better late than never... Theophilus December 2005

[bird]

I thought I'd lost this, I spent a lot of time working on an image of Theophilus in late December last year and then never got around to posting it... when I remembered it a few months later I couldn't find it anymore :-(

Anyhoo, I just stumbled across one of the final images in my Jupiter data, how's that for mis-labeled?

Details (as best I can remember):

10" f/6 newtonian
Dragonfly Express firewire camera
lots of frames (maybe 6000 or so?)
Captured under Linux with Coriander, processed under Windows with Registax
and Astra Image.

cheers, Bird

[iceman]

Excellent image, Anthony! Great tonal range and detail at an impressive focal length.

I remember this image - you were testing your ppmcentre MAP processing on this data weren't you? (which reminds me, how is that going? :D)

Thanks for posting it, it'll barely keep me going until you get your 13" back in action again ;)

[bird]

Yes, that's right, this was my test image for the automatic multipoint alignment stuff I was working on. A couple of things have slowed me down on that - it's incredibly easy to introduce artifacts that show up in the end image, I don't have that completely solved yet but I keep finding improvements on it.

Also I had some problems when I switched to the new scope in January, couldn't seem to get the sort of image detail I needed to test this properly. Looks like that's sorted now and I'll be back in business shortly.

cheers, Bird

[sheeny]

Beautifully sharp image Bird! :thumbsup: Practically a macro compared to Jupiter!

Al.

[Dennis]

Very nice image Anthony - it’s good to see you posting these wonderful images once again!

Cheers

Dennis

[fringe_dweller]

Wow nice! its got a real graphite look to theof.. the.. theophilususisus

[ballaratdragons]

Bird, that is a great pic!

It is the only image I have seen where the Mountain in the centre of Theophilus looks BIG! Other pics don't give it justice. It usually just looks like a little peak.

Well done.

[seeker372011]

wow:jawdrop:

[Ric]

Hi Bird, that is one top image, I'm glad you found it.

cheers