Psychobilly Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Well what a night thats turned out to be Putting the Ha Hoover through its paces onthe Megrez 72 FF III Combo - Things settled down after the earlier setup and dew problems and got some sort of rythmn going 2 framing shots (60s at iso 1600) then 12 x300s with 60s intervals between targets so about 80 mins per target all night The forecast sleet didn't arrive and the clouds are only now starting to move in at 4 am but only slowly so hopefully get some data on the last target of the night M42/m3 and ngc1977Just the rough as they come of DSS with very basic processing...Warts and all at this stage...Gamma Cyg Nebula (click to enlarge)IC1396 (click to enlarge)California Nebula (click to enlarge) Flaming Star Nebula - Un-guided (click to enlarge)More to come Later....Billy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobilly Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Got locked out of any more mods so had to post a new reply...Alnitak...With the other goodies.... (click to enlarge)And a HDR style stack of M42/43 and NGC1977 on the go... although the rough won't use that processing...Logsqrt Stretched... (click to enlarge)Coming later ... the HDR treated version...I Wonder how the rosette nebulas coming on....Fianlly beaten by the cloud only one usable frame in 40mins of trying...(click to enlarge) Oh well the longest night for a while and alot of data to work with over the next cloudy nights..Looked at the 5 day and its gone down hill Billy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mik Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Well looks like you had a busy night Billy looking forward to the final edit'sMick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philj Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 A very busy and productive night, theres some cracking stuff there. Your faming star has reminded me, I must have a go at that this season.Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Busy indeed and the best of the bunch is the Orion and Running Man nebulae shot followed very closely by the Horsehead. I envy you that clear night - totally clouded out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobilly Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 I think theres enough in there to pull somethign out in the processing... you know its a cold night when you cant coil up the scope leads to pack them away thermo hit -4C lastnight before cloud rolled in about 4.30 am but using 4 layers includign thermal tracksuit ski suit and then under the opened 4 seasons bag as a duvet it was quite toastie and i managed a total of 2 hours kip longest being 40 mins..whilst on the HHN.I have got 20 40 80 160 and 300 subs to stack and process for the M42.43 NGC1977 shot but lost a load of the longer ones to cloud so hopefully get the trap region out as well...Now for a difficult day in work...Billy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostNSpace Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Hi Billy!!!!Its good to see a few people managed to get out and do some imaging last night......I think we got your share of the bad weather last night, about 2inches of snow in as many hours.......It wasnt cold though, it was bloomin freezing.......You certainly made the most of the clear skies......Some lovely results there....Look forward to seeing the finished results....... Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thing Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Good stuff Billy, like the horsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary1968 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 My you have been busy, and they all look great Billy. Looking forward to the final versions.Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Great work - makes me look very slow indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trudie Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Crikey Billy you were busy, at this rate you'll run out of things to image. Can't wait to see the final results.Trudie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennbech Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'd like to comment on the Flaming star nebula. I've been trying to image it for the last two clear nights. It looks like such a promising target but I find it real hard to get right. I tried 5 minute subs on the 28'th without getting the results I wanted. I think it really needs 6-8 minutes with my 90mm f/5.5 scope, and real good seeing. I should maybe stay up to catch it really high up as well?! It's also a nut in processing I think since you get data in both thr red/blue chanel. My "dirty trick" in Ha nebula processing ( using the red channel for extra luminance ) doesn't work :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobilly Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 I have another dirty trick - when i use data from all the channel's for L Spending more time on the M43/M42 NGC1977 image at teh moment as it has the most to foffer will get round to the rest fairly soon though,Billy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobH Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Cor Billy.....have you duplicated yourself (Channel-Duplicate) You really are getting loads of imaging done....great stuff!!CheersRob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkis Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 You sure are a workhorse Billy, don't you ever sleep?. A great output of popular targets, good stuff mate. Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taff Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Hi Billy' They are all great captures with you very nice details.Taff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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