NGC3576

[Brian28]

As the weather  hasn’t been  good for the last few months and imaging sessions almost non existent , I’ve been reprocessing some old data , trying to get my head around  PixInsight , with some pleasing results .. However ...  I have been wanting to try some remote imaging ..  firstly to Obtain data from a target you just can’t image in my location in the Northern hemisphere and secondly to process some nice subs for a change 😉. 

This image was taken with a Planewave CDK24” telescope and FLI ProLine PL9000 CCD a Camera  with Astrodon filters on 3 nights this month down in Chile..  .  The camera , telescope and mount  alone cost £95,000  😂😂 , that’s without all the other ancillaries that we all know about .. 

So :- 

4 x 600 sec Ha 

3 x 600 sec OIII

4 x 600 sec SII 

all the Raw data was downloaded and processed firstly with PixInsight, which didn’t remove some calibration issues .. obviously I’m doing something wrong 🤔..  so I reprocessed the raw data in APP which spat out 3 nice stacked and calibrated subs ..  🤗

I then took them into PixInsight and then into PS ..  For post processing ..  

I have 2 versions ..   one processed as Ha , OIII , SII ...   and the other Hubble pallet.. SII , Ha ,OIII .. 

PS ...  as much as I liked the Remote experience ,the data And the resulting pics , it’s not the same as having your own equipment 👍

 

 

Edited April 18, 2020 by Brian28

[Star101]

Very nice Brian. I was wondering how you got such good data from so few subs...Now I know !

Yeah, I agree on remote imaging. I used a iTelescope setup that I priced up at around £50k. Way out of my price bracket lol. But fun to use

 

[Brian28]

1 minute ago, Star101 said:

Very nice Brian. I was wondering how you got such good data from so few subs...Now I know !

Yeah, I agree on remote imaging. I used a iTelescope setup that I priced up at around £50k. Way out of my price bracket lol. But fun to use

 

Yes the equipment used is mind blowing .. the whole remote experience was quite good tbh .. though not cheap , but they had a special deal on a few weeks back where the credits were half price .. 

[Tom OD]

Very dramatic. It looks like a surfer to me.

Tom

[Star101]

18 minutes ago, Brian28 said:

Yes the equipment used is mind blowing .. the whole remote experience was quite good tbh .. though not cheap , but they had a special deal on a few weeks back where the credits were half price .. 

I also agree on the - not the same - Having my own ror shed with scope, I found myself tinkering and imaging at home and not putting time away for remote imaging. So much so, I've accumulated quite a lot in imaging time credit. I have suspended my account for now. But hey, Astro Dark is becoming limited here...So...remote is still a, nice to have, option :) 

[MarkAR]

Forget Hubble, that first image is a killer. I think that is stunning.

37 minutes ago, Brian28 said:

telescope and mount  alone cost £95,000

I'll have a word with the Mrs see if its within budget. 🤣

[alan potts]

It is indeed a stunning photo and I don't have an issue with what you have done at all, some do. Personally I prefer to be outside and with the action, or lack of it.

Alan

[Brian28]

2 hours ago, alan potts said:

It is indeed a stunning photo and I don't have an issue with what you have done at all, some do. Personally I prefer to be outside and with the action, or lack of it.

Alan

Hi Alan ... I couldn’t agree more.👍 there’s nothing like using your own equipment and the satisfaction that brings .. .. though as I said it’s a target not obtainable from my location and it was much cheaper than the air fair to Chile 😉

Edited April 18, 2020 by Brian28

[alan potts]

1 hour ago, Brian28 said:

Hi Alan ... I couldn’t agree more.👍 there’s nothing like using your own equipment and the satisfaction that brings .. .. though as I said it’s a target not obtainable from my location and it was much cheaper than the air fair to Chile 😉

Lovely target it is too Brian, I can get one or two more down here that are really beyond may in the Uk, but there are some in Scorpios that even I can't get as they only get about 6-7 degree high.

Alan

[Datalord]

Damn, that is well done! 

I'm so torn about this thing. I have my e-Eye setup, for which I did everything myself and I'm very proud of my images for that reason.

But on the other hand, there is a lot to be said for being able to shoot whenever you want from all over the globe. Telescope as a Service will become bigger.