A Moonlit Bode's Galaxy

[stevewanstall]

This was taken under a 90% full moon , so there was a fairly bright sky. I also lost a lot of subs when the fog developed around 4a.m.
The image was taken at:
Gain 139
Offset 21
Exposures:
Luminance 114s x 65 binned 1 x1
Red, Green and Blue  114s x 24 binned 2x2
Calibration frames: Darks, Flats and Dark Flats.
PHD2 Dithering
Equipment: Celestron 9.25 XLT at F10,  Skywatcher EQ6 Pro GEM, ZWO 1600MM Pro, ZWO EFW with ZWO LRGB filters, QHY5IIC guide camera

 

Problems: Moon, not enough subs, overprocessed?

But here it is anyway:

[geoflewis]

Well done Steve, that really shows what is possible. I haven't done any imaging the last few nights due to the Moon, so maybe I've missed a trick.....

[Brian28]

That looks a lot like mine ..a bit soft and hard to extract any real detail ..

bloody moon 😂

Edited April 7, 2020 by Brian28

[stevewanstall]

Thanks guys. That moon.... I should buy a power mate and make more of it!

[StargeezerTim]

Well done!

I got myself an Ha filter a couple of years so tend to use that when the moon is bright...