Kinch Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Not the easiest target - not the best image of it.....but happy to have tamed all the stars in this area.....too may to count 🙂 This is 8 hours Ha + 7 hours each SII & OIII = 22 Hours. 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spongey Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Fantastic image as usual, and a nice capture of PN G101.5-00.6 in the bottom right too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinch Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 9 hours ago, Spongey said: PN G101.5-00.6 Thanks for the comment. Yesterday was an extremely busy day and when I processed the data I had not the time to go check out that planetary - so happy you have also given me a name/number for me to go check it out. I usually do an annotated image for my website - but it did not actually show up in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkster501 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 It's very nice. Well done, a big investment in telescope time and it has paid off. I am always in two minds on SHO and HOO images I do. Whether to remove the NB stars and put RGB ones in their place by doing 40 mins each in RGB. On the one hand is meant to be a narrowband image and as a consequence contain narrowband stars. On the other hand RGB stars look more natural. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinch Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 Thanks Steve. Yes sometimes, I spend 3 hours on RGB data to put star colour in because I really dislike ALL white stars. But sometimes there is just no need. I don't know how it works out but here you can see coloured stars - but it is false colour in the sense that there is no RGB in this image.....it is, as it says above, simply 22 hours of NB data. Brendan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x6gas Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Another wonderful image Brendan. Is this a mosaic, I wonder? - I recall this being a pretty big target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinch Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 1 hour ago, x6gas said: Is this a mosaic, I wonder? Thanks for the comment and to answer your question......no - not a mosaic. In fact it is trimmed slightly. This is with a 16200 chip on the FSQ130ED - no extender even. Shooting at 1.9 ArcSec/Pix - so still able to get some nice detail on a wide field shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Another great image Kinch. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinch Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 1 minute ago, MarkAR said: Another great image Kinch. Well done. 👍....Thanks Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allinthehead Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Wonderful image Brendan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinch Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 Thanks Richard. That camera was taken off the scope today - changed back to the QSI. It does not cool as well as the FLI - but it sure is easier to work with (Sony chip requiring no darks). Nearly time to go out and check the basics - balance, polar alignment and start focus position. I don't think it will be clear enough for imaging - but that is OK - a whole new set of flats to do anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x6gas Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 On 10/10/2020 at 17:17, Kinch said: Thanks for the comment and to answer your question......no - not a mosaic. In fact it is trimmed slightly. This is with a 16200 chip on the FSQ130ED - no extender even. Shooting at 1.9 ArcSec/Pix - so still able to get some nice detail on a wide field shot. Ah yes... I was forgetting how big the FLI ML16200 chip is in comparison to the Atik 460/490 that I usually use. I very much enjoyed seeing this image Brendan so thanks, as ever, for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinch Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, x6gas said: thanks, as ever, for sharing. You are most welcome - if I like an image myself (from someone else), I too enjoy having a closer look at it. The big FLI 16200 is off the scope now - next images will be with my QSI 6120i - with reducer attached. I have started afresh tonight with one I tried earlier in the year: SH2-174. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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