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I will re-post M53 with more integration time weather pending 👍

Amazing

Will do 👍 Wanted to do a  quickie run to check out  new flat frames. Was having issues with them with my previous M51 image

Thats Brill. Thankyou for your effort with this challenge. Which magic wand did you use? 

Dean 

Decided to put M51 on back burner for moment, so inspired by other M53's on this site I decided to give it a quick  go

Telescope used: ES102mm APO AT f7 on a AVX mount

Camera  used: ZWO 385MC camera in  bottle 5 skies. 

Settings used , 

Gain 135 

Exposure 120s

Integration time around 1hour 

Darks and flats used, Finished in PS.

Of course pointers for improvement welcome

Cheers

Dean 

Thankyou Chris and alacant

Re-process with top 50% according to DSS. Tried not to back clip, Streaks still there bit can see some faint fuzzies this time. Will do more research into using PI

Cheers 

Dean

Will look into patchy background. Bit the bullet and cleaned the lens for the first time. I've had this  Scope for  years now. Hope the new flats help with this issue. People seem to be getting sharper images using pixlnsight compared to PS

Hope this image is better had another go with gradient exterminator using Clarkey image. So much detail

Thankyou

43 minutes ago, Clarkey said:

I have had a very quick play and got the image below. There is certainly some good detail in there, but the background gradients need some work to remove.

Thankyou Clarkey   Liking the more detail then i managed. Did you pull out   some more smaller fuzzies? Or are they just scratches on the lens? Also did  you PS or other software?

Cheers 

Dean

1 hour ago, AKB said:

Nice shot, given the challenges.

I'm no expert, but here's my two-pence worth...

Tony

 

Thankyou for your effort. Liking the background and more detail then i managed 👍

Hi 

This is my  attempt with off M51. Started this project in January how ever so much cloud!

Defiantly not the best image. Did struggle with the flat frames. I must bite the bullet and give the lens a clean. 

Telescope used: ES102mm APO AT f7 on a AVX mount

Camera  used: ZWO 385MC camera in  bottle 5 skies. 

Settings used , 

Gain 135 

Exposure 120s

Integration time around  30 hours 

Darks and flats used, Finished in PS.

Of course pointers for improvement welcome

Cheers

Dean 

Also attached is the tiff file if you fancy a challenge  😁

30hrs-16bitE120G135.tif

6 hours ago, tomato said:

Sorry a bit late to this one. Here is my contribution, processed in APP, PI and AP. Like @wimvb I saw some edge artefacts on the LHS and bottom RH corner which intruded on the FOV,  but rather than crop these out I tried to fix these with AP remove background tool, but I had to over darken the background to make them less noticeable. BlurXterminator and NoiseXterminator also applied in PI.

Wow this is absolutely amazing processing. You have extracted so much details Thankyou. Still so much for me to learn, will start with properly learning plate solving

Thankyou all for having ago with the data for M33. Its interesting also to compare the outcomes of various processing tools. They all look awesome. 

Wim, thanks for details very much appreciated. Yes I had to use camera out for planetary work also.

I dont use platesolving. Instead use sharcap reticle to center objects, and to control the mount I use Celestrons CPWI software. My skies are 4/5 bortle. So from what you are saying is that the camera's (ZWO 385MC) gain is to high at 135. I thought this was the optimum for this camera? Should i reduce for next project?

I'm very appreciative from the experts and thankyou for taking time to have ago. Certainly learning new things as I go along 👍

Dean

Thanks Damian for taking the time to process and share.  This looks awesome aswell. Just need more practice usind PS. Yesterday learn't how to do star reduction. Yeah onwards and upwards 😁👍

Dean

Thankyou, Will look into pixinsight. Like what you did with star reduction and pulling out the finer detail

Wow, Thankyou. I prefer . I much prefer your version 👍 Which software did you use?

Thanks Paul I used 120s from a bortle 4/5 site. Do you reckon still 135gain is to high?

If anyone wants ago please. 

18hrs.tif

Thanks Paul Will try lower gain next time, What exposure did you use for your subs?

I did a redo Hope this looks better?

Hi 

This is my  attempt with  the ZWO 385MC camera with a ir/uv cut  of M33 in  bottle 5 skies.  

Telescope used was the ES102mm APO AT f7 on a AVX mount

Settings used in sharpcap. 

Gain 135 

Integration time around  18 hours using 120s subs. Could it do with more subs? 

Darks and flats used, Finished in PS.

Of course pointers for improvement welcome

Cheers

Dean 

Apologies the gremlins have  gone away 😁

Hi 

I have being using same set up for nearly a year now. Everything was going good till this evening and the gremlins have arrived

For some reason i cannot adjust the exposure slider in sharpcap not even clicking on the LX tab. Every other slider in sharpcap settings work apart from the exposure one. Any tips to how i can get this exposure slider to work please

thankyou

Dean

Hi first time using this camera  Zwo asi385mc with x2 Barlow, on Jupiter. After it finally climbed  over the fence just after midnight

Telescope 102 ES APO. Although next time will use the C8

Processed in PIPP, registax and photoshop. 4000 frames used. 

How do you get the moons without overexposing  Jupiter? Off course  any suggestions for improvements welcome 😁

Cheers

Dean

Hi 

This is my  attempt with  the   This is a section of NGC6992, part of the Eastern veil  nebula in  bottle 5 skies.  Using a ZWO 385MC camera with a L-eNhance. Certainly not the quality as other members have posted

Telescope used was the ES102mm APO AT f7 on a AVX mount

Settings used in sharpcap. 

Gain 200 (is this to high for my camera??) with the L-eNhance filter 

Integration time around  14 hours using 120s subs. Could it do with more subs? 

Darks and flats used, Finished in PS.

Of course pointers for improvement welcome

Cheers, thanks for looking

Dean 

9 hours ago, peter shah said:

Showing some lovely detail Dean...I like the crop you've done

Thanks Peter. Much appreciated, Wasn't sure if I cropped it to much 👍