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by keesscherer
Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:00 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Satellites over Orion (2021 Jun 01)
Replies: 17
Views: 10621

Re: APOD: Starlink over Orion (2021 Jun 01)

Looks more like geosynchronous satellites. Because before Starlink sats where up i made this image in 2015:


ImageM42 Orion Satellite Highway and an Asteroid. (Explore) by Kees Scherer, on Flickr
by keesscherer
Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:27 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2020 January
Replies: 132
Views: 167210

Re: Submissions: 2020 January

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49246984952_379014ef09_c.jpg Gorgeous Galaxy by Kees Scherer , on Flickr This panoramic view of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) shows the bright yellow nucleus, dark winding dust lanes, luminous blue spiral arms, and bright red emission nebulas. 17.4 hours RGB ...
by keesscherer
Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:53 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Andromeda before Photoshop (2019 Oct 14)
Replies: 29
Views: 14829

Re: APOD: Andromeda before Photoshop (2019 Oct 14)

The 223 Luminance images with 300 second exposure where made between 12 nov 2018 and 4 oct 2019. I make around 12 images per night when there is no Moon above the horizon and M31 is at least at 30 degrees altitude. For each night i make a stack and use that stack to do a blink comparison with a ref...
by keesscherer
Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:21 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Andromeda before Photoshop (2019 Oct 14)
Replies: 29
Views: 14829

Re: APOD: Andromeda before Photoshop (2019 Oct 14)

It seems to me that the central bulge gets brighter in the after image and the disk is more defined. Did you also remove atmospheric distortions? The "before" and "after" images are made with the same data, but both have to be stretched so that the histogram fits the brightness ...
by keesscherer
Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:43 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Andromeda before Photoshop (2019 Oct 14)
Replies: 29
Views: 14829

Re: APOD: Andromeda before Photoshop (2019 Oct 14)

M31-blink-plane2.jpg Hi Kees. Nice photo. About the disappearing "stars". I noticed by flipping between the regular photo and the "annotated" photo that there are about seven or eight "stars" that vanish, and they are all in a straight line parallel to the lines on the...
by keesscherer
Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:48 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Andromeda before Photoshop (2019 Oct 14)
Replies: 29
Views: 14829

Re: APOD: Andromeda before Photoshop (2019 Oct 14)

saturno2 wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:33 am I like me M31 in full color !!
Me too ;-) I also made full color versions, here is an example: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kees-scherer/30243178338/.
by keesscherer
Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:38 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Andromeda before Photoshop (2019 Oct 14)
Replies: 29
Views: 14829

Re: APOD: Andromeda before Photoshop (2019 Oct 14)

The 223 Luminance images with 300 second exposure where made between 12 nov 2018 and 4 oct 2019. I make around 12 images per night when there is no Moon above the horizon and M31 is at least at 30 degrees altitude. For each night i make a stack and use that stack to do a blink comparison with a refe...
by keesscherer
Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:14 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Andromeda before Photoshop (2019 Oct 14)
Replies: 29
Views: 14829

Re: APOD: Andromeda before Photoshop (2019 Oct 14)

It looks like some stars have disappeared in the process. No, nothing was changed, this is the raw stack, the histogram is stretched with everything in it without any editing. There is also a "mouse over" function to show a version with all trails and tracks removed with LN Winsor Sigma c...
by keesscherer
Sun Oct 06, 2019 7:10 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2019 October
Replies: 105
Views: 199260

The Andromeda Galaxy in a Crowded Sky

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48847775697_d600271cde_c.jpg Airplanes, satellites, Muon's, Worm's/ Gamma rays.... Normally we remove all the traces of cosmic radiation and human Engineering visible in the Sky. Radio-active particle traces and Gammy rays have to be removed also. It is kind of b...
by keesscherer
Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:41 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submission: 2019 January
Replies: 113
Views: 162281

Integrated Flux Nebula Mosaic Mandel-Wilson 2 to 3

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7903/46674971822_9371732472_c.jpg Integrated Flux Nebulae (IFN) Mosaic by Kees Scherer , on Flickr This mosaic shows sections of 2 main Nebula in the Mandel-Wilson Catalogue, the Volcano Nebula (MW3 near Messier 81/82) and the Angel Nebula MW2. 1255x300 second Luminan...
by keesscherer
Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:09 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submission: 2018 October
Replies: 104
Views: 87247

Re: Submission: 2018 October

Deep inside the Seven Sisters https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1976/45258345212_4d0852a677_z.jpg Deep inside the Seven Sisters by Kees Scherer , on Flickr Telescope: Esprit 100 f5.5, Camera: QHY16200 @-15C. 78x300sec Red, 69x300sec Green, 74x300sec Blue (18.4 hrs) Imaged on 5,6,7,8,9 &10 october 2...
by keesscherer
Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:35 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2018 August
Replies: 177
Views: 146342

Re: Submissions: 2018 August

ImageMessier 31 in Andromeda by Kees Scherer, on Flickr

V1, "The Star that Changed the Universe" annotated in this image made with 100mm Esprit APO and QHY16200 CCD using 2x drizzle in AstroPixelProcessor. Full info on Flickr.
by keesscherer
Tue Aug 22, 2017 9:46 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2017 August
Replies: 168
Views: 141899

Re: Submissions: 2017 August

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4347/36598821376_46719fa5fa_z.jpg Cygnus 70 panel Gigapixel APP Mosaic by Kees Scherer , on Flickr This 70 panel Mosaic was planned with SGP's Framing & Mosaic Wizard, imaged with Esprit 100 f5.5 telescope / QHY16200 CCD + 6nm Ha filter and processed with an all n...
by keesscherer
Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:41 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Milky Way and Exploding Meteor (2017 Aug 06)
Replies: 10
Views: 5609

Re: APOD: Milky Way and Exploding Meteor (2017 Aug 06)

It is the same picture as the 12 aug 2015 APOD: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150812.html
I was not aware that APOD used the same image more than once. It is an awesome image though!
by keesscherer
Sat Aug 05, 2017 12:10 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2017 August
Replies: 168
Views: 141899

Re: Submissions: 2017 August

The Red, Orange and Blue of the Cave Nebula region, a 46 hr HaRGB image from Portugal. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4413/36214540832_9bf59744f1.jpg The Red, Orange and Blue of the Cave Nebula region. by Kees Scherer , on Flickr The Cave Nebula (Sh2-155) is a Hydrogen cloud (in the center) with a b...