A Qld dumbbell

[alan meehan (Alan)]

This was taken in beautiful dark skies of qld at astrofest 300min iso 800 using the 10"newtonian , processed in photoshop
ALAN

[Octane (Humayun)]

Alan,

That's beautiful.

Well done. 300 minutes is no small feat!

Regards,
Humayun

[renormalised (Carl)]

Very nice WF of the dumbbell, Alan

When I read the title to your post, for a moment I thought you were talking about Sen. Joyce, from up this way!!!

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Thanks Humayun you right about the 300mi considering the night before i shot the same thing all in jpeg files,
renormalised
why would you call a pollie a dumbbell

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Nice job big Al

I can't help but think there must be more info lurking in there , 300min under dark skies should show the outer details..at least a bit even with a DSLR

Oh and my wife works for a very educated and talented Pollie, the idea that they do nothing is absolutely a myth from my experience, fun to say (easy even) but in reality many of them just about kill themselves (and my wife) trying to do their job.

Mike
Pollie carer

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by alan meehan

considering the night before i shot the same thing all in jpeg files,

Ahhh we live and learn don't we.

Great work there Al.
Is it ok if I post your jpeg image for a comparison?

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Hi jjj ok that would be a interesting comparrison.
Mike you are probably right about more data i did not do a lot of proccessing on this shot i will give it more and see what happens,
Thanks ALAN

[alan meehan (Alan)]

A repro this has brought the outer shell more.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Al graciously tossed his jpegs my way (in disgust) and here's my interpretation of his Dumb Bell.
1 hour and 35 minutes over 18 frames.
Processed in Photoshop.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Told ya Jeanette, your a natural

Mike

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Thanks jjj who would have thought the jpegs would come out so good looks like i was the right dumbbell.

[h0ughy (David)]

Hey Al i had a go at your raw data - stacked in DSS and processed entirely in Pixinsight1.56

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Thanks Dave pixilinsight has a very nice smooth background its a very good program well done