Hubble vs C-14

Inspired by a comparison done earlier this month by Sean Walker, I
thought I'd go and retrieve one of this years Hubble opposition shots
to see how it compared against my C-14 capture of the 18th. I think
the C-14 held it's own

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/mars/20...Hubble-pbl.jpg
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Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Pete Lawrence wrote:
Inspired by a comparison done earlier this month by Sean Walker, I
thought I'd go and retrieve one of this years Hubble opposition shots
to see how it compared against my C-14 capture of the 18th. I think
the C-14 held it's own

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/mars/20...Hubble-pbl.jpg

Fascinating. I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it with my own eyes.

Excellent work.
--
I.N. Galidakis

On 21 Dec, 09:05, Pete Lawrence wrote:
Inspired by a comparison done earlier this month by Sean Walker, I
thought I'd go and retrieve one of this years Hubble opposition shots
to see how it compared against my C-14 capture of the 18th. I think
the C-14 held it's own

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/mars/20...Hubble-pbl.jpg
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Pete Lawrencehttp://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Excellent, well done indeed.

nice job.
I did a shot of Mars last weekend. I polar cap also in it. Not as sharp as
yours. But I could see all the shadows. In fact I just posted it in a.b.p.a.

"I.N. Galidakis" wrote in message
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Pete Lawrence wrote:
Inspired by a comparison done earlier this month by Sean Walker, I
thought I'd go and retrieve one of this years Hubble opposition shots
to see how it compared against my C-14 capture of the 18th. I think
the C-14 held it's own

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/mars/20...Hubble-pbl.jpg

Fascinating. I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it with my own eyes.

Excellent work.
--
I.N. Galidakis

Great effort as always Pete, Inspirational.

Some of Damien Peach's Planetary images too are on a similar line to the
Hubble ones of the planets.

Amazing what can be achieved by people like Pete and Damien when you know
what you are doing.

Ground based astronomy has a lot going for it nowadays, especially after the
research by Dr Craig Mackay et al, from the Institute of Astronomy here in
Cambridge using the "Lucky Imaging" technique on the Palomar 200 inch and
adaptive optics. Brillaint what the amateurs can do like this as well.

Good on ya Pete

I'm looking forward to observing Mars etc from Tenerife and Gibraltar later
this month.

Mr Andrew R Green BSc(Hons) FRAS

www.stardomeplanetarium.co.uk
www.stardome-planetarium.com

"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
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Inspired by a comparison done earlier this month by Sean Walker, I
thought I'd go and retrieve one of this years Hubble opposition shots
to see how it compared against my C-14 capture of the 18th. I think
the C-14 held it's own

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/mars/20...Hubble-pbl.jpg
--
Pete Lawrence

Superb photos Pete

I have on my bookshelf a copy of an 'Atlas of the Universe' from the 1970's,
which contains what I suppose are some of the finest astro photos available
at the time. Even though they may have been taken with some of the best
telescopes of their age the quality of the images bears no comparison with
images taken using quite 'modest' equipment nowadays.

Truly, we seem to be living in a golden age of amateur astrophotography.

Pete Lawrence wrote:
Inspired by a comparison done earlier this month by Sean Walker, I
thought I'd go and retrieve one of this years Hubble opposition shots
to see how it compared against my C-14 capture of the 18th. I think
the C-14 held it's own
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/mars/20...Hubble-pbl.jpg

Clever idea, and awesome shot, Peter.

I do wonder though - are you certain that the Hubble image you show is
the full-resolution version from that scope? I suspect you may have
found a scaled-down version that was web-friendly. ??

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- Dale Gombert (SkySea at aol.com)
122.38W, 47.58N, W. Seattle, WA

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:26:24 -0800, SkySea wrote:

Pete Lawrence wrote:
Inspired by a comparison done earlier this month by Sean Walker, I
thought I'd go and retrieve one of this years Hubble opposition shots
to see how it compared against my C-14 capture of the 18th. I think
the C-14 held it's own
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/mars/20...Hubble-pbl.jpg

Clever idea, and awesome shot, Peter.

I do wonder though - are you certain that the Hubble image you show is
the full-resolution version from that scope? I suspect you may have
found a scaled-down version that was web-friendly. ??

Yes, of course Hubble could beat an Earth based amature result hands
down. It's just a bit of fun and confirmation for me that what I
process is real not artifact. Hubble is a fantastic reference point to
check this sort of thing with. I'm not trying to denigrate the Hubble
result in any way and there's no scientific usefulness to the
comparision apart from a personal check.
--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Pete Lawrence wrote:
Yes, of course Hubble could beat an Earth based amature result hands
down. It's just a bit of fun and confirmation for me that what I
process is real not artifact. Hubble is a fantastic reference point to
check this sort of thing with. I'm not trying to denigrate the Hubble
result in any way and there's no scientific usefulness to the
comparision apart from a personal check.

Thanks - my questions came from my own ignorance.
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- Dale Gombert (SkySea at aol.com)
122.38W, 47.58N, W. Seattle, WA

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:07:45 -0800, SkySea wrote:

Pete Lawrence wrote:
Yes, of course Hubble could beat an Earth based amature result hands
down. It's just a bit of fun and confirmation for me that what I
process is real not artifact. Hubble is a fantastic reference point to
check this sort of thing with. I'm not trying to denigrate the Hubble
result in any way and there's no scientific usefulness to the
comparision apart from a personal check.

Thanks - my questions came from my own ignorance.

But a very valid question nonetheless
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Pete Lawrence
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk