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My Astro Photo Of The Day
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What do you use to get these pictures? Very awesome indeed.
Quote:"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. "  My Astro Photo Of The Day
October 19, 2010 at 4:14 pm
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2010 at 9:09 pm by orogenicman.)
Here is an image I took of the harvest moon, in October, 2006.
![[Image: crw_2555z.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i132.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fq9%2Fjryates%2Fmoon%2Fcrw_2555z.jpg) As most of you know, the moon is rather drab in appearence, there being not much to see colorwise. But there are, in fact, plenty of subtle color variations on the moon's surface that most images don't show. I used the method of color saturation in layers that enhances those subtle colors and makes them more apparent without affecting the resolution of the image. What's more, the different subtle color changes reflect the actual mineralogy of the moon. For instance, the purplish blue areas you see in the image above are composed of a very unique lunar basalt that is highly enriched in titanium. The reddish areas are lunar basalts that are rich in Iron. The grayish areas surrounding very bright craters are the debris fields from those impacts, and represent very fine powdery material. The pinkish areas of the highlands represent some of the oldest material on the moon, much of which is composed almost entirely of silicates. much like the cores of Earth's continents.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens "I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations". - Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) "In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! " - Dr. Donald Prothero (October 19, 2010 at 4:07 pm)HeyItsZeus Wrote: What do you use to get these pictures? Very awesome indeed. Below the photo, above, is a description of the equipment used. Here is a photo of my scope (obviously, that is not me in the photo - lol): ![[Image: main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_it...alNumber=2]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=louisville-astro.org%2Fgallery%2Fmain.php%3Fg2_view%3Dcore.DownloadItem%26amp%3Bg2_itemId%3D15362%26amp%3Bg2_serialNumber%3D2)
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens "I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations". - Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) "In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! " - Dr. Donald Prothero 
That's stunning
 I fucking love astronomy.Where is the unsaturated image for comparison?
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Can you please keep all astro photos of the day in the same topic and not a separate topic for every picture?
Best regards,
Leo van Miert Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you 
RE: My Astro Photo Of The Day
October 19, 2010 at 9:10 pm
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2010 at 9:19 pm by orogenicman.)
(October 19, 2010 at 5:55 pm)leo-rcc Wrote: Can you please keep all astro photos of the day in the same topic and not a separate topic for every picture? I can do that. Sorry if it caused confusion. (October 19, 2010 at 4:53 pm)theVOID Wrote: That's stunning That's a good question. I took this image several years ago, so it might take some time to find it. I'll get back to you on that. Here is the original before I enhanced it. ![[Image: moon-1.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i132.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fq9%2Fjryates%2Fmoon-1.jpg)
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens "I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations". - Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) "In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! " - Dr. Donald Prothero
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'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens "I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations". - Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) "In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! " - Dr. Donald Prothero
I've merged all your astro photos in one thread now.
They are awesome photos, please keep posting these.
Best regards,
Leo van Miert Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
![[Image: main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_it...alNumber=2]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=louisville-astro.org%2Fgallery%2Fmain.php%3Fg2_view%3Dcore.DownloadItem%26amp%3Bg2_itemId%3D17895%26amp%3Bg2_serialNumber%3D2) Messier 33, The Triangulum Galaxy
Image: 7x4.5 minutes for a total of 31.5 minutes exposure at ISO 1600, dark subtracted Stacked in Deepsky Stacker, processed in Adobe PS CS3 extended Taken on September 5, 2010 at Taylorsville Lake, Ky Equipment: Konus 200 mm f5 Newtonian (1,000 mm focal length) Losmandy G-11 Gemini Go To mount with Losmandy Heavy Duty tripod 80 mm Orion Shorty Autoguide scope with starshooter autoguider Hutech modified Canon T1i DSLR From, Wikipedia: The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy at approximately 3 million light years (ly) distance in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598, and is sometimes informally referred to as the Pinwheel Galaxy, a moniker it shares with Messier 101. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way Galaxy, the Andromeda Galaxy and about 30 other smaller galaxies. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the naked eye (though, believe me, it is very hard to see). It has a low surface brightness, although it covers a relatively large field of view.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens "I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations". - Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) "In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! " - Dr. Donald Prothero |
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