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Post by bfhammer on Oct 9, 2020 3:10:10 GMT
This thread will sort of grow as I get the photos processed. But I thought it may be interesting to show where I am starting at. The subjects of the night were Mars, Uranus, and Triangulum (Pinwheel) Galaxy. Mars because we are closest to the planet than we will be again for 11 or so years. Uranus because, well it's out there in about the same region of sky as Mars, but just a bit too small and dim to see with bare eyes. Triangulum Galaxy just because I wanted the challenge. It is about the same brightness in the sky as Uranus is right now. The easy processing believe it or not is the galaxy. Here is a single exposure JPG file that I tried to do some processing on that night to see if I can work with my images. Then in my tired mind I decided it would be good to try to stack the images right away. Yeah, that rarely works well. Here is an attempt again tonight. I used Luminar4 as my main photo edit tool with some touch-up in GIMP. This photo is made by stacking 27 images over each other and combining. OK, I guess I got nearly the same image either way.  Mars and Uranus coming this weekend. The software I have to use to stack planet images is much slower to use. |
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Post by jeffhargrave on Oct 9, 2020 3:31:01 GMT
Very cool, Chris! Great pics!
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Post by marsss25 on Oct 9, 2020 10:09:22 GMT
It's a nice start- it can't be easy trying to stack and align all the photos...
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Post by zeb on Oct 10, 2020 4:35:58 GMT
 These kind of things make me so excited! Thanks, Chris! |
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Post by bfhammer on Oct 10, 2020 19:30:51 GMT
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Post by jeffhargrave on Oct 10, 2020 19:37:04 GMT
Very cool! Great shots, Chris!
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Post by marsss25 on Oct 10, 2020 21:13:46 GMT
Pinwheel looks great! Love the planet ones as well, but that galaxy is  |
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Post by zeb on Oct 10, 2020 22:08:17 GMT
Here is the "final" version of Triangulum (Pinwheel) Galaxy. I always reserve the right to go back an try to do better.  The primary target was Mars. I did a lot of exposures to see if I could smooth things out good enough. Secondary target was Uranus. This is a very extreme crop. Completely not visible naked eye, and I had to very carefully compare the patterns in the stars to confirm what actually was Uranus here. I think a moon near the terminator of the planet is making it look out-of-round. It was not happening to the stars around it, and all the photo exposures have this. Very cool, Chris! I always imagine what it was like 10,000 years ago, when people could see the whole sky at night. |
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Post by bfhammer on Oct 11, 2020 4:16:56 GMT
One more... I made a poster of all the planets and moons.  |
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Post by marsss25 on Oct 11, 2020 11:03:57 GMT
That looks good- a nice montage.
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Post by danb on Oct 11, 2020 21:38:56 GMT
Love these pictures.
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Post by zeb on Oct 12, 2020 1:59:46 GMT
One more... I made a poster of all the planets and moons.  Awesome picture, Chris! I'm going to share it with my family and friends! EDIT! I'm not doing that, since your watermark isn't on the pic. |
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Post by bfhammer on Oct 12, 2020 2:43:35 GMT
Well, I'm OK with sharing that one. But give me a few minutes and I can make another one with a watermark somewhere. There just is a moon of Saturn where my traditional place to watermark is.
Edit: with watermark
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Post by zeb on Oct 13, 2020 1:04:03 GMT
Well, I'm OK with sharing that one. But give me a few minutes and I can make another one with a watermark somewhere. There just is a moon of Saturn where my traditional place to watermark is.
Edit: with watermark
Thanks, Chris!! |
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Post by bfhammer on Oct 13, 2020 1:38:02 GMT
Wait until you see what I have been doing tonight with the Andromeda galaxy image I made in July. I don't know why it never dawned on me to layer-mask the galaxy from the background and process them separately. Kind of like how I make night-day photos. Process is made easier with a simple oval shape to the galaxy that I can match a layer mask to.
Edit: Here is what I made tonight.
For reference, here is the older version of Andromeda galaxy I had made before.
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Mars and Uranus coming this weekend. The software I have to use to stack planet images is much slower to use.
