20 minutes Rosette

[AKB]

Yet another test in the (long) path towards fettling my Hyperstar, and my first ever image of the Rosette. 

I didn't take very long over capturing this, because it was windy and getting rather cold!

• Hyperstar 9.25" with Baader UFC and IDAS P2 filter
• Avalon M-Uno guided and dithered with Nebulosity
• 10 x 120 seconds (for a total of 20 minutes)
• Lightly processed in PI

I haven't yet got around to supporting the camera cables correctly, so the bright stars show that.  The spacing is still wrong, so the corners are terrible.

Suggestions for improvement very welcome.

 

 

 

[sloz1664]

That is a really good image for only 20 mins. 

Steve

 

[alan potts]

Amazing for 20 minutes, well done.

alan

[WonderStar]

Great image for a 20 min session :-)

 

[PeterCPC]

Agree with the above - for 20 minutes that is really good.

Peter

[AKB]

Thanks for all the encouragement.  I'm having a tough time with flats for the Hyperstar, so that's certainly one area I'll try and improve when I come back and visit this for longer.

[AKB]

I've recently revisited this old data, and nine months on from the original processing, I've had another go (PixInsight, DBE, some masks, and more careful stretching.)

To recap the basics:

• Hyperstar 9.25" with Baader UFC and IDAS P2 filter
• Avalon M-Uno guided and dithered with Nebulosity
• 10 x 120 seconds QHY-8L OSC (for a total of 20 minutes)

Here's the result, which actually makes me feel that the Hyperstar is better than I thought it was (and my processing was worse...)

 

I'm encouraged to give the Hyperstar a further outing to see what this year brings.  As ever, comments welcomed.

[tooth_dr]

Great job. Looks really well now. Quite a result for 20 mins