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Malc's Astro Page: perigee-syzygy
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Astrophotography by Malcolm Dent. Monday, 11 August 2014. I am trying to refain from using the term "Supermoon", as it seems to inspire some strange questions from those whom think my interest in Selenology is being a member of the Celine Dion fan club. No it won't start earthquakes. No it wont cause a Tsunami. No the world will not end. My Image was taken last night between 21.39 and 21.42 at a mean distance of 222,483 miles. The opinions expressed about Astrology in this post are entirely my own. Comet...
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Malc's Astro Page: A trio in Leo.
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Astrophotography by Malcolm Dent. Wednesday, 25 February 2015. A trio in Leo. The fainter galaxies were somewhat more of a challenge. The image has been plate solved and I needed this to locate and verify the position of the objects that were barely visible even at 400 x zoom in Photoshop. But I did find that an inverse of the frame gives greater contrast as some of the faintest smudges are just a couple of shades brighter than the background. Sky at Night TV Programme. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Malc's Astro Page: Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy animation
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Astrophotography by Malcolm Dent. Tuesday, 13 January 2015. Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy animation. They say an image speaks a thousand words. So for me an animation speakes a whole volume. This will be the 3rd animation I have done that shows the movement. Of a comet. This one is of course Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy. 26 Frames of 2 minute exposures. Animation created in Maxim DL after a DDP stretch, and Crop in Imagesplus. Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Malc's Astro Page: The Sky at Night Update.
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Astrophotography by Malcolm Dent. Saturday, 28 March 2015. The Sky at Night Update. Last night was an amazing night for me and the society http:/ www.brecklandastro.org.uk/. Sky at Night TV Programme. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Favourite Astronomical websites. Http:/ www.astrobuysell.com/uk. Please look at my fellow bloggers sites. John Smith Lunar Astronomy Facebook Page. View my complete profile. My Imaging Set up. Home Built Dome Observatory. Ioptron IEQ45 mk 2 goto mount. Topics In My Blog.
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Malc's Astro Page: New Life in an old focuser
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Astrophotography by Malcolm Dent. Saturday, 25 April 2015. New Life in an old focuser. So 20 minutes later I have a reasonably smooth movement going, readjusted the tension to take the weight of the field flattener and camera. On it went and bingo it worked in both directions. I don't think I want to remove the camera ever again. A rebalance of the scopes was required to bring back the Starlight camera back into operation. An inverted image of the core. Labels: carte du ceil. View my complete profile.
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Malc's Astro Page: First post for a long while, Last one of the year.
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Astrophotography by Malcolm Dent. Monday, 29 December 2014. First post for a long while, Last one of the year. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Favourite Astronomical websites. Http:/ www.astrobuysell.com/uk. Please look at my fellow bloggers sites. John Smith Lunar Astronomy Facebook Page. View my complete profile. My Imaging Set up. Home Built Dome Observatory. Ioptron IEQ45 mk 2 goto mount. William Optics Flt110 TMB Triplet. William Optics mk5 Field Flattener. Hitech Astro Focus Controller.
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Malc's Astro Page: Star trails
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Astrophotography by Malcolm Dent. Saturday, 25 April 2015. Star trails from Saham Hills observatory. The last time I imaged star trails was with my old Olympus OM1 film camera back in Somerset. I have seen a few really nice compositions on various Facebook pages using a free programme. Http:/ www.startrails.de/html/software.html. A very simple programme to use. Take the images load into programme and select the trail type and go. In a short while you have a fantastic pic like this. My Imaging Set up.
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Malc's Astro Page: Solar eclipse or not........
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Astrophotography by Malcolm Dent. Saturday, 21 March 2015. Solar eclipse or not. Diary entry for March 21st 2015 just reads "Bugger". Alas the weather as usual blotted out ANY view at all of the solar eclipse. Right on cue at 11.30 the skies cleared to reveal what the remainder of a lovely spring day. I am of course disappointed that I didn't get to see anything. However I get get some pics of the Jan 4th 2011. So at least this post is totally wasted. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Imaging Set up.
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Malc's Astro Page: Pac Man Nebula NGC281
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Astrophotography by Malcolm Dent. Wednesday, 29 October 2014. Pac Man Nebula NGC281. I was at the club observatory. Last week with Dan Self http:/ farawaythings.blogspot.co.uk/. My capture here is 5 x 20 minute guided exposures through the GT81 refractor. Processed in Maxim DL and Photoshop. Levels and curves, saturation, high pass filter, unsharp mask, layer mask blending and a few selectice star spikes has produced a nicely balanced and saturated Image. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Malc's Astro Page: M12 More than pleasing to the eye.
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Astrophotography by Malcolm Dent. Thursday, 14 May 2015. M12 More than pleasing to the eye. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Favourite Astronomical websites. Http:/ www.astrobuysell.com/uk. Please look at my fellow bloggers sites. John Smith Lunar Astronomy Facebook Page. View my complete profile. My Imaging Set up. Home Built Dome Observatory. Ioptron IEQ45 mk 2 goto mount. William Optics Flt110 TMB Triplet. William Optics mk5 Field Flattener. Starlight express sxv m25c Colour camera.
