We did finally get one clear night out during our man weekend in Amish country. Here’s a single snap of the moon tightened up just a bit with wavelets. Continue Reading... "A shot of the moon from the Cabin at Salt Creek Pond."
Processing the super moon again
Knowing a little bit more about stacking now, and also having discovered that great G’Mic plugin called “wavelet sharpen,” I tried to clean up my bad super moon pictures from earlier this winter. Here’s the old picture: And here it is stacked a little better and sharpened with wavelets: It… Continue Reading... "Processing the super moon again"
A little better moon sliver
I’m still having some trouble photographing the moon. I’ve fought with being unable to achieve a truly sharp focus, and sometimes having double images present. After flocking the inside of my telescope and being a bit more patient with taking a picture after moving the telescope, I think the double… Continue Reading... "A little better moon sliver"
Applying stretching in Siril
I just learned how to actually apply stretching to the image in Siril, instead of only just previewing it in the preview windows. The Siril autostretch and asinh profiles are really nice, and tend to look better than what I can manually do in Gimp. First, have your stacked and… Continue Reading... "Applying stretching in Siril"
Horsehead: 1, Me: 0
I figured I would try something other than M42 for once. With my new Baader UHC filter in hand, I looked around at other parts of the Orion constellation. Knowing approximately where the horsehead nebula should be, I looked around a bit using a 56mm eyepiece and the filter. I… Continue Reading... "Horsehead: 1, Me: 0"
Random stars?
I was just randomly looking around the night sky, and found a little “cluster” of stars that I thought looked cool. I decided to photograph it a bit in case something else came out with it. The result was quite pretty! I did mess with the saturations a bit to… Continue Reading... "Random stars?"
M42 again?
I bought a cheap Chinese “UHC” filter on Amazon that only lets through light around the 500nm band, which is a cyan-ish color. It did work pretty good at making the Orion nebula pop in a big eyepiece. However, it seems to have some kind of reflection problem. Stars would… Continue Reading... "M42 again?"
Camera modifications
I recently learned about camera internal filters, and I might not want one for astrophotography. Basically, cameras tend to have an IR and UV cut filter that also cut some red from the pictures to match how our eyes see red. While good for daytime color photos, this greatly increases… Continue Reading... "Camera modifications"
M42 at prime focus
While on vacation in beautiful Kentucky, I had a chance to try out the scope in some great viewing. With limited time and clouds moving in, I decided to try again at M42, since it is easy to find. The camera was used in “prime focus,” without any eyepiece used.… Continue Reading... "M42 at prime focus"
Just playing around
I wanted to try taking some longer exposure pictures with my cell phone, just for fun. I don’t think I waited long enough after dusk, but it does give a neat sunset gradient! Lots of fiddling around in Gimp with layer modes, blurs, and levels. Continue Reading... "Just playing around"
