New Image from Phil Orbanes
Hi folks, Phil has sent in a new image of multiple nebulae, in a rich area
surprisingly located between Cassiopeia and the barren, trackless waste of
Camelopardalis, the Giraffe. You can see the image here
https://gaac.us/gallery-2/phil2/#!prettyPhoto[phil2]/116/; be sure to
super-size it.
It's really amazing what our photographers can capture in these images,
blue and red molecular clouds, light-years wide, pinpoint stars everywhere.
I was browsing through the 1966 Burnham's Celestial Handbook, and the
differences between those photographs and these is astonishing.
Phil's notes on the image follow.
"Sh2-202 is a very large nebula to the right of the much brighter Soul
Nebula. As I was finishing up my image of the Soul for December’s
Observer’s Challenge, I remembered that I had started to image Sh2-202 a
few years back. I have now finished it.
"Sh2-202 is the same width as the Andromeda galaxy, but three times as deep
(3.3 degrees square). It occupies as much area in the sky as 20 full moons.
It fills my wide-field refractor’s imaging area.
"In this image, you can see a bit of the Soul Nebula in the upper right. To
the left are the bluish reflection nebulae vdB14/15 while vdB11 is visible
above. The dark central lane in Sh2-202 is known as LBN 677."
Hi Phil,
Excellent as usual, 26 hours?? I simply don't have your persistence or
patience to do these multiyear large format mosaics, nice job
Mario
On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 3:21 PM Michael Deneen <
michael.patrick.deneen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi folks, Phil has sent in a new image of multiple nebulae, in a rich area
surprisingly located between Cassiopeia and the barren, trackless waste of
Camelopardalis, the Giraffe. You can see the image here
https://gaac.us/gallery-2/phil2/#!prettyPhoto[phil2]/116/; be sure to
super-size it.
It's really amazing what our photographers can capture in these images,
blue and red molecular clouds, light-years wide, pinpoint stars everywhere.
I was browsing through the 1966 Burnham's Celestial Handbook, and the
differences between those photographs and these is astonishing.
Phil's notes on the image follow.
"Sh2-202 is a very large nebula to the right of the much brighter Soul
Nebula. As I was finishing up my image of the Soul for December’s
Observer’s Challenge, I remembered that I had started to image Sh2-202 a
few years back. I have now finished it.
"Sh2-202 is the same width as the Andromeda galaxy, but three times as
deep (3.3 degrees square). It occupies as much area in the sky as 20 full
moons. It fills my wide-field refractor’s imaging area.
"In this image, you can see a bit of the Soul Nebula in the upper right.
To the left are the bluish reflection nebulae vdB14/15 while vdB11 is
visible above. The dark central lane in Sh2-202 is known as LBN 677."
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Well, it is faint, so I had no choice but to keep taking images. That's why I gave up back in 2019. I got distracted 2/3 of the way through.I am mindful that your 32" gathers 6 times as much light per minutes which is awesome.
Your recent photos are surerb, I esp. think IC 10 is very cool.
Phil
On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 04:34:32 PM EST, Mario Motta via Photo <photo@lists.gaac.us> wrote:
Hi Phil,
Excellent as usual, 26 hours?? I simply don't have your persistence or patience to do these multiyear large format mosaics, nice jobMario
On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 3:21 PM Michael Deneen michael.patrick.deneen@gmail.com wrote:
Hi folks, Phil has sent in a new image of multiple nebulae, in a rich area surprisingly located between Cassiopeia and the barren, trackless waste of Camelopardalis, the Giraffe. You can see the image here; be sure to super-size it.
It's really amazing what our photographers can capture in these images, blue and red molecular clouds, light-years wide, pinpoint stars everywhere. I was browsing through the 1966 Burnham's Celestial Handbook, and the differences between those photographs and these is astonishing.
Phil's notes on the image follow.
"Sh2-202 is a very large nebula to the right of the much brighter Soul Nebula. As I was finishing up my image of the Soul for December’s Observer’s Challenge, I remembered that I had started to image Sh2-202 a few years back. I have now finished it.
"Sh2-202 is the same width as the Andromeda galaxy, but three times as deep (3.3 degrees square). It occupies as much area in the sky as 20 full moons. It fills my wide-field refractor’s imaging area.
"In this image, you can see a bit of the Soul Nebula in the upper right. To the left are the bluish reflection nebulae vdB14/15 while vdB11 is visible above. The dark central lane in Sh2-202 is known as LBN 677."
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Thanks Phil
For the photo list group, we have not had a meeting in a few months
Several new developments for all,
New processes 1. generalized hyperbolic stretch
2. Graxpert now within PixInsight, and with AI assist
3. several new color normalization processes.
I am not in a current position to teach these, but I am experimenting.
Those using it, say a significant advance, especially Hyperbolic stretch.
Not sure I would be ready by december, maybe a January zoom meeting?
Mario
On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 4:42 PM philorb@aol.com philorb@aol.com wrote:
Well, it is faint, so I had no choice but to keep taking images.
That's why I gave up back in 2019. I got distracted 2/3 of the way through.
I am mindful that your 32" gathers 6 times as much light per minutes which
is awesome.
Your recent photos are surerb, I esp. think IC 10 is very cool.
Phil
On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 04:34:32 PM EST, Mario Motta via Photo <
photo@lists.gaac.us> wrote:
Hi Phil,
Excellent as usual, 26 hours?? I simply don't have your persistence
or patience to do these multiyear large format mosaics, nice job
Mario
On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 3:21 PM Michael Deneen <
michael.patrick.deneen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi folks, Phil has sent in a new image of multiple nebulae, in a rich area
surprisingly located between Cassiopeia and the barren, trackless waste of
Camelopardalis, the Giraffe. You can see the image here
https://gaac.us/gallery-2/phil2/#!prettyPhoto[phil2]/116/; be sure to
super-size it.
It's really amazing what our photographers can capture in these images,
blue and red molecular clouds, light-years wide, pinpoint stars everywhere.
I was browsing through the 1966 Burnham's Celestial Handbook, and the
differences between those photographs and these is astonishing.
Phil's notes on the image follow.
"Sh2-202 is a very large nebula to the right of the much brighter Soul
Nebula. As I was finishing up my image of the Soul for December’s
Observer’s Challenge, I remembered that I had started to image Sh2-202 a
few years back. I have now finished it.
"Sh2-202 is the same width as the Andromeda galaxy, but three times as
deep (3.3 degrees square). It occupies as much area in the sky as 20 full
moons. It fills my wide-field refractor’s imaging area.
"In this image, you can see a bit of the Soul Nebula in the upper right.
To the left are the bluish reflection nebulae vdB14/15 while vdB11 is
visible above. The dark central lane in Sh2-202 is known as LBN 677."
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Yes, I'd like that for January.
Dec. is a busy month for me and it wont be until later in the month that get around to upgrading Pixinsight andtry some of the latest processes. Hopefully, I'll be able to contribute at a Jan photo Zoom.
Phil
On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 04:50:47 PM EST, Mario Motta drmariomotta@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Phil
For the photo list group, we have not had a meeting in a few monthsSeveral new developments for all,New processes 1. generalized hyperbolic stretch2. Graxpert now within PixInsight, and with AI assist3. several new color normalization processes.
I am not in a current position to teach these, but I am experimenting. Those using it, say a significant advance, especially Hyperbolic stretch.Not sure I would be ready by december, maybe a January zoom meeting?Mario
On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 4:42 PM philorb@aol.com philorb@aol.com wrote:
Well, it is faint, so I had no choice but to keep taking images. That's why I gave up back in 2019. I got distracted 2/3 of the way through.I am mindful that your 32" gathers 6 times as much light per minutes which is awesome.
Your recent photos are surerb, I esp. think IC 10 is very cool.
Phil
On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 04:34:32 PM EST, Mario Motta via Photo <photo@lists.gaac.us> wrote:
Hi Phil,
Excellent as usual, 26 hours?? I simply don't have your persistence or patience to do these multiyear large format mosaics, nice jobMario
On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 3:21 PM Michael Deneen michael.patrick.deneen@gmail.com wrote:
Hi folks, Phil has sent in a new image of multiple nebulae, in a rich area surprisingly located between Cassiopeia and the barren, trackless waste of Camelopardalis, the Giraffe. You can see the image here; be sure to super-size it.
It's really amazing what our photographers can capture in these images, blue and red molecular clouds, light-years wide, pinpoint stars everywhere. I was browsing through the 1966 Burnham's Celestial Handbook, and the differences between those photographs and these is astonishing.
Phil's notes on the image follow.
"Sh2-202 is a very large nebula to the right of the much brighter Soul Nebula. As I was finishing up my image of the Soul for December’s Observer’s Challenge, I remembered that I had started to image Sh2-202 a few years back. I have now finished it.
"Sh2-202 is the same width as the Andromeda galaxy, but three times as deep (3.3 degrees square). It occupies as much area in the sky as 20 full moons. It fills my wide-field refractor’s imaging area.
"In this image, you can see a bit of the Soul Nebula in the upper right. To the left are the bluish reflection nebulae vdB14/15 while vdB11 is visible above. The dark central lane in Sh2-202 is known as LBN 677."
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Phil: Beautiful image of Sh2-202. Great color and detail.
John Hobbs
hobbs_john@verizon.net
On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 03:21:59 PM EST, Michael Deneen <michael.patrick.deneen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi folks, Phil has sent in a new image of multiple nebulae, in a rich area surprisingly located between Cassiopeia and the barren, trackless waste of Camelopardalis, the Giraffe. You can see the image here; be sure to super-size it.
It's really amazing what our photographers can capture in these images, blue and red molecular clouds, light-years wide, pinpoint stars everywhere. I was browsing through the 1966 Burnham's Celestial Handbook, and the differences between those photographs and these is astonishing.
Phil's notes on the image follow.
"Sh2-202 is a very large nebula to the right of the much brighter Soul Nebula. As I was finishing up my image of the Soul for December’s Observer’s Challenge, I remembered that I had started to image Sh2-202 a few years back. I have now finished it.
"Sh2-202 is the same width as the Andromeda galaxy, but three times as deep (3.3 degrees square). It occupies as much area in the sky as 20 full moons. It fills my wide-field refractor’s imaging area.
"In this image, you can see a bit of the Soul Nebula in the upper right. To the left are the bluish reflection nebulae vdB14/15 while vdB11 is visible above. The dark central lane in Sh2-202 is known as LBN 677."
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Thanks you John,
Always appreciate the insight and benefit of your experience.
Happy holidays,Phil
On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 10:23:17 PM EST, John Hobbs via Photo <photo@lists.gaac.us> wrote:
Phil: Beautiful image of Sh2-202. Great color and detail.
John Hobbs
hobbs_john@verizon.net
On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 03:21:59 PM EST, Michael Deneen <michael.patrick.deneen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi folks, Phil has sent in a new image of multiple nebulae, in a rich area surprisingly located between Cassiopeia and the barren, trackless waste of Camelopardalis, the Giraffe. You can see the image here; be sure to super-size it.
It's really amazing what our photographers can capture in these images, blue and red molecular clouds, light-years wide, pinpoint stars everywhere. I was browsing through the 1966 Burnham's Celestial Handbook, and the differences between those photographs and these is astonishing.
Phil's notes on the image follow.
"Sh2-202 is a very large nebula to the right of the much brighter Soul Nebula. As I was finishing up my image of the Soul for December’s Observer’s Challenge, I remembered that I had started to image Sh2-202 a few years back. I have now finished it.
"Sh2-202 is the same width as the Andromeda galaxy, but three times as deep (3.3 degrees square). It occupies as much area in the sky as 20 full moons. It fills my wide-field refractor’s imaging area.
"In this image, you can see a bit of the Soul Nebula in the upper right. To the left are the bluish reflection nebulae vdB14/15 while vdB11 is visible above. The dark central lane in Sh2-202 is known as LBN 677."
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