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NGC 6946 v26 viewsNGC 6946, a spiral galaxy in Cepheus. Captured and calibrated with Maxim DL. Stacked with CCD Stack, processed in PixInsight, and finished in Photoshop. Reprocessed for better color balanceAug 01, 2010
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NGC 694617 viewsNGC 6946, a spiral galaxy in Cepheus. Captured and calibrated with Maxim DL. Stacked with CCD Stack, processed in PixInsight, and finished in Photoshop.Jul 11, 2010
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M101 -- The Pinwheel Galaxy45 viewsM101 / NGC 5457, the Pinwheel Galaxy, a spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. Data acquired and reduced in Maxim DL, aligned and stacked in CCDStack 2, processed in PixInsight, and finished in Photoshop. There is some optical aberration, I think from the focal reducer, that distorts the stars, particularly at the top of the frame.Jun 13, 2010
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Moon and Venus May 20108 viewsThe crescent Moon and Venus outside the front door at Lake RiversideMay 26, 2010
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NGC 503344 viewsNGC 5033 -- Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici. Captured with CCDCommander and Maxim DL, reduced and combined in CCDStack, processed in PixInsight, and finished in Photoshop. This dim object (mag 10.8) really needs more exposure time than I have.May 25, 2010
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M33 with Hydrogen Alpha87 viewsM33- The Triangulum Galaxy, data captured on September 20 and 26, 2008, and September 19, 2009. This is the same image as my earlier M33 Over Two Years but has had 90 minutes of Hydrogen Alpha added to the red in the image. Captured and calibrated in Maxim DL. Aligned and combined in CCDStack. Primary processing in PixInsight with touch-up in Photoshop. Mar 21, 2010
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M82 -- The Cigar Galaxy64 viewsM82 -- The Cigar Galaxy, captured with CCD Commander and Maxim DL, reduced in Maxim DL and CCDStack, stacked in CCDStack, processed in PixInsight, finished in Photoshop.Mar 06, 2010
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Crab in Ha38 viewsThe Crab Nebula, Messier 1, in hydrogen alpha (Ha). Captured in Maxim DL, reduced, registered, and stacked in CCDStack, processed in PixInsight, minor touch up in Photoshop.Jan 23, 2010
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The Moon, December 18 2004168 viewsThe Moon, captured in an AVI file, aligned, combined and sharpened in Registax, finished in Photoshop.
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Jupiter, Io, and Ganymede, April 15, 2005111 viewsJupiter, Io, and Ganymede on a farily good night of seeing. Io is the moon closer to Jupiter.
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Plato Crater with Craterlets v293 viewsPlato Crater with craterlets, processed in Registax, PixInsight, and Photoshop. Two versions were taken at this time, one at 30 fps, the other at 10fps. The 10fps had more noise, but more detail upon processing.
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Pier Inspection192 viewsMy daughter inspects the completed pier footing
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Observatory Framed - Looking up the hill147 viewsThe steps going up from the drive to the observatory.
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Observatory Framed - Rafters177 viewsHere are three of the four rafters for the two roofs of the observatory. The roof will be curved. The longer of the three shown here is for the moving roof. The smaller are for the warm room and equipment room that the larger roof will roll over.
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View to South236 viewsCall this a "construction final" exterior view of the observatory, looking to the south. Note the neat area around the well, a real improvement from the mess that was there before.
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Deer Lick Group and Stephan's Quintet106 viewsThis image of two galaxy groups in Pegasus is the first image from the new observatory. NGC 7331 is the largest of the two groups. Acquired with ACP and Maxim DL, calibrated in Maxim DL, aligned and stacked in CCDStack, processed in PixInsight and Photoshop.
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