peter shah

Wonderful detail

The gain I have set to 100. As I understand Gain and Offset setting, the gain needs to be as high as possible until the S/N curve reaches the point where it becomes shallow. The rule is the higher the gain the better the signal to noise ratio. The only issue with that is as you increase the Gain the well depth decreases....so you need to find a value that suits the sensor, optics and LP. The Offset is essentially the start value, this also effects the well depth.

Great shot Rodd...I love the Propeller Nebula....so much going on in the area

wow that lovely and deep

Thank you Roy, Using a mask is essential to make that separation from the background

Thank you Olly for the kind words. I think you should be pleased with that camera. The shorter exposures with Cmos went against what I been used to....I cant say it was a comfortable transition. The more I use Cmos the more I love it.

The 2600 is just stunning....I love this chip......a good size sensor with zero amp glow and back illuminated....it ticks almost all of the boxes....Id like to see something with larger pixels.

That's a wonderful rendition, very deep indeed and clean!!. . The 8300 is a superb sensor. I will certainly be doing more with the Epsilon its a wonderful scope....I have a list of objects to get through.

Cheers Bob Thank you Thank you..... in Spain I have bortle 2-3 and 3-4 in the UK....I have started to capture this from the UK too, but never got around to finishing it. I am planning on finishing it here with my 12in Newt.

a super shot Tony

That made me chuckle ....😂 OMG Andy that's so tenuous... 🤣 Thank you Simon....Im so impressed with these latest gen cameras....this sensor is just amazing

LDN1251 in Cepheus, Imaged from Spain with the Tak Epsilon 180ed. I've just fitted a new ZWO ASI2600MC to it and this is the first image. 96x 300s exposures, 8hrs total. I really like this chip!. Plagued with satellite trails I was still able to use every exposure. The shear number of subs gave a good rejection in the stack with no signs of satellites in the final image even after such an aggressive process. Processed with Pixinsight and Photoshop Thanks for looking Peter

Thanks Olly, you are very kind. I wasn't so sure about the colour to start with. I know lots of imagers try to avoid green tones in the SHO pallet, Myself I don't mind them so much.

Thank you Bob

Yes I drilled 16x M12 250mm deep and anchored them in with chemical concrete cement (purposely made for anchor bolts).....It is anchored directly to Observatory floor.......no flex what so ever....still didnt make me feel any better expecting to see it lying on the floor the next day.

Many Thanks Jim Thank you....They are all Asrtrodon LRGB, Ha,OIII,SII, and NII all 3nm 50x50 square Yes it has the optional wedge, although I was a bit worried when fitting it, all that weight leaning over at 38 degrees does not look natural....

Thank you It takes some getting used to but is stunning Thank you Mick Yes easily, The L500 from Planewave its a direct drive mount with around 0.02 arc/sec tracking.....its a wonderful mount. Polar alignment was very simple despite its size. The whole kit weighs nearly 200KG

super image wonderful processing...great job

Never heard it called that before Thank you Carl I was very pleased with the amount of detail in the core. I used some deconvolution and sharpening in Pixinsight.

That's beautiful Alan

Thanks Martin Thank you.....its the Finger Lakes Instrumentation Kepler 4040 latest generation large format camera. 50mm square 9un pixels Thank you Steve. I'm quite pleased with this one..

Yes the Kepler has four quadrants and on the face of it looks noisy, but actually is super clean when correctly calibrated ...... it cant be used in the same way a regular Cmos ....Its just too sensitive, 180s ha similar S/N ratio as 900s with the 16803. so 15mins stacked180s subs just demolishes the noise floor, its astonishing.....The L500mount is good for unguided for nearly 10mins at 3meters FL but with the Kepler there is no way you will ever need it.....a real dream machine IMO

thank you Andy

Thank you Francis.... I am getting some more Oxygen for it see if I can improve the colour....but I am very pleased with the core detail.

M16 The Eagle Nebula imaged in SII Ha and OIII with the 17in Planewave and FLI's Kepler 4040 large format Cmos from Spain. Exposures were unguided, times were 4hrs in SII, 1hrs in Ha and 3.7 hrs in OIII all 180s exposures. Thanks for looking Peter