Western Veil First attempt

[Froobyone]

Hi all

After weeks and weeks of cloud it finally cleared for me on Saturday night/Sunday morning.

I knew I only had a few hours of imaging available before the target disappeared over my house. I managed to get 1h 20 min of RGB and 1h hour 20 min of tri-band. I know this isn't a lot of data, but it's a start.

Shot 2 min exposures at 400 gain at -15c with a 183C. 30 mins worth of darks and flats. Stacked in DSS and fiddled with in PS.

I had been planning on getting an EQ6-R in a couple of weeks because I'd been having guiding issues with my ageing CG5, however last night it performed flawlessly. The smoothest PHD2 graph I've ever had. So I might end up getting an Explorer Scientific 102mm Apo instead.

Frooby

 

Edited July 12, 2020 by Froobyone
Added new image

[MarkAR]

Well done.

Image 1 looks pretty good, maybe a touch pale.

Image 2 looks a little bit overcooked.

Image 3 will look great, somewhere in between.

[astro mick]

Very nice indeed.Well done.

Mick.

[tony210]

Great - like the subtlety of image one-Tony

[x6gas]

I agree with MarkAR - something in between maybe?

[Hals]

I'd be more than happy with that ! Western Veil is my next target - hopefully tonight if Clear Outside is correct.