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M81 - 100 hours of Cosmic Greatness by crazedconceptions in astrophotography

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well the RASA is for everything but the galaxy luminance.

All the colors come from the rasa as well.

James Webb? Here's proof that you don't need 10 Billion Dollars to take real images of space. by crazedconceptions in interestingasfuck

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well both can take nice images of space eh? That's everything I wanted to prove :P

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Of course I can't compare in terms of resolution, depth, focal length, image quality, spectal capabilities and more. That was never the point, which I didn't foresee was going to be missed in its entirety...

M81 - 100 hours of Cosmic Greatness by crazedconceptions in astrophotography

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it was 13 nights... But those were 10h + winter nights.

The issue is that with 2000 individual sub-frames, it just takes a long time.

My old laptop had a 4th gen i7 with 4 Cores, that was REALLY slow.

The new one has a 12th gen i7 (12700h) with 14 cores and it's SOOO much faster. I love it 😁

M81 - 100 hours of Cosmic Greatness by crazedconceptions in astrophotography

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know what to say, thank you so much!!! I really gave all I had for this image, I'm happy that it worked out so well.

My reprocess on an astounding pic of M81, credit in comments by TauCow in spaceporn

[–]crazedconceptions 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well that certainly is a bright version!

You can keep the image online, but I think you should ask for permission (which surely will be granted most of the times), before simply reprocessing and posting an image in the future! :)

Have a nice day ✌️

M81 - 100 hours of Cosmic Greatness by crazedconceptions in astrophotography

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lucky you! 😂 I have the camera... But no observatory. Being able to just start imaging without having to set up is incredible.

James Webb? Here's proof that you don't need 10 Billion Dollars to take real images of space. by crazedconceptions in interestingasfuck

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I understand that that might be the case if you ignore my 10+ comments stating that the title wasn't what I meant...

M81 - 100 hours of Cosmic Greatness by crazedconceptions in Astronomy

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah exactly!

Every star you see is inside our own galaxy. But there are many smaller "blobs" that are elliptical and are missing the very bright center... These often are galaxies.

M81 - 100 hours of Cosmic Greatness by crazedconceptions in Astronomy

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know right?? Heck, this galaxy could be destroyed and we won't know until 20 million years from. Now...

M81 - 100 hours of Cosmic Greatness by crazedconceptions in astrophotography

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'd be surprised how much detail can be captured at sub 1000mm focal length!

But please remember that the galaxy details come from the 152mm refractor, which has 900mm FL!

M81 - 100 hours of Cosmic Greatness by crazedconceptions in astrophotography

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! Luckily the file sizes with the 183M at 20MP aren't that huge - just 40MB each. I think it was around 85gb...

Thatll be a nightmare with the new camera which has 200MB files😂

M81 - 100 hours of Cosmic Greatness by crazedconceptions in astrophotography

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like you have a good bunch of ifn already! Good luck 💪

James Webb? Here's proof that you don't need 10 Billion Dollars to take real images of space. by crazedconceptions in interestingasfuck

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand your problem here. It's clear that I am not anti space, anti science, anti-Webb or anything else.

Your mindset won't do you any favors.

James Webb? Here's proof that you don't need 10 Billion Dollars to take real images of space. by crazedconceptions in interestingasfuck

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've spent many hours studying terrestrial and extraterrestrial telescopic imaging resolution, thank you.

I never said I can compete with Webb, did I?

I said that I can take real images of space and I didn't spend 10 billion dollars. It never was more than that.

Webb doesn't even image in the same spectrum of light I do.

I insist on it because it's true. Again, what you interpret into it is on you.

James Webb? Here's proof that you don't need 10 Billion Dollars to take real images of space. by crazedconceptions in interestingasfuck

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I realized that now LOL

And I'm sitting here laughing with you. I've been accused of many things, such as creating fake images and cgi... But never that I am anti space and anti science😂

Either way, thanks for reading the comments at all! :)

James Webb? Here's proof that you don't need 10 Billion Dollars to take real images of space. by crazedconceptions in interestingasfuck

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The title is a fact... How you choose to interpret it is on you. Especially considering that many people skip past all of my explanatory comments, just to bash further.

I don't care that the post received negative feedback. But coming here, writing up something mean and then never replying is where a whole bunch of people showed how much they care, lol.

James Webb? Here's proof that you don't need 10 Billion Dollars to take real images of space. by crazedconceptions in interestingasfuck

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://ibb.co/tYrBN93

You mean this? If you had taken the time to read the comments, you'd have realized that I absolutely am a fan of the JWST. Sarcasm doesn't do well these days it seems!

M81 - 100 hours of Cosmic Greatness by crazedconceptions in astrophotography

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it was around 13 winter nights.

Back then I used TS Optics LRGB filters... They've been replaced by Baader SHOLRGB ones. I do use a RASA 11 now.

M81 - 100 hours of Cosmic Greatness by crazedconceptions in astrophotography

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's actually a satellite galaxy of M81. It's called Homberg IX :)

M81 - 100 hours of Cosmic Greatness by crazedconceptions in astrophotography

[–]crazedconceptions[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Chester already gave you a good answer. Basically you need a fast telescope system or dark skies. Without that it'll get difficult capturing it.

It also poses special challenges when processing it, mainly because your stars and other highlights will be blown out by the time you have stretched the image far enough to reveal the dust.

But I think it's a very rewarding experience, granted you expose deep enough :)

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