Re: [APML] New California Nebula

[Juan Conejero <skycad@ctv.es>]

Hi Alen,

Beautiful California. That "old" scope really works. A 60 minutes exposure 
at f/5 and such a corrected field would give you a dream image. The 
background is a bit too dark; the histograms are left-cropped.
Very good work, especially taking into account that it's one of your first 
prime focus shots.
Regards,
______________________________________
Juan Conejero, Pleiades Astrophoto
skycad@ctv.es
http://www.pleiades-astrophoto.com/en.html

At 19:52 16/04/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>This is my second posted image to APML. It's not
>really a "new" shot since it was actually taken last
>August (kinda hard to find this object now <g>). But
>it's a new scan of the slide (2,820 dpi, 48 bit) and
>the first time I've image-processed the scan.
>
>http://www3.sympatico.ca/the.koebels2/Astronomy/california.htm
>
>Please critique the image. (As if I have to ask! <g>)
>Things I know about already: One, it's not in the
>usual orientation of North up. I tried flipping it,
>but for whatever reason I preferred it this way.
>{The framing, OTOH, was the choice of my off-axis
>guider: I take whatever is reasonable to find a
>suitable guide star!) Re the processing, the brighter
>stars are clipped and hence bloated a bit. And, I
>applied some gaussian blur in Picture Window but I
>haven't yet tried SGBNR, which I suspect would yield
>better results.


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