Jkulin Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 I have seen very few images of this subject, most seem to be with M106, I did think about taking it in portrait mode, but I rather liked the way the stars danced across the screen. I have learnt some new techniques which have helped immensely and I am rather pleased how this has turned out. Again, taken with my GSO/Altair 10" RC Truss, iOptron 120EC, Moravian G2-8300, Pegasus UPB, Chroma 2" Filters, more details here: - https://www.astrobin.com/k4i9un/ Here's the capture details: - GSO/Altair 10" RC Truss Moravian G2-8300 Mk!! Chroma 2" Unmounted LRGB iOptron 120EC Lodestar x2 Gudie Camera QHY-M OAG with Custom adapters Dates:April 23, 2020 , April 24, 2020 Frames: Chroma Blue 2" unmounted: 21x390" -20C bin 1x1 Chroma Green 2" unmounted: 21x300" -20C bin 1x1 Chroma Luminance 2" unmounted: 24x300" -20C bin 1x1 Chroma Red 2" unmounted: 21x348" -20C bin 1x1 Integration: 8.1 hours Darks: ~30 Flats: ~25 Bias: ~100 Avg. Moon age: 0.81 days Avg. Moon phase: 0.97% Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 5.00 Mean SQM: 19.51 Temperature: 8.37 Here's the bumf as usual, although there isn't a lot around: - NGC 4217 is an edge-on spiral galaxy which lies approximately 60 million light-years ( 18 million parsecs ) away in the constellation of Canes Venatici. It is a possible companion galaxy to M106 (also known as NGC 4258). 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob-c Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 A cracking image ,lovely colors and processing. Bob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooth_dr Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Hi John I first noticed this when I was imaging m106 last year. This year I made sure it was framed along with M106. It’s quite spectacular. The colours you have in the stars is fabulous. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Thanks Bob, I like to capture things differently and this one deserved the time to do properly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooth_dr Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Also just wanted to add - do you have Links to your new techniques. It definitely working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Just now, tooth_dr said: Hi John I first noticed this when I was imaging m106 last year. This year I made sure it was framed along with M106. It’s quite spectacular. The colours you have in the stars is fabulous. Thanks Adam, you wouldn't believe how many times I reprocessed this in Pixinsight, and last night at 03:10 in the morning I said enough. The biggest issue I have always had was noise and I really failed at that miserably and this video on YouTube, explained it so easily, hope the link helps. I'm working on another cracker at the moment with around 15+ hours of data and hopefully will be able to put these new techniques to good use, I did try APP, but haven't really got to grips with that yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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