Stuf1978

Nicely done, I shot this last week and had nearly 4 times the integration time you had here and I think you've pulled out more Ha, just goes to show the power of F2.4

Here's mine:

4 minutes ago, Varavall said:

I hope that is backed up 😁

😂😂

36 minutes ago, Varavall said:

Having been an IT consultant for 10 years I can't count the number of times people shout "HELP! my computer has died, how do I get my files back" and my response was "where do you keep your backup?" Invariably I get the reply "what's that". Lots of heartache and tears easily avoided. Take heed 😉

Well I only use the laptop for running my imaging sessions. All captured data is stored elsewhere so it wouldn't be the end of the world 👍

1 hour ago, old_eyes said:

Lovely image. That is such a fantastic area of the sky for widefield imaging. So much going on.

It certainly is a great bit of sky. Thank you 👍

6 minutes ago, Rustang said:

A massive ball ache but Il get there, the plus side is once all set up again everything should run smoother. 

Yep and all will be forgotten 😄

6 minutes ago, Rustang said:

Love it, a really nice deep feel to it. I haven't been bothered myself for a while for a number of reasons, just when I started to get the taste for it again last week my laptop packs up and now I've got to sort every bit of software out again on a new laptop which was such a nightmare first time round, the enthusiasm is back to zero but il get out again soon hopefully. 

Thank you, appreciated.

Ah no, that sounds like a complete ball ache to sort out. That's one thing that does worry me about using my 12 year old laptop to run my imaging sessions. Hope you get it sorted with minimal fuss 👍

Nicely done 👍

Took a step back from imaging for the past 5 months as I've just not felt like it. However I decided to dust the gear off last week and grab a few hours over the full moon when I had a couple of clear nights.  So I give you the crescent nebula in Cygnus. 160 x 3 minute subs with a WO Redcat, ZWO ASI294MC pro, Optolong L-eXtreme on an HEQ5 Pro in my bortle 8 garden. Must admit it was good to be out under the stars again!

Critique welcome 😀

Very rarely venture into this section of the forum and I'm pleased I did. That is stunning, great work  

Another one for the 130 and 294MC pro combo. Just over 5 hours of 2 minute subs.

That's absolutely spectacular, very very nice work

A hard won 5 hours 40 minutes worth of data collected over the last couple of weeks. SW 130 PDS, ZWO ASI 294MC Pro, Bortle 8 

Critique welcome (core could probably do with some work)

Added a bit more data to the above M42 for a total integration of 5 hr 40 mins. Time to move onto something else

6 minutes ago, DrMike said:

Brilliant, and quite beautiful.  

Thank you. More time added to this will hopefully bring out more of the detail in the dust that surrounds the main structure of the nebula instead of it looking like a murky brown background 😃

A quick M42 with the 130 and 294MC pro. Still needs more integration time but it's coming along.

20x15 seconds for the core

102 x 120 seconds 

Very nicely done

Thanks chaps, appreciated  

What with the weather being absolutely awful lately I decided to look at some old data from last year. This was taken from my bortle 8 garden using a WO Redcat, ZWO ASI 294MC Pro and Optolong L-eXtreme. Total integration was 6 hours. Can't wait for the return of Cygnus

25 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

It's beautiful!

Thanks, appreciated 👍 

14 minutes ago, Mr Spock said:

Looks really good 👍

Thanks 😀 

15 minutes ago, mackiedlm said:

That's a beauty! Great star colors and balanced nebulosity

Thank you 👍

I managed to grab 3 hours worth of 2 minute subs on M45 on Friday night using my SW72ED and 294MC pro. I combined this with 3.5 hours worth of data from the same scope with my Canon 80d I shot last winter. This is the first time I've combined data from two different sized camera sensors with different fields of view so I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out 😃

All shot in my bortle 8 garden 

Finally some clear skies on wednesday night allowed me to grab 48 x 5 minute subs on the rosette. Captured with a SW 72ED, ZWO ASI294MC Pro using an Optolong L-eXtreme. Processed in Siril and Photoshop.

Critique welcome

Absolutely stunning, great work  

I seen the Heart and Soul plus double cluster image over on Astrobin and it really is rather nice, great work