cardconvict Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Not brilliant, but my first real attempt with the new camera and scope and a refurbished EQ6 Pro. I used a Starlight Xpress Trius 694, EQ6 Pro, RC8 at native focal length and controlled by SGPro and i processed in photoshop. This is a total of 6x600 secs in the luminance channel and personally I would of thought I would of got a lot more data in the picture for that length of exposure. Does this look normal in the luminance channel or am I wright in thinking that there should be more data in the picture. Really look forward to your responses. iris 2.tif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Looks good to me, I think it takes lot's of data to drag the dust out of the background. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel-K Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 looks like it was imaged at its native FL without reducer. it looks fine, the iris is an incredibly tough object that needs long exposures to get above the read noise so your able to pull out the fainter dust. your on the right track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudropb Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Looks nice to me for a first attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
physicus Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Looks about right. I took 12 x 600s of this at f5.5 last night, and still feel the need to double that. And things only get more demanding as you zoom out of this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Monkey Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Nice work I'm working on this and the nearby Ghost right now. It's gonna need a lot of subs from my garden to pull anything of note out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardconvict Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 Thank you all for your kind words. I think I will wait for the focal reducer to come through the post and Starr this one again at F5 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollypenrice Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 41 minutes ago, cardconvict said: Thank you all for your kind words. I think I will wait for the focal reducer to come through the post and Starr this one again at F5 I think. If you do that I'd use the high res data you have here to enhance the wider image. Registar will align and resize in a trice. Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardconvict Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 Ok Olly I will do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnrt Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Looks like a great start Ian with the 8"RC! Not looking like we're going to get much in the way of clear sky tonight though to add to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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