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Mike's Astronomy Page: July 2011
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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Jul 14, 2011. A Proper First Light Part Deux. I wrote recently about my trip to Starizona down in Tucson and Dean's efforts to help me straighten out my imaging rig. Let me reiterate that he went far beyond what would be considered above and beyond the call of duty in helping me. Only a week later I was able to get some time away from civilization over the Independence Day holiday in Northern Arizona. So what was the end result? Nothing but...
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Mike's Astronomy Page: September 2011
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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Sep 20, 2011. She Blinded Me With Science. 65279;. Amateur astronomy has long been a pursuit that loves to debate the controversial topics, even from its earliest days. All those hours spent studying, observing and watching the sky frees the mind enough that it can form hypotheses and compare them with those of nearby observing companions. I think it's going to hit the ground! To which Galileo simply replied, "No it isn't.". With the...
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Mike's Astronomy Page: October 2012
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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Oct 31, 2012. NGC 6914 - Seeing Red. My emphasis on the Hydrogen Alpha data and its use in the luminance. Intended effect on the detail, but it cost me a lot. Reflection nebulosity that's in this nebula complex. I have been able to massively increase the amount of time that I spend imaging. Much narrowband data gets collected from my Arizona backyard while I sleep. During weekends at dark sky observing sites, CCDAutoPilot. Kies of Portal, AZ.
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Mike's Astronomy Page: March 2013
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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Mar 19, 2013. Messier and the ED152. After driving through a punishing thunderstorm. To get to the campsite, I was greeted with a. Fantastic rainbow to start my first night out. I look forward to this event every year. I also look forward to the East Valley Astronomy Club. Over the nine days of the trip I had a couple of goals astronomy-wise. I wanted to put my new Explore Scientific. ED152CF through its paces. It's a 6" f/8 apochromati...
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Mike's Astronomy Page: January 2012
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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Jan 17, 2012. Various and Sundry Things. I've had a few things that I've been meaning to talk about and they've been hangin' around on my back burner for a little while now. I enjoy the mechanical and technical aspects of imaging as much as the actual images, so that's what I'm going to talk about this time out. First I want to give a little love to Ed Thomas and his company. Active Cooling for the Edge HD! Cooling Fans installed on my.
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Mike's Astronomy Page: PixInsight Deconvolution
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A corner of the Internet to document my astronomical adventures. Aug 7, 2013. World class imager Manuel Jimenez. Put together a tutorial some time ago that taught me much about PixInsight's implementation of deconvolution. His tutorial. Can be found at his website. There are a few points to remember in order to get the best results. 1 - Do deconvolution on a linear image. Before you stretch. 3 - Use the Dynamic PSF process module. It's your friend. Here's a link to a larger version of this image:. Im cur...
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The Astronomically Awesome Adventures of Astroweis - Die Astronomisch tollen Abenteuer von Astroweis: A diamond-shaped asterism / Ein diamantförmiger Asterismus
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The Astronomically Awesome Adventures of Astroweis - Die Astronomisch tollen Abenteuer von Astroweis. Monday, April 13, 2015. A diamond-shaped asterism / Ein diamantförmiger Asterismus. I do not know if this asterism is already a known one – but I certainly do not want to miss the chance of recommending this “object” for the gentle observers. Als ich den Asterismus in SIMBAD nachgeschaut habe, fand ich auch eine schwache Galaxie, die sich an einer Kante dieses Asterismus befindet (zwischen der „Spi...
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The Astronomically Awesome Adventures of Astroweis - Die Astronomisch tollen Abenteuer von Astroweis: August 2014
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The Astronomically Awesome Adventures of Astroweis - Die Astronomisch tollen Abenteuer von Astroweis. Monday, August 18, 2014. When Venus meets Jupiter / Wenn Venus den Jupiter trifft. In order not to get overtaken by the clouds, I put the camera and a telescope in the trunk and took off heading east. After some ten miles I found a spot which was quite scenic and which was not occupied by clouds. Since I was in a hurry before I went, I forgot to bring a tripod along. I tried to use the equatorial mou...
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The Astronomically Awesome Adventures of Astroweis - Die Astronomisch tollen Abenteuer von Astroweis: May 2014
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The Astronomically Awesome Adventures of Astroweis - Die Astronomisch tollen Abenteuer von Astroweis. Saturday, May 17, 2014. Another Honor / Eine weitere Ehre. In my last year’s outlook for this year I stated that I planned on completing the Astronomical League’s Lunar Program I. Well, I made it! After handing in my results to the Astronomical League Coordinator of the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association – who kindly verified my observations – I received the shown certificate and award pin. Das von mir...
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The Astronomically Awesome Adventures of Astroweis - Die Astronomisch tollen Abenteuer von Astroweis: February 2015
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The Astronomically Awesome Adventures of Astroweis - Die Astronomisch tollen Abenteuer von Astroweis. Friday, February 27, 2015. Another planetary meeting / Ein weiteres planetarisches Treffen. In 2015, there are numerous conjunctions and close encounters of planets that can be observed given that weather conditions permit. This time, Venus and Mars came quite close together. Unfortunately, we were clouded out, so I was not able to see the conjunction on February 21. Pictures from top to bottom:.
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