[APML] Laborde's DSLR comet shot (was Orion panorama)

["Chris Cook" <ccook@cape.com>]

That is excellent.
But how about his 10D shot of Machholz?  That is THE best DSLR shot I've
seen of it.

Link: http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblog/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=361

Nice one John! :-)

Chris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Janusz" <jjanusz@dc.rr.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Orion panorama


> John had a problem with his link.  The correct link is:  Take a look it's
> another work of art.
>
> http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=318&UserID=67
>
> Wei-Hao, another great shot.
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Laborde" <jlaborde@ix.netcom.com>
> To: "Wei-Hao Wang" <whwang@gmail.com>; "Discussion of Film
Astrophotography"
> <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 11:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [APML] Orion panorama
>
>
> > Great shot Wei-Hao!
> >
> > I know exactly how much effort this has been. I'm working on the very
> > same mosaic. It will be 12 frames (3 wide 4 tall) with each frame being
> > a composite of 2 color, one of which is filtered though a Deep Sky
> > filter, and one tech pan  for a total of 36 images and 42 hours of
> > exposure. I'm still about 3 weeks from the final mosaic but here is a
> > sample of  6 frames with just  the color deep sky images.
> >
> > http://aisig.sdaa.org/astroblog/astroblogDetail.asp?imgID=318
> >
> > John Laborde
> >
> > Wei-Hao Wang wrote:
> >
> > >ALOHA,
> > >
> > >Please allow me to call this a panorama, although it doesn't cover the
> > >entire Orion.
> > >I went to Mauna Kea last month and it may be my last time taking astro
> pictures
> > >in recent 2 or 3 years.  This image is the primary effort of mine
> > >since Dec 2003.
> > >Here we go:
> > >http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~wang/misc/orion_01x.jpg
> > >
> > >What you see is a 0.1x reduction of the original image.  I'm still
> > >finalizing the image
> > >processing.  Later (next month?) I will post a full webpage for this
> > >image, including
> > >all byproduct images.  At this moment, any comments are welcome.  Below
> are
> > >more details about the imaging and processing.
> > >
> > >Images were taken between Dec 2003 and Dec 2004, in a total of 9
nights.
> > >Telescope is Pentax 105SDHF with focal reducer (F5.1).  Camera is
Pentax
> 67.
> > >Film is Kodak E100S pushed 1.  Exposure time is 90 minutes.  The final
> picture
> > >contains 22 of such images.  18 of them form a 3x6 mosiac.  4 of them
are
> added
> > >onto selected regions to increase S/N.
> > >
> > >As before, the individual images were flattened in my own program,
> registered
> > >and calibrated in Registar, and combined in Photohop.  There is a
> > >short exposure for
> > >M42 very slightly blended into this image.  I prefer to keep M42
> > >bright and almost
> > >saturated.  I tried not to over-process the nebulas although the depth
> > >of this image
> > >does allow a strong enhancement.  The time I spent on image processing
> > >is perhaps
> > >2x the total exposure time.  Later I will tell you more details about
> > >the technique
> > >of image processing.
> > >
> > >Comments are welcome.
> > >
> > >Wei-Hao
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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