Stuf1978

Outstanding 😍

Looks great 👍

Last night was the best forecast for as long as I can remember and I managed to grab a solid 6.5 hours worth of subs on the heart nebula. Details were as follows:

WO Redcat V 1.5, ZWO ASI294MC Pro, Optolong L-eXtreme, SW HEQ5 Pro, SW 50ED Guidescope, ZWO ASI120MM guide camera

76 x 300 second subs stacked in Siril and processed in photoshop

Critique welcome

Just lovely, great work  

2 hours ago, MartinB said:

That looks great, 3 hours well spent!

Thank you 😁

4 hours ago, simmo39 said:

That looks good!

Thanks

Despite the awful weather of late I managed to grab 35 x 300 subs on the Soul Nebula last week, relatively happy with the outcome despite the short integration time. Still a lot of noise in the image but hey ho

Skywatcher Evostar 72ED
OVL Field Flattener
ZWO ASI294MC PRO @ unity gain, -10°C
Optolong L-eXtreme Filter
Skywatcher 50ED guidescope
ZWOASI120MM guide camera
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
APT/Stellarium/PHD2/EQMOD
Stacked in Siril and processed in Photoshop

Bortle 8

Critique welcome

10 minutes ago, BrendanC said:

That's what I do too, although I've also taken my flats with the dew shield in place and it made no difference.

@Stuf1978 Great Pacman shot btw. What camera did you use?

 

Thanks, I used a ZWO ASI294MC Pro with an Optolong L-eXtreme filter. It could do with way more data if I'm honest but getting any imaging in with the way the weather is at the minute is a bonus. 

3 hours ago, Clarkey said:

I have read that you should leave everything in place to take the flats (including the dew shield). However, I always remove the dew shield and rest the screen on the OTA pointing towards the zenith. Never had any issues doing it this way.

Thanks, that's exactly what I did. I may try shooting the flats again and see what result I get 👍

Managed to grab 3.5 hours on the pacman nebula on Wednesday with the 130. Flats haven't corrected properly so this is something I'm going to have to look into. I shot the lights using a home made dew shield which I removed to take the flats. Would this make a difference? I'm assuming not? 

Nicely done on a pretty dim target. I don't think I've had 28 hours of clear skies in the North east in the past 6 months 😂

Absolutely beautiful 😍 

Wow, you really have these dusty images nailed.... great work  

That's lovely, great work  

Very nicely done 👍

43 minutes ago, MartinB said:

Wow!  That is amazing from a Bortle 8 sky

Thanks, hopefully get to add some more data to it at some point 😀

Lovely work 😎

Just beautiful 😍

17 minutes ago, callisto said:

Ooh that's nice 

 

Mark

Thanks 😀

Perpetual cloud for what seems like months is starting to get me down, but a surprise gap in the cloud on sunday (despite clear outside predicting 100% cloud cover) allowed me to grab a couple of hours of imaging time so I decided to shoot something big and bright. Managed to grab 43 x 3 minute subs using my Redcat and 294MC Pro. Reasonably happy for just over 2 hours from my bortle 8 garden. Normal service of 100% cloud cover has since resumed!

Very nicely done 👍

The power of F2, nicely done  

5 minutes ago, scitmon said:

out of curiousity, what capture software did you use?

APT

3 hours ago, AstroNebulee said:

Thank you vineyard for your help. So basically I need the 21 and 16.5mm spacers. I have emailed flo to check with threads whether M42 or 48 as they've the spacers in stock atm. The camera was to good to pass up. 

I've got that exact same combo and yes, camera the 21 and 16.5mm spacers and then the FF. You'll need an M42/48 adaptor for the spacers to the field flattener but you'll get one with the camera  

I have a 294MC Pro and for what it's worth I took my darks off the scope with the camera cap on plus a layer of foil. I just matched the temp, gain and offset of my lights and I've never had an issue calibrating out the amp glow