Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice work, Peter. On 7/20/20 12:21 AM, Peter Klein via LUG wrote: > Here's my best set from last night's comet hunt. > > This shot will show you what I was up against. My chosen site had a > great view, but the old sewage treatment plant, now converted to a > pumping station, was lighting up the sky. > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/50131046763/in/dateposted-public/> > > > I was able to make a bit of lemonade out of that lemon, though: > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/50131834767/in/dateposted-public/> > > > I got lucky on this one, a satellite track "chopping" off the comet's > tail: > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/50131045688/in/photostream/> > > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/50131609141/in/photostream/> > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/50128829231/in/photostream/> > > This is pushing the limit of enlargement. > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/50131044783/in/photostream/> > > 8 second exposures do elongate the stars slightly, for those of us not > blessed with equatorial mount.? But Focus Magic software has a motion > blur correction feature that fixes that quite nicely.? I used it on > some of these. > > View large by pressing "L."? Or click on any picture, once to magnify, > again to magnify even more, and again to go back to the original display. > > Enjoy! > --Peter > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA