Kinch

I have not posted here in a very long time....but I am very pleased with this particular rendition and thought I would share. (I never stopped imaging while away from here - plenty of content from the past two years on my web site).

All images are from my back yard observatory. It was hard to pick 5 - these are perhaps the most colourful. All my '22 images and the necessary info for these here via the thumbnails @ https://www.kinchastro.com/2022-images.html

this is one I have given up on several times.....so for sure: WELL DONE 👏

Nice one......now on my "to do" list!

Agree 100%. The satisfaction is in getting an image, that may not be an APOD, but is one that is, even just a little bit, better than the last one you did.

👀 Nice! 👍

This button.....

Send a private message - most will appreciate getting sound advice. If they don't want any input from an experienced member - nobody else need know and nobody (on either side) gets red faced. As said above - making the message sound like it is coming from a friend - rather than someone interfering is the key.....but worth doing more often than not I would imagine.

Thank you - indeed this target is perhaps a lot fainter than this image suggests - so I am happy with the overall look of this one.

Thanks so much for that 👍

Don't know why I insisted on using the SII first time around - it really detracted from rather than adding to the image. 🙄

Thanks - yes, it was not as easy as the final image might suggest. 🤓

Today I reprocessed some data of the Flying Dragon Nebula from Sept. last. My original contained 7 hours of SII but this time around I have left that out completely - I like the result with just Ha & RGB (Total 16½ hours).

I just use Sequence Generator Pro to control everything.....including Pulsar Dome.

I just recently tried IFN for the 1st time too. Not at all easy.....the only road to success is getting as much data as you can. Large scopes and fast CMOS seems to be the way to go....but also can be done with a less fast set-up......but needs lots of time.

Thanks Richard.....yes, perhaps a CMOS like Goran used is the way to go........but I am not buying a new camera anytime soon .....and a 5" refractor will always be my weapon of choice. 🤣

There have been a few very excellent renditions of MW2 posted here before....so this is nothing new. However, it was always one of those targets that I just had to do. Working with a 5" refractor and CCD it takes quite some time to gather the photons....so not an easy target.....and not the best you have seen....but I am happy with it. The attached image is much reduced - a higher res image is available on my web site.

Fantastic - up to your usual standard 👍

Thanks Peter - I cannot believe that I had bought the 18.5mm spacer I needed to do this, more than a year ago....and did not try it until last night. Such a pity as it would have (but still will be) excellent for some of the big nebulas.

Thanks Craig.....you might like that shock wave on this page: https://www.kinchastro.com/ngc-2327-seagull-nebula-hasho.html Go to the image at the very bottom of the page.....where there is also some info below the image.

This is only 2 Hours of Ha data and was in fact just done as a test (on an old favourite).....so don't pay too much attention to the framing. I was not so sure how the reducer (that I bought for the FSQ106) now on the FSQ130, would work with the big CCD chip of the FLI16200 camera.....but I think it will OK. It gives me quite a wide field of view for my cooled CCD camera (158.8x198.1 arcmin @ 2.64 ArcSec/Pix shooting at f/3.6) that will be very useful from time to time.

Never heard of such a problem - and I have EM400 & EM200.....Temma 2 controlled. Sounds to me like something wrong with the mount. The mounts are 12V supply but you can use wall socket as long as you have appropriate adapter giving the mount the 12V. If it has a proper power supply then the 1st problem (large GoTo) should not present itself.

That's a beauty! Well done 👍

Thanks for that very detailed explanation of what you did. I can now better understand your reason for the time spent on it.

Thanks for that - in general, that is how I like to see astro-images myself. (I am not keen on "loud" colours).