MarsG76

Mate, thats a schmick classy looking scope.. enjoy... of course you're looking at weeks of cloudy weather from now on....

I'll tell you that these first DSO images [word removed] all over my first DSO images....

Fantastic.. can't wait to see the finished obsy.

Mate, it's a Televue.. you'll love it..... well done on a great choice.

9 hours ago, astroavani said:

Good thing you had opportunity to observe this effect friend MarsG76!

Couldn't let it pass me by.

Fantastic image... I was out observing Saturn with my 14" dob during the night of opposition and noticed the brighter rings in the FOV.... awesome sight... I did't image because I was exposing on a seyfert galaxy during the previous and that night and didn't want to change the setup.. but fantastic had views etched into my memory.  

Congrats on the image.. and thats a very nice and tidy kit.... 

6 minutes ago, MSammon said:

How?

Some would say that its not possible.. but I'm sure someone will find a way to go that deep and detailed....

16 minutes ago, John said:

You could try less magnification - 450x is a heck of a lot even on the moon and only under the very best seeing conditions and with the scope collimation absolutely spot on will it result in sharp views. With my 12" F/5.3 dob I often get my sharpest views of the moon at around 280x - 320x. Occasionally I can go a little further and still get a sharp view but most of the time things get softer above that sort of magnification, rather than sharper.

 

I agree...

How cool... now if you can actually image the landing site equipment, that would be awesome.

14 hours ago, mapstar said:

I'm sure Mark will as I get hints of turquoise and purple although i find it depends upon seeing conditions 

How awesome....

Great scope.. I can only imagine the views you get through it.... do you see any hint of color in the Orion Nebula through that 20" monster?

Great stuff.. hope you enjoy your views... Clear skies.

9 hours ago, Dr_Ju_ju said:

Once started, you'll make the time....   Its useful for everything, not just Astronomy......

 I totally believe that... 

58 minutes ago, Chriske said:

Just do it...!

So many ideas and project to be had and done.... so little time.

Cool experiment.. so basically you blured the original image unsing convolution and brought back the detail using wavelets?

These models look awesome... I'm itching to get my self a 3D printer and join in the fun...

Very helpful post to avoid any misconceptions from new comers... this really is a hobby where you need to really be patient and love astronomy to keep coming back for more.

I'd love to see the finished rocket.... 

I agree with the posts... red is simply a color to which our eyes are not sensitive enough... I did read about some amateurs that reported seeing pale pink hues in the Orion Nebula when using 30" mirrors... 

Keep us informed, I'm looking forward to read about your experience....

Great work, I find that it's little projects like this that are the icing on the cake in amateur astronomy.

On 25/05/2019 at 22:36, petevasey said:

My very first DSO (I don't count a couple of wide field  images taken with a film camera then digitised to remove sky glow) was taken with a Quickcam Grayscale webcam afocal on a C8.  Everybody's favourite, NGC 457 - the 'Space Invader' cluster August 2000.  Then I made an adapter and went to prime (cassegrain) focus, M15 and M57.  First galaxy was M31 with a 58 mm camera lens, then M51 afocally on an LX90.  First colour photo was M57 prime focus of the LX90 with a modded Vesta Pro webcam in 2001.

How things have moved on!  My latest NGC457 was taken in 2014 with a QSI683 on my 10" RC Truss.

Cheers,

Peter

 

 

Awesome collection...

46 minutes ago, Minhlead said:

Here are my second attempt at DSO. Taken with Sony A7s, Vixen Polaris, Takumar 200mm at F5.6 185 subs (45 mins integration) 15s ISO 3200. I forgot the dark frames so after stacking there are a few dead pixel that show some  red lines on the final photos   

... very busy and dense with stuff.... love it.

Been there, done that... this is one project that has me beat... de-bayering is obviously not a skill I can master with my banana fingers.....