Judy Schmidt / is on Nostr

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2024-08-17 20:18:35

Messin' around with the famous MeerKAT galactic center data. The provided spectral index is certainly is a different way to go about colorizing an image. Tried to fix some of the dark halos around the bright nebulosity. Not sure whether they were introduced during mosaicing, or if it's just a product of creating imagery from radio data.
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2024-06-27 16:56:21

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@npub1tpj…fmcs hah, that whole yellow, green, and tan structure inside look like they came out of a 3d render and were composited into the image. It really amuses me when real things set off my "this is fake!" alarm.

2024-06-07 03:02:34

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@npub1tj8…z2ed How do you get your lupines? Grow from seed? Wild?

2024-05-24 18:56:49

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@npub1tpj…fmcs oh this is great, I added the "fix" to my browser. 😁

2024-05-24 00:27:45

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There are a lot of different ways to check your processing for color balance, but I think one of the more fun ones is to take a look at the diffraction spikes. With well separated wideband data, it always comes out colored like a rainbow. If your diffraction spikes aren't prismatic, things might be off (or you might have a really red star.)
https://cdn.masto.host/astrodonsocial/media_attachments/files/112/493/222/602/482/187/original/8563941bbda8e002.jpg

2024-05-23 23:50:57

I've been meaning to check out this early release Euclid data. It's pretty amazing. I've been watching the image releases and feel like they have a few issues with color balance and clipped histograms. After some investigating I still think that's true. Here's a roughly processed image. You can compare them yourself and see if you agree. https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/05/Euclid_s_new_image_of_star-forming_region_Messier_78
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2023-09-26 20:42:09

just sitting here today still quietly having my mind blown that there is locally transmitted dengue fever here in stanislaus county California and it's not even in the news yet. forgive me if I am even less inclined to go outside now