Rochester Astronomy Club | Rob Reid | Activity https://rochesterskies.org/member/robreid/activity/ Activity feed for Rob Reid. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:21:35 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 0d662e3b61ee4625d7056c6ff437cc9a Rob Reid replied to the topic 2025 Observing in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/2025-observing/page/2/#post-15367 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 23:18:47 -0500 Thanks. StarNet++ is a neural net trained to recognize stars so they can be separated from non-star features like nebulae. Siril has a nice interface for using that to stretch the brightness of the stars separately from the nebulosity, so that the final result isn’t just a bunch of white stars and looks more “natural”, even though it is of course…[Read more]

]]> 1d97f586640a1cbbcd42c8bc335aac73 Rob Reid replied to the topic 2025 Observing in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/2025-observing/#post-15362 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 01:52:04 -0500 I’m a WordPress newbie, so now I’ll try using attachments to avoid downscaling the images.

Flame to Orion nebulae: 30 * 13s exposures at 200 mm focal length

Rosette Nebula: 31 * 13s exposures at 200 mm focal length

Both processed with Siril and StarNet++.

]]> ec3616f59a47d3da9f7e028e29de206e Rob Reid replied to the topic 2025 Observing in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/2025-observing/#post-15361 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 01:48:12 -0500 I’m not sure where my post went, so apologies if I’m double posting.

I got my camera, a mirrorless “regular daytime” one, astromodified in late 2024, but did not really get the hang of it until March 2025. If anyone else is interested in getting their camera modified please reply and I’d be happy to go into more detail about my experience.…[Read more]

]]> e66f860c958d45de30fc8b88809b615d Rob Reid replied to the topic 2025 Observing in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/2025-observing/#post-15359 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 01:35:38 -0500 I got my mirrorless camera astromodified in late 2024, but did not really get the hang of H-alpha observing, or even regular daytime photography with it, until March 2025. If you are considering getting a “regular” camera astromodified instead of taking the dedicated astronomy camera route, here are some notes that I wish I had seen all in one…[Read more]

]]> f7dcb1092fdd13e433768998fe9df7dc Rob Reid replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/observing-tonight/page/173/#post-14693 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:30:03 -0500 I did get those at Eagle Bluff, Bob. I’m glad you got to see Starship.

]]> dd7b7155970bf24f6f1df38c329ab8a3 Rob Reid replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/observing-tonight/page/173/#post-14684 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 03:50:53 -0500 Pleiades

]]> 1ec487ba0f780c77f2096c300745badc Rob Reid replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/observing-tonight/page/173/#post-14683 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 03:49:16 -0500 M81 + M82

]]> b413171cfde32054041b8f0cb59fbf1c Rob Reid replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/observing-tonight/page/173/#post-14682 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 03:29:04 -0500 It was a great night! I got 77 x 30s exposures of M81 and M82, with somewhat less time and worse tracking on the Pleiades. My initial stacks + stretches are below, but I would like to eventually try using siril and starnet++ to bring out the galaxies and reflection nebula without fattening the stars.

Part of the RAC at Eagle Bluff Saturday night.

]]> 56f73cb49901b6c049b615c06b5cb446 Rob Reid replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/observing-tonight/page/173/#post-14681 Sat, 09 Mar 2024 23:44:00 -0600 I’m looking forward to it! It will be my first time at Eagle Bluff.

]]> 13e8be98497a0af1f63a35e12dbc6b82 Rob Reid replied to the topic The Texas Cities That Lost a Solar Eclipse (TimeAndDate.com) in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/the-texas-cities-that-lost-a-solar-eclipse-timeanddate-com/#post-14545 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 03:09:17 -0600 Wow. I was taught that Earth’s rotation was slowly slowing as the tides transferred its spin angular momentum to the Moon’s orbital angular momentum. This suggests that Earth’s mass distribution has contracted a bit.

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