From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@me.com>

Date: December 4, 2009 12:30:49 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Alan`s version...

Hi Ray, 

That is a nice little image especially considering it`s humble beginnings! Keep in mind I`m still learning both with this camera & Photoshop & I`ve had the cart before the horse numerous times this afternoon, even, trying to emulate Alan`s result with my poor source material, let alone with my imaging set-up on 4th November (which was the very day I got the camera!). I tried a mosaic as I had enough coverage of everything (one section was missing which had to be filled in with an 800 x 600 pixel image instead of the others which are all 814 x 618 pixels). Something was amiss with my camera settings though, as what I got was washed out. I`ve been mainly interested in improving my skills with processing particularly with Photoshop in the past day or so-if Alan can do it, it must at least be achievable! If you go to my Mark`s Moon shots folder to Picture 1-2-3.png, 4 files down you`ll see there`s been a little improvement on my last night imaging, the 24th November; http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Lunar/Mark%60s%20Moon%20shots/

This was taken at prime focus with the C9.25..

Mark.

On 04/12/2009, at 1:35 PM, Ray Byrne wrote:

Hi Mark,

I've taken much better shots of the moon using a digital camera than your effort with your Scorpion camera. My old Nikon Coolpix 4500 has been afocally attached using a coupling device  and its self timer function to eliminate camera/telescope shake from the exposure. Webcams (i.e. your Scorpion or your Imaging Source camera) are used by most amateur imagers to attempt hi-resolution imaging of the moon, planets, and the solar disc in it's various depths not for pictorial shots like the mosaic you have attempted. Many many years ago before digicams I used a b/w digital surveillance camera to do a mosaic of the moon but I made a better fist of it than your Scorpion image. Somehow you are over complicating things. I had none of the software you have now it was a one shot type of affair (no movies to stack) and I think PS had just got the layers function.

Here's a link:

<http://www.in4media.co.uk/rayandtelescope/rayandtelescopel.html>

If you just want lunar portraits go the digicam route and as I've said several times before just keep it simple for goodness sake!

ATVB

Ray

On 3 Dec 2009, at 23:36, Mark Gaffney wrote:

Hi Alan & Milton,
Alan`s kindly effort in processing one of my new Scorpion shots (in
need of first aid) is now posted to this folder; http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Lunar/Mark%60s%20Moon%20shots/
It`s under the title "Picture 1.png ...Alan`s tweaked version of one
of my shots".
It is a slightly derivative version having been snapshotted with
Command-Shift-4...

Mark.