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PESKYWAABBIT

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    1960's space race, astrophotography, philately (space race thematic), board games and computer games. Love going to Santapod Raceway and love old American cars and trucks. Anything with a V8 in it.
    Into my metal music, various genres.
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  1. Not really visited this target since 2017, and it really helps me see how far I've come in terms of acquisition of data, my equipment and also my processing. Very proud moment.

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  2. PESKYWAABBIT

    PESKYWAABBITS DSO's

    Just a small album of my DSO's as I slowly improve my astrohophotography technique!
  3. Caught the IC-1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula the other week and the processing came out good I think. DSS and Photoshop used only. Making progress! Excited for the astro capture season!

     

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  4. Finally succeeded in capturing in narrowband and colouring a DSO in the Hubble Palette. Finally after nearly 7 years of progress I've been able to do it. Feels amazing. 😊

     

  5. These are all amazing. I am shocked how lovely and powerful each of the images are. Must try this myself.
  6. Lovely photo mate. Keep these up. You've probably learnt loads ready for the next comet!
  7. Haha brilliant! I've been doing astrophotography for 7 years or so now but only just delved into mono CMOS imagery with filters. Had this book on my wishlist for a few years and only started reading it the other day to just maybe help me with my mindset or any hints and tips I didn't already know. It's funny how accurate the book claims the path of discovery is in the astrophotography world is. Camera on tripod > DSLR > astro modified DSLR > dedicated CMOS Astro cam. I found I was reading through my past discoveries completely! Brilliant book so far.
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    PESKYWAABBITS Not so DSO pics

    Pics that aren't DSO's.
  9. Thanks! I've just had a look around and found it's apparently to do with me stretching the data a bit too much from the short amount total of light exposures I do have. I best keep an eye on this for next time!
  10. I have now upgraded from a DSLR to a dedicated ASI1600MM with filter wheel. L, R, G, B, SII, Ha and OIII. What imaging program would you guys recommend to start using, I used to use Backyard Eos but that's now out of the question. What frame types would I be needing for each filter/sub? Light, flat, dark and bias frames for each of the above filters? What combination of filters should I be using? Should it just be L, R, G and B together in one stacked image. Or L, SII, Ha, and OIII in a stacked image? What are the rules? Any help is much appreciated and cannot wait to step up using a dedicated camera
  11. Just delving into mono filter astrophotography and recently got the ASI1600mm EFW set and I am yet to image with it just yet, just sorting out my balancing and dew heaters so it's all ready to go. I image usually with my DSLR from a nearby laptop. So I'm curious, I see some people using a powered USB hub to power all their items but also I've seen lots of people use the ASIAIR pro. Is the ASIAIR for controlling their scope from a Wi-Fi Android device primarily with the ASIAIR App, or can it also act as a glorified USB powered hub for a PC to operate from also? I would like to control my ASI1600mm, EFW, guide scope and dew heater strips from a device with my nearby laptop and maybe the flexibility of taking my setup to a field without worrying about a PC would be nice but not what I'm currently looking for. Or is it basically solely a solution for you to image whilst in a field without a laptop/computer? Basically, do I go power USB hub, or an ASIAIR PRO if that's recommended? Sorry if that's confusing, thanks in advanced for any responses.
  12. Thanks guys, with those recommendations I bought the 1.25" filter bundle, probably the largest purchase after a car I've ever made. I hope this is worth it, sorry for the cloud cover! 😂☁️
  13. Hey there guys, I recently tried out my SW Skymax 127 and found that I couldn't balance the scope on the 3rd axis. I was able to balance it in RA however as the 127 has an offset hotshoe and a fixed dovetail, with all my gear such as a finder scope and a guide scope, the DEC axis would also slump down and my HEQ5 wasn't happy with it guiding. Any ideas of what I could to balance in the 3rd axis? I see FLO sell a ADM Dovetail Side Mounting Counterweight Kit 'D' Series, but that only fits D series dovetails, and my fixed SW dovetail is a V series. Anyone else got some recommendations for a product that helps with counterbalancing with all the gear being on mainly one side of the scope? Cheers! Here is a better example of what I mean: Tom
  14. Really like this Russ, can really see the different colours and temperatures of the stars I was talking to you about on Saturday.
  15. I have been imaging for years on a cheap DSLR and have made the decision to jump up to a dedicated CMOS camera. I have just acquired an SW ED80 and soon to get an ED80 0.85x focal reducer. The camera I'm looking at getting is the ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro and I'm curious which filter sizes I would need in the filter wheel to get to make sure I don't get any vignetting or at least the minimum I can. The options on FLO seem to be either: 1.25", 31mm or 36mm. Any thoughts are much appreciated
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