I reset the resolution to 480 pixels and resized the image to 480 to see if Hello does less damage that way. 

There is a discussion of bags going on at Topica. Coincidentally, ...

Herbert 

October 27, 2004 eclipse 

pleiades 

I'm still experimenting with this blog.

The October 27 lunar eclipse was an opportunity to try out a new astrophotography set-up out on an easy target. I used a Nikon D100 with a Tamron 300mm f2.8 lens piggy backed on a surplus Meade LXD55 mount and a refractor tube assembly. The image of the Pleiades reached magnitude 10.5 stars with only a 5 second exposure at f4 from an in-town site. Hello resizes and downsamples the images, so there are some drawbacks to this system. Here goes ... Hmm. Slightly blocky looking stars.