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Thanks Milan! Sorry for your being latitude-challenged, Rho Ophiuchi is my favorite part of the galaxy to sit and ponder. Although I don't own a tracker I always marvel at the tracked images of this region of the sky (especially fond of Roger Clark's interpretation). I typically use the visibility of the dust lanes streaming toward the Pipe Nebula to roughly gage how clear the sky is on any given night, both while shooting and when post-processing.

Forget the filter, change your latitude!

-Jeff

And give up our 12ft diameter dome we built together with my father?

I've seen Roger Clark's version and he has a certain taste for processing, which I don't like that much. He certainly is very lucky to be living in a very dark region. There is a beautiful capture of the region on Wikipedia with some serious integration time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rho_Ophiuchi_cloud_complex#Gallery (6 hours for each RGB channel according to author's website).

We have had our dome for 8 years now, but we only got the Skywatcher EQ6 Pro in December 2019. Since then I've been trying my hand in proper astrophotography, but it's such a challenge and there are still some pieces of equipment that have to be added soon to produce better results. To quote the gentleman who put us on the track "Ultimately, you will be shooting with a dedicated monochrome camera, you'll see..."...

Aug 14, 2020 at 03:08 PM

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I have not, but I initially agonized over the decision to default to a 5Ds due to the 'r' version's widespread lack of availability (I needed it quickly for a large client project). So many things can get in the way of eeking out that last 10% of performance that the 'r' potentially provides, I personally think it gets overthunk a lot of the time (but I may be rationalizing, lol).

EF16-35/4L is a great, [I]great[/I] daytime lens; it has stood the test of time, and it's my default for architectural/interior work and daytime landscapes with filters (small, light, little distortion,...Show more →

Thanks again Jeff
As a Mac tech also I know how it is with with files of that size and a 2015 iMac. The 5ds was way ahead of its time in terms of files size for sure. If you need any advice in trying to possibly speed your existing iMac up a little shoot me a pm. Maybe I can keep you from murdering it! Lol

Aug 14, 2020 at 04:29 PM

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Milan Hutera wrote:
And give up our 12ft diameter dome we built together with my father?

I've seen Roger Clark's version and he has a certain taste for processing, which I don't like that much. He certainly is very lucky to be living in a very dark region. There is a beautiful capture of the region on Wikipedia with some serious integration time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rho_Ophiuchi_cloud_complex#Gallery (6 hours for each RGB channel according to author's website).

We have had our dome for 8 years now, but we only got the Skywatcher EQ6 Pro in December 2019. Since then I've been trying my hand in...Show more →

Nice, super-cool to have a dome!

Astro is a huge rabbit-hole, and although I'd love to shoot images like we are discussing, I know it would lead to a cascade of equipment that would only get used infrequently. Some other life, perhaps...

Aug 20, 2020 at 09:02 AM

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JohnMagee wrote:
Thanks again Jeff
As a Mac tech also I know how it is with with files of that size and a 2015 iMac. The 5ds was way ahead of its time in terms of files size for sure. If you need any advice in trying to possibly speed your existing iMac up a little shoot me a pm. Maybe I can keep you from murdering it! Lol

I just may do that, thanks for the offer! Down in New Orleans at the moment, dropping our son off at college, once we return home we'll be empty-nesters. Woo-hoo!!!

Aug 20, 2020 at 09:04 AM

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p.2 #5 · p.2 #5 · Milky Way and Comet NEOWISE, from Crested Butte, CO (this one was a s-t-r-e-t-c-h...)

This is incredible. And thanks for keeping things 'real'... I'm a big fan of natural color night sky images. The comet is icing on the MW cake.

Aug 20, 2020 at 09:10 AM

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p.2 #6 · p.2 #6 · Milky Way and Comet NEOWISE, from Crested Butte, CO (this one was a s-t-r-e-t-c-h...)

Beautiful! Really stunning.

Aug 24, 2020 at 02:26 PM

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p.2 #7 · p.2 #7 · Milky Way and Comet NEOWISE, from Crested Butte, CO (this one was a s-t-r-e-t-c-h...)

Fantastic shot.
Pity the comet's head is not higher in the sky though.

Aug 26, 2020 at 01:39 AM

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p.2 #8 · p.2 #8 · Milky Way and Comet NEOWISE, from Crested Butte, CO (this one was a s-t-r-e-t-c-h...)

Jeff wrote:
I'm finally getting through my plethora of images, and have spent hours with PTgui getting some of the last panos assembled. This image was captured on the night of 7/18/20 and was a challenge on several fronts, as I wanted to try and capture the sheer immensity of NEOWISE's tail with some perspective, in this case, the ubiquitous Milky Way (which was 180° in the wrong direction!).

20-image pano using the 5Ds and Tamron 35/1.4; the foreground layer is comprised of 3 focus stacks, both foreground and sky are daylight WB. Location is Gunnison National Forest near Crested Butte at...Show more →

Aug 26, 2020 at 03:23 AM

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gbinoz wrote:
Fantastic shot.
Pity the comet's head is not higher in the sky though.

Thanks! I had to wait ~2 minutes for a car to descend far enough down Washington Gulch Rd. that the lights weren't obvious, otherwise there would have been a bit more space between the coma and the horizon. At least it was still above it, another 25 seconds or so and I would have lost it.

Sep 02, 2020 at 01:09 AM

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bmike-vt wrote:
...And thanks for keeping things 'real'... I'm a big fan of natural color night sky images...

Me too... unless the moon is out! lol

I really like being able to see the changes in the sky from night to night (typically color changes from differing airglow). 'Processing out' the airglow to either a blue or grey-ish sky seems kind of bland, although I do also enjoy the occasional MW image when there is a crescent moon providing enough illumination to turn the sky blue.

Sep 02, 2020 at 01:15 AM

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p.2 #11 · p.2 #11 · Milky Way and Comet NEOWISE, from Crested Butte, CO (this one was a s-t-r-e-t-c-h...)

Amazing. Getting a Milky Way and Neowise in the same image is a dream come true. Add in the backdrop of Colorado and that is simply the cherry on top!

Sep 02, 2020 at 05:20 AM

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