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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
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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
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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
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Looks incredible Prof. Well done. Ray
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10-hours and 40-minutes on IC410/IC405
wingeing Pom replied to wingeing Pom's topic in Image Gallery -
29-hours on IC410/IC405 with stars removed. Greg -
The REAL dangers of AI
wingeing Pom replied to wingeing Pom's topic in Off Topic - Funny Videos - Interesting Concepts
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 -
The REAL dangers of AI
Radar replied to wingeing Pom's topic in Off Topic - Funny Videos - Interesting Concepts
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 -
Incredible. I don't think I have seen that extra nebulosity coming off the Rosette like that. Ray
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Spirogyra
Radar replied to wingeing Pom's topic in Nature Photography - Storms - Sunsets - Landscape - Time Lapse
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Some lovely dust lanes in that object Prof. Great work. Ray
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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
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Spirogyra
wingeing Pom posted a topic in Nature Photography - Storms - Sunsets - Landscape - Time Lapse
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 -
The REAL dangers of AI
wingeing Pom posted a topic in Off Topic - Funny Videos - Interesting Concepts
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 -
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White Vision
wingeing Pom replied to wingeing Pom's topic in Off Topic - Funny Videos - Interesting Concepts
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 -
White Vision
Radar replied to wingeing Pom's topic in Off Topic - Funny Videos - Interesting Concepts
Seems to be a 3D head / face inside there. I have to play with my focus to see it. Ray -
Star Xterminated Pillars of Creation
Radar replied to wingeing Pom's topic in Digital Image Processing
Looks incredible without stars. Looks incredible with stars, lol. The Bok Globules are amazing. Ray- 1 reply
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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
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And yes - I know it is spelled PLEIADES
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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.
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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
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I love all the dark neb Prof. Well captured. Ray
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Apologies if I've posted this one before, but I've had a quick look below and couldn't see it anywhere. Greg
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Very smooth and noiseless Prof. Well done! Ray
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I reprocessed the Rosette data and came up with this. Greg
