Andy R

17/07/2021

41 x 30second exposures of The Cygnus Region, Canon 600D, 24mm F2.0 ISO400 - Star Adventurer 20 darks used.

DSS and Photoshop used for editing

2 hours ago, nyda83 said:

8 frames of 30sec each, shoot in Corsica

Fantastic picture, just a wee bit short of the image acquisition dates. 

On 22/07/2021 at 23:26, faulksy said:

been lots of times. the veil unfiltered is ace from there

Could you recommend any quiet locations?

Just finished these targets myself, as yet still unprocessed due to 8 nights of imaging and no sleep. nice capture. 

I’ve had a look, and I agree it does offer more detailed explanations than the manual. I’ll certainly find it useful in the future and on the next imaging session I’ll go through it. Thanks for sharing. 
 

I don’t think the comments after your post we’re in anyway meant as trolling, just people’s opinions, after all this is SGL not CN. 
 

incidentally the website works fine when browsing  on my phone. 

On 20/07/2021 at 21:13, vlaiv said:

Any dust that is far away from focal plane - which really means filters or sensor cover window - won't leave any significant shadow for planetary purpose.

I advocate for doing flats for planetary as well - but most people don't bother. Planet often drifts enough during the recording so that any dust shadow due to particles on camera window will simply be swamped with other regular pixels.

 

Thanks Vlaiv

As the title says is there away of removing dust motes from doing planetary imaging ie AVI recordings during the stacking or any other time. I’ve got the 6se out tonight and set up the cam only to find the corrector plate mirror is covered in black specs😭from adding a red dot finder bracket to it a long time ago. 
I suppose the long term solution would be to do a bit of research and see about removing the corrector plate but er well that’s for another day and a scary thought. 
 

Any help or advise very much appreciated. 
Andy

I started this hobby as a visual astronomer but migrated over to the ‘other side’ as it looked like a technical challenge with computers, wires and fancy acronyms and fantastic images. At the time I thought it would near on impossible to get these from your back garden.  
 

I still however, enjoy nothing more than laying on the bed chair with a pair of bins having a mooch around the Milky Way etc.  It beats obsessively staring at guide graph all night, that’s for sure. 
 

one thing I have noticed this year is the amount of satellites I’m seeing, 3 or 4 at a time crisscrossing each other’s orbits. But I guess that’s for another thread. 

I got to hand it to all, these images are stunning. I would hate to be a judge on this challenge. 

Yes I would recommend it 💯 %. I don’t think I would go back to my laptop unless the ASIAIR went kaput.  I’m not sure on your mount, but I have a HEQ5 pro and I power it separately instead of from the ASIAIR. 

I’m still finding my way round the asi1600 and filters and consider myself still a novice. This was taken last year not long after I had bought it(the weather has been pretty dismal) and was one of my last images until June of this year.

It’s 30  x 2min subs each LRGB gain 200 in bottle 4, and sub length I thought I was pushing it then. The processing is not quite right but I hope to give it another. go cloud permitting.  
try shorter subs at 60 seconds and plenty of them. 
useful link I found helpful:https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/573886-sub-exposure-tables-for-asi-1600-and-maybe-qhy163/

E2a there’s also a Affinity processing book available from FLO (I think) that may prove useful  

Good job, added to my favourites.

16 hours ago, Astro Noodles said:

Sounds to me like they were restless and annoyed and just wanted someone to shout at. It has been impossibly muggy and uncomfortable the last few days.

A camera shutter isn't going to keep someone awake if they are tired. I live on a main road with cars and lorries going by but I sleep OK. I think they are being unreasonable. I certainly wouldn't be buying them a bottle of wine.

Totally agree with Noodles, if anything the neighbour made more noise by shouting out the window. 

Cracking images Paul. 

48 minutes ago, Felias said:

M13 taken last night. A bit washed by the moon, but I had light pollution in the opposite direction, so I had to make do. I also had dew issues (ran out of battery for the dew heater). On top of that, I climbed down the grassy hill to fetch a sandwich from the car and missed the meridian flip, so I lost some subs due to the collision with the tripod and had to readjust everything including the polar alignment. Anyway, as with the image I posted before, taken with a WO Z61 on a Star Adventurer, and a Canon 77D, unmodified. 55 frames (30 s, obviously) for a total of 27.5 minutes. Not too bad for this short exposure, I think; NGC 6207 can be seen as a faint smudge near the cluster.

 

A nights imaging wouldn’t be nights imaging without some kind of calamity.  Nice capture. 

My, how I’ve missed nights like this. 

I bought this last year light weight,  dimable and reasonably priced hasn’t let me down and cheaper to replace than a tablet if dropped outside

Light Pad Copy Board, Drawing Light Pad A4 Ultra Thin Adjustable Brightness LED Light Board for Art Tracing https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GPRGKPY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_ZI4EyXeFf1PyI

The sky is not completely dark yet and there was quite a heavy gradient to contend with but a had a crack anyhow, as I have clear nights.😊

40 x 30 second subs of The Great Rift, 20 Darks

Modified Canon 600D, Sigma  24mm F1.4  @ f2 mounted Star adventurer. ISO400 captured from the back garden. Battery ran out, I was hoping for an hours worth.

Just glad to be imaging after months and months of cloud.

There’s a few campsites on the Llyn peninsular, North Wales. Bortle2 skies. I’ve never been there but I’ve every intention of visiting hopefully for a night or two this August/ September  for some coastal Milky Way nightscapes. Coastal walks on your door step with Snowdonia National Park close by. 

There’s also the sky replacement function you can use. 

quote “Choose Edit > Sky Replacement. The skyarea on the original image is automatically selected and masked, allowing the new skyto be displayed based on your selected options. For a seamless look, adjust the sliders to modify the sky and blend the foreground with the background colors.”

I think “milky way Mike” has a good tutorial. 
 

E2a sorry it’s kamil pekala YouTube channel (quite a hard name to type with autocorrect on as kamikaze petal was what replacement) but Milky Way Mike to pretty good too. 

All the best Martin and thanks for all your help 👏

First and only attempt last year with a modded 600d and Nexstar 6se. I’ll never get bored looking at images of M51. 
 

I never polar aligned last week(it’s been 5 months) and had guiding issues all night, couldn’t figure it out throughout the session until I came to putting the lens caps back on the scopes. Guide scope, telescope, polemaster ah penny dropped. 

Oops missed the closing date, withdrawn. 

Welcome to the AP Rabbit hole and well done 👍.