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Groundbreaking!631 viewsThe ground is broken on the new observatory and pump equipment building.
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Observatory Framed - Close View622 viewsThis view looks into the observatory from the warm room. There are two two-inch conduits coming from the piers to the control room. The door is on the right, with a window for viewing the equipment.
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NGC 7331 - 3rd Processing621 viewsNGC 7331 -- Spiral Galaxy in Pegasus. Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop. Third processing, taking out more of the gradient in the backgound.
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Observatory Framed - View to West618 viewsLooking at the east side of the observatory.
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First Quarter Moon August, 2008617 viewsThe first quarter Moon, the first image taken on the new AP-900 mount. This is a 3-image mosaic. processed from three 1900 image AVIs in Registax, merged into one image in Photoshop, and processed in PixInsight. The primary sharpening algorithm was regularized deconvolution.
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Craters Copernicus and Kepler610 viewsCraters Copernicus and Kepler, Mare Imbrium and Oceanus Procellarum, taken at near to a full Moon. This is a mosaic of 8 separate images, stacked in Registax, the mosaic was built in Photoshop, the image was processed in PixInsight, and finished in Photoshop.
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Palomar in the Distance 2610 viewsThe dome for Mt. Palomar's 200 inch telescope can be seen from the site of the new observatory.
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NGC 1530 -- Spiral Galaxy in Camelopardalis610 viewsNGC 1530 -- Spiral Galaxy in Camelopardalis. Captured with MaximDL and CCD Commander. Calibrated and processed in PixInsight.
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Sun in Ha 14-Sep #1610 viewsThe Sun in Ha taken through a Lunt 80mm dedicated solar telescope. Video stream stacked in AviStack, processed in PixInsight, finished in Photoshop.
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Graded and Trenched Site609 viewsA panoramic view of the graded and trenched site after the first day of work. The soil is solid denatured granite, very solid.
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M42 -- Nebula in Orion607 viewsThe Nebula in Orion, M42, with the trapezium at the center. Taken in red, green, blue, and hydrogen alpha (Ha). Processed in Maxim DL, stacked in CCD Stack, color combine and other processing in PixInsight, final touch-up in Photoshop. This data sat on the hard drive for over two years before I got around to processing it.
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M45 -- The Pleadies605 viewsM45 - The Pleadies, Maxim DL, Photoshop. This was a particularly difficult image and I am not fully satisfied with the result. The problem is blooms and the great contrast between dark and light. The blooms lead to the small "X" on each bright star.
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