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12-02-2018, 11:15 AM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Eat a car
Ran into trees with a Horse  , so decided to eat a car.
1hr 20 worth of 10 min subs, OSC, Tak FSQ-85. Mean compile, slight DDP and a very slight masked sharpen in PS6.
The Kangaroo Nutsack looks better before stretching (OUCH!), but I am not doing much to this WIP. I am going to be disciplined this imaging season and actually compile data 
Got to remember to REFOCUS every 30 minutes...even the guidescope .
https://www.astrobin.com/full/333248/0/?nc=user
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12-02-2018, 11:16 AM
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Novichok test rabbit
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PS: that was imaged looking over Queanbeyan and Jerrabomberra....GULP
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12-02-2018, 02:39 PM
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Registered User
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Well, there is nothing wrong with that one Lewis, nice work.
Leon
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12-02-2018, 02:58 PM
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ze frogginator
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Nice one mate.  You're gonna give the big man a run for his money.
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12-02-2018, 04:20 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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So that's why he won't invite me out to Wallaroo Marc? Competitive mongrel!
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12-02-2018, 04:26 PM
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PI cult recruiter
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Nice image, Lewis!
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12-02-2018, 04:39 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Thanks Rick.
I thought I may need to defibrilate my mount - it was flatline all night... (the PHD2 graph and centroid target barely moved all night - flat RA and Dec, and the purple target markers barely danced away from centre.)
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12-02-2018, 05:15 PM
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Registered User
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Ok buddy, who are you and what did you do with Lewis? actually, looks great with tight as a fish's butt stars and wonderful detail and contrast.
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12-02-2018, 05:43 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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What, no donkey kicking?
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12-02-2018, 06:14 PM
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ze frogginator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
So that's why he won't invite me out to Wallaroo Marc? Competitive mongrel!
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You need to discover two galaxies mate.
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12-02-2018, 06:25 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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I found my wife’s lost Galaxy phone twice...does that count?
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12-02-2018, 06:26 PM
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ze frogginator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
I found my wife’s lost Galaxy phone twice...does that count?
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Now you're talking.
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12-02-2018, 09:28 PM
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Vixen Optics, Japan
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Join Date: Feb 2018
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LewisM
Ran into trees with a Horse , so decided to eat a car.
1hr 20 worth of 10 min subs, OSC, Tak FSQ-85. Mean compile, slight DDP and a very slight masked sharpen in PS6.
The Kangaroo Nutsack looks better before stretching (OUCH!), but I am not doing much to this WIP. I am going to be disciplined this imaging season and actually compile data
Got to remember to REFOCUS every 30 minutes...even the guidescope .
https://www.astrobin.com/full/333248/0/?nc=user |
Very nice.... thanks for posting.... one of my favourite targets...
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12-02-2018, 09:53 PM
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Narrowing the band
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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The dust lanes in the large bright patch toward 7 o'clock (the roo part you mentioned?) form a very convincing left profile of a philosopher with a craggy brow, boozy nose, and very protruding lips. I'm sure I recognize him from somewhere.
Good work!
"The man from mars is through with cars, and now he only eats guitars ..."
Rapture (Blondie).
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12-02-2018, 10:37 PM
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Ultimate Noob
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Looks pretty good Lewis, you’ve captured a good amount of nebulosity 
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12-02-2018, 10:41 PM
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<--- Comet Hale-Bopp
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Looks great! You must be happy with that.
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13-02-2018, 07:53 AM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cometcatcher
Looks great! You must be happy with that.
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For a "the night is still young" filler shot, it'll do. 
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13-02-2018, 09:44 AM
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Galaxy hitchhiking guide
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Headed in the right direction Lewis. I’d work on improving the star colour variation, plus that of the Nebula itself. Nicely handled just the same
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13-02-2018, 10:37 AM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Thanks Peter, but this literally was a case of main target gone past the imaging window (thanks to a large eucalypt...hmmmm chainsaw....), and the sky was still clear (for an hour), so do something. I didn't even touch it in Photoshop to change star colours etc (only did a masked sharpen). All the stretching and minor gamma adjustment was done in CCDStack.
Plus the LP filter I was using casts a VERY blue tone, so it makes it hard to balance it without really damaging the data (hence why I bought an IDAS LP-DI filter yesterday, ditching the Baader).
Seeing today is cloudy, I may fiddle some just to see what is possible. I also had the Circadian tone filter on the laptop (forgot to turn it off), hence the more sepia toning
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