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Just amazing image with so much detail. A cracker.

+1 I have stayed at this site and it offers excellent dark skies, loverly facilities and an abundance of daytime walks.

Just wonderful and exceptional attention to detail.

Thanks Peter and Simmo for your kind words.

I process using Pixinsight. For my NB data I use mostly the following sequence : WBPP, (ABEorDBE), RC-BXT&NXT Ha only, NXT Sii and Oiii, PixelMath to combine, (ABEorDBE), GHS, RC-StarX, Colour Masks with Curves Transformation, LHE, CT, Dark Structure Enhance, CT with star image, PixelMath combine starless-stars, CT. With NB it’s just fun to experiment and try out different combinations, undoubtedly the RC tools has simplified some of the old processes.

Just wonderful. It’s amazing how software advances now allow so much more information to be extracted from the data set.

Wonderful image with so much to explore. Hope to see a colour rendition.

Finally captured some data when sky opened for 2 short windows this last week. Taken with the TAK150/QHY268M using 3nm Antlia SHO filters. The data consists of 16xHa, 10xOiii and 12xSii all at 300secs.

Yes. Looking forward to imaging with the beast and will try it out visually when I swap out the setup from reducer for straight flattener. How’s Stamford, I went to Casterton College.

Big daddy supporting baby Tak. Bring on clear, dark skies please.

Principally being an Imager I find this statement disappointing. It implies imagers don’t achieve a personal experience which is rubbish. Every time I capture my first image of a new target I am in awe of the beauty and amazed at the DSO’s detail. Then with Narrowband my experience is enhanced as each specific filter captures different elements of the targets. During post processing I can clean the data and enhance different components with the image to expose the fine structural interaction.

The setup consists of a Mesu200 mount with CFF RC and refractor fitted with the usual imaging automation ancillaries.

Early this year I captured, “back to bed” after a long night. Interestingly this thread started the year I took up Astronomy.

Enjoyed reading the article, thanks for posting.

The extra contrast work a treat, a very nice image.

Hi, The 36mm filters work fine with the 2600 APSC sensor and will utilise your ZWO Filter wheel as you suggest. Currently I use Chroma, Astronomik and Antlia in my IMX455, 571 and CCD sensor cameras, specifically Astronomik and Antlia for SHO filters. Chroma SHO filters are expensive whereas Astronomik 6nm and Antlia 3nm sets, both are reasonably priced, fine filters that produce excellent results. The Astronomik’ come with plastic edges which is great, whereas the Antlia filters are painted and you have to be very careful when cleaning not to wipe the edges. I have experienced filter edge light leakage with my Antlia filters that necessitated the fitting of filter masks in my QHY and ZWO filter wheels, once fitted they worked fine. Both sets have enabled me to continue imaging right up to near full moon skies, with a minimum 30 degree separation. I would recommend either Antlia 3nm or Astronomik 6nm, though I prefer the Antlia’s.

Given members are expected to contribute to a possible solution, it would be helpful if the committee could specify the minimum requirements for an acceptable site to support future events. Otherwise I suspect the parrot is no more.

It would help if you could quantify what constitutes an acceptable weight of equipment and what level of AP; lucky imaging using mobile phone connected to eyepiece, non-cooled camera replacing eyepiece with some form of live stacking or cooled camera with long exposures?

Hi Claire, welcome back to the forum. I look forward to seeing some of your images.

Hi and welcome to the forum and UK.

Thanks Neil, unfortunately I don’t do the social media sites.

Was hoping for an operation but it has now been cancelled for some time, so I am now available to attend. Sadly there are no pitches available, looking for an EHU pitch, please advise if you have one available that is no longer required. Thanks, Martin

Good luck with that one. Welcome to the site, will the enhancements be for improved observing or future imaging?

It’s not so much a VHS/beta issue, just that CMOS sensors are better suited to quick lucky imaging in the UK, where imaging quality nights are a rarity especially this year. I still have a couple of CCD cameras, but most are now CMOS. The transfer was not cheap, as has been pointed out the price for CCD units plummeted offering little offset to buying new IMX571/455 units. Was it worth it, hell yes for me.

Signed. Good luck