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Post by johnno on Sept 30, 2014 10:32:20 GMT
Blimey Shevill, they are cracking shots being as they were took 14 years ago.
As far as better skies I have always lived in the same area from being a little nipper about 50 years ago age about 9 or 10 and I use to remember looking out of my bedroom window and looking up and seeing the sky full of stars, nowadays I can count the stars on ten fingers using the old eyeball either that or I'm going blind.
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Post by Dragon Man on Oct 3, 2014 9:42:17 GMT
Very nice Moon images Shevill. I really like the colour saturated versions. I sent one of my colour saturated Moon images to APOD only to be told "Thank you for your contribution, but however, we cannot use your image as the Moon does not look like that". What a load of Baloney! I sent them back and explanation that of course the Moon doesn't appear like that, and it is an over-saturated processed image showing the Minerals in each area of the Moon, and I also sent them the links to previous images that they themselves have actually published as APOD's in the past of Over-saturated Moon Images (as recent as only 10 months before mine, and explaining exactly what I just explained to them). I received a reply saying "You really don't know what you are talking about. Goodbye". I sent them even more links of their own previously published Over-saturated Moon images, and a link to a scientific paper on the subject, but never received any further replies. That was the last time I bothered with APOD. They have their favourite regular contributors, and many others are ignored. But to make me out to be an idiot was beyond rude.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2014 20:36:00 GMT
Very nice Moon images Shevill. I really like the colour saturated versions. :) I sent one of my colour saturated Moon images to APOD only to be told "Thank you for your contribution, but however, we cannot use your image as the Moon does not look like that". What a load of Baloney! I sent them back and explanation that of course the Moon doesn't appear like that, and it is an over-saturated processed image showing the Minerals in each area of the Moon, and I also sent them the links to previous images that they themselves have actually published as APOD's in the past of Over-saturated Moon Images (as recent as only 10 months before mine, and explaining exactly what I just explained to them). I received a reply saying "You really don't know what you are talking about. Goodbye". I sent them even more links of their own previously published Over-saturated Moon images, and a link to a scientific paper on the subject, but never received any further replies. That was the last time I bothered with APOD. They have their favourite regular contributors, and many others are ignored. But to make me out to be an idiot was beyond rude. Hi Ken,
Sounds very familiar, some folks do not know what they are talking about. Many years ago when I first started using some very expensive ($2.5K) Sony medical /science use cameras on the Moon, I could see the different colours on the TV monitor, which was quite a surprise. Since then, like you, I have seen and produced quite a few similar images. Interestingly, they all look pretty much the same colours in all areas, taken by so many skilled lunar imaging astrophotographers, which should give a very positive message to anyone, especially those at APOD. You are right about the various astro pic sites, they have their favourite posters and newbies rarely get a look-in. Personally, I have given up sending images to many such groups, too frustrating.
Regards & Clear Skies for next Wednesday, Shevill
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Post by Dragon Man on Oct 4, 2014 12:22:30 GMT
Shevill, here are 2 of my Over-saturated Lunar Images to show the different Mineral areas. I followed the Astrogeology scientific method of over-saturating the colour twice to bring out different areas of minerals. The first one was the one APOD rejected
And what the scientific community have to say about it: "Blue and orange shades indicate volcanic lava flows. The dark blue of Mare Tranquillitatis indicates that it is richer in titanium-bearing minerals than the green and orange maria to its left. Above and to the right of Mare Tranquillitatis, the dark oval of Mare Crisium is surrounded by pink colors, indicative of the iron-poor, aluminum-rich feldspars which make up the lunar highlands. Blue hues indicate titanium rich regions, orange and purple regions relatively poor in titanium and iron, and pink regions rich in aluminum. (Galileo Project, JPL, NASA)"and here is APOD's own posting only months before mine of the same thing explained exactly as I told them, but nooooo, they are always right, there's no such thing according to their email to me apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060216.html
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 17:33:59 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 22:43:52 GMT
What do you expect? They are the true astronomers. You're just one of those video crackpots trying convince people you can actually see something through a telescope with your fancy electronic eyepieces. :) :) :) Hi,
They probably still believe is a flat earth and that it is global cooling not global warming as the scientists tell us today!
I see these colours in real time on a broadcast quality TV monitor using my expensive Sony colour video camera. Nothing like as intense but easily visible.
Clear skies... Shevill
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Post by Dragon Man on Oct 5, 2014 4:29:00 GMT
The images I posted above were captured using a simple Philips ToUcam 840k webcam. When I saw it live on the computer a slight bit of colour was visible, but only just barely, so I understand what you saw Shevill.
I achieved my over-saturated images by saving the image and taking it into photoshop and raising the saturation to 100%, saved that, then raised the saturation of that saved image 100% again. I read that's how Astrogeologists did it. Seems to work well.
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