Horsehead & Flame in Ha

[JohnC64]

Had a bit of a learning experience on this one but finally got there in the end. First time in using a CCD and first time in using an OAG.  Still a lot to get sorted but I am happy with the result so far. Spent most of the night getting set up and getting guiding working so only ended up with 12 * 300s Ha subs before the target went behind a tree. Captured and preprocessed in Nebulosity and then finished the processing  in Pixinsight.  One main advantage of the CCD is not having to do the darks at the same time.

Cheers for looking John

[cosmicdonkey]

Wow there is some amazing detail in this

[Epicycle]

Excellent start with the ccd! (I've found processing ccd images much easier than dslr images when I switched),

cheers

E.

[baggywrinkle]

Very nice. Was this shot around Ely?

Will be living in the area from end of April onwards.

[symesie04]

Some lovely data in there. You must be pleased with the sensitivty?

[JohnC64]

Many thanks for the comments everyone

Epicycle - Yes i was amazed when i first looked at a downloaded sub.  My initial reaction was where is everything. but a quick stretch soon brought out the depth of data that CCD is capable of capturing.

Baggywrinkle - I'm a bit outside of ely in the Fens - so reasonably dark skies.  Ely itself is very light polluted and the local council doesn't implement a lights out policy on the streetlights like suffolk does. so aim for the outskirts if moving here

Symesie04 - The sensitivity is incredible on the ccd and the lack of noise(after coming from 2 years of using a  DLSR) is incredible .

Overall, I am very impressed with the QSI Camera - It will take me some time to get used to everything - especially guiding with an OAG  I was getting a rms of 0.4 when using on the MN190!!  instead of my usual 0.09 when using a finder guider.  The stars still came out round but i suspect that i have a way to go in getting this set up right in PHD.

Cheers John

[Naemeth]

Lovely image John, it just needs more subs .

[JohnC64]

Don't think that the day will come when i say - "Thats enough subs"

Heres a reprocess with a bit more contrast to bring out the details.  Not sure if I've overdone it though

Cheers John

[andyo]

a nice shot and a great start to ccd imaging John

[sologuitarist61]

Nice image John

[Naemeth]

Don't think that the day will come when i say - "Thats enough subs"

Heres a reprocess with a bit more contrast to bring out the details.  Not sure if I've overdone it though

Cheers John

hh-reproc.png

I don't think you have - the extra contrast almost makes up for the "lack" of subs .