California Nebula - Esprit 100 first light

[GuLinux]

Hello,

I bought this little beastie back in May, but I didn't have enough cloud free time to properly test it - except for a couple of solar observations with my Quark.

Conditions weren't exactly ideal: light pollution, obviously (I live in Ealing, London), then clouds rolled in just when I was ready to start my sequence, shortening capture time by a couple of hours.
Also, the nearly full moon was very close to the target, causing some nasty reflections on the (now cropped out) border of the image.

There seems to be some residual tilt on the camera that I need to fix, and processing could be better, but overall I'm quite satisfied by the result though, the Optolong L-Enhance filter seems to be doing a really great job under such miserable conditions 😂

5 hours of integration time (61x300").

Gear:

• Imaging telescopes or lenses: SkyWatcher Esprit 100 ED f/5.5 APO
• Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI094MC Pro
• Mounts: iOptron CEM40
• Guiding telescopes or lenses: 365Astronomy 50mm Guidescope
• Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI178MM
• Software: GuLinux.net AstroPhoto Plus  ·  Pleyades Astrophoto PixInsight
• Filters: Optolong L-eNhance

Link to AstroBin page

[andrew s]

Impressed with that, especially given your location. Regards Andrew 

[Adam J]

13 hours ago, GuLinux said:

Hello,

I bought this little beastie back in May, but I didn't have enough cloud free time to properly test it - except for a couple of solar observations with my Quark.

Conditions weren't exactly ideal: light pollution, obviously (I live in Ealing, London), then clouds rolled in just when I was ready to start my sequence, shortening capture time by a couple of hours.
Also, the nearly full moon was very close to the target, causing some nasty reflections on the (now cropped out) border of the image.

There seems to be some residual tilt on the camera that I need to fix, and processing could be better, but overall I'm quite satisfied by the result though, the Optolong L-Enhance filter seems to be doing a really great job under such miserable conditions 😂

5 hours of integration time (61x300").

Gear:

• Imaging telescopes or lenses: SkyWatcher Esprit 100 ED f/5.5 APO
• Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI094MC Pro
• Mounts: iOptron CEM40
• Guiding telescopes or lenses: 365Astronomy 50mm Guidescope
• Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI178MM
• Software: GuLinux.net AstroPhoto Plus  ·  Pleyades Astrophoto PixInsight
• Filters: Optolong L-eN

So first liht with the scope?

[messier 111]

wow , really amazing, I love the details and the colors.

[smashing]

On 06/11/2020 at 09:57, GuLinux said:

Hello,

I bought this little beastie back in May, but I didn't have enough cloud free time to properly test it - except for a couple of solar observations with my Quark.

Conditions weren't exactly ideal: light pollution, obviously (I live in Ealing, London), then clouds rolled in just when I was ready to start my sequence, shortening capture time by a couple of hours.
Also, the nearly full moon was very close to the target, causing some nasty reflections on the (now cropped out) border of the image.

There seems to be some residual tilt on the camera that I need to fix, and processing could be better, but overall I'm quite satisfied by the result though, the Optolong L-Enhance filter seems to be doing a really great job under such miserable conditions 😂

5 hours of integration time (61x300").

Gear:

• Imaging telescopes or lenses: SkyWatcher Esprit 100 ED f/5.5 APO
• Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI094MC Pro
• Mounts: iOptron CEM40
• Guiding telescopes or lenses: 365Astronomy 50mm Guidescope
• Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI178MM
• Software: GuLinux.net AstroPhoto Plus  ·  Pleyades Astrophoto PixInsight
• Filters: Optolong L-eNhance

Link to AstroBin page

Lovely shot...and from Ealing is even more impressive!