First Light - 2600MC Pro

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First Light with my first dedicated Astronomy Camera. 

7 Hours of integration time spanning two full Moon nights. 

180 Second Subs, Gain 100, Offset 50, L-eNhance Filter
Cooled to -10, 30 Darks, 20 Flats (each session, 20 Dark Flats)
HEQ5 Pro (Rowan Belt Mod)
William Optics Zenithstar 73
Altair 50mm Starwave Guidescope
PHD2
APT
Stacked in DSS and Processed in Adobe Photoshop

Edited March 8, 2021 by smr

[tooth_dr]

Really excellent job!  Everything seems to be working well!

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41 minutes ago, tooth_dr said:

Really excellent job!  Everything seems to be working well!

Thanks dude. I'm very pleased with the image, especially considering the Moon being out and about, so it makes me look forward to what the Camera can do.  

[MartinB]

Lovely job.  a nicely conservative process  works very well.

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1 hour ago, MartinB said:

Lovely job.  a nicely conservative process  works very well.

Thanks Martin. Funnily enough I was just having another look at the image, having not looked at it since uploading, just before reading your comment. I was quite conservative in my approach to processing as there's a threshold between stretching too far etc.

That said I did try increasing the brightness of the nebulosity and it does look good a bit brighter, the problem is brightening the nebulosity also increases the star sizes, Starnet, which I would like to use unfortunately doesn't work on my Computer (need a new processor as it's a 10 year old rig!)

This is a brighter rendition of it, just selecting the nebulosity and increasing brightness +40 in PS... but as I say the stars begin to look quite bloated.