KapHn8d
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Man, I've been MIA here a while. Life just happens. I burn my Argon-Ion through its squats and pilates and think of LPF. I light up my low powered solid states and think of LPF. I take some greenies out to locate stars and think of LPF. I stare at my host shells, diode test loads, and bench equipment and think of LPF. I miss you guys.
The truth is, the Mrs and I are building our first home this year and it's consuming all my spare cycles and disposable income. I just wanted to check in and let you know that I'm around and looking forward to diving back into the acquisition, appreciation, construction, and review of laser toys both portable and bench in the year to come. I just have had a lot on my plate this last few months.
This past weekend was a new moon and also (serendipitously) a clear night with great temps, so I went out to image. I have had an inch to do some wider field imaging this year and never really just did it. This weekend was the time. I used a 70mm lens to capture a very large area of the Cygnus region centered around the North American nebula. It's called that for looking like its namesake. Interesting tidbit - the region along the Texas, Mexico and Yucatan resembling parts of the nebula is called "The Cygnus Wall" and is actually the most active star birthing area of the nebula. This is presented in a modified SHO palette - which means the light captured with Sulfur II, Hydrogen Alpha, and Oxygen III narrowband filters are mapped to the Red, Green, and Blue channel respectively to create the color schema seen. This is usually done to show representation of the different wavelengths emitted by the emission nebula with clearer differentiation. I just think it looks cool.
Anyway, have an awesome week, peeps. Be well.
/clayton
The truth is, the Mrs and I are building our first home this year and it's consuming all my spare cycles and disposable income. I just wanted to check in and let you know that I'm around and looking forward to diving back into the acquisition, appreciation, construction, and review of laser toys both portable and bench in the year to come. I just have had a lot on my plate this last few months.
This past weekend was a new moon and also (serendipitously) a clear night with great temps, so I went out to image. I have had an inch to do some wider field imaging this year and never really just did it. This weekend was the time. I used a 70mm lens to capture a very large area of the Cygnus region centered around the North American nebula. It's called that for looking like its namesake. Interesting tidbit - the region along the Texas, Mexico and Yucatan resembling parts of the nebula is called "The Cygnus Wall" and is actually the most active star birthing area of the nebula. This is presented in a modified SHO palette - which means the light captured with Sulfur II, Hydrogen Alpha, and Oxygen III narrowband filters are mapped to the Red, Green, and Blue channel respectively to create the color schema seen. This is usually done to show representation of the different wavelengths emitted by the emission nebula with clearer differentiation. I just think it looks cool.
Anyway, have an awesome week, peeps. Be well.
/clayton
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