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Re: NEAF?

 

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Jerry and I are going on Sunday

On Apr 4, 2025, at 3:19 PM, Amy S (Astrodog) via <glpmacgeek@...> wrote:

Not me.?

Amy
On Apr 4, 2025 at 2:58?PM -0400, John A. Sillasen via <jasillasen@...>, wrote:
So who's going to NEAF this weekend aside from me.? I know Doc Brown & Jay Drew will be going.

Anyone else?

John Sillasen?
Re: NEAF?

 

Not me.?

Amy
On Apr 4, 2025 at 2:58?PM -0400, John A. Sillasen via groups.io <jasillasen@...>, wrote:

So who's going to NEAF this weekend aside from me.? I know Doc Brown & Jay Drew will be going.

Anyone else?

John Sillasen?
Re: NEAF?

 

Not this year. Maybe next year?
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Jeff Dunn
https://shorelineastronomicalsociety.blogspot.com/
NEAF?

 

So who's going to NEAF this weekend aside from me.? I know Doc Brown & Jay Drew will be going.

Anyone else?

John Sillasen?
Re: Photo Horsehead Nebula.jpg uploaded #photo-notice

 

Nicely done Jerry! Good balance with Alnitak and the other bright stars.
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I can commiserate regarding poor weather. Got only a few good hours during January in PA, and a bit of H-alpha from home one night in March; none in ?February.
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Gerry
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Re: Photo Horsehead Nebula.jpg uploaded #photo-notice

 

Mark & Lee,
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Thanks for the support! It was nice to find a clear night to shoot AP. We need to begin going to Salem again.
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Jerry
Re: Photo Horsehead Nebula.jpg uploaded #photo-notice

 

Great Job! Your image looks fantastic.
Re: Photo Horsehead Nebula.jpg uploaded #photo-notice

 

Great Horsehead/Flame, Jerry.
Glad you were able to get out during those rare clear nights.
Mark
Re: Photo Horsehead Nebula.jpg uploaded #photo-notice

 

Thanks for the kind words!? It is the best I can currently accomplish with my nascent processing skills and just a little over 2 hours of integration time.? More time would give me the additional detail and colors that I pursue and that opportunity appears lost for this year as Orion is on its way out for the season and the weather forecast is not indicating even partial clear skies until next Wednesday at the earliest.
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Regardless, this is a great group and I truly appreciate your words of support!? It's what keeps us all going as the weather and complexities of our hobby conspire to make it challenging.
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Thanks again!
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Jerry
Re: Photo Horsehead Nebula.jpg uploaded #photo-notice

 

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wow,? just wow!



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Date: 4/2/25 21:16 (GMT-05:00)
Subject: [TAASCT] Photo Horsehead Nebula.jpg uploaded #photo-notice

The following photos have been uploaded to the Jerry Tardif Photos photo album of the [email protected] group.

By: Jerry T <jerry@...>

Re: Photo Horsehead Nebula.jpg uploaded #photo-notice

 

Beautiful work!
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Jeff Dunn
https://shorelineastronomicalsociety.blogspot.com/
Re: Photo Horsehead Nebula.jpg uploaded #photo-notice

 

Gorgeous!
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Alan Sheiness
Trail 53 Observatory, Lyme CT
Photo Horsehead Nebula.jpg uploaded #photo-notice

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The following photos have been uploaded to the Jerry Tardif Photos photo album of the [email protected] group.

By: Jerry T <jerry@...>

Re: Salem tonight?

 

Alan,
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Your previous comment captured it well as in and atmosphere that "wasn¡¯t super transparent and seeing seemed rough".? As I posted, I'm running out of time to capture my intended image as it is lower in the sky to start and drops quickly lower, so there's more atmospheric blurring, attenuation causing loss of contrast, sapping of color, etc.? That accompanied by the moon and the gradients I had to remove today which compromised the image further, and finally, exacerbation of too little data with accompanying noise.? So, to stretch as much as I wanted to acquire some detail in the dark portions, I blew out some of the highlights somewhat in the Flame Nebula portion.? And too little data also means I didn't get much of the blue wispiness around the brighter stars that I've seen in images from Hubble.
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I'll post my image here in a few minutes and you'll be able to see what I mean.
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Jerry
Re: Salem tonight?

 

Curious too what you made of the seeing itself. I was at 1955mm and had meh FWHMs.?
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Alan Sheiness
Trail 53 Observatory, Lyme CT
Re: Salem tonight?

 

I did get out last night, but had to drive to a friend's to be able to shoot low enough.? Being surrounded by high trees mean I can only shoot high overhead. It was a last minute decision when I was able to finish some tax filing prep.
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I got another hour on the Horsehead Nebula, which means I only have a little more than 2 hours on it totally.? I would have liked more, but it wasn't quite dark enough until 8Pm and was getting low in the sky by 9:30pm, perhaps about 25 degrees above the horizon.? I'm stacking right now to see what the 2 nights bring, but I'm sure it's not enough and the image will have quite a bit of noise in it.? As many here have said, we've had so many cloudy nights this year; the winter offerings haven't got much more life left.
Fw: (sovera:members) SoVerA Monthly Meeting April 8th 2025

 

(sovera:members) SoVerA Monthly Meeting April 8th 2025
Please join us for the SoVerA April meeting for an interesting topic presented by Erik Schmitt.?
Tuesday,? April 8th @ 7 PM. Details and Zoom Link are below.?

John Sillasen?
Subject: (sovera:members) SoVerA Monthly Meeting April 8th 2025
Please join SoVerA on Tuesday April 8th at 7:00PM Eastern for a presentation by Erik Schmitt. This meeting will be virtual-only via zoom at?.

This month's talk is entitled "The "Edge" of an Infinite Universe which is Expanding?" We will walk through a series of thought experiments and discussion intended to provide some tools to effectively grapple with the topic and answer common questions such as "What is the Universe expanding into", "If the Universe is infinite how is it getting bigger", and "Is there an edge?"

Erik Schmitt is currently serving as the treasurer of SoVerA. He previously taught physics and astronomy and was the director of the Perkin Observatory.._,_
Re: Salem tonight?

 

Too cold and windy for me still?
On Apr 2, 2025 at 11:17?AM -0400, Alan Sheiness via groups.io <sheinessam@...>, wrote:

At home yes. Froze my butt off, too. It wasn¡¯t super transparent and seeing seemed rough to me. Lots of trouble keeping guiding under control. Multiple targets to process.?
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Alan Sheiness
Trail 53 Observatory, Lyme CT
Re: Salem tonight?

 

At home yes. Froze my butt off, too. It wasn¡¯t super transparent and seeing seemed rough to me. Lots of trouble keeping guiding under control. Multiple targets to process.?
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Alan Sheiness
Trail 53 Observatory, Lyme CT
Re: Salem tonight?

 

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I would have been lonely boy, so, I didnt go to Salem...



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From: "Mark Strollo via groups.io" <mark@...>
Date: 4/2/25 10:28 (GMT-05:00)
Subject: Re: [TAASCT] Salem tonight?

Did anybody get out?
Clear beautiful sky in VT with a nice crescent moon adjacent to The Pleiades.?
In the 20s and windy, though.?
Mark and Deb
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