M27 - First Light

[RichieJarvis]

Wow! I've just taken my first 5 minute exposure with my SXV-H9 of M27. I can't believe the detail that comes out of this thing.

Very Happy,

I'll share more as I capture.

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Cheers,

Richie

[RichieJarvis]

Clouds have just rolled in - but not before I managed to get the RGB data as well.

300 secs Luminance, followed by 100 secs of RGB.

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[barkis]

No wonder you're happy. Looking very good.

Looking ahead to more good stuff.

Ron.

[RichieJarvis]

Thanks I've just flattened out the background as well...

This camera and setup is alot easier to use than my old LX200R. Guiding is easy, setup is easy with the EQMOD on the EQ6, imaging is alot easier with the SXV-H9 and guidehead. I just wish the hadn't rolled in

Oh - btw - does anyone know what would cause the red channel to be quite so, erm, bright? I know these cameras are supposed to be very red sensitive, but I did tweak down the red channel by 20% when combining. I'd really like to be able to get reasonably true colour stars - but alot of the dimmer ones seem very red - thoughts anyone?

Have a look now:

[markcol]

Nice shot Richie! (Envy you guys who managed to get some imaging done tonight!)

Will be interested to see how you get on with the SXV-H9 as I've got one coming next week.

Mark

[winfij]

Oh - btw - does anyone know what would cause the red channel to be quite so, erm, bright? I know these cameras are supposed to be very red sensitive, but I did tweak down the red channel by 20% when combining. I'd really like to be able to get reasonably true colour stars - but alot of the dimmer ones seem very red - thoughts anyone?

Hi Richie,

Don't worry - there are indeed a lot of dim red stars in that fov, it looks like you've captured them nicely.

John

[RichieJarvis]

Whew! At least I am not going mad then...

Need to learn how to drift align now methinks!

[Sam]

That's a very nice image Richie - you've also captured a huge amount of stars!