My first real attempt at a DSO

[narrowbandpaul]

hello everyone

this is my first real attempt at a DSO...NGC7000 North American Nebula. It was taken this time last year. Captured and processed with ImagesPlus 2.82. WO ZS66 on an EQ6 with an unmodded 300D. 20x 2.5 mins. A bit of LP though

Hope you enjoy

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[Naz]

Plenty of stars in there Paul, maybe one of the experienced processors will be along soon and give it a tweak for you. Look forward to seeing more of your work.

Archie

[narrowbandpaul]

I worked at the uni last year doing a summer project with NGC2403. We had the use of a 16" LX200 and a unmodded 350D.

I pesent some of the images

First, M27 with some additional Ha data acquired using my Ha filter

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Douglas came over for a night and brought his SXV H9, which we use today. We captured this M92 last year also

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Hope you enjoy

Paul

[narrowbandpaul]

i have had a go at reprocessing the north american

It looks at bit better, still had to crop due to flattener issues

[narrowbandpaul]

here it is

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or with red =blue+green to eliminate the noisy red channel

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hope you enjoy, comments welcome

Paul

[MikeP]

I'm not experienced enough to comment, but that does not stop me liking it. Very pretty.

You mentioned the light pollution - where did you image from? Not Bridge of Allan I guess.

Mike

[narrowbandpaul]

you know Bridge of Allan?, it does have some light pollution.

it was taken from Doune.

One of the best places locally is the David Stirling Memorial, do you know it?

Thanks for the compliment

Paul

[MikeP]

Paul,

An ex-colleague of mine lives there. Sounds like a nice place. I gather you are getting the odd professional footballer or two moving in.

Closest I've been is on my way up to the east coast golf courses (I'm better at golf than I am at imaging). Next time I'm up that way, I'll probably try and visit my colleague and see what the place is like.

Mike

[narrowbandpaul]

how did u know I lived in bridge of allan. It is a lovely place. I used to know colin hendry's son (kyle) quite well. We used to play football. terry Butcher used to own a hotel in BOA.

What handicap do you play off?

Paul

[MikeP]

Bridge of Allan is in your profile. Current handicap is 12 - shows how bad an imager I am.

Mike

[narrowbandpaul]

oh i didnt realise...no harm done.

I prefer imaging, golf is more stressful

Paul

[MartinB]

Nice images Paul and I like the re edit of NA neb. I don't know how many subs you used for the dumbell but if you had a few ImagesPlus has good stacking rejection filters which would remove the hot pixels. ImagesPlus also has a great LucyRichardson deconvolution routine which might work well on the glob

[narrowbandpaul]

we took darks and flats, I dont know why we still had hot pixels...what tool do u use in IP to get rid of them. We used around 20 subs for L and 10 for Ha..or there abouts

Paul

[MartinB]

Use a median filter for stacking or better still sigma rejection

[barkis]

I notice there is a red cast all over the M27 Image above. Would that be down to the Ha filter then.? Or is there another reason.?

Ron.

[narrowbandpaul]

i reckon its the filter, but it could be the downright poor quality in the 16" meade they have got.