First session in 2020

[barkingsteve]

Finally a clear (ish) cold night, managed to get a couple of hours in before the cold beat me. 130 pds on evo mount, 294mc pro with altair tri-band filter. All images at 20 second frames with 150 gain and saved as viewed in sharpcap, lightly processed in photoshop.

 

M1 ( crab nebula ) 26 frames

 

double cluster in Perseus 20 frames

 

Barnard 33 (Horsehead nebula) 25 frames

 

M42 ( orion nebula )  20 frames

 

NGC 2359 ( thor's helmet ) 29 frames

 

Caldwell 49 ( rosette nebula )  30 frames

[Mike JW]

Great to see what can be achieved. Mike

[Michael Hogan]

Is your ASI294 a Pro aka cooled CCD you have hot pixels

[barkingsteve]

Hi Michael,  yes it is. I had done a new set of master darks that night, looks like i will have to do a new set 😕  something went wrong somewhere  

Edited January 21, 2020 by barkingsteve

[RobertI]

Lovely set of captures, some fine detail and colour coming through. What s/w did you use for live viewing? Is the Evo mount the Celestron one that normally comes with SCTs? (I can’t see your sig on my mobile phone!)

[Vulisha]

Love your work, what wonders could you make if you had weather like me(40 cloudless nights straight). Diffraction spikes on stars are great. 

[barkingsteve]

On 23/01/2020 at 07:55, RobertI said:

Lovely set of captures, some fine detail and colour coming through. What s/w did you use for live viewing? Is the Evo mount the Celestron one that normally comes with SCTs? (I can’t see your sig on my mobile phone!)

HiRobertl, it was with sharpcap pro and yes the evolution mount. With the built in battery, wifi and 3 star alignment it makes eaa a breeze  except when you cock up the master darks/flats 😕 i do still need to sort out a sig  

 

On 23/01/2020 at 11:09, Vulisha said:

Love your work, what wonders could you make if you had weather like me(40 cloudless nights straight). Diffraction spikes on stars are great. 

Thank you Vulisha, yes i think i have had about 4 cloudless nights in the last 40 days perhaps when i retire ( in the next decade or so  )  i will be able to take advantage of every clear night