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by FishLocator
Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:40 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: M17 - Swan Nebula
Replies: 9
Views: 8793

Re: M17 - Swan Nebula

Thanks Che
by FishLocator
Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:20 pm
Forum: Gallery
Topic: M17 - Swan Nebula
Replies: 9
Views: 8793

Re: M17 - Swan Nebula

Thanks for the info, I'll get to working on that.
by FishLocator
Sun Jul 05, 2015 3:12 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: M17 - Swan Nebula
Replies: 9
Views: 8793

Re: M17 - Swan Nebula

Thanks Che, I will try some devconvolution next time. And I had no idea how to save the file to jpeg! I am still trying to figure out how to take flats as I know they are important. I cant really use a light at the dark site unless I am the last to leave. But I have another location I frequent by my...
by FishLocator
Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Initial Results with StarTools
Replies: 4
Views: 5697

Re: Initial Results with StarTools

Thanks, I have posted in the gallery.
by FishLocator
Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:12 am
Forum: Gallery
Topic: M17 - Swan Nebula
Replies: 9
Views: 8793

M17 - Swan Nebula

I purchased StarTools this week and I am totally new beginner to astronomy and image processing. I took some short exposures with my DSLR on an AltAz mount. Here are the details for my Swan Nebula. Any criticism or insight for improvements is welcome. M17 - http://www.astrobin.com/191807/ Celestron ...
by FishLocator
Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Initial Results with StarTools
Replies: 4
Views: 5697

Initial Results with StarTools

I am a beginner in astronomy and photography. I got my scope this Spring and decided to get a DSLR about a month ago. I have had very limited experience taking images and I first started trying to use Photoshop to process. I could not get anything to look right so I decided to give StarTools a shot ...
by FishLocator
Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: M17 Color
Replies: 17
Views: 17405

Re: M17 Color

I am still a beginner, no doubt. But recently I took some DSLR images of the Swan Nebula and they look very similar to yours. I have not processed them to final images yet, but the individual frames all have a bluish hue in the center of the swan. I know people take all kinds of artistic liberty and...