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Saturn, through 82" telescope,reprocessed
Thanks to those of you who made suggestions, I have reprocessed this to incorporate them. It uses 5 MAP points, a more precise RGB toe-point, a slight histogram stretch to brighten it and intensify the color (white point only), a very skinny S-curve applied to gamma, and a small unsharp mask in Photoshop.
Comparison shot (original) is here: static.flickr.com/120/302084017_e8c943ffdd.jpg
The scope was the historic Otto Struve 82" Telescope at The University of Texas' McDonald Observatory, Ft. Davis, Texas.
This was Astronomy Magazine's online Photo of the Day on November 28, 2006:
www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=ga&id=99&aid...
Wow. Now NASA/JPL has it online!
JPL has since used it in a press release and another online composite for their Saturn Observation Campaign 2007.
Blogged by C|Net, alongside two NASA photos (from Hubble and Spitzer orbiting telescopes!):
news.com.com/2300-11397_3-6159390-3.html?tag=ne.gall.pg
PhysOrg.com lists it here: www.physorg.com/multimedia/pix478/
It accompanies a very nice Cassini spacecraft mission article with audio commentary on Scientific Frontline, here:
www.sflorg.com/control_room/cassini.html
NASA/JPL used it again (April 2007) in a PodCast at:
www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/whatsup/whatsup20070405/
Blogged here, as a click-through link to Phil Plaitt's amazing video on Saturn from the Denver Museum:
It was used by NPR today on the occasion of the telescope's 75th Anniversary:
marfapublicradio.org/blog/mcdonald-observatory-75th-anniv...
First of my photos to hit 800 views (February 14, 2007) -- 1,000 views (March 26, 2007) -- 1,200 views (May 12, 2007) -- 1,500 views (July 21, 2007) -- 1,750 (August 12, 2007) -- 2,000 views (Oct. 2007) -- 4,000 views (Apr. 2008) -- 5,000 views (July 29, 2008) -- 10,000 views (Mar. 2010).
If you use this photo, please credit: Jeff Barton and Josh Walawender
Saturn, through 82" telescope,reprocessed
Thanks to those of you who made suggestions, I have reprocessed this to incorporate them. It uses 5 MAP points, a more precise RGB toe-point, a slight histogram stretch to brighten it and intensify the color (white point only), a very skinny S-curve applied to gamma, and a small unsharp mask in Photoshop.
Comparison shot (original) is here: static.flickr.com/120/302084017_e8c943ffdd.jpg
The scope was the historic Otto Struve 82" Telescope at The University of Texas' McDonald Observatory, Ft. Davis, Texas.
This was Astronomy Magazine's online Photo of the Day on November 28, 2006:
www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=ga&id=99&aid...
Wow. Now NASA/JPL has it online!
JPL has since used it in a press release and another online composite for their Saturn Observation Campaign 2007.
Blogged by C|Net, alongside two NASA photos (from Hubble and Spitzer orbiting telescopes!):
news.com.com/2300-11397_3-6159390-3.html?tag=ne.gall.pg
PhysOrg.com lists it here: www.physorg.com/multimedia/pix478/
It accompanies a very nice Cassini spacecraft mission article with audio commentary on Scientific Frontline, here:
www.sflorg.com/control_room/cassini.html
NASA/JPL used it again (April 2007) in a PodCast at:
www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/whatsup/whatsup20070405/
Blogged here, as a click-through link to Phil Plaitt's amazing video on Saturn from the Denver Museum:
It was used by NPR today on the occasion of the telescope's 75th Anniversary:
marfapublicradio.org/blog/mcdonald-observatory-75th-anniv...
First of my photos to hit 800 views (February 14, 2007) -- 1,000 views (March 26, 2007) -- 1,200 views (May 12, 2007) -- 1,500 views (July 21, 2007) -- 1,750 (August 12, 2007) -- 2,000 views (Oct. 2007) -- 4,000 views (Apr. 2008) -- 5,000 views (July 29, 2008) -- 10,000 views (Mar. 2010).
If you use this photo, please credit: Jeff Barton and Josh Walawender