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Outstanding. Looks like it's exploding. Like the editing.
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Thank you sir! It's been so long in between sessions here that the temperatures at night have changed already so yes for this one I did the lights, covered the scope and then did the darks. I then did the flats and dark flats at dawn. I now have a current library. I redo them about 4 times a year.
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Leveye started following Strange shaped stars with 130PDS, Heart of the Rosette, Imaging Challenge #5 - Solar & Solar Eclipse - Winners and and 1 other
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Been quite awhile since my last post. Such a brutal winter! Hope this post is finding your skies clear and views amazing. Still capturing whenever I can which is much too few and far between but it's getting better now that Spring is finally here. Finally!! To warm things up a bit more here's a little bit closer look at the Heart of the Rosette Nebula for you. Stellarvue SV80ED, AT2FF Hutech spectrum enhanced Canon T5i Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G 6-600 second lights, 25 darks, 25 flats, 25 dark flats. Stacked in DSS median and Mosaic method. Edited slightly in Adobe Camera RAW. Let me know what you think of the processing and final outcome.
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First things first. Your focus looks soft here to me. Then a very precise collimation of the scope. After that I'd check the spacing on the MPCC for the edges don't look very corrected to me. Try these things again and post us an example of it. You'll get there.
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Strange problem with Explore scientific CC
Leveye replied to a topic in Getting Started With Imaging
They make wide EOS T-rings. Thats what you want. M48 instead of T2. Baader makes a great one that even holds a filter. -
Getting a solar image in focus
Leveye replied to sophiecentaur's topic in Getting Started With Imaging
Underexpose using live view and zoom in. Using sunspots helps. -
Prominence- August 18th
Leveye replied to Zakalwe's topic in Imaging Challenge #5 - Solar & Solar Eclipse (Now Closed)
Could well be the best solar image I've ever seen. Holy Cow man. -
Leveye started following Imaging Challenge #5 - Solar & Solar Eclipse (Now Closed)
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Leveye started following North American Total Eclipse of 2017 w/ prominences
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Here I present to you for your consideration my second Solar Eclipse contest entry of the North American Total Eclipse of 2017. This one is a single exposure of the all too fleeting minute of Totality we had here on the Oregon Coast. This slightly underexposed picture really showcases the beautiful Corona and amazing towering prominences that became visible just then. As before I used a Stellarvue SV80ED doublet refractor with a Canon 5Dmkiii full frame DSLR on an Orion Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G tracking mount. I used ISO 400 and this one was shot at 1/50th shutter speed in Manual mode. I just slightly edited this single RAW exposure in Adobe camera RAW in shadows and highlights to bring out some wispy corona details and resized for posting. I hope you all have a chance to experience an event like this in your lifetime for it truly will never be forgotten.