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Iris and Ghost, TEC140 (mostly).

ollypenrice

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ollypenrice

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First, thanks to Magnum and friends for permission to use the data we captured here using the TEC140 and Tak FSQ106 /11meg. Also thanks to Tom for the use of his Tak rig. In this version I have used a rare old assortment of data as well. Here goes.

TEC140, Atik 11000; LRGB.

TEC140, Atik 4000, Ghost only. LRGB.

Altair Astro I15, Atik 4000 OSC, Iris only.

Takahashi FSQ106, RGB.

This lot comes to over 40 hours. I've put it upside down because the little praying figures around the Ghost have to be seen to be believed. Should we start an internet kerfuffle, 'Aliens waving from space?' I know the one on the left is Elvis. NASA have him in the Hubble but there's been a cover up.

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Big one; http://ollypenrice.smugmug.com/Other/Best-of-Les-Granges/22435624_WLMPTM#!i=2795659500&k=L8kQcbB&lb=1&s=O

Olly

Edit; Registar, of course, did the bolting together, then the joints were polished smooth in Photoshop.

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ollypenrice

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Nice image Olly with lots of very yummy dust , and beutifully coloured stars.

Do I detect a hint of noise in the Iris dust (on the big image)?

Dave

Indeed there is, Dave. Where the old Iris data didn't fully overlap the newer set from the 11 meg there isn't enough sigal to stretch as hard as where they do overlap. However, I decided to put up with it since the most interesting parts of the Iris are smooth. At some point it would be nice to extend the image a little to the left of the Iris, just to see it fit in uncropped. This would allow me to lose the noise in a natural way as well. This stuff is so faint that you need to strech like crazy to get anywhere with it.

Olly

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The scale of this is just lovely.

It would be nice if I could somehow block the readout clock pulses to my retinas for half an hour, while moving my head at exactly 15 arcs secs per second.

Then I might be able to see a view like this through my binos!

Hats off to Olly and his data acquisition team.

Jack

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I haven't commented on this excellent image just yet. It is absolutely stunning and very well processed. It has, however, convinced me that I do not necessarily need to fork out for a TEC160; the 140 will do ;)

On the "Things to obtain" list...

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