Re: [APML] New Horsehead uploaded

[Alan Voetsch <critter12952@yahoo.com>]

Hi Kevin,

--- Kevin Wigell <kwemail@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> Alan, that's a beautiful Horsehead. For someone who
> is supposedly computer
> illiterate <g>, you seem to be getting the hang of
> this processing stuff
> pretty quick.

Thanks a lot. You have no idea how hard it is for me
to do that stuff. I struggle constantly, but I'm
working at it every day. I need to practice and then
it should get a bit easier.

> Your guiding also looks pretty good to me. I can
> only detect the slightest
> bulge on a few of the stars.

I knew it would be noticable.

> On my only attempt to get the HH, it showed up very
> faintly but was
> otherwise completely drowned out by what was
> apparently internal reflections
> from nearby magnitude 1.7 Alnitak. Did you have any
> problems with
> reflections from Alnitak, and if so, how did you
> deal with that?

Everything in that area is bothered by Alnitak. We are
researching ways to have it blown up. :-)
I may have cropped out the reflections in this frame.
I have so many HH's, copies, etc. on my drive that I
can't keep up with what I've done on any one image.
Just keep shooting, you'll get one you can be proud
of.

Alan

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