M33 DSWM First Light

[tomato]

Here is my first proper image taken with an Esprit 150, G2-8300 and Mesu, now residing in their new permanent observatory.

20 x 300 secs L, 4 x 300 secs RGB, total integration time, 2 hrs 40 mins. Calibrated in APP, processed in APP and GIMP.

Based on this, I think my sky is better in Shropshire than North Yorkshire, which is good, as I did try to relocate to a darker location.

Framing is rubbish, and still noisy,  but hopefully bodes well for the dual rig.

Thanks for looking.

 

[DaveS]

Ooh, that's really rather good for such a short integration time on a target with low surface brightness. M33 is harder than people think. Just shows how good your sky is now. Only thing I'd do is rotate the camera by 90 deg, but you know that already.

[Laurin Dave]

Congratulations, all that hard work has paid off and your M33 looks very promising..  tricky on that size chip as it fills it. if I remember correctly sensor 90deg gets it on the diagonal which is convenient for the flip.

Dave

[tomato]

Thanks for the comments.

As soon as I saw the first sub I knew I should rotate the camera but my head was still sore from my encounter with the counter weight (see post in the Astro Lounge) so with that in mind I pressed on with this “test” image.

I will be more rigorous in future, should help when I get SGP up and running which is the next scheduled improvement.

[MartinB]

Absolutely stunning!  M33 is a pig to process and you have done it beautifully.  Superb use of a decent sky!

[carastro]

Lovely M33.

What does DSWM  stand for?

Carole 

[kirkster501]

[ApophisAstros]

1 hour ago, carastro said:

Lovely M33.

What does DSWM  stand for?

Carole 

Dark skies with mates??

Roger

[carastro]

I was thinking Deep Sky West for the first 3 letters, but I think the poster did this from the UK thus the confusion.

Carole 

[ApophisAstros]

6 minutes ago, carastro said:

I was thinking Deep Sky West for the first 3 letters, but I think the poster did this from the UK thus the confusion.

Carole 

Deep sky west midlands..

Roger

[tomato]

7 hours ago, apophisOAS said:

Deep sky west midlands..

Roger

Spot on, a rather pretentious title for my home observatory. New Mexico it isn't, but you couldn't  film Peaky Blinders there.

[tomato]

I have played around to improve the noisy background but now I’ve clipped it a little?

I much prefer data capture, it’s a lot more black and white, if you see what I mean.