Paulo S. Alcaide Coelho
Portugal
palcaide@esoterica.pt
My main interests are binocular observation and planetary
imaging. My equipment consist of 11x80 binoculars and 6'' f/8 reflector.
For video work I use a Sony Handycam video8 and Sony tapes, a Philips VR666
(for analog recording) and a computer with a PII processor and Matrox Marvel
G200 VGA card with input video capability or Snappy (Version 2.1) video
snapshot for digital recording.
My most recent lunar and planetary images were
made with a Celestron 8, Connectix Quickcam and 2x Barlow. Acquisition
is under AVI file, I choose only the best of the best and stack them under
MaxIm DL, them a MED is applied and occasionally a Unsharp Mask filter
under Paint Shop Pro, them adjust contrast & brightness.
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| All lunar images consist of the median
sum of 9 images + MED except Farcastorius that is aonly a m. sum of 6 images
(19/AUG/00) |
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| Saturn image, is a median sum of 80 images +
MED + U.Mask + minimal Gaussian Blur(28/OCT/00) |
Jupiter image is a median sum of 90 images +
MED + U.Mask (07/OCT/00) |
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| Mosaic image made with QucickCam and C-8 working
at f/10. Assembled in PhotoShop with some sharpening with 'unsharp
mask.' |
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| Jupiter image made up of 34 frames captured with
QuickCam and C8 working at f/20. Images were sharpened, adjusted
for brightness and contast and stacked in PhotoShop. 7 February 2000. |
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Partial solar eclipse 1999/8/11 observed from
38n32 8w54.
The eclipse was imaged with a Sony Handycam Video8,
a polymer ocular filter in front of the lens and a tripod. The frames have
been digitized with Matrox Marvel G200, blended and individually saved
in Photoshop, the final step (animation itself) was made with Animation
Shop from Paint Shop Pro 5 shareware version. |
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| Theophilus (center), Cyrillus and Catharina (bottom
center). Image recorded with Sony Handycam video8, afocal method,
and a 6 inch reflector F/D=8. Matrox marvel G200 to digitize frame and
Paint Shop Pro 5 to rotate, crop and sharpen, and to adjust brightness
& contrast. |
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