DaveS

And you've also got HCG 93 down in the bottom left, my next target with the ODK 12 / SX 694 combination

I do note that Lukomatico has a review on YT that is very positive, though he admits that he can only afford an APS-C camera. He also says FPL 53.

I can't see any future for astronomy of any kind from this dank swamp of a country.

I had clear sky forecast for this Friday and Saturday. Friday has already disappeared, now waiting for Saturday to do the same.

It appears to be the norm that forecast clear nights gradually disappear but how often do you see a clear night appear out of nowhere.

The FRA 300 is a quintuplet with a triplet front group and widely spaced rear pair, while this 'scope is a quadruplet.

If you look on the graphic at the top of the thread you'll see a tiny white enclave on the south west coast between Weymouth and Bridport.

It's where I moved to, look up the Bride Valley.

The emporium that begins with "A", named after that long river in South America.

I use Rain Alarm. It has a good radar display and sends an alert to my phone.

I'm more of an ASA fanboi

https://astrograph.net/Brands/ASA

Fabulous amount of detail in both the Deer Lick and Stephan's Quintet.

I think we should keep shtum, as we are in a dark forest. Don't attract the grabby aliens.

The first night when I moved into this house from Bortle 8 Ruislip the sky was clear, and when I went out onto my patio and looked up the milky way was glittering overhead, I reckon it's mid Bortle 3. I just stood there with a big silly grin on my face!

I brought the RGB into PI then gave it SPCC followed by ABE and a mild dose of BlurX and NoiseX, Most of the heavy hammer being given to the Luminance.

After bringing the RGB back into AstroArt I gave a DDP (Which I find often gives a better result) before LRGB synthesis. A slight boost in saturation and mild Unsharp Mask followed before saving as a PNG

I think this is as far as I can take this without a more (Better) data. I may have overcooked this as it is.

Haha, I have no idea where those vertical spikes are coming from. I've tried tracking them down, but can only conclude that it's something in the camera.

This is more usually imaged in conjunction with the Deer Lick group as they naturally tend to fall together in most fields of view, but I wanted to image it on its own as part of my HCG project, so...

Putting the SX Trius 694 on the ODK 12 (For a totally bonkers 0.46"/px native) and imaging on two nights, 13th and 14th Sept 2023 collecting 6 hours Luminance in Bin 1 (Yeah, right) and 2 hours each of RGB in a slightly less daft Bin 2, all 600 sec subs at -25 deg.

Stacking in AstroArt 8, then the Luminance given Blur X and Noise X in Pixinsight and DDP in AstroArt again (Prefered the result to either ArcSinH or Masked Stretch). RGB Drizzle Stacked (Just for the fun of it) in AstroArt before DDP and LRGB synthesis.

There are a few very dodgy subs in here which I will need to replace if I want to take this further, but it might "do" for my project.

C&C welcome as usual.

In the Trius I have a Baader LRGB set plus H-alpha, the G3 16200 has a full set of 2" Chroma filters 

Yeaah, they said it was a "special" so devoted to the VLT with a brief mention of the E-ELT.

The Tulip Nebula in SHO , data collected on 3 (Poor) nights between 6th August and 8th September

4 hours H-Alpha, 5 Hours [OIII}, 2 Hours [SII] in 900 sec subs with the G3 16200 on the ODK 12, binned 2x2

Initial stacking (Full calibration), Gradient Reduction, Cropping and Trichomy in AstroArt 8. BlurX and NoiseX in PIxInsight, then DDP and selective colour in AA8 again. Given a light Unsharp Mask before saving as a PNG.

No, it's not very good but I'm done with it for this year as I'm swapping cameras for galaxies.

On BBC 4 at 9.30pm, note: earlier than the usual 10pm.

Maggie Aderin-Pocock at the VLT in Chile.

This is something DSS does, I think it so if you want to have another go at stacking the subs it's got all the stacking info to hand so doesn't have to go through the rigmarole again.

AstroArt and PixInsight both have blink facilities, I suspect every other serious astro processing software will as well.

I'll have a look when I can get away.

Just along the road from me. It should be fairly dark, but it's a bit close to the LP of Bridport.

As far as slightly more "out there" images are concerned, I'm debating whether to "have a go at" Cass A, which will fit nicely on the SX 694 on the ODK 12. It's just a matter of finding a suitable clear filter to go with my Astrodons for focusing.

I still have my HCG project on the go.

And may try to image the "Cosmic Horseshoe" in LRGB.

Too many targets, too few clear nights.

I guess that's true.