http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/tags/imaging/ en Emmanuele Sordini Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:33:00 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/2007/09/14/1189721460000.html &quot;Nine objects of desire&quot; is a title of an album by one of my favorite singers, Suzanne Vega. <br /> However, in this case the term &quot;round-up&quot; would probably be more appropriate. No matter what you call it, to me it's a nice set of deep-sky objects:<br /> <br /> <img src="/images/nine_objects/DeepMosaic.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <br /> Click on the link <strong>below</strong> to read the full story!<p><a href="http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/2007/09/14/1189721460000.html">Read more...</a></p> Astronomy http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/2007/09/14/1189721460000.html#comments http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/2007/09/14/1189721460000.html Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:11:00 GMT http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/2007/08/26/1188131640000.html In early August I tried my hand at my newly acquired CCD camera, and above all at manipulating the resulting image. This small report describes all my different attempts to yield the best rendition of M20 (Trifid nebula)'s wispy outer regions.<br /> Here's what I consider my best result yet:<br /> <br /> <img alt="" src="/images/m20_processing/M20DF-smaller.jpg" /><a href="../.http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/images/m20_processing/M20DF-smaller.jpg"><br /> </a><br /> Click on the link below to read the full story. Please note that this page may take a while to load because of the images it contains.<p><a href="http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/2007/08/26/1188131640000.html">Read more...</a></p> Website Updates Astronomy http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/2007/08/26/1188131640000.html#comments http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/2007/08/26/1188131640000.html Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:34:00 GMT