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HunterHarling

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  1. It doesn't look too bad. I would do this one in narrowband, though and add rgb for the stars. The stars are too bright for the nebula to do it in rgb in my oppinion. Adding 5-7 hours of rgb might look nice though.
  2. Excellent image! I love the colors.
  3. You definitely need evidence, so reference and link articles and statistics in your response. I think you should talk about these 5 different arguments, many of which you had in your original letter but maybe could be expanded upon: 1. Evironmental- both the energy required and fossil fuels and also the effect on ecosystems, birds, ect. 2. Economic- the hundreds of thousands of $ being spent on these lights could be used by actually putting up security cameras or something which directly reduces crime. 3. Human health and mental health- cite articles that have researched the effects both on the mind and body. 4. Impact on science- us astronomers are actually a large impact, we conduct research such as exoplanet photometry, spectroscopy, and other things. This light pollution directly impacts astronomical research. 5. The real impact on safety- that 97% positive response is from a population largely ignorant about the real safety imact. As some of us have mentioned, it is actually the other way around, burglars will not rob a house if they can't see, thus the decrease of crime when it is dark. In fact, I would be willing to bet that the 3% negative response is from the people who actually did research. I hope this helps.
  4. Thanks for the kind comments everyone! Thats pretty far! Interesting...
  5. I've been wanting to capture this one for a long time... and I finally did these past few weeks. Unfortunately the stars are a bit blown out and have strange diffraction patterns due to the ZWO microlens. Tips/ comments on how to help these would be appreciated One interesting thing I noticed was a small galaxy to the right of Electra. Does anyone know what its brightness is? LRGB: each 50x180s Total exposure: ~10 hours ASI1600 FSQ106 Thanks for looking & clear skies.
  6. Really great images so far. My favorite is the Orion nebula, can't wait to see it in color. Good luck with the scope.
  7. Does anyone know when the winners of challenge 26 will be announced?
  8. I very much enjoy them... and I know others do as well. Maybe we just need some new ideas for the challenges.
  9. This is a great idea. I'll have to do some star trail shots. @Grant, do you know when the October challenge will be announced?
  10. That's interesting because I feel like I've had the star color issue with my ASI1600. But I guess it could be my filters.
  11. Olly- Do you have some examples of these? Just curious.
  12. Thanks My guiding is good so the stars are round at least, but they are just a bit larger than usual.
  13. This is 22.2 hours of Ha exposure of the Bubble nebula, NGC 7635. Unfortunate I seem to have an issue with my filter offsets and all the data turned out slightly out of focus It is interesting to see the structures that were accentuated by removing the stars, particularly the nebulae to the upper right of the bubble. ASI1600mm FSQ106 ZWO Ha 7nm: 200x400s exposures With stars: It's blurry, I know! Thanks for looking and clear skies!
  14. Very nice, amazing star color also
  15. You can stack in you're sleep Very nice picture btw.
  16. Thanks everyone! Thanks. The Ha really helped for this one.
  17. Thanks Sara, I'm glad you like it. Yes, it really does. The center is really interesting...
  18. Here is about 44 hours of data on the Wizard nebula. A LOT of processing went into this image. It was difficult to get the traditional orange/ blue palette since the S and O data was so dim compared to the Ha. I finally settled on the starless image, as it brought out the dimmer nebulae in the background. ASI1600mm FSQ 160 H: 100x400s O, S: 150x300s each Total~44 hours Thanks for looking, questions/ comments welcome!
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