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Managed to grab this in the hour or so of clear, moonless night. Another light polluted balcony capture. 20 x 180s subs WO Redcat 51 & ZWO ASI294mc pro StarAdventurer tracker Stacked and initial stretch in AstroPixelProcesser Processing and NR in Photoshop CC

Nice! i’m planning on using my own Redcat on this when I get the chance. Recently acquired an ASI294MC Pro too. My portable setup is setup to use both the Samyang and the Redcat now. Can’t wait. 😊

Had a play at reprocessing this to incorporate some new techniques and to see if I could get all of it in one frame. Heart & Soul nebula with the Perseus Double Cluster in the same frame. Captured last year with Samyang 135 @f2.8 on Canon EOS 60d using an Optolong l-eNhance dual band filter. Stacked in APP using Ha-OIII algorithm and processed in Photoshop CC

Thanks guys, I’m really enjoying the move from DSLR to dedicated astrocam. I may even get a chance to add another hour to this one tonight. Got to take advantage of the lack of Moon 🙂

M13 - Globular Cluster in Hercules Crop from full frame. 3 hours worth of capture in 180s subs. William Optics Redcat 51 & ASI294MC Pro Optolong L-Pro filter Skywatcher Staradventurer Tracker Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor Processed in Photoshop CC

Could only capture this for an hour last night as it was all my balcony would allow, but I had to have a go. 30 x 120s subs with calibration Unity gain (120) on ASI294 MC Pro WO Redcat 51 with Optolong l-pro filter Staradventurer tracking mount ASIair pro for guiding and capture Stacked in AstroPixelProcessor Processed in Photoshop CC This is a 50% reduction of the full frame.

More to test out my guiding changes than anything else night before last. This is an hours worth of M13 captured with the weeny 250mm of the WO Redcat51. It’s never going to worry the big scopes on this kind of target but you have to admire a scope of this size that can resolve ‘the propeller’ in M13. [emoji4] ZWO ASI924MC Pro with Optolong L-Pro filter. Stacked in Astro Pixel Processor Processed in Photoshop CC

Opportunistic grab with the only scope available to me, last night. WO Redcat 51 ASI924mc Pro on Staradventurer tracker. 80minutes @ 60s 120 Gain -10C

Thanks guys! Really looking forward to getting out and about with this soon (hopefully).

Actually my first ever image with a dedicated astro camera, so be gentle with me! 🙂 Still extremely limited in choice of targets as I am confined to my flat's light-polluted balcony overlooking a car park with lots of LED lights. I managed to get 3 Hours worth of M101 with the Redcat51 and Optolong L-Pro filter on a StarAdventurerTracker using the ZWO ASIAIR for PA, guiding, autofocus and capture. unity gain (120) @ -10C 60 x 60s 60 x 120s + Darks, Flats and Dark Flats Stacked in Astro Pixel Processor Processed in Photoshop CC This is a crop of the quickly-processed (I was excited) image.

Thanks all 👍😊

Limited to my light-polluted balcony with very limited field of view at the moment due to lockdown. This is one of the few targets available so I thought I'd have a stab with the Redcat 51 on Star Adventurer tracker. This is roughly 3 hours of lights in 120s subs using Optolong L-pro filter to mitigate car-park and Moon

Reduced stars and played with tone a bit.

Second attempt at processing in SHO pallet. This is more than 4.5hrs worth of capture, Hydrogen Alpha & Oxygen III image extracted via Astro Pixel Processor with a false Sulphur II channel extracted from mono. These were then combined and processed in Photoshop, using Selective Colour to pull out the Hubble colours. Samyang 135mm @ f2.8 ASA800 Canon EOS60d (stock) with l-enhance filter Skywatcher Staradventurer tracking mount with ZWO mini guidescope.

First attempt at anything vaguely Hubble-like from an SLR. This is The Rosette Nebula in SHO. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor with a Ha and OIII extract and a false SII from mono. Not happy with the stars but will see if I can sort that next time. Canon EOS60d (unmodded) L-eNhance filter WO Redcat 51 Skywatcher Staradventurer

Thank you, I’m really pleased with it’s performance with the l-eNhance filter.

Reprocessed as RGBHOO in Astro Pixel Processor then finished off in Photoshop CC 20 x 180s and 3 x 300s with darks and bias (no flats). Canon EOS60d (unmodded) l-eNhance filter WO Redcat 51 Skywatcher Staradventurer

Thanks! Yes, the l-enhance does a great job of pulling the Ha out, even with a stock camera like mine. This is actually tamed down a bit to merge with the unfiltered capture.

Orion, Horsehead & Flame nebulae. A bit of fun over two nights:- One night capturing without filters One night using L-enhance for Ha and OIII 120 & 180s subs with calibration files. Registered against each other in Astro Pixel Processor then merged in Photoshop CC William Optics Redcat 51 Canon Eos 60d (stock) Skywatcher Staradventurer Zwo ASIair Pro controller

The Rosette Nebula Had to fight the elements on a windy balcony for this one. Took me a while to find it too! 3 x 300s & 12 x 120s exposures (plus calibration files) Processed to extract Hydrogen alpha & Oxygen III using Astro Pixel Processor Finished in Photoshop. William Optics Redcat 51 lens Canon EOS 60d with L-enhance filter Skywatcher Staradventurer tracker

Had another play and reregistered/merged the RGB & newly 'star-fixed' HOO image. Hopefully this is an improvement (just about squeezed the framing in)

Ooh! That’s my afternoon sorted then 😂 Cheers! Tony

Thanks Olly, I was a bit worried to be honest. The HOO capture was quite messy as the guiding was poor and stars were eggy. I’ve probably gone overboard with everything worrying about that. I’ll revisit the original and have a play. Better still, now I have the balance and guiding sorted, may have a go at the HOO again tonight. Am limited to my balcony at the moment so only have a specific window of time to capture in. Have sorted the balance issues though, so may have a go with 30s for the core and 120 for the outer. 🤞 thanks 😊

M42 Orion Nebula & Running Man Nebula A merge of old RGB and New HOO images. Canon EOS 450d Canon EOS 60d l-enhance filter WO Redcat 51 Skywatcher Staradventurer ASIair Pro

Here’s the original HOO image...