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Antenna Galaxies (Jeff's version)
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> On May 14, 2019, at 9:32 PM, Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
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> O.K., Ken. How many words?
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> On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 10:34 AM Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
> How about writing an article about the TSP and send it to me.
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>> On May 14, 2019, at 7:03 AM, Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
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>> Jeff, excellent job on this difficult image. I was surprised that you made and TSP this year. I am glad and that it worked out for you. How many good nights did you get this year?
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>> Here's another with a slighly different white balance that may be more accurate.
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O.K., Ken. How many words?


On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 10:34 AM Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
How about writing an article about the TSP and send it to me.

Kent
Editor CTAS Newsletter

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> On May 14, 2019, at 7:03 AM, Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
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> Jeff, excellent job on this difficult image. I was surprised that you made and TSP this year. I am glad and that it worked out for you. How many good nights did you get this year?
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> Aubrey
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Aubrey,

We had four good nights for imaging. For observers only one night was a washout. 

Jeff

On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 7:03 AM Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
Jeff, excellent job on this difficult image. I was surprised that you made and TSP this year. I am glad and that it worked out for you. How many good nights did you get this year?

Aubrey

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Here's another with a slighly different white balance that may be more accurate.

Attachment(s):
File: 19-05-01_TSP_Antenna_SBIG_C11-7_-2.jpg (208.0 KB) -- Address: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/901132/attach/2303339_0_19-05-01_TSP_Antenna_SBIG_C11-7_-2.jpg



How about writing an article about the TSP and send it to me.

Kent
Editor CTAS Newsletter

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 14, 2019, at 7:03 AM, Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:
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> Jeff, excellent job on this difficult image. I was surprised that you made and TSP this year. I am glad and that it worked out for you. How many good nights did you get this year?
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> Aubrey
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> From: mailer@mail2.clubexpress.com <mailer@mail2.clubexpress.com> On Behalf Of Astrophotography
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 6:02 PM
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> Subject: re: Antenna Galaxies (Jeff's version) <<$230333926184$>>
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> Here's another with a slighly different white balance that may be more accurate.
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> File: 19-05-01_TSP_Antenna_SBIG_C11-7_-2.jpg (208.0 KB) -- Address: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/901132/attach/2303339_0_19-05-01_TSP_Antenna_SBIG_C11-7_-2.jpg
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Jeff, excellent job on this difficult image. I was surprised that you made and TSP this year. I am glad and that it worked out for you. How many good nights did you get this year?

Aubrey

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From: mailer@mail2.clubexpress.com <mailer@mail2.clubexpress.com> On Behalf Of Astrophotography
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 6:02 PM
To: abrickhouse1@att.net
Subject: re: Antenna Galaxies (Jeff's version) <<$230333926184$>>




Here's another with a slighly different white balance that may be more accurate.

Attachment(s):
File: 19-05-01_TSP_Antenna_SBIG_C11-7_-2.jpg (208.0 KB) -- Address: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/901132/attach/2303339_0_19-05-01_TSP_Antenna_SBIG_C11-7_-2.jpg



Oddly enough, the red-shifted image was the actual color that came out of the data. That may be an effect caused by the closeness to the southern horizon from where I was imaging or it may be a result of the red-shift caused by the distance to the galaxies. I had to add a lot of blue to the image to get the color in the second image, but it matches the professional images. 

On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 9:22 PM Astrophotography <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org> wrote:

I like this version the best.  Very good shot by any standard.

 

Johnny

 

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Subject: re: Antenna Galaxies (Jeff's version) <<$230333926184$>>




Here's another with a slighly different white balance that may be more accurate.

Attachment(s):
File: 19-05-01_TSP_Antenna_SBIG_C11-7_-2.jpg (208.0 KB) -- Address: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/901132/attach/2303339_0_19-05-01_TSP_Antenna_SBIG_C11-7_-2.jpg



I like this version the best.  Very good shot by any standard.

 

Johnny

 

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From: "Astrophotography" <astrophotography@centexastronomy.org>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 6:02pm
To: "johnnyb@reagan.com" <johnnyb@reagan.com>
Subject: re: Antenna Galaxies (Jeff's version) <<$230333926184$>>




Here's another with a slighly different white balance that may be more accurate.

Attachment(s):
File: 19-05-01_TSP_Antenna_SBIG_C11-7_-2.jpg (208.0 KB) -- Address: http://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/901132/attach/2303339_0_19-05-01_TSP_Antenna_SBIG_C11-7_-2.jpg



Here's another with a slighly different white balance that may be more accurate.
While certainly not up to Aubrey's standards, here is my rendition of the Antenna Galaxies. I captured the data for this image on the night of May 1 on Prude Ranch near Ft. Davis, TX. I used a Celestron 1100 Edge HD telescope with an SBIG 8300 monochrome CCD camera with the chip cooled to -20˚C. The image is composed of six, 300-second exposures each through Red, Green, and Blue filters and a series of six, 600-second exposures in white light (Luminance). The photography equipment was mounted on a Losmandy G11 German equatorial mount controlled by a Gemini II computer. The data was captured and initially processed using the Nebulosity 4 app and finished in Star Tools and Adobe Lightroom 5.7.
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