Saturday, November 16, 2013

M34

M34 by Mick Hyde
M34, a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.

The Cone Nebula.

The Cone Nebula. by Mick Hyde
The Cone Nebula., a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.

California Nebula.

California Nebula. by Mick Hyde
California Nebula., a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.

Comet Lovejoy - 13th Nov 2013

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Comet processing in DSS



Load your pics into DSS, click check all then click to register them making sure that stack after registering is not selected

Once the pics are registered click on one of the light frames at the bottom to view the image, on the right hand side you will see some icons click on the comet one. 

Then using the mouse wheel zoom in to the pic and move the cursor over the centre of the core, left click to select, next click on the disk icon on the right to save it. You need to do this on all your light frames.

Now click stack checked pictures on the left of screen and within this click stacking parameters. Select comet and choose which option you want then click ok.

It should now stack aligned on the comet.

Sunday, November 03, 2013

Hubble's Famous M31 VAR! plate.

The plate with identification number H335H ("Hooker plate 335 by Hubble"), is famous for having led to his discovery of the first Cepheid variable star in M31.

Plate image credit:- Carnegie Institution for Science