First light Atik 16HRC NGC 1274 RE-EDIT

[CELESCOPE]

Ok now guys and gals no laughing , its my first ever go with a one shot colour ,tipical though misty skies and a bright moon close by , but Dave the other senior citizen said get out there and try it ,so i did .

Must say for first effort i was happy , the imaging data is a lot less prolific on the screen,than my usual Ha mono, but this was effected by the moon etc , .

i decided to use the Cls filter with the camera, usual set up Imaged with the ED80 Equinox, guided with the C11 QHY5 guide camera, and PHD guiding .

tried various subs from 15 mins to 25 mins and 30 mins,exposure around 3.5 hours,

The processing is a whole new ball game to me ,and i have alearning curve with this , but glad the blue reflection part of the nebula came out ok ,so folks my first effort , lets hope it improves the next time ,try something a bit more easy and colourfull.

Rog

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this was the first image

[Trevor]

Blimey Rog 30 minute exposures to start with. :shock:

[steppenwolf]

Well, Roger, I ain't laughin' - it is an excellent first light image with the new Atik - you should be pleased with that!

[barkis]

Looks fine to me Rog. except you got it upside down again.

Won't be too long until you are Ace at one shot colour imaging mate. You have the talent.

Ron.

[Beyond_Vision]

Thanks for bringing a bit of colour into my gray miserable night

Superb shot Rog

Regards

Kevin

[MartinB]

Very promising 1st result Rog esp given the conditions. Can't believe you got 3.5 hours. That's more clear sky than I've had all year.

[CELESCOPE]

well as i said Martin , it was,nt very good up there , but felt i wanted to try the camera , even if the results were,nt good , as it happens it was just about ok to show on here, else i would not have bothered posting lol .

Rog

[jgs001]

Roger, That's great. I see the monkey in that one.

[SteveL]

Thats a good image, and braver than me considering the moon washout. I also cant believe you got 3.5 hours... I managed 34 minutes of subs before the clouds rolled over

[MikeD]

Great result Rog, looking forward to a shot under better conditions.

Mike.

[centroid]

If my first 'crack' with a OSC camera had returned an image like that, I'd have been well pleased, and so should you be!!

Even more so, given the sky conditions it was captured under.

Congratulation, a great first result!!!

Dave

[Helen]

That's great Roger!!

I must admit I hanker after colour and have been wondering whether to go LRBG or one-shot. Given I seem to have so few clear skies I'm thinking that at least with a one-shot I'll be able to get something!

Look forward to many more Rog!

Helen

[jcm]

Yep , excellent capture under less than ideal conditions.

Did not bother last night , just too much cloud.

John

[CELESCOPE]

Done a RE-EDIT as i rushed the processing last night , put a bit more noise back in the image and worked on the stars a bit more , think it now looks better

Rog

[SteelRat]

Lookin real good Rog 8)

[CELESCOPE]

Yup looks to do the job Ok mate

cheers

Rog

[MartinB]

Would look good in mono Rog....................... :D

[CELESCOPE]

Now you just listen mate , Grrrrrrr , only joking Martin , i do have amono one ya knows anyway Ron asked for the first process image

Rog

[markcol]

Well done Rog, I'll be very interested to see what further results you get with the 16HRC!

cheers

Mark

[MartinB]

Put your luminance and colour together Rog. Hard work with the small jpegs and the rotation so had to crop the lum a fair bit. Some odd red splodges but think that's down to sloppy alignment.

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[CELESCOPE]

well thats a darn sight better than i could do Martin , i must be doing something wrong ,lost my touch , i was so good at doing that as well , old brain cells i reckon , yes i got those red blotches ,but as you say could be down to bad alignment , its going to be hard doing it i reckon , maybe stick to b/w amd just one shot , lets see how i fair under better conditions may not have to use a lum.

Rog

[qcdougn]

Rog, very nice mate... I envy you with that nice camera. Bring us some more pics please.

Doug

[LostNSpace]

You should be very pleased with those images Rog, they are excellent.

Keep em coming

Mark

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Keep at it Rog. If those are your first go there should be something special around the corner.

Kaptain Klevtsov