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27-10-2006, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by seeker372011
harder bit to capture is the reddish brown nebulosity around the Merope /Tempel Nebula
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You mean I've been trying my best to get rid of that from my shots and sacrificing blue nebulosity and it's supposed to be there? 
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27-10-2006, 07:27 PM
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Lovely shot Humayan, I notice the ED80 was Piggybacked on the LX, shows that there's quite reasonable guiding capability with an Alt-Az mount if you persevere.
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27-10-2006, 07:57 PM
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Hi Phil,
Thanks for the compliment.
I'm actually polar-mounted because I use the equatorial wedge. The pain that it is, it does work. 
Regards,
Humayun
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Originally Posted by acropolite
Lovely shot Humayan, I notice the ED80 was Piggybacked on the LX, shows that there's quite reasonable guiding capability with an Alt-Az mount if you persevere.
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27-10-2006, 08:50 PM
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hi humayun, louie and narayan
hows it going fellas.
great shot humayun, looks almost like an oil painting on my monitor.
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27-10-2006, 10:05 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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guys you should check out louie's stupendous image of the rosette over at Cloudy nights
oops sorry to hijack humayun's thread 
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28-10-2006, 01:42 AM
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IIS Member #671
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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David: Hello, and thanks! Well, most celestial objects do look like cosmic oil spills.
Narayan: I saw his raw data on the night, it looked astounding. I'll hop on over and have another look.
Regards,
Humayun
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28-10-2006, 08:26 AM
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lots of eyes on you!
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Launceston Tasmania
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Well Hoctanious, you are world class in your DSO stuff!
I did some observing last night and then got my little set of binoculars out and lay back in a chair looking at m45.
You have captured it beautifully!
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28-10-2006, 11:18 AM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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Join Date: May 2006
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Originally Posted by Octane
Louie: Oi! What are you doing here? Nice surprise! Thanks for the heads up.
Paul: It's quite OK; I've been called everything under the sun. A single letter misplaced doesn't bother me. 
David: Thanks.
Narayan: Thanks for the compliment. I'm starting to let go of my inhibitions and becoming a lot more freeform in Photoshop. It has helped a lot. I am only just starting to realise the potential and power of this most wonderful application.
Rich: Thanks for the kind words. I'm going to reshoot this next month and gather a whole heap more data. I had actually gathered close to two hours of data, however, had a lot of issues with autoguiding and wind which ruined half the exposures. I'm also going to use guitar wire or something else to give me finer spikes. I don't want to get rid of them as I like them.
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Octan, this is a lovely image and you have done everything very well in the processing, well done!
I also like diffraction spikes but I think they deffinitely over power the image in this case. Try plain black sewing cotton thread.
Just in case you are wondering, I did not post Alan's M45 to detract from your image. I hadn't even seen yours before I posted Alan's.
Mike
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29-10-2006, 10:19 PM
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David,
Thank you so much. Your compliments are always so kind.
Most appreciated.
Regards,
Humayun
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Originally Posted by davidpretorius
Well Hoctanious, you are world class in your DSO stuff!
I did some observing last night and then got my little set of binoculars out and lay back in a chair looking at m45.
You have captured it beautifully!
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29-10-2006, 10:22 PM
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IIS Member #671
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Hi Mike,
Always great getting praise from you. Most appreciated.
I've taken your advice and have removed the 30-pound fishing wire and attached thin black cotton thread instead.
I was shooting the Al-nitak region last night and the difference is immense. I got very thin and crisp diffraction spikes which are a whole lot more aesthetically pleasing. I could pass off as owning an RCOS truss tube.
No worries with regards to posting Alan's stupendous work. I have fallen in love with his work since Louie showed me.
Regards,
Humayun
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Octan, this is a lovely image and you have done everything very well in the processing, well done!
I also like diffraction spikes but I think they deffinitely over power the image in this case. Try plain black sewing cotton thread.
Just in case you are wondering, I did not post Alan's M45 to detract from your image. I hadn't even seen yours before I posted Alan's.
Mike
Mike
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30-10-2006, 12:06 AM
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I HATE COMA!
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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that is one of the best M45 i have seen from a 350d unmodded! well done mate 
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30-10-2006, 05:05 AM
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Eric,
You're far too kind.
Thanks, mate.
Regards,
Humayun
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