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  2. Arp

    Here's a BIG prediction for you. Remember you saw it here first. The way things are developing with the Webb telescope observations - I predict that Halton Arp's theories (re quasars) are going to be confirmed sometime soon. Greg
  3. O.K. so as I am retired and have a bit of time on my hands – I am thinking of running an Astronomy Image of the Day from the New Forest Observatory web site. And yes the idea is to not only be direct competition with that other lot – but to also show a better spread of great images from amateurs across the planet. This is to be amateur (or obsessed individuals) only – so not interested in processed professional data, and photoshop fantasy creations. So long as it is your work and it has ANYTHING to do with the night sky – then it’s good. If anyone out there has any interest in sending in an image to this, let me know so I can gauge whether it’s worth the effort of setting up (or not). Send your image (1024 pixels on the long side) to gregjparker@live.co.uk And unlike that other lot I will need details of how the image was captured, kit subs, cameras scopes, etc. This Image of the Day will be informative as well showing your pretty pictures. Greg
  4. EPOD 17/04/2023

    Got today's EPOD (https://epod.usra.edu/) with the BIG California nebula image. Note the link will not work if not viewed today. Greg This link WILL work https://epod.usra.edu/blog/2023/04/california-nebula-in-perseus.html
  5. 10-hours and 40-minutes on IC410/IC405

    Looks incredible Prof. Well done. Ray
  6. 10-hours and 40-minutes on IC410/IC405

    29-hours on IC410/IC405 with stars removed. Greg
  7. The REAL dangers of AI

    Not androids Ray - just a computer generated voice at the other end of your speakers. And as for "ain't happening" - this has already been done Greg
  8. AI comes with risk, but androids hypnotizing people to carry out "God Knows What" ain't happening. There are serious risks about AI though, and for the most part, the world is oblivious to them. Ray
  9. Wide field Rosette

    Incredible. I don't think I have seen that extra nebulosity coming off the Rosette like that. Ray
  10. Pretty impressive. Ray
  11. Heart nebula star reduced reprocess

    Some lovely dust lanes in that object Prof. Great work. Ray
  12. Wide field Rosette

    I got 8 x 20-minute subs on the 200mm Canon lenses last night before the fog rolled in. These went with the 10 x 20-minute subs I managed to get a while back. Here's the result
  13. This is a 5-frame focus-stacked mosaic of Spirogyra in conjugation at a mag of 100x. Each of the 5-frames is a stack of 12 images. Helicon Focus used for the stacking and original image is 10498 x 6871 pixels. Greg
  14. Sorry for the heavy topic - BUT - I think you should at least be made aware of this. Skim through, if nothing else, just so you know what COULD be done. http://www.scientificartist.com/2023/02/the-real-dangers-of-ai/ Greg
  15. White Vision

    Just realised why this isn't exactly the visual equivalent of White Noise. If I was to make a visual equivalent - then the dots should also be moving randomly around the screen, they should not be stationary - that's why the effect isn't so good. Back to the drawing board Greg
  16. White Vision

    Seems to be a 3D head / face inside there. I have to play with my focus to see it. Ray
  17. Star Xterminated Pillars of Creation

    Looks incredible without stars. Looks incredible with stars, lol. The Bok Globules are amazing. Ray
  18. If you play white noise through a pair of headphones, then after a little while, with a bit of practice - you can pull out any tune you want in full detail. I wondered if it was possible to do the same thing with vision. So here is a random 2-D plot of points. Can you make out any shapes/pictures by staring at this? Greg
  19. Star reduced Pleaides

    And yes - I know it is spelled PLEIADES
  20. Star reduced Pleaides

    Without the acquisition data this is all a bit mute. So here it is. This is 30-hours of 40-minute subs taken with the Sky90 array (3 x Sky90 refractors) and 3 x M26C OSC CCDs. Processing was in Photoshop 2023 using Russ Croman's Star XTerminator for the star reduction.
  21. I first tried out Russ Croman's Star XTerminator on the JWST image of the Pillars of Creation. So I have no idea why it has taken me several months to think about doing the same on the original Hubble image. Yer 'tiz
  22. Star reduced Pleaides

    I love all the dark neb Prof. Well captured. Ray
  23. Star reduced Pleaides

    Apologies if I've posted this one before, but I've had a quick look below and couldn't see it anywhere. Greg
  24. Composite Rosette nebula

    Very smooth and noiseless Prof. Well done! Ray
  25. Composite Rosette nebula

    I reprocessed the Rosette data and came up with this. Greg
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