AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

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AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

Post by MalVeauX »

Heya,

AR2755 persists today. I managed to image for a few minutes (20 minutes?!) while working on my observatory (replacing walls, roof, etc, with new exterior ply). Lovely to image with automation and just work on something and let lucky imaging do its thing. Seeing was ok today, not great, but not as bad as the other day. My seeing dipped down around 1.1 arc-seconds today and that is when I grabbed the best lucky image frames apparently, thanks to the Airy Labs SSM and FireCapture's automation software (super thanks to the authors of that software!). AR2755 will probably decay rapidly from this point on, and I have to work, so I won't see it likely on its way out.

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Seeing conditions (circle highlighted when I imaged around 1.1 arc-seconds for this data; only imaged for around 20 minutes and only 6 minutes with the SSM, which was apparently enough time):
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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

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Hi Marty,

Great close up images


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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

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Marty,
These images seem smoother than other processing I’ve seen you prefer and I think I like it! What is the difference in technique?

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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

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Good start with a new equipment Marty!

Hope you will get better seeing soon.


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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

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Great hi-res images, Marty. Looks like the SSM is working well.

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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

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Excellent work as always!


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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

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Marty:
Very good result, I have to get the SSM working with the FireCapture automation.
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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

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Very good Marty! I use FC&SSM so nice to know what values you're getting on there to get these results.


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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

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Great images Marty.


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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

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Thanks all, yes, hoping for better seeing soon, the sun is so low this time of year!
Starry Jack wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:58 am
These images seem smoother than other processing I’ve seen you prefer and I think I like it! What is the difference in technique?
I try to be softer, it's so easy to over-sharpen or push contrast too much. So I'm trying stop consider that if I think it's sharp, back off a bit each time.

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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

Post by Montana »

I too absolutely love these Marty, as smooth as silk, just what I like :bow :hamster:

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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

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Excellent results, Marty ! I love when the SSM and FC work together in automation.

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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

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Great details indeed, your setup works really well. I like much the firts image, very well processed.


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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

Post by Carbon60 »

Lovely images, Marty. Just clouds and rain here, so it’s nice to see what I’m missing.

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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

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Excellent image Marty :bow

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Re: AR2755 in High Res | Jan 6th 2020

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Thanks all, and it looks like another interesting AR is coming around nicely!
Astrophil wrote: Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:13 am Looks like the SSM is working well.
Thanks again! It's really nice to see a metric along with what I see on the screen and the automation is nice for when I'm puttering around or doing visual while trying to image and waiting for good enough seeing.

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