For Release!
I am still developing more actions, but my Astroimaging Actions are almost ready for release!!! The first 25 people who pre-order will get the entire action set for FREE!!! After that, any preorders will only be $8 (this is reduced from previously...
- New Astronomy Processing Tools For Photoshop Cs2
I am in the process of creating some astronomy tools for Photoshop CS2. If you are interested in testing them with me, please let me know ... I only have CS2 on my computers but believe they are compatible with a few other versions of Photoshop as well,...