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The meridian flip mirrored the defect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1638036596273-P2JTGX6AG9BLYPF9QQJZ/RGB+Clone.jpg Blog - Remove Image Defects With a Synthetic Flat Frame - Make it stand out Clone the image to create a flat frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1638037368891-CMXJUKZ6CKDNX8Y0Z1TU/LinearStarNet.jpg Blog - Remove Image Defects With a Synthetic Flat Frame - Make it stand out The LinearStarNet Script is Located in the Script -> Utilities Menu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1638038218507-4EE8YFEF3N2T6QQO7QCR/StarXTerminator.jpg Blog - Remove Image Defects With a Synthetic Flat Frame - Make it stand out StarXTerminator dialog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1638038350361-A3HNDSULX00H17USDLGJ/Stars+Removed+Flat.jpg Blog - Remove Image Defects With a Synthetic Flat Frame - Make it stand out Stars Removed from Flat Frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1638038758950-IF7ZND9VVUYS74S4074H/CloneStamp+Flat.jpg Blog - Remove Image Defects With a Synthetic Flat Frame - Make it stand out CloneStamp Applied to Flat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1638039171228-YLGBF1Q8X1X0C1LNVLJH/MultiscaleMedianTransform.jpg Blog - Remove Image Defects With a Synthetic Flat Frame - Make it stand out MultiscaleMedianTransform Settings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1638039356494-2ABRMYICQKOOYK9B39VI/Blurred+Flat.jpg Blog - Remove Image Defects With a Synthetic Flat Frame - Make it stand out Blurred Flat Frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1638039637584-T5U1E0G1Q5R93UD835DX/PixelMath.jpg Blog - Remove Image Defects With a Synthetic Flat Frame - Make it stand out PixelMath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1638039737206-MK44W37HYE3J04ESGRNH/Final+Result.jpg Blog - Remove Image Defects With a Synthetic Flat Frame - Make it stand out Flat-Corrected Image. https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2020/11/14/remote-telescopes-imaging-from-a-distance monthly 0.5 2020-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1605402186655-WFMPLW54EA3WL81BQRD0/Telescope+Live.jpg Blog - Remote Telescopes: Imaging From a Distance Telescope Live Home Page (I’m Sure They’ll Fix The Typo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1605537268309-0BHFDEXIV5JLLE4HEDMM/One+Click.jpg Blog - Remote Telescopes: Imaging From a Distance One-Click Observations in Telescope Live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1605404311153-4EHL5CXWWCLWTMLVCTQO/Subframe+Noise.jpg Blog - Remote Telescopes: Imaging From a Distance Dead Pixels And Camera Noise In a Subframe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1605451859377-3JXRBTW040W73JTEVGOD/Color+Noise.jpg Blog - Remote Telescopes: Imaging From a Distance If You Don’t Clean Up The Subframes, Expect Noise In Your Final Image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1605449743575-GFDLZOZOPSN7NQTHVKL3/NGC55_DBE.jpg Blog - Remote Telescopes: Imaging From a Distance NGC 55, Imaged on a Planewave CDK24 in Chile by Nik Szymanek. 65 Minutes of Data. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1605450248176-17M2C5GKOZAG5NY8929F/Helix.jpg Blog - Remote Telescopes: Imaging From a Distance 30 Minutes of Narrowband Data on the Helix Nebula (Imaged by Peter Jenkins). https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2020/6/19/catching-the-international-space-station monthly 0.5 2020-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1592598898870-52TOTHU38W0ZN0C0UNWH/ISS+Transit+Schedule.png Blog - Catching the International Space Station Two transits on the same day? 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Companion galaxies M32 (left of center) and M110 (lower right) can also be seen in this view. https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2019/8/25/first-light-william-optics-flat6a-iii-flattener-reducer monthly 0.5 2019-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1566789186879-NQ91QBN8VXJ1D6HZX5K2/FlattenerComparison.jpg Blog - First Light: William Optics Flat6A III Flattener & 0.8 Reducer The upper left area of two images from the same camera shows the amount of distortion on the left, while the image on the right was taken with a flattener in the image train. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1566790490001-1EX2X7QL12N10OFNC31N/IMG_2550.jpg Blog - First Light: William Optics Flat6A III Flattener & 0.8 Reducer Wait a minute, there are no threads in that draw tube! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1566791045277-JPNDQO392SSVWS9H8B09/IMG_0590.jpg Blog - First Light: William Optics Flat6A III Flattener & 0.8 Reducer A combination of spacers and length adjustment on the flattener got me to the correct back focus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1566791384504-ZMQI569Y195ETR9JM0ZP/IC1318_SHO_ABE_Watermarked.jpg Blog - First Light: William Optics Flat6A III Flattener & 0.8 Reducer IC 1318, The Butterfly Nebula in SHO narrowband false colors https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2019/7/7/photographing-the-crescent-nebula-in-narrowband monthly 0.5 2019-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1562538762470-C4GODQCINR432GABEKBJ/SHO_PI_PS_Watermarked.jpg Blog - Photographing the Crescent Nebula in Narrowband NGC 6888, Crescent Nebula in the Hubble Palette. 13 Hours, 45 Minutes Total Integration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1562900039219-9R3H0TK9THFAPVD2YU4P/NGC6888_animated_sm.gif Blog - Photographing the Crescent Nebula in Narrowband Animation of various color combinations in narrowband. https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2019/5/13/after-the-long-winter-clear-skies-and-deep-space-objects monthly 0.5 2019-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1557802601877-M49R52E9VFYL0WKWA1L7/Ds-A8_BU0AEyUy4.jpg Blog - After The Long Winter: Clear Skies and Deep Space Objects Pegasus Astro Focus Cube mounted to the GT81 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1557795748486-UW166TZCQUL798NTQ1I5/IMG_0486.jpg Blog - After The Long Winter: Clear Skies and Deep Space Objects The ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro has a convenient USB hub that can power a guide camera and filter wheel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1557802768539-IIMPTINMDPBY6WGJ4S1N/Leo_Triplet.jpg Blog - After The Long Winter: Clear Skies and Deep Space Objects Leo Triplet in HaGB. 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Exposure time was a mere 36 minutes. https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2018/9/16/sometimes-i-feel-like-a-dumbbell-so-i-imaged-the-dumbbell-nebula monthly 0.5 2018-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1537139485312-CTRNJGNITV2BU2QDUN19/Dumbell+Nebula+Capture+copy.jpg Blog - Sometimes I Feel Like a Dumbbell. So I Imaged the Dumbbell Nebula. PHD2 Guiding is working and I’m imaging… finally! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1537140331134-FY2JVXOKVXVE4ZG67UHM/Dumbbell+Nebula.jpg Blog - Sometimes I Feel Like a Dumbbell. So I Imaged the Dumbbell Nebula. M27, the Dumbbell Nebula. Camera: ZSO ASI178MC-Cool with STC Astro-Multispectra Light Pollution Filter. 60 Minute Total Exposure (20 3-Minute Subs, Stacked). https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2018/9/3/pillars-of-creation monthly 0.5 2018-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1536525824354-6LEYQA7YESZE9ZCU4SNH/Pillars+of+Creation.jpg Blog - Pillars of Creation Pillars of Creation. Hydrogen Alpha and RGB data combined. Celestron C6 with ZWO ASI178mc-Cooled camera. https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2018/8/25/stargazing-interrupted-wildfire-smoke monthly 0.5 2018-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1535229233180-W0CIBULLEAJE6WTGCGMO/Sunset_Smoke.jpg Blog - Stargazing Interrupted: Wildfire Smoke A smoky filter applied to an otherwise glorious sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1535231067500-GUCKTK9WW2NIGMXD11TD/Smoke+Cloud.jpg Blog - Stargazing Interrupted: Wildfire Smoke Parting of the Red Sea of Smoke. Clear skies are short-lived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1535229683189-H46ISGSUY7O8Z6I2ULC0/IMG_0254.JPG Blog - Stargazing Interrupted: Wildfire Smoke It might be a little on the ugly side, but it works! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1535230115843-VT6VQVUVETSAH9J0E14K/IMG_0255.JPG Blog - Stargazing Interrupted: Wildfire Smoke Doesn't everyone have an antenna tower? https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2018/7/17/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes monthly 0.5 2018-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1531859662491-PJZNYTD6AZZLUUAI5QNA/IMG_0221.JPG Blog - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Koda, the Astro Dog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1531860030059-70CWB861E7MC87FREPIF/Green_Top_Stacked.jpg Blog - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Green Top Mountain Fire, July 15, 2018. 300mm, f16, ISO 100, 6-25 second exposures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1531885060211-DCIS2Z9OM4FIJBW4MCV5/CP_FIre.jpg Blog - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Penninger Fire https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2018/7/1/a-weekend-of-firsts monthly 0.5 2018-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1530472434407-5TOQ952WQ49FCA2RUT41/Jupiter_062918.jpg Blog - A Weekend of Firsts Red Spot on the left, Io's shadow on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1530472708922-F10CH7T345UZRU8B8DWG/Saturn_062918.jpg Blog - A Weekend of Firsts The ring's Cassini Division is barely visible in this blurry photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1530473727321-ASKGN25RVBEFTFJYWIXY/Guiding.jpg Blog - A Weekend of Firsts Guiding fired up and images were captured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1530473964360-6JIMDBOW4G7YSUBYFSVV/Whirlpool_070118.jpg Blog - A Weekend of Firsts Whirlpool Galaxy, with NGC 5195 barely in the frame. https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2018/6/23/friday-night-lights monthly 0.5 2018-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1529778867579-SK0J4OFPJ0ZJHKTNVKOZ/batinov.jpg Blog - Friday Night Lights Diffraction spikes are centered on Arcturus, indicated good focus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1529777789967-IW4LE9YLH1UD0XO8IJFS/Moon_2018-06-22_Watermarked.jpg Blog - Friday Night Lights Look, it's the moon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1529778244022-36681KSYRSUV7OJ9XC30/Jovian_System_Watermarked_Labelled.jpg Blog - Friday Night Lights Jovian System. Giant labels not included. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1529778687803-GCMQEWSM1R3WXNDETGLI/M13_Watermarked.jpg Blog - Friday Night Lights M13, the Hercules Globular Cluster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1529779318854-IRRJ9TX65FPBOG9QVD11/M13_00001.jpg Blog - Friday Night Lights Yucky M13. https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2018/6/19/solar-viewing-with-a-camera monthly 0.5 2018-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1529449497327-1L5Z4MSI64LQPTEJ1H9R/ISS+Lunar+Transit.jpg Blog - Daytime Astronomy Daytime lunar transit of the ISS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1529449675525-HXMLU3I9GOF5BA0R60HE/Solar+Kit.jpg Blog - Daytime Astronomy My trusty Nikon D5300, 55-300mm zoom and a 1/100,000 neutral density filter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1529450439808-QX7LJ5WBFNAB2XWHWH9G/Solar2018-06-19.jpg Blog - Daytime Astronomy 300mm, f29, ISO 100 at 1/125 sec exposure. Two small sunspots are visible. https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2018/6/18/cloudy-daze monthly 0.5 2018-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1529371263238-DDQZPPHUHZ8ELZ17NJW1/Clouds.jpg Blog - Cloudy Daze: Downtime Maintenance The blue patch of sky teases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1529447244199-2Y6VCBGEPSZ51ARJ60FJ/USB_Hub.jpg Blog - Cloudy Daze: Downtime Maintenance A USB hub helps tame the cable monster. https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2018/6/3/m13-globular-cluster monthly 0.5 2018-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1528062091909-3JQPOX42D0GR0FLTCVS3/M13.jpg Blog - M13 Globular Cluster M13 https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2018/6/2/5374ds4pdenbx6a6q4msvxvyrn3chj monthly 0.5 2018-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1527984950827-R90HYG3NT2FM5MX0AF72/Jupiter_PS_logo.jpg Blog - Focus on Jupiter Jupiter on June 1, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1527985856804-W0CF53RSDG56I3VWG0WR/Jupiter_2017_vs_2018.jpg Blog - Focus on Jupiter 2017 vs 2018 https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2018/5/28/full-moon-in-the-limelight monthly 0.5 2018-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1527533764056-SE50S9A2U6T9YNB3G1SL/Moon_Tyco.jpg Blog - Full Moon in the Limelight Tyco Crater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1527533810453-Z9AUMGD4MQ3RNS7MFK7V/Moon_Plato.jpg Blog - Full Moon in the Limelight Plato Crater with Mar Imbrium on the left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1527533885301-J9GPPYSRBZY7IT0AH06A/Moon_Mar_Humorum.jpg Blog - Full Moon in the Limelight Mar Humorum https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2018/5/22/failure-is-always-an-option monthly 0.5 2018-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1527083583719-TQYIB8BIYROC9S9958BX/IMG_0187.jpg Blog - Failure is Always an Option Hope springs eternal. Then (mostly) everything takes a wrong turn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1527087160764-INO7K76BL0XDJYUM2SOT/ZWO-ASI-Moon.jpg Blog - Failure is Always an Option This blurry image of the moon is the only evidence that I managed to point the telescope at anything that night and the camera was working. https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2018/5/19/time-lapse-cornucopia-of-satellites-and-airplanes monthly 0.5 2018-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1526750808183-ZRXUUZ55T0DXUJSIZMWD/IMG_0174.jpg Blog - Time Lapse Cornucopia of Satellites, Aircraft and Yes, a Lone Meteor My trusty Nikon can stay up all night on a weeknight when I can't. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1526751898080-CZMAZXEI0W8BJVH8K6QS/NOSS.jpg Blog - Time Lapse Cornucopia of Satellites, Aircraft and Yes, a Lone Meteor These NOSS trails are enhanced slightly to make them easier to spot in the image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1526752447009-IQ93KQW6789RB4741LH6/AirandSat.jpg Blog - Time Lapse Cornucopia of Satellites, Aircraft and Yes, a Lone Meteor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1526752853924-R4T8GX4N9YUKN8ZU98K2/glint.jpg Blog - Time Lapse Cornucopia of Satellites, Aircraft and Yes, a Lone Meteor One of the three flares seen on the night of May 17-18. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1526753164060-42XDUV2PCN6PH6BRHCJR/3in1.jpg Blog - Time Lapse Cornucopia of Satellites, Aircraft and Yes, a Lone Meteor Satellite Traffic Jam! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1526753519604-IJUQ3PHPD9Z5QWGR4ALN/OneAndOnly.jpg Blog - Time Lapse Cornucopia of Satellites, Aircraft and Yes, a Lone Meteor If I can catch a meteor, I consider the night a success. https://www.westwoodastro.net/blog/2018/5/14/satellite-flares monthly 0.5 2018-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae50f24d274cb3bcc11bda1/1526349903697-GXZJ33HZLG7AB1G19Y4C/flare_closeup.jpg Blog - Satellite Flares A satellite flare appears in this 25 second exposure. 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