Paul Walker
Paul Walker
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RE: Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628) with a guest annotation by ChatGPT

Well, you can always make 2 (or more versions)! Seldom is there just one "best" result.

4 days ago
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RE: Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628) with a guest annotation by ChatGPT

Yes, very nice rendition. And they look so much bigger in pictures than in person! As you know it is hard to render the faint outer parts of galaxi...

4 days ago
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RE: Sunspots, in "white light"

2023-05-28 ~13:03 to 13:07 EDT Sunspot #3315 I could see the dark "bridge" within the white cleft was visible the 8" Dobsonian at 244x indicating ...

4 days ago
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RE: Sunspots, in "white light"

2023-05-23 13:23 EDT Sunspot #3311 10" f/5.6 stopped down to 8" f/7 with a Baader ASTF 8" full aperture filter. 2X Barlow (2.65x eff), HD video @ ...

4 days ago
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RE: Supernova in M101

Here's my contribution. I have my 6" f/4 on the Atlas mount right now so that's the scope I used. Image is a stack of 15, 4 minutes exposures, with ...

1 week ago
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RE: M92

Nicely done Terri. The star colors came out well, lots of brighter orangish stars and even more faint blue ones. I spotted what looks like a planet...

1 week ago
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RE: M97 (Owl Cluster) and M108 (Surfboard Galaxy)

Nice image. Glad to see you and Terri are getting some deep sky imaging in. I've been focusing my attention on the Moon and Sun. And look at all th...

1 week ago
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RE: Images of The Moon

Another mosaic of the Moon (see the other 2 posts above). This one is from images taken a month early, 2023-03-29. This too is 6 image mosaic. The "...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Images of The Moon

Mosaic of the Moon from north (left) to south (right) 2023-04-27 was a good night for viewing and imaging the Moon! There is another mosaic taken ...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Images of The Moon

It was a good night here on the 2nd (2023-04-02). Best shot of Vallis Schrotor I've gotten. I didn't know there were so many rills in the area. I c...

2 months ago
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RE: Images of The Moon

On 3/28/2023 I took a set of 6 images along the terminator under good seeing conditions. There are 2 sections for which I took 2 images spaced about 1...

2 months ago
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RE: NGC2359 Thor's Helmet in HA and OIII

Hi Terri, Yes, welcome back and great image. I checked out your full res version. Great detail in the core region. 10 and 15 minute subs at 1036m...

3 months ago
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RE: Sunspots, in "white light"

Yes, there's good detail in there. Down here the seeing was poorer than on other days. Probably not so good there either. It will be interesting to...

3 months ago
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RE: Bode's Galaxy, the Cigar Galaxy, and the Garland Galaxy (with NGC 2976) - My first image from the HOS

@greg-erianne Nice image Greg. Looks like I should get an Antlia RGB Triband Ultra filter. I have probably heard of the Antlia RGB Triband, but I ...

3 months ago
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RE: Sunspots, in "white light"

Oh, yea, very nice results with that combo. Curiously, I see you used a Moon filter this time the the previous time. What's the purpose of it? Paul

4 months ago
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