Listed below are links to FITS files for several of the data sets I have taken with Steve Mazlin's Takahashi FSQ106N f/5 refractor and SBIG STL-11000m CCD camera.

These files will only be of interest to astronomical imagers who have the proper software to complete the processing of the images.

The files have been calibrated (dark subtracted, flat fielded, stacked, and aligned). They are ready for RGB combine and/or LRGB or HaLRGB combine in the program of your choice. The R/G/B filters used for all were the SBIG set. I've experimented with various RGB combine color combine ratios, and my current starting ratios for the SBIG filters are R:G:B = 1.35 : 1.0 : 1.6. The H-Alpha images were taken with an Astrodon 6nm filter.

Feel free to download these files and try your hand at processing images taken with a great scope under the dark transparent skies of rural Northwest Arizona.

Should you decide to publish any resulting processed image (on a web site or in print), the only thing I ask is that the credit line include the phrase "Image Acquisition by Jim Misti and Steve Mazlin".

You should be able to download each file by right-clicking on the file name, then selecting "Save Target As" (Internet Explorer) or "Save Link Target As" (Netscape) and then specifying a location on your PC to save the file.

Each file is just over 20meg in size. If you don't have a broadband connection but would like to receive the files on cd-rom, please send a stamped (6 ounces), self-addressed envelope of at least 6x9" size to

Jim Misti
22 Susanna Way
Newtown, PA 18940
USA.

Unless I'm overwhelmed by cd-rom requests, I'll provide these at no cost to the requestor.

You'll notice some missing sample images in the right-hand column below - these are images for which I haven't yet done the processing myself...

m8_060527_11i55m_L.FIT (Luminance, 55 min, 5-min subs)
m8_060527_3i15m_R.FIT (Red, 15 min, 5-min subs)
m8_060527_3i15m_G.FIT (Green, 15 min, 5-min subs)
m8_060527_3i15m_B.FIT (Blue, 15 min, 5-min subs)

m24_060530_13i65m_L.FIT (Luminance, 65 min, 5-min subs)
m24_060530_3i15m_R.FIT (Red, 15 min, 5-min subs)
m24_060530_3i15m_G.FIT (Green, 15 min, 5-min subs)
m24_060530_3i15m_B.FIT (Blue, 15 min, 5-min subs)

m31_061022_12i60m_L.FIT (Luminance, 60 min, 5-min subs)
m31_061022_4i20m_R.FIT (Red, 20 min, 5-min subs)
m31_061022_4i20m_G.FIT (Green, 20 min, 5-min subs)
m31_061022_4i20m_B.FIT (Blue, 20 min, 5-min subs)

ngc1499_061028_2i30m_H.FIT (H-Alpha, 30 min, 15-min subs)
ngc1499_061028_18i90m_L.FIT (Luminance, 90 min, 5-min subs)
ngc1499_061028_6i30m_R.FIT (Red, 30 min, 5-min subs)
ngc1499_061028_6i30m_G.FIT (Green, 30 min, 5-min subs)
ngc1499_061028_6i30m_B.FIT (Blue, 30 min, 5-min subs)

ngc2264_061028_16i80m_L.FIT (Luminance, 80 min, 5-min subs)
ngc2264_061028_5i25m_R.FIT (Red, 25 min, 5-min subs)
ngc2264_061028_5i25m_G.FIT (Green, 25 min, 5-min subs)
ngc2264_061028_5i25m_B.FIT (Blue, 25 min, 5-min subs)

ngc7000_060612_14i210m_H.FIT (H-A, 210 min, 15-min subs)
ngc7000_060621_19i95m_L.FIT (Luminance, 95 min, 5-min subs)
ngc7000_060621_4i20m_R.FIT (Red, 20 min, 5-min subs)
ngc7000_060621_4i20m_G.FIT (Green, 20 min, 5-min subs)
ngc7000_060621_4i20m_B.FIT (Blue, 20 min, 5-min subs)

ngc7635_060615_10i150m_H.FIT (H-A, 150 min, 15-min subs)
ngc7635_061022_16i80m_L.FIT (Luminance, 80 min, 5-min subs)
ngc7635_061022_4i20m_R.FIT (Red, 20 min, 5-min subs)
ngc7635_061022_4i20m_G.FIT (Green, 20 min, 5-min subs)
ngc7635_061022_4i20m_B.FIT (Blue, 20 min, 5-min subs)

Veil_060614_10i150m_H.FIT (H-A, 150 min, 15-min subs)
Veil_060622_21i105m_L.FIT (Luminance, 105 min, 5-min subs)
Veil_060622_5i25m_R.FIT (Red, 25 min, 5-min subs)
Veil_060622_5i25m_G.FIT (Green, 25 min, 5-min subs)
Veil_060622_5i25m_B.FIT (Blue, 25 min, 5-min subs)

Listed below are links to FITS files for several of the data sets I have taken with the Optical Guidance Systems 32" Ritchey-Chretien Telescope and SBIG STL-11000m CCD camera.

These files will only be of interest to astronomical imagers who have the proper software to complete the processing of the images.

The files have been calibrated (dark subtracted, flat fielded, stacked, and aligned). They are ready for RGB combine and/or LRGB or HaLRGB combine in the program of your choice. The R/G/B filters used for all but the m63 data were the SBIG set. The m63 set was taken with Astrodon filters. I've experimented with various RGB combine color combine ratios, and my current starting ratios for the SBIG filters are R:G:B = 1.3 : 1.0 : 1.6, while the Astrodon ration I'm using is 1.0 : 1.2 : 1.2. The actual ratios I used for each of my versions is listed at the bottom of the file list. The H-Alpha images were taken with the Astrodon 6nm filter.

Feel free to download these files and try your hand at processing images taken with a large scope under dark skies.

Should you decide to publish any resulting processed image (on a web site or in print), the only thing I ask is that the credit line include the phrase "Image Acquisition by Jim Misti".

You should be able to download each file by right-clicking on the file name, then selecting "Save Target As" (Internet Explorer) or "Save Link Target As" (Netscape) and then specifying a location on your PC to save the file.

Each file is just over 20meg in size. If you don't have a broadband connection but would like to receive the files on cd-rom, please send a stamped (6 ounces), self-addressed envelope of at least 6x9" size to

Jim Misti
22 Susanna Way
Newtown, PA 18940
USA.

Unless I'm overwhelmed by cd-rom requests, I'll provide these at no cost to the requestor.

If you want to save some time (20% to 50%) downloading the files,
you can download ZIP versions.

See m8 image comparison page of processed versions.
See Image Processing Example for this data.

m8_050507_5i75m_H.FIT (H-Alpha, 75 min, 15-min subs)
m8_050507_26i26m_L.FIT (Luminance, 26 min, 1-min subs)
m8_050507_9i9m_R.FIT (Red, 9 min, 1-min subs)
m8_050507_9i9m_G.FIT (Green, 9 min, 1-min subs)
m8_050507_9i9m_B.FIT (Blue, 9 min, 1-min subs)
(Jim's color combine ratio was R : G : B = 1.5 : 1.0 : 1.6)
(To Download files, RIGHT-CLICK on link and "Save Target As")
You can download ZIP versions here.

See Melotte 15 image comparison page of processed versions.

mel15_051025_9i135m_H.FIT (H-Alpha, 135 min, 15-min subs)
mel15_041110_14i70m_L.FIT (Luminance, 70 min, 5-min subs)
mel15_041110_5i25m3_R.FIT (Red, 25 min, 5-min subs)
mel15_041110_5i25m3_G.FIT (Green, 25 min, 5-min subs)
mel15_041110_5i25m3_B.FIT (Blue, 25 min, 5-min subs)
(Jim's color combine ratio was R : G : B = 1.6 : 1.0 : 1.8)
(The luminance file had a 3-iteration LR-Deconvolution in CCDSharp. The RGB files were taken with 3x3 binning, then resized to match the Luminance/Ha.)
(To Download files, RIGHT-CLICK on link and "Save Target As")
You can download ZIP versions here.

See m63 image comparison page of processed versions.
See Image Processing Example for this data.

m63_050306_12i60m_L.FIT (Luminance, 60 min, 5-min subs)
m63_050306_4i20m_R.FIT (Red, 20 min, 5-min subs)
m63_050306_4i20m_G.FIT (Green, 20 min, 5-min subs)
m63_050306_4i20m_B.FIT (Blue, 20 min, 5-min subs)
(Jim's color combine ratio was R : G : B = 1.0 : 1.2 : 1.2)
(To Download files, RIGHT-CLICK on link and "Save Target As")
You can download ZIP versions here.

See m101 image comparison page of processed versions.

m101_050511_12i60m_L.FIT (Luminance, 60 min, 5-min subs)
m101_050511_3i15m_R.FIT (Red, 15 min, 5-min subs)
m101_050511_3i15m_G.FIT (Green, 15 min, 5-min subs)
m101_050511_3i15m_B.FIT (Blue, 15 min, 5-min subs)
(Jim's color combine ratio was R : G : B = 1.3 : 1.0 : 1.6)
(To Download files, RIGHT-CLICK on link and "Save Target As")
You can download ZIP versions here.

See m11 image comparison page of processed versions.

m11_050830_11i8x3mc11m_L.FIT (Luminance, 11 min, 1-min subs)
m11_050830_6i6m_R.FIT (Red, 6 min, 1-min subs)
m11_050830_6i6m_G.FIT (Green, 6 min, 1-min subs)
m11_050830_6i6m_B.FIT (Blue, 6 min, 1-min subs)
(Jim's color combine ratio was R : G : B = 1.3 : 1.0 : 1.6)
(To Download files, RIGHT-CLICK on link and "Save Target As")
You can download ZIP versions here.

See m13 image comparison page of processed versions.
See Image Processing Example for this data.

m13_050414_14i14m_L.FIT (Luminance, 14 min, 1-min subs)
m13_050414_7i7m_R.FIT (Red, 7 min, 1-min subs)
m13_050414_7i7m_G.FIT (Green, 7 min, 1-min subs)
m13_050414_7i7m_B.FIT (Blue, 7 min, 1-min subs)
(Jim's color combine ratio was R : G : B = 1.5 : 1.0 : 1.8)
(To Download files, RIGHT-CLICK on link and "Save Target As")
You can download ZIP versions here.