rickwayne Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Which is not where I live, but it's where I went to do some imaging -- darkest skies of any national park in the continental USA, they claim. I totally underexposed the Veil, which led to all sorts of processing sins trying to extract some nebulosity. 15 x 120", ISO 1600. And I got weathered out after only a few frames of M42, which was a pity. 7 x 120", ISO 800. But M8 and M20 worked pretty much as planned. 28 x 180", ISO 800. Well, other than when they set and I tried to move to the Veil, the telescope fell out of the saddle, smooshing the guide camera way out of focus. Absurdly lucky that no permanent damage seems to have been done. Everything with a Stellarvue SV70t-IS and its flattener/reducer, iOptron CEM25P, Pentax K5iis, Orion 50mm guidescope and an ASI 120MC-S (at least for the M8/M20 one). Other images from the incredible landscape, critters, and plants from the trip at rickwayne.zenfolio.com/bigbend2018. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruud Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Hi Rick, pleased to meet you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allinthehead Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Hi Rick. Well done and i'm glad your gear surrvived the mishap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo39 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Hi and welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterCPC Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Hello and welcome. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Good effort under what sounds like terrifying conditions! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickwayne Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Here is a WAY better edit of the Lagoon/Trifid data. Apologies if I already posted this, but I don't see it here. Not so much the fuchsia... >;-} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Nice shot - it's difficult to know when processing becomes "painting" and stops being data manipulation - I'm very paranoid about that - but I like both your examples of this object - maybe the first one a bit more? I think the only thing that I notice on the first one is that the surrounding stars and space look a bit red too - and so it's lost that natural feel the second one has. Either way - great work ? David btw - I grew up in Chicago and Watertown, Wisconsin, many is the cloudy night here in the UK I wish I was back under the rural skies of southern Wisconsin ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spock Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Hi Rick, welcome to SGL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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