Allinthehead

5 minutes ago, glafnazur said:

Wow, super image, great colour and so much detail 👍

Thanks👍

4 minutes ago, Xiga said:

Just to echo my comment over on AB, this really is an amazing image Richard. From dark dust to bright reflection nebula, it makes for a very well composed mosaic with a bit of everything in it. 

I've recently started dabbling a bit with Pixinsight. It's early days, but I can certainly see the benefit of it (if not the fun!). Do you mind me asking, what processes do you usually use on your images? I know you stack in APP and finish in PS, just curious which parts you use P.I for.

Thanks again Ciarán. 

Regarding Pixinsight, I use many of the modules and not all on every image. ArcSin stretch, star alignment, scnr, starnet2, dark structure enhance and the usual histogram transformation, curves etc. I don't bother with things like pixel math as I find layers in photoshop gives a higher level of control and is more intuitive.  

Lovely wide field image, you have that Epsilon singing.

Funny you should mention gain 0 vs 100 as I'm currently imaging at gain 0 and for now I'll continue to do so. Lower fwhm, longer subs and better star colour. As you already pointed out sky conditions may well dictate what is optimal. 

On 03/03/2022 at 21:30, carastro said:

Thanks - Allinthehead = Richard?

👍

Love the colours Carole, groovy.

Great first light, congrats on the purchase and the corners look great.👍 How have you found it so far?

On 26/02/2022 at 01:03, Xiga said:

Did a little research. Yeah it wouldn't show it in such a short period of time. Turns out you would need to have some subs (though not many) taken every day (or every 2 or 3) for a month at least. The longer the better obviously, but if you managed a few months then you'd have a good chance of making a cool animation showing some ripples and maybe even some movement of dark dust. So not very likely to happen, given our skies, but still pretty cool stuff 😃

Might be worth pointing at again next year, get a few subs over a few months.

On 25/02/2022 at 20:17, vineyard said:

That's just gorgeous. Wow - absolutely luscious colours. Have you had any leakage problems with your 2600 btw?

Thank you very much. No leakage problems here, it has been flawless from day one.

51 minutes ago, Xiga said:

ps - Cool to see Hubble's Variable in there. Have you tried blinking your subs to see if you caught any slight ripples? Maybe 4.5 hrs isn't a long enough period of time, but it could be fun to check. 

Would we see it vary over that short time? Might be worth a shot. How would I go about checking?

48 minutes ago, Xiga said:

It's been quite the winter of discontent as far as trying to get any AP done, hasn't it?! I think i've manged 2 'attempts' since September, neither of which were particularly fruitful. You do have to wonder if we are all a bit mad, taking up a hobby that you can't actually do 99% of the time 😅 🤨 😐 😑

Yup we're mad, I often think about the money spent and wonder if it's worth the expense, but lets face it astrophotography is cool😀

On 23/02/2022 at 10:13, Xiga said:

That Ha Added version is sumptuous Richard! The mix of Ha, Reflection Nebula, and beautifully processed stars makes for a really great image.

Ps - Congrats on the IOTD on Astrobin btw! I haven't been that active on the forums lately, but it popped up on my phone this morning on the AB App 🙂

Thanks Ciarán much appreciated. I've been quiet here too lately. Work is hectic and imaging conditions have been poor.

On 20/02/2022 at 23:29, Zummerzet_Leveller said:

With the f3.3 would longer exposures give you star trouble? 

Yes, even 180 second subs blows out brighter stars. I don't worry about it too much.

16 minutes ago, Zummerzet_Leveller said:

Beautiful, blows mine out of the water.  Super impressive to get that quality with the moon about and no filter.  I see you are using Gain 0 on the 2600MC do you find it provides better dynamic range?

Thanks, the rgb was captured without the 🌙 and ha with. 

Dynamic range is definitely improved at gain 0, fwhm is lower and sub exposures are longer. I will continue with gain 0 for now. 

Richard.

On 19/02/2022 at 10:03, Mr Spock said:

Looks great 👍 It's nice to see the whole thing and not just the cone bit.

Thanks Michael, nice to get Hubble's Variable in there too.

22 hours ago, Daniel Karl said:

Love it!

I need to try to get some RGB stars some day ... tried this one from London last night despite the wind.

Thanks Daniel, yours look great.

21 hours ago, DrMike said:

A terrific image, what with the dark dust clouds, H-alpha nebulosity and star clusters. Brilliant!

Thank you Mike.

Managed to get a couple of hours of Ha on this.

You need to give that sensor a good clean, look at all that dust. Stars are great improvement too.

22 hours ago, Sp@ce_d said:

Oh... wow, that is rather nice.. lovely processing. I'm still amazed at what "just" four and a half hours of OSC can reveal these days.. love it 👍

Thanks, glad you like it. Fast optics really help and the Imx571 is a great sensor.

Lovely, second image has a better colour balance.

4 hours ago, mackiedlm said:

Another stunner Richard. You did well getting 4.5 hrs. I was out that night and got 1hr 45.

Thanks, I could've got more but I had to be up for work. I think it stayed clear here until 03:00

Looking great so far. Should be a cracking image when complete.

Nice, great FOV.

15 hours ago, GalaxyGael said:

One of the last two targets on this scope before the 130Ed gets first light.

I'll keep an eye out for that. 

Hi all. The fruits of Friday nights clear sky. This image is the first pane of a planned 3 panel mosaic, hopefully I have time to finish it this year.

4.5 hours rgb in 180 second subs at gain 0 with the Asi2600mc through my Tak Epsilon 160ed, mounted on my AzEq6

I had a little Ha from a few years ago which I added in, unfortunately it didn't cover this FOV so I added it selectively to the cone area mainly.

Processed in APP, PI and PS

Richard.

Added Ha 

Did it stay clear all night? had to get to bet about 01:00 with work this morning. Still one pane of my three panel done.

Looking forward to seeing your results.