Astro Slideshow-Just Add Popcorn

[Nighthound]

I put together this slideshow of some of my astrophotos.

You can position your curser at the bottom right of the image window and see the control buttons. You can click through manually or stop the show and see images larger by clicking on the photo at any time. Enjoy!

http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/Nighthd/Astrophotography/?action=view&current=516d4ee7.pbw

[Celestron]

Great slide-show Steve ! You did a good job !

[Nighthound]

Thanks Ron. For some reason I just clicked on it and it was getting hung up on a few shots but finally cycled through all the images. Did it hang up on certain shots for you?

[Celestron]

Yes it did when i clicked myself but when i let it change itself it did better .

[Jeff]

Nice job! It cycled through just fine for me.

[fireird7o4]

wow these are all so amazing! Great job!

[ArcticShooter]

Wonderful slide show.
When you look through the telescope, are you able to see the nebulas the way you show in your images or do you need heavy processing to bring it out?

[Nighthound]

Thanks very much everyone.

Helge, with the brighter nebula like The Great Orion Nebula there is quite a bit of visible nebulosity. However it is not visible to the extent seen in exposures that total hours of exposure time nor is the color vivid like that in the processed images. Our eyes are not capable of perceiving wide range spectral light at such low levels. The nebulosity that is visible increases with dark skies and more aperture. There are filters designed to improve seeing these faint glowing gases that can be attached to the eyepiece while viewing. Many people say that most nebula appear as greenish hues with some pink if the nebula contains high content of H-alpha emission and a bluish tint if there's quite a bit of reflection nebula.

So yes, stacking and processing turns the faint data we capture into the pretty pictures we enjoy looking at. :D

[R Hardman]

Beautiful.

[Nighthound]

Thank you Rick.

[cool breeze]

Really a great job Steve!

[dpastern]

Wonderful shots Steve - very very impressive. If I can be 10% as good as those shots (when I get my scope), I'd be damn well happy. Is there any chance of me buying some 8x10 prints of some of these images from you? If so, what sort of pricing?

Dave

[hard12find]

As usual steve amazing stuff.....If I ever get out east I'd like to look you up,,,
Jim

[fritzd]

Amazing stuff!

[Nighthound]

Thanks Will, Dave, Jim and fritzd.

Jim, let me know if you get out this way.

[Dusty]

Beautiful, just beautiful !

Excellent work Steve.