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Hi and welcome to SGL- Used to live in Buckingham before moving over to Spain........ quite a bit of light pollution there I would think? The book is a good recommendation, it is really useful and will really help you  

I've just been doing some cross referencing between catalogues..... They're not very accurate in some places, so not sure what should be believed.

7 minutes ago, coatesg said:

Let us know if you hit a block and we'll see if we can work round it! The catalogues aren't always consistent, and that can cause a hiccup or two.

How did you get the diameters on the LDN catalogue as I can't see it in Vizier ?

@coatesg - Mmmm... I've come up with some interesting quirks!!! But I hope I can work around them somehow

Wow! This is a great post!! Thank you! I'm going to give it a go and see how it works. I can get the PI annotating to work, it's the catalogues that have me scratching my head...... I'll report back  

Looking good - This sensor is considered old in the tooth and has it's doubters if you read the internet, but I love it and think that there is plenty of mileage left in it yet ....... I'm sure you'll love this camera!!!  

I'd be interested to know if the 'gunk' on the inner side of the blue green glass also finds its way onto the other little red filter on the other side of the diagonal? To that end I'm sending ours off to Germany for a service and check.

10 minutes ago, RayD said:

Nice, Sara.  They are really good piers and if it's for your EQ8, a perfect match 

It certainly is Ray - The tripod was just taking up too much room and I kept kicking it!!

11 minutes ago, Alan White said:

Nice parcel, will we see an unwrapped version soon Sara?

All unwrapped and awaiting fixing...... Need a cooler morning to do that work!

7 minutes ago, Davey-T said:

Take ages to get all that parcel tape off 

Dave

Husband did it - Didn't take too long as it goes!!

I'm afraid it's not a bird bath!! I already have one of those.... @RayD is spot on...... an Altair Astro pier   Second hand of course!!!

This rather heavy 45kg parcel was delivered to me today.......

Nice one James - This is coming on nicely  

What a timely post for me..... I've just determined that the blocking filter lens is my issue. I've emailed Lunt and I'll see what they say  

AAG cloudwatcher and Solo from Lunatico Astronomia  The pole is on the wall already and just need to sit down and get it up...... currently getting the dual rig into the obs, so my time is taken!!! 

This is coming on really nicely Kev  Love watching the progress ??

Such a massive difference ......... Clearly a very beneficial addition to your imaging software  

11 hours ago, Astrokev said:

Thanks Sara, that's very kind.

I've been following your obsy rebuild with great interest. I'm envious of the skies you have out there in Spain - and of course, of your excellent images!

Kev

Cheers Kev..... as it stands right now, my observatory roof was completed a week ago and I've been in the UK since then..... I've not even seen it yet ??

A very nice build indeed.... I do enjoy looking at these despite, sadly, having zero skills of my own. It's really taking shape now ????

Thanks Ajay......

If anyone is interested to see the final version it is on my website here

Thanks guys!!! I appreciate you looking and taking the time to comment, especially as I was so unsure on the colour combination

Thanks Gav for your comments........ Yes, the mosaic will be finished next season!!! 

13 hours ago, groberts said:

.....Can't see why you'd not be happy with this Sara, it is fantastic!    

It is the colour palette that I am uncomfortable with!!

13 hours ago, AngryDonkey said:

Hi Sara,

Also love the colour! Somehow looks more natural then the usual palette. How did you assign the narrowband data to the colours?

The assignment was the usual for HST images...... SHO - SII red, Ha Green and OIII Blue

Thanks guys for the positive comments especially as this is a colour palette that I would never normally use.  

Thanks to you all for your comments - I think this has spurred me on to continue with this project in the next season as was originally planned  Lets see how big a mosaic can be done!!

18 hours ago, Jkulin said:

....... you could earn a lot of money from that" So there you go....go and earn :-)

Thanks!! Sadly I've not found that to be the case with astro photos  

Thanks @tomato and @ultranova 

@steppenwolf - Cheers Steve - I think it's fixed now...... I really should have realised that I'd done nothing to the flame and that it was lacking

Thanks guys for your comments... The flame has been titivated a little. I didn't realise how soft it was compared to the rest of the image. I had clearly neglected it!!!