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very nice!
i cant wait till i can afford a 314+
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Excellent image Uranium235, good to see it finished
Question for anyone with a 314L+:
I'm purchasing a Atik 314L+ for use with this scope, will the Coma Correcter still be required in the imaging train?
oh yes
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Assorted shots with a Nexstar 102SLT and a Canon 1000D. 30sec subs at ISO1600. Total exposures range from 5 mins (M20) to ~1hr (M31).
NigelM
lovely pics, what AZ mount did you use for these?
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Great thread. Only one from me on my trusty little Nexstar 4SE - the obligatory M42...26 x 8 sec @ ISO 6400 with 10 darks and 18 bias frames...
I have tried imaging other targets like M81/82, M101, M31, M13 etc. but not had much luck so far.
Mike
nice!
im amazed how the core can still be blown out even with 8sec subs! this target really is bright, I can not wait to try this one later on in the year, after I finish my M31 project
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Here's mine...a lot to learn and more data clearly needed!
Taken last night around midnight.
i wish my 1st dso looked like this! lol, nicely done, i can see you doing rather good at AP
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without a doubt you need a CC Louise.....
i can not comment on the 80ED as ive only owned a SW 130...
a few stars from a couple weeks ago with the 130...nothing special, im not really feeling stars lol, im on the galaxy hunt now lol, but at least the cluster's are good practice for when the moon is out
NGC 869/NGC 884 - Double cluster by tingting44, on Flickr
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
cracking images for 1 year in AP!
your location looks really nice!
cant wait to see more of your work
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This thread is ridiculous!
ridiculous good, or ridiculous bad?
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Here is my latest attempt from the 130-pds...
M39 - Re process with PixInsight by tingting44, on Flickr
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My bad...... I swear I read to take flats at the lowest ISO, I've only done flats twice so far, but from now on will indeed do the flats at the same ISO as the lights
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BIAS shoot same ISO as your lights
FLATS shoot at your lowest ISO (mine is ISO100)
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Well, it stems from a paper written by SBIG a while ago about stray light in optical systems. So to solve the problem raised I initially tried sky flats, which worked to a degree, but the level of illumination is constantly falling.
So, what if I were try to recreate the same conditions indoors by using a really large monitor? Well, thats what I did and it seems to have worked! The spectra from the monitor wont be the same as a twilight sky, but the main problem was to solve the issue of removing stray light from the interior of the telescope. Eg: Light that completely bypasses the primary/scondary and just goes straight up the drawtube.
On further investigation, it seems these types of flats are called "dome flats" - but being as I dont have an obsy, the idea never twigged. I will be doing a proper write up sometime this evening. The nub of it being, dont have your EL panel flush against the telescope if using a reflector.
funny you bring up flats, i got my flat screen through the post today
never done flats before, so will be a 1st when i start imaging again in a month or so, interested to see your full write up...
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Initial results from a new method of gathering Lum flats:
Just 40 min worth of data, but I think we can see where this one is going
Whats your new method?
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@tingting
Wow thats fantastic! is that all the QHY, or do you have any techniques up your sleeve?
Thanks buddy, no techniques as such lol, only my 1st time using it for imaging, i was pleasantly surprised as seeing was not the greatest but im happy for now, just need to get myself some color filters and a filter wheel some time soon the QHY is an EPIC camera tho, im in love with it
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Here is my take on Saturn and Mars, 1st time imaging with my new QHY5L-ii
Having a play with my new QHY5L-ii (mono), 1st time i have tried imaging with it, seeing was not the greatest. took around 15'000 images (5 min), which i took the best 7'500 into the stack.
The programs i used for processing were PIPP, Registax 6, Photoshop
and i used firecapture to capture the data which i really like
Saturn
Saturn 25-04-14 by tingting44, on Flickr
Saturn
FPS (avg.)=40
Shutter=6.682ms
Gain=560Mars
Mars 25-04-14 by tingting44, on Flickr
Mars
FPS (avg.)=41
Shutter=3.861ms
Gain=82- 8
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Several pictures with sky-wachter 130PDS. I'm still learning.
M51Mount: SW NEQ6 PROCamera: Canon 600D
ISO1600
Light 14X120s. + 11X180s.
Dark 4X120s. + 3X180s.
M101Mount: SW NEQ6 PROCamera: Canon 600D
ISO1600
Light: 3X180s.
Dark: 3X180s.
M63Mount: SW NEQ6 PRO.Camera: Canon 600D
ISO1600
Light: 15X180s.
Dark: 3X180s.
M13
Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 PRO
Camera: Nikon D7000
ISO 1600
Light: 3X180s + 3X60s, Dark: 3X180s + 3X60s, Bias: 3
Leo Triplet (NGC3628, NGC3627, NGC3623)Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 PRO
Camera: Nikon D7000
ISO 1600
Light: 15X180s, Dark: 10X180s, Bias: 10
wow some really amazing pics there buddy!!! really love your M51,M13 and leo triplet, they are my faves and also the detail in M63 is lovely !! well done
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Don't worry it's working now lol
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Hi just wondering if anyone has a download link to firecapture? as i want to try it out with my QHY5L-ii for planetary imaging as im not getting on too good with EZ or Sharpcap 2
but when i search for firecapture download it keeps sending me to some website called wonderplanets which i have downloaded but its a very weird process where i have followed the instructions and it still does not load up? my notebook is 32bit, not sure if firecapture only works with 64bit? its puzzling me a bit
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my 1st guided sub from M13 last night, couldnt really bang out the long subs as still limited to 1min from my garden due to light pollution, but will be heading out to the dark site next weekend, thats where the fun will start
M13
M13 Globular cluster - MY 1'st EVER guided image and cluster! by tingting44, on Flickr
nothing compared to the totally awsome pics in here, but its my 1st and its all mine
p.s the image above mine is mind blowing!
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that is a seriously insane image!!! got it as my desktop wallpaper (i hope you dont mind)
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something like these weight belts might be a good idea then...
Imaging with the 130pds
in Getting Started With Imaging
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This is my 1st real go at stacking and processing an image completely with PI, ive had it must be about 2 weeks now, i think im improving with my processing side of things
This is only a re-process of the 4 hours worth of subs grabbed on the 29th of September would you believe it! that was the last time i had clear skies with no moon
Pixinsight process
M31 (Pixinsight) by tingting44, on Flickr
Photoshop process
M31 - WIP by tingting44, on Flickr
Single 10 min sub
M31 (single 10min sub) by tingting44, on Flickr