Daniel, thanks, I'd be honored! Must get to planning. Best, Bob

Great result, Bob. Congratulations ! And thank you for the kind words. Do you mind if we use your image in a digital picture frame we recently installed in our dining room to display images taken by

Steve, Many thanks. Daniel's Hacienda is the idea location -- logistically, atmospherically -- for southern imaging, not to mention the fine food and scenery. I'm pleased to report your AP 900 is

Thank you, Stuart. This was my first try at blending Ha into LRGB. Tip of the hat to Adam Block and his tutorials. Best, bob

Rolando, Thanks very much. The camaraderie at the Hacienda was as good as the astronomy. I do want to go back, maybe this summer or fall, for a different crop of objects. Next time I'll take your

Bob, Looks like you grabbed a beautiful Tarantula image. I really want to get down there and try some Southern imaging! Still using the AP900? Best, Steve

Thanks Stuart. I was shooting for those little steamers that look like the are rising from the plane of the galaxy. Didn't get them. The soft seeing really cut into contrast required to pull those

Beautiful image in its own. Fantastic detail. Steve

Terry, no evidence of problems here - wow! Lovely shot! Stuart -- Stuart Heggie http://www.stuartheggie.com/featured.html

It's been a long time since I posted. The weather has been evil - clear days, cloudy nights for months. The conditions where fairly soft during the imaging runs. But in the end, we take what get.

LOVE IT Bob! Nice shot!!! Stuart -- Stuart Heggie http://www.stuartheggie.com/featured.html

Hi Bob, Nice shot. I enjoyed our all-nighters down there. Will you be going back this year? Rolando

Hi All, This is afairly wide-field image, just short of 10 hours, of the Tarantula Nebulaagainst the background of the LMC. I was surprised at the extent of dustvisible from a distance of

Thanks to everyone for their comments and pointers to many videos and tutorials. I am working through the image again, and will post a new version in the coming week. Tom C

Steve, thanks for the video link. I watched a video this morning that introduced me to a masking approach in PI that is very flexible and easy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fj1o8sdyv8 Anyway,

How about you call George here at AP and explain what is happening with your GoTo's. I'm afraid that I cannot determine anything by what you wrote below. George can run you thru some easy tests of

Rolando, I have had two nights of clear skies to try your last set of instructions. Both nights using several stars and several attempts on each star had the same results. I would select a star within

While I prefer to stay with PI 100% I do find there are times when I slip back into PS usage and one of these areas is with final noise reduction. It’s very possible in PI, in fact there are a

Really pretty image Tom! I'm just learning PI myself and have the same challenges with the image going soft during the noise reduction. Steve's comments are where I'd go too - a tad soft, maybe back

Tom, Very nice image with a great deal of detail. Smoothing is a bit strong for my taste. Which process did you use for smoothing/noise reduction? Sometimes I’ll take my image into PS and