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The forecast called for ~50% cloudiness at the beginning of the evening and I wasn't really prepared to go out as my computers weren't setup for my captures software. I was able to get things running pretty quickly and with some luck caught some data before the clouds came in for good. Seeing was as good as predicted. Amazingly enough, I have not had this scope outside in over 1 month! I didn't even touch the focus or collimation for these captures! Clouds killed a straight up 3x min per channel run, so I mixed a few captures together. I hate shooting through the clouds, but the atmosphere was actually very steady so that made up for it.
Processing notes:
Being on the new Ubuntu 9.04 install I had to reinstall all my programs. Registax 5 is now out in full and I tried that out. Initially I thought my saved HowTo-v7 wavelets scheme's were too harsh, but I think they still worked well. I tried a different, lighter scheme but wasn't impressed so I went back to the old scheme.
Observing notes:
Despite varying cloudiness the RGB image came out well. Everything is well balanced. Does anyone know what the dark line is that is below the rings in the EZ area?
Sean Walker on CN thinks it might be a sharpening artifact: http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/3132235/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1
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Object: Saturn
Planet
Origin: ObservationManager - SolarSystem Catalog 1.0
Observer Michael A. Phillips Mr.
Site Home
Begin 2009-05-27 um 21:55:00-05:00
End 2009-05-27 um 22:19:00-05:00
Seeing 2 (good)
Optics C8i
Eyepiece PowerMate (V=812.8)
Filter Astronomik LRGB Color
Camera DMK21AF04
Sitzung 2009-05-27 um 21:55:00-05:00
Visual impression
* Capture notes: The forecast called for ~50% cloudiness at the beginning of the evening and I wasn't really prepared to go out as my computers weren't setup for my captures software. I was able to get things running pretty quickly and with some luck caught some data before the clouds came in for good. Seeing was as good as predicted. Amazingly enough, I have not had this scope outside in over 1 month! I didn't even touch the focus or collimatoin for these captures! Clouds killed a straight up 3x min per channel run, so I mixed a few captures together. I hate shooting through the clouds, but the atmosphere was actually very steady so that made up for it. Processing notes: being on the new Ubuntu 9.04 install I had to reinstall all my programs. Registax 5 is now out in full and I tried that out. Initially I thought my saved HowTo-v7 wavelets scheme's were too harsh, but I think they still worked well. I tried a different, lighter scheme but wasn't impressed so I went back to the old scheme. Observing notes: Despite varying cloudiness the RGB image came out well. Everything is well balanced. Does anyone know what the dark line is that is below the rings in the EZ area?
References
Sessions: 2009-05-27 um 21:44:00-05:00
Begin: 2009-05-27 um 21:44:00-05:00
End: 2009-05-27 um 22:57:00-05:00
Weather: Hazy, steady and humid S: 8/10 at begin, 5-6/10 after clouds moved in and out T:0-2/5
Equipment: T61-Cepheus running Jaunty
Comments: 1st time out with naked Jaunty setup on the new dual boot astro setup with doc... hung on dock after working with in Jaunty quickly setup Anthony Wesley's custom coriander 1.0 no focus, not collimation I wish I'd setup earlier, but things look great on the screen!
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Observer: Michael A. Phillips Mr.
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Site: Home
Longitude: 35.682°
Latitude: -78.743°
Timezone: UT-300 min
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Optics: C8i
Type: SCT
Vendor: Celestron
Aperture: 203.0 mm
Focal length: 2032.0 mm
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Eyepiece: PowerMate
Vendor: TeleVue
Focal length: 2.5 mm
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Filter: Astronomik LRGB
Typ: Color
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CCD Camera: DMK21AF04
Vendor: The Image Source
Pixel: 640x480
>> Observations << Created: 05/28/2009 20:17:29