Steve 1962 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I've been umming and ahhing about how to achieve a larger field of view than my current setup of a Tak 106 and the lovely Atik 460.I was thinking about wrecking my relationship with Mrs L by going for a QSI683, but decided instead to add a 0.73 reducer to the Tak. This passed muster with Mrs L because it was an eighth of the cost of the new camera and gives me almost exactly the same frame size and sampling rate as a non-reduced 106 / 683 combination.I managed to get 2 hours of 15min Ha subs earlier this week before the "winter" arrived with a vengance.This is the resultant image calibrated with 40 flats, 40 darks and 100 bias frames. It was processed in Pixinsight using Drizzle Integration (x2) for the first time.The full size image is here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g333j75a12t4vu7/Pelican%208%20x%20Ha.fit?dl=0Apart from the frankly pathetic grub screws securing the scope end thread to the reducer, which I've had to adjust and retighten because they came loose; I'm pretty pleased with the reducer and this result. If you haven't tried Drizzle Integration in PI - give it go. I think it's significantly better than normal Image Integration.Any comments would be appreciatedThanks for looking.Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalasinman Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 That's an excellent framing. This came out just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 1962 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 Thanks kalasinman - I've got the platesolving of SGPro to thank for that. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalasinman Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Plate solving will soon arrive at my house via AT. Need some stars to confirm initial set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtreemchaos Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 lovely image Steve. great detail . thanks for sharing. charl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Beautiful pic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 1962 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 Thank you Charl and Mars - pleased you like it.Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalasinman Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 What is your FOV? I can manage 3 x 4.5 degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 1962 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 My FOV is about 2 x 1.5 degrees - what's your set up?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudropb Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Lovely image get, with lots of detail. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalasinman Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 My FOV is about 2 x 1.5 degrees - what's your set up??It's the Nikon D5100 with an adapter to mount a Pentax SMC IF 67 200mm. More to follow, as the adapter hasn't arrived from China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jijc76 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Great Steve!!Enviado desde mi SM-G920F mediante Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion25 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I believe I see an angel! Great image, Steve Cheers,Reggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 1962 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 Thank you Reggie and jijc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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