Re: Calstar's Milky Way from horizon to horizon

Great shot(s) Rogelio!
 
There is one problem...well not with your imaging...but that COVERED scope on the south side.  Who leaves that scope covered under skies like that?  Wassup with that!  ;)
 
CS,
Alvin
 

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From: rba@No-Spam <rba@No-Spam>
Subject: Re: [TAC] Calstar's Milky Way from horizon to horizon
To: "TAC mailing list" <tac@No-Spam>
Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 4:01 PM

> Incredible, Rogelio.  You make this look so easy.  I hope you realize,
> a lot of people find this stuff to be pretty complicated.

Actually I find that mosaics with more than two frames are a nightmare. I've tried mosaics before and failed. Putting that thing together took me well over 8 hours :-/

> IN FACT -- I bet you're cheating somehow.  OK that's it, buddy!
> You're getting audited!  Submit all your raw images and dark frames
> etc. and I'll go over them myself, and decide whether you even did
> this without faking it.

Be careful. I'm known for getting free dinners from people who "audited" me, once they realize their mistake ;-) Fortunately I only have one of such experiences so far. I do keep my raws just in case another one comes along, you never know!

Truth is... I did cheat! ;-) The horizons on both sides are separate shots that I pasted over the mosaic. You can't guide and get sharp horizons at the same time! But they do correspond to the same area captured in the "good" frames, including the inclination and all (I kept the warping out, though), so I think it's a fair license to take in the interest of, um, aesthetics. In fact, that's what most sky+landscape imagers such as Wally Pacholka do.

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