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Lucas M started following Multi-Coloured Heart (IC 1805) , 2024 Scotland's Autumn Galloway Premier Star Camp. , SGL 2024 Challenge 1 - Narrowband and 3 others
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2024 Scotland's Autumn Galloway Premier Star Camp.
Lucas M replied to Physopto's topic in Star Parties & Astro Events
Just booked my place, I'll be there for the duration 👍 -
SGL 2024 Challenge 1 - Narrowband
Lucas M replied to MartinB's topic in SGL Challenges and Competitions
C49 The Rosette Nebula Captured over 2 nights in January under Bortle 5 skies in Lytham St Anne's on the UK's north west coast RedCat51 ASI533MC Pro OSC camera Star Adventurer GTI Mount Optolong L-Extreme Ha_Oiii dual narrowband filter (7nm per channel) 150 x 300 seconds - 12.5 hours total integration + calibration frames Stacked using Sirilic Processed in Photoshop -
2024 Scotland's Spring Galloway Premier Star Camp.
Lucas M replied to Physopto's topic in Star Parties & Astro Events
Home and unpacked, thanks again for a great week and introduction to star parties in general. Lots of data to process and back to work tomorrow, so don't expect processed images to be posted any time soon 🤣 Here is one last time-lapse taken on the last night, thought I would try and get the mount tracking the sky in the video, I'm fairly happy with the result although focus in an issue as this lens has a hyperfocal distance of about 24m so no way to get the mount and the sky in focus together, so I went for almost in focus mount, slightly blury sky... looks ok though... even caught the meridian flip 👍 P2122282 MP4.mp4 -
2024 Scotland's Spring Galloway Premier Star Camp.
Lucas M replied to Physopto's topic in Star Parties & Astro Events
Great night last night and a great few days in general, really enjoyed my first star party and meeting everyone, thanks for making me feel so welcome. Another time-lapse from last night's viewing, this is straight out of the camera but needs a little work as it's a bit dark for my liking. Also some quick autostacks/stretches of M44 and M33 taken last night, both need stacking/processing properly but very encouraging straight of of the little red box 🤪 Also got some good time on the Orion Nebula as well as Horse head/flame, I'll post final images of everything when all the processing is done. Thanks again all 👍 P2111708 MP4.mp4 -
2024 Scotland's Spring Galloway Premier Star Camp.
Lucas M replied to Physopto's topic in Star Parties & Astro Events
The wind and the rain have definitely settled in now, unfortunately the cloud never cleared up last night with pretty constant high cloud and intermittent lower clouds too so couldn't get anything through the scope. Did manage to get a semi decent time-lapse covering from 8:30pm - 6:20am which just servers to highlight the cloud really 🤣 Also a nice image of the last glow of daylight For those interested the time-lapse details are: Olympus OM-D EM10ii mirrorless M4/3 25mm f1.7, ISO 800, 30 second exposures, 1 second interval, 15fps P2082051 15.0.mp4 -
2024 Scotland's Spring Galloway Premier Star Camp.
Lucas M replied to Physopto's topic in Star Parties & Astro Events
Well on my way, should arrive around 13:30 -
2024 Scotland's Spring Galloway Premier Star Camp.
Lucas M replied to Physopto's topic in Star Parties & Astro Events
I'll still be there... packing the car up now as due to a last minute work trip my route will be Blackpool -> Glasgow -> Stockholm -> Glasgow -> Drumroamin camp site! I'm almost glad the weather looks bad on the first night so at least I can get some sleep 🤣 -
2024 Scotland's Spring Galloway Premier Star Camp.
Lucas M replied to Physopto's topic in Star Parties & Astro Events
LOL Thanks, probably not something I need to worry about with my little RedCat51 then 🤣 -
2024 Scotland's Spring Galloway Premier Star Camp.
Lucas M replied to Physopto's topic in Star Parties & Astro Events
Its my first time going to a star camp (and my first time camping in a little over 20 years...) to show my naivety... what is a "utility tent" and why does one need one?? -
2024 Scotland's Spring Galloway Premier Star Camp.
Lucas M replied to Physopto's topic in Star Parties & Astro Events
Its my first star camp too, really looking forward to meeting everyone. Its the first time I'll have been camping in over 20 years... nothing I've jumping in at the deep end. Not long now 👍 -
Dedicated thread for the DWARFLAB Dwarf 2.
Lucas M replied to Chaz2b's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
Cheers Geoff, That's a little disappointing, and a missed opportunity in my opinion, but maybe it will come in time. Ta. Lucas -
Dedicated thread for the DWARFLAB Dwarf 2.
Lucas M replied to Chaz2b's topic in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
Hi All, All of the images I've seen out of the dwarf 2 have been widefield DSOs using the telephoto lens... is it possible to use the Dwarf's widefield lens in the astro mode for taking stacked, really wide milky way shots or for star trail pics? and has anyone tried the timelapse function. My main rig is a widefield set up based around a redcat51 but im really interested in the Dwarf 2 for super portability and the potential for whole sky type images using the wide lens. Any thoughts? Ta. -
M42 The Orion Nebula First time attempting this target as it's been below the horizon constantly since I started in the hobby earlier this year. I'm really please with how this has come out. I know the core and a couple of the stars are blown out, and it is the first time I have ended up with halos around some stats causes by the L-Extreme filter... but actually I love the effect that both those things give. this image gives me vibes of a wormhole entrance or portal to another dimension so the sci-fi nerd in me is very happy. When I next image this target I will go with shorter exposures to try and get more detail in the core, take some full colour stars and then blend them all together. RedCat 51 (250mm) ZWO 533MC Pro (-10°C) Optolong L-Extreme Ha/Oiii filter ZWO EAF ZWO ASIair mini Star Adventurer GTi SVBony 30mm guide scope + ZWO 120MM mini guide cam 116 x 300 seconds (9hrs 40mins) Lights Dithered every 2 subs 30 each darks, flats, bias Stacking in Siril (drizzle) Processed in Photoshop North West England - Bortle 5 Feedback positive or negative very welcome
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Something I both love and hate about this hobby is the freedom of processing and getting to make your own decision on what looks good/what makes a good image. The engineer in me wants the images to look as realistic and true colour as possible, the painter in me loves the ability to play with the processing until an image "speaks" to me. This image is IC 1805 the Heart Nebula, just over 6 hours of data (dithered and drizzled) +darks, flats & biases, taken at 250mm (redcat 51) using a 533MC Pro and an Optolong L-Extreme dual narrowband filter. The 4 images are the exact same stack, processed in Siril and photoshop to give some drastically different results. To me all are equally valid, all are equally beautiful and all brought the painter in me joy while creating them, while at the same time frustrating the engineer in me because I have no idea which (if any) is the truest representation of the object.
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2024 Scotland's Spring Galloway Premier Star Camp.
Lucas M replied to Physopto's topic in Star Parties & Astro Events
Thanks very much, that's really helpful! I've book for the whole time so will be arriving on the Tuesday. Really looking forward to it