M106, 6hrs + with dslr.

[MARS1960]

Inspired by Stargeezer Tim' M106 and friends i decided to give it a shot.

So here is my M106 and friends.

This is a total of 6hrs 10mins of varying length subs taken over three nights.

 

 

[gonzostar]

Brill picture. Which DSLR did you use?

[MARS1960]

2 minutes ago, gonzostar said:

Brill picture. Which DSLR did you use?

Thanks gonzostar.

I used my Modded 600D.

[gonzostar]

Now  i thinking of moding my 450d DSLR. 6 hours of sub frames is some going. How long was your longest sub, and what processing software dis you use?

[MARS1960]

4 minutes ago, gonzostar said:

Now  i thinking of moding my 450d DSLR. 6 hours of sub frames is some going. How long was your longest sub, and what processing software dis you use?

The longest subs were 6 x 15mins. I used pixinsight for processing but stacked in DSS, i also used 30 flat frames and 20 bias frames, also i just ran SCNR on it as it looked a tad green.

[Star101]

Very nice image. 

Good detail too

Thanks for posting.

[MARS1960]

2 minutes ago, Star101 said:

Very nice image. 

Good detail too

Thanks for posting.

Thanks. 

[PatrickGilliland]

I like it, for me it's a little too blue but that aside a nice al round image

[MARS1960]

2 hours ago, PatrickGilliland said:

I like it, for me it's a little too blue but that aside a nice al round image

Thanks Paddy.

 

[ollypenrice]

A bit too blue, as Paddy says, but a good M106. Why use different length subs? I'm going to argue that only one of those sub lengths could have been optimal and then I'm going to bet that it was the longest. What was saturated in your longest subs?

Olly

 

[MARS1960]

12 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

A bit too blue, as Paddy says, but a good M106. Why use different length subs? I'm going to argue that only one of those sub lengths could have been optimal and then I'm going to bet that it was the longest. What was saturated in your longest subs?

Olly

 

I agree, a bit too blue, a reprocess is on the cards, with a couple more instances i have learn't from inside PI.

The reason for the varying sub length was to achieve the longest integration time, i started 30mins before it was as "dark" and finished 30mins after "dark" but i wanted to keep at ISO 800 as this seems to be my optimum ISO. If that makes sense, not sure it does but thats what i did .