Gene's Gallery
Gene took far more than the bare minimum requirements for the course, and did a great deal of careful work using all the tools he could find. Very nice work, and good detailed descriptions on all his processing steps. A good scientist always documents his work completely and carefully!
γ Cas (2.7m B0 IVe star) + emission/scattering nebulae IC 59 (lower left) and IC 63 (upper right), all within Sh2-185, Eugene Salamin. 8″ Meade LDX75, SBIG ST4000XCM, 4 × 5 min, 2013Sep25 22:20 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory, Clear sky, No Moon, Altitude 50°. CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.21): Dark subtract (-20 C, chip temp -21 C), Color process (sRGB+γ). Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 4 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Levels (eliminate unused pixel values at dark end), Healing brush (remove bad pixels), Color blotch reduction, Space noise reduction × 2, Local contrast enhancement, Curves (reduce green sky background, more blue in glow of γ Cas), Curves (enhance nebula), Saturation +10, Healing brush (remove more bad pixels), Despeckle × 3, Healing brush (remove more bad pixels and a small but annoying dust donut), Crop. |
Penumbral eclipse with 3 birds, Eugene Salamin. Olympus SP-800UZ, 150 mm. 2013Oct18 18:33 PDT, UCSC hill south of Music Recital Center. Clear sky, coastal clouds blocking Santa Cruz lights. Photoshop (v.7.0): Curves (make sky bluer), Curves (lighten trees, darken sky and Moon), Saturation +20, Curves (enhance contrast of background ridges and birds), Saturation +15, Curves (make sky less grey more blue), Curves (overall darken), Saturation +15, Gaussian blur 1 pixel, Crop. |
Moon and Venus with Clouds, Eugene Salamin. Canon 60da, 50 mm, 2 s, f/4.0. 2013Sep11 19:00 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory, 43% Moon. Krita (v.2.7.2) convert Canon raw to jpeg, Photoshop (v.7.0): Encircle Venus and set brightness to maximum, Gaussian blur 5 pixels, Saturation +50, Crop. |
NGC 7293 Helix Planetary Nebula in Aquarius, Becky Snow & Eugene Salamin. 12″ Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 7 × 5 min, 2013Nov05 22:00 PST, Cabrillo Observatory Dome, Clear sky, No Moon, Altitude 23° (noticeable chromatic aberration). CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.25): Dark subtract -30 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+γ. Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 7 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Levels (darken background by removing unused pixel levels at bottom end), Healing brush (only 2 bad pixels), Make Stars Smaller, Space noise reduction × 3, Curves (brighten nebula and enhance its contrast), Autocontrast, Curves (enhance blue central region), Saturation +5, Despeckle × 3, Crop. |
M13 Globular Cluster in Hercules, Eugene Salamin. 12″ Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 3 × 5 min, 2013Oct16 21:02 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory Dome, Clear sky, 96% Moon 104° away, Altitude 32°. CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.25): Dark subtract -20 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+γ. Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 3 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Levels (darken background), Make stars smaller, Unsharp mask (50% 2 pixels), Healing brush (remove bad pixels), Curves (darken background, brighten stars), Crop. |
Color Enhanced Full Moon, Eugene Salamin. 8″ Meade LDX75, Nikon D7000 1/1000 s, 2013Sep18 22:00 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory, Clear sky, Altitude 37°. Photoshop (v.7.0): Plan (Remove overall yellow level, enhance saturation about color neutral point, restore original yellow), Levels (luminance, eliminate unused pixel range), Levels (enhance blue and a bit of green), Enhance local contrast, Color balance (B +65, R -30), Saturation +60, Color balance (B -28), Crop. |
Agave with Moon and Venus, Eugene Salamin. Canon 60da, 50 mm, 1/60 s, f/2.0. 2013Sep29 19:00 PDT, UCSC Arboretum. Krita (v.2.7.2) convert Canon raw to jpeg, Photoshop (v.7.0): Curves (darken sky and vegetation), Crop, Gaussian blur 1 pixel, Encircle inner part of Venus and set to maximum brightness, Crop. |
M22 Globular Cluster in Sagittarius, Eugene Salamin. 12″ Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 4 × 5 min, 2013Sep18 21:50 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory Dome, Clear sky, 100% Moon 75° away, Altitude 23°. CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.21): Dark subtract -18 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+γ. Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 4 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Levels (eliminate unused pixel range at dark end), Healing brush (remove bad pixels), Make stars smaller, Space noise reduction, Unsharp mask (68% 1.5 pixels), Space noise reduction, Curves (darken background, brighten stars), Color balance (Color compensate for low altitude reddening. Chromatic aberration present. R -20, G +8, B +30), Crop. |
M31 Andromeda Galaxy with companion galaxies M32 (left center) and M110 (lower right) and star formation cloud NGC 206 (lower left), Eugene Salamin. 8″ Meade LDX75, SBIG ST4000XCM, 4 × 5 min, 2013Nov09 19:33 PST, Fremont Peak State Park, Clear sky, 49% Moon 72° away, Altitude 67°. CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.25): Dark subtract -20 C, Color process (sRGB+γ). Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 4 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Levels (eliminate unused pixel values at dark end), Healing brush (remove many bad pixels), Rotate 180°, Space noise reduction, Curves (darken sky and enhance galaxy), Local contrast enhancement, Color balance B+15, Saturation +15, No cropping. |
M92 Globular Cluster in Hercules, Eugene Salamin. 12″ Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 3 × 5 min, 2013Sep18 20:45 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory Dome, Clear sky, 100% Moon 92° away, Altitude 64°. CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.20): Dark subtract -18 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+γ. Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 3 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Levels (eliminate unused pixel range at dark end), Space noise reduction, Make stars smaller, Autocontrast, Curves (enhance contrast), Clone stamp (remove bad pixels), Crop. |
NGC 457 Owl Cluster in Cassiopeia. Eugene Salamin. 12″ Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 2 × 5 min, 2013Oct30 19:46 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory Dome, Clear sky, No Moon, Altitude 46°. CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.25): Dark subtract -27 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+γ. Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 2 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Levels not needed, No bad pixels seen (-27 C !), Make stars smaller × 2, Space noise reduction × 2, Unsharp mask 90% 1.5 pixels, Curves (enhance dimmer stars and make dimmest stars visible), Saturation +20, Rotate to put Owl’s eyes on top, Despeckle × 3, Crop. |
NGC 7538 Emission Nebula in Cepheus, Becky Snow & Eugene Salamin. 12″ Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 4 × 5 min, 2013Oct30 22:15 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory Dome, Clear sky, No Moon, Altitude 65°. CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.25): Dark subtract -27 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+γ. Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 4 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Levels (darken background by removing unused pixel levels at bottom end), Healing brush (only 2 bad pixels), Despeckle × 4, Make stars smaller × 2, Space noise reduction, Levels (remove constant background created by low-pass filtering), Unsharp mask 1.5 pixels 50%, Autocolor, Curves (enhance nebula), Saturation +15, Rotate 90° CW, Crop. |
IC 417 Reflection Nebula and Open Cluster in Auriga with 5.079m K star φ Aur, Eugene Salamin & Corbin van den Berghe. 12″ Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 3 × 5 min, 2013Dec04 21:36 PST, Cabrillo Observatory Dome, Clear sky, No Moon, Telescope not in good focus, Altitude 53°. CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.29): Dark subtract -30 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+γ. Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 6 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Levels (remove unused pixel values at dark end), Healing brush (remove bad pixels), Despeckle × 5, Make stars smaller × 5, Levels again (remove background introduced by low-pass filtering), Enhance DSO and reduce stars, Space noise reduction × 2, Levels again (remove background introduced by low-pass filtering), Curves (enhance nebula), Color balance (Midtones R +5, G -10, B +5, Shadows G -10), Saturation +40, Rotate 90° CW, Crop. |
IC63 Emission Nebula in Cassiopeia, Eugene Salamin. 12″ Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 5 × 5 min, 2013Oct02 20:22 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory Dome, Clear sky, No Moon, Altitude 54°. CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.22): Dark subtract -20 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+γ. Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 5 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Autolevels, Healing brush (remove bad pixels), Make stars smaller × 7, Space noise reduction × 3, Curves (brighten nebula), Space noise reduction × 2, Saturation +10, Despeckle × 3, Crop. |
IC 5146 Cocoon Emission Nebula plus Open Cluster in Cygnus, Eugene Salamin. 12″ Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 5 × 5 min, 2013Oct02 20:22 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory Dome, Clear sky, No Moon, Altitude 67°. CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.21): Dark subtract -20 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+γ. Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 5 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Levels (not needed), Healing brush (remove bad pixels), Despeckle × 3, Make stars smaller × 3, Space noise reduction × 2, Unsharp mask 70% 1 pixel, Levels (remove constant background created by low-pass filtering), Curves (brighten nebula), Saturation +15, Despeckle × 2, Crop. |
NGC 6946 Fireworks Galaxy in Cygnus, Eugene Salamin. 12″ Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 5 × 5 min, 2013 Oct 09 20:57 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory Dome, Clear sky, 30% Moon 89° away, Altitude 66°. CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.24): Dark subtract -20 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+γ. Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 5 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Levels (eliminate unused pixel values at dark end), Healing brush (remove bad pixels), Despeckle × 2, Autolevels (makes spiral arms more blue), Curves (ehhance galaxy), Healing brush (remove more bad pixels), Make stars smaller × 3, Space noise reduction × 3, Unsharp mask 50% 1 pixel, Color balance B+27, Saturation +15, Curves (brighten galaxy and its center), Rotate 90° CCW, Crop. |
NGC 7380 Wizard Nebula in Cepheus, Eugene Salamin. 12″ Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 3 × 5 min, 2013Oct30 20:35 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory Dome, Clear sky, No Moon, Altitude 68°. CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.25): Dark subtract -27 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+γ. Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 3 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Levels (darken background by removing unused pixel levels at bottom end), Healing brush (remove a few bad pixels), Make stars smaller, Space noise reduction × 2, Autolevels, Curves (enhance nebula), Saturation +32, Make stars smaller × 4, No cropping. |
Sh2-101 Tulip Nebula in Cygnus. The 3 bright stars are 7.7m K star SAO 69241 (lower), 8m K star SAO 69230 (middle), and 9.044m O star Hipparcos 98418 (upper), Eugene Salamin. 12″ Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 4 × 5 min, 2013 Sep25 22:27 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory Dome, Clear sky, No Moon, Altitude 83°. CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.21): Dark subtract -23 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+γ. Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 4 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Levels (eliminate unused pixel values at dark end), Healing brush (remove bad pixels), Make stars smaller, Space noise reduction × 2, Levels (remove constant background created by low-pass filtering), Make stars smaller × 2, Curves (slight reduction of green), Curves (enhance nebula), Saturation +40, Healing brush (remove more bad pixels that were not evident previously), Despeckle, Crop. |
vdB 152 Reflection Nebula illuminated by 8.9m B9.5 V star SAO 10287 + Barnard 175 Dark Nebula (Wolf’s Cave) in Cepheus, Eugene Salamin & Corbin van den Berghe. 12″ Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 6 × 5 min, 2013Dec04 20:16 PST, Cabrillo Observatory Dome, Clear sky, No Moon, Telescope not in good focus, Airplane track but kept because I wanted all 6 frames, Altitude 50°. CCDOPS (v.5.55 b.29): Dark subtract -30 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+γ. Registax (v.6.1.0.8): Stack 6 frames. Photoshop (v.7.0): Levels (remove unused pixel values at dark end), Healing brush (remove bad pixels), Despeckle, Make stars smaller × 3, Space noise reduction × 3, Levels again (remove background introduced by low-pass filtering), Curves (enhance reflection and dark nebulae), Color blotch reduction, Healing brush (remove a multitude of artifacts introduced by previous image processing), Space noise reduction × 3, Levels again (remove background introduced by low-pass filtering), Color balance (R +10, G -15, B -10), Space noise reduction × 3, Levels again (remove background introduced by low-pass filtering), Autocontrast, Saturation +10, Crop. The dark nebula B-175 has a low signal-to-noise, and its appearance would benefit greatly from a substantially longer exposure time. |
Becky's Gallery
An experienced Astro 9'er, Becky's photos were labored over with painstaking care on the computers in room 705. That care paid off beautifully. Good artistic choices, excellent decisions on getting the colors accurately and getting the maximum signal to noise on the final picture. Great work!
IC 405- Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga |
NGC 7293- Helix Nebula in Aquarius |
M16- Eagle Nebula in Serpens |
M31- Andromeda galaxy in Andromeda
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NGC 247- Intermediate spiral Galaxy in Cetus
Taken on Nov. 9 at 20:22 at Fremont's Peak using an 8-inch Schmidt-Newtonian with the SBIG ST4K CCD camera. |
Laser Show at the Observatory
Taken on Oct. 2 at 19:39 with a Nikon D700 at Cabrillo observatory. Exposure time: 1.3 sec. ISO set to 2500. Conditions: sparse thin clouds. Venus is just above the trees to the lower left.
Photoshop CS2: Curves, color balance, hue/saturation, brightness/contrast, crop.
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Astronomers Row
Taken on Nov. 10 at 5:55 am with a Nikon D700 and fish eye lens at Fremont's Peak. Exposure time: 30 sec. ISO set to 1600. Conditions: Slightly windy with sparse thin clouds. The glow in the sky to the left is zodiacal light.
Photoshop CS2: Curves, color balance, brightness/contrast, crop.
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Corbin's Gallery
Corbin worked hard at the computer, reading carefully the range of software which required a steep learning curve. The images show he learned well.
Venus and Saturn, Corbin van den Berghe. Nikon D700. Exposure time: 30 sec. ISO: 1600. Sep. 18, 2013 20:31 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory. Venus is next to the tree on the bottom left and Saturn is the bright dot above the tree. Photoshop CS2: Curves, Brightness/contrast, crop. image 12/14, label received Tue 12/17 |
M11- Wild Duck Cluster in Scutum, Corbin van den Berghe. 12” Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 3 × 5 min, Oct. 16, 2013 20:27 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory Dome. CCDOPS (v. 5.55 b .25): Dark subtract -20 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+gamma. Registax (v. 6.1.0.8): Stack 3 frames. Photoshop CS2: Space noise reduction × 2, Curves, Clone stamp tool.
received Fri 12/13, label 12/17 |
NGC 5457- Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major, Corbin van den Berghe. 12” Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 5 × 5 min, Sep. 25, 2013 20:27 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory Dome. CCDOPS (v. 5.55 b .25): Dark subtract -23 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+gamma. Registax (v. 6.1.0.8): Stack 5 frames. Photoshop CS2: Deep space noise reduction, Curves, Saturation +30.
m101; rec 12/14, label 12/17 |
NGC 7635 & M52- Bubble Nebula & Messier 52 in Cassiopeia, Corbin van den Berghe and Lily Knight. 8” Meade LDX75, SBIG ST4000XCM, 3 × 5 min, Oct. 2, 2013 20:48 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory. CCDOPS (v. 5.55 b .25): Dark subtract -23 C, Color process sRGB+gamma. Registax (v. 6.1.0.8): Stack 3 frames. Photoshop CS2: Space noise reduction, Curves, Clone stamp tool.
recvd 12/13, label 12/17 |
NGC 7380- Wizard Nebula in Cepheus, Corbin van den Berghe and Gene Salamin. 12” Meade LDX200, SBIG ST2000XCM, 3 × 5 min, Oct. 30, 2013 20:27 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory Dome. CCDOPS (v. 5.55 b .25): Dark subtract -27 C, Flat field, Color process sRGB+gamma. Registax (v. 6.1.0.8): Stack 3 frames. Photoshop CS2: Space noise reduction, Curves, Despeckle noise.
received Tue 12/17 |
Moon Between Vegetation, Corbin van den Berghe. Nikon D700. Exposure time: 30 sec. ISO: 1600. Sep. 25, 2013 21:12 PDT, Cabrillo Observatory. The bright moon is between two branches from a tree. Photoshop CS2: Curves, Crop.
received Tue 12/17 |
Kelsea's Gallery
Kelsea has an art background and used it to good effect on the Nikon photos, and also chose interesting and less familiar deep sky subjects to tackle.
Lunar Skull (Photomanipulation of Full Moon). Taken with Nikon D5200 attached to 8” Meade LDX75 on Sept. 18 at 21:15 at Cabrillo Observatory. Clear sky with sparse clouds, altitude 34°. Photoshop CS6: Copy and pasted image, flipped top layer horizontally, changed layer to “Lighten,” flattened image, adjusted brightness, contrast, levels, curves, color balance, and saturation, added screen and hard light layer. |
NGC 2146, barred spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis. Taken with 12” Meade LDX2000XCM, 3 x 5 min, on Oct. 9 at 22:30. Clear sky, 31% moon, altitude 45°. CCDOPS: Dark subtract -25°C, flat field, color process sRGB + gamma. Registax 6: stacked 3 frames. Photoshop CS6: cropped image, reduced noise and color noise, adjusted saturation, color balance, brightness, and contrast, added soft light layer, burned light edges. |
Iris Nebula (NGC 7023) in Cepheus. Taken with 12” Meade LDX2000XCM, 4 x 5 min, on Oct. 2 at 21:47 at Cabrillo Observatory. Clear sky, 3% moon, altitude 38°. CCDOPS: Dark subtract -18°C, flat field, color process sRGB + gamma. Registax 6: stacked 4 frames. Photoshop CS6: Cropped image, reduced noise and color noise, adjusted brightness, contrast, levels, curves, and saturation, added soft light layer, dodged and burned, added 60% .6pixel smart sharpen filter.
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12” Meade Scope at the Cabrillo Observatory. Taken with Nikon D5200 on Sept. 11 at 21:36. 50mm, F/1.8, 6 sec exposure. Photoshop CS6: Desaturated image, adjusted brightness, contrast, curves, and levels, added soft light layer, added 80% .8pixel smart sharpen filter. |
Venus Reflecting on the Water. Taken with Nikon D5200 on Dec. 9 at 19:28 near Davenport. 200mm, F/5.6, 10 sec exposure. Clear sky, 50% moon. Photoshop CS6: Cropped image, added screen and soft light layers, adjusted saturation and color balance, added 76% .8pixel smart sharpen layer. |
Matt's Gallery (all rec'vd Dec 17)
Matt was another hard worker. I was particularly impressed with his 3 hour marathon in a thin jacket in sub-freezing temperatures near the end of the semester, getting some great raw material on the Plieades and the Orion Nebula. Very nice work.
Forested Frame, Taken 9/25/13, 21:13 PDT at Cabrillo Observatory.NIKON D7000 SLR with a fisheye lens, looking SW, 5 sec. exposure, f/3.5 . PS v7:Levels to darken sky, color balance to remove red, saturation +20, and increase brightness to see silhouette frame. |
Wizard Nebula (NGC 7380) Open Star Cluster in Cepheus, Taken by Matt Partida on 10/30/13, 21:31 PDT at Cabrillo Observatory.8" Meade, SBIG ST4K CCD camera, 5x5 min exposures dark frame corrected (-25°C dark subtract), color processed with SRGB + gamma then stacked with registax. PS v7: levels & curves , enhance DSO & reduce stars, make stars smaller, local contrast enhancement, crop, clone stamp tool. |
Caldwell 23 (NGC 891) Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda, Taken by Matt Partida on 9/25/13, 21:41 PDT at Cabrillo Observatory.Clean sky, no moon, 12" Meade LX200, SBIG ST2k CCD camera, 4x5 min exposures dark frame corrected (-22°C dark subtract), color processed with SRGB + gamma then stacked with registax. PS v7: Crop, levels (darken sky/remove noise), reduce small blue/violet halos, less crunchy more fuzzy, curves (brings shape to central buldge), enhance DSO & reduce stars, contrast, clone stamp. |
Pleiades (M45) Open Star Cluster in Taurus, Taken on 12/4/13, 20:59 PST at Cabrillo Observatory.Clear Sky, no moon, cold front, 8" Meade, SBIG ST4K CCD camera, 3x5 min exposures dark frame corrected (-30°C dark subtract), color processed with SRGB + gamma then stacked with registax. PS v7: Curves to lightly darken sky and remove green, levels pull out detail and make blue contrast, Space Noise reduction, Stars Smaller, Local Contrast Inhancement, crop, clone stamp tool. |
Orion Nebula (M42) Diffuse Nebulae in Orion, Taken by Matt Partida on 12/4/13, 22:26 PST at Cabrillo Observatory.Clear Sky, no moon, cold front.8" Meade, SBIG ST4K CCD camera, 1x5 min exposure dark frame corrected (-30°c dark subtract) in CCDops, increased the contrast range before color processing with SRGB + gamma, PS v7: Crop, Levels (darken sky), Contrast (brighten nebulae), curves (remove red in sky), Lighten only DSO, increase saturation (more vivid color), clone stamp. |
Lily's Gallery
Lily also comes from an art background, and labored great care on her images. Unfortunately, there was one computer in room 705, now knicknamed "The Evil Computer", which threw fits at unpredictable times in Photoshop and CCDOPS, but rarely enough that Lily was never sure she hadn't just hit a wrong key. But no, it was clear by the end of the semester that the computer itself had "an issue". Maybe a bad memory segment, or something. It did slow things down unfortunately. I got the final images only on finals night.
NGC 7635-Bubble Nebula in Cassiopeia. Taken by Lily Knight and Corbin van den Berghe. Taken on 10/2/13 at 20:48 at Cabrillo Observatory. Taken with 8” Meade LDX75, SBIG ST4000XCM, 3 × 300 sec. CCDOPS: Dark subtract -23C, color process: sRGB w/ Gamma. Registax: stacked 3 photos. Photoshop: curves, levels, color balance, made stars smaller, clone stamp, crop, burn tool.
rec'd 12/18 |
Flaming Trees. Taken by Lily Knight. Taken on 12/4/13 at Cabrillo Observatory. Taken with NIKON D7000 SLR. Photoshop: levels, color balance, rotate canvas, crop, space noise readuction, curves. rec'd 12/18 |
IC 405-Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga. Taken by Lily Knight and Becky Snow. Taken on 12/14/13 at 21:24 at Cabrillo Observatory. Taken with 8” Meade LDX75, SBIG ST4000XCM, 3 × 300 sec. CCDOPS: Dark subtract -30C, color process: sRGB w/ Gamma. Registax: stacked 3 photos. Photoshop: curves, levels, made stars smaller. rec'd 12/18 |
IC 63 in Cassiopeia.Lily Knight. Taken on 9/25/13 at 20:07at Cabrillo Observatory. Taken with 8” Meade LDX75, SBIG ST4000XCM, 3 × 300 sec. CCDOPS:Dark subtract -21C, color process: sRGB w/ Gamma. Registax:stacked 3 photos. Photoshop:curves, levels, make stars smaller, hue/saturation, clone stamp, crop.
rec'd 12/18 |
Orion's Belt with Trees. Taken by Lily Knight on 12/4/13 at Cabrillo Observatory. Taken with NIKON D7000 SLR. Photoshop: levels, color balance, crop, curves. |
Duane's Gallery (to be posted when I get a chance)
