http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/ DeepSkyStacker Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:03:49 GMT davehalliday51 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6219 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6219 Tim; Well.. You certainly don't have to receive all the posts as Email...I belong to 10 diff astro groups ( 1 for my EQ6 mount,one for my VC200L Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:08:07 GMT Tim Schuh http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6218 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6218 ... Nope, I'm not a member of DigitalAstro. I keep hearing about it so I may have to end up subscribing to it. It's not like I don't get enough e-mail Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:36:19 GMT Ian Hargraves http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6217 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6217 OK, thanks Luc Regards Ian Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:04:39 GMT davehalliday51 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6216 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6216 Tim; Just noticed yr followup posting... I look forward to seeing that DSS stack (JPEG) the bigger the better (ie 1-3MB)...As a general rule,I think attempts Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:48:27 GMT Rdelrosso2000 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6215 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6215 ... Thanks. I was surprised when, during processing, I saw the first preview. I use a 4" apo and I thought very strange to have all these details and this Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:43:13 GMT Rdelrosso2000 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6214 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6214 ... Thanks a lot Sander -- Cieli sereni Renzo http://www.renzodelrosso.com moderatore ML fotodeepsky http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/fotodeepsky Vi invito a Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:40:18 GMT Rdelrosso2000 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6213 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6213 ... Surely the short exposure couldn't allow you to extract all the faint structure of the butterfly nebula but it's a nice shot. I see at bottom right a Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:07:59 GMT davehalliday51 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6212 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6212 OK...that is a good filter...I use Asronomiks version...CLS...I set a custom WB when I shoot with it. I think that Pixinsight,s background (gradient Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:07:21 GMT Luc Coiffier http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6211 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6211 Hi Ian, I have made the modification. Clear skies, Luc Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:42:10 GMT Ian Hargraves http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6210 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6210 Hi All, I can't seem to find out how to change my Forum options settings so that I only receive a daily summary of all the postings. I have done this on other Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:07:11 GMT Tim Schuh http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6209 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6209 ... Thanks Neil. I noticed the lack of focus shortly after I published the image. Stupid focuser. I'm sure I bumped the camera and blew it all out of Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:04:19 GMT Tim Schuh http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6208 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6208 ... I'll work on that. For the first time since I started playing with the beta Windows 7 is giving me fits. Probably because I through Windows Home Server Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:56:24 GMT Tim Schuh http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6207 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6207 ... I'm using a Hutech IDAS LPR which allowed me to go longer than 20-30 seconds. A 30-second sub without the IDAS looked like my 120 second sub with it. The Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:42:26 GMT Neil Fleming http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6206 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6206 Nice start, Tim.  There is a slight overabundance of cyan in the shot, perhaps a tad of blue as well.  The focus is a little soft, so addition of electronic Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:57:19 GMT davehalliday51 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6205 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DeepSkyStacker/message/6205 I was able to download a 500KB JPEG... the histogram is quite badly clipped in the shadows...lots of data missing...(half of the red and all of the green...) I