C925 - SECOND light - first light on a DSO!

[powerlord]

First was the planets, last night on M27.

Clouds were in and out. and when in, guiding lost, so those images all mince. Then when clouds went away, it had moved off target! - I've moaned to zwo about that - they need a config that lets you re-goto target after guiding lost I think. As it was, though mostly clear all night, 60% off images were all mince.

45 mins of Ha left. 300 second subs.

C925 with 6.3 reducer. ASI1600, EQR-pro.

Stacked in Sirl and processed completed manually in Affinity Photos.

For 45 mins, I think it's pretty good. Is it better than what I got with the C8 ? probably about the same - I think seeing is the limiting factor. But more photons, more better 🙂

I'll keep working on this one, but for now just a mono Ha. Still got some good detail here I think, starting to get the outer clouds, etc. Not bad for 45 mins of integration!

I've pasted the C8 thread below for comparison.

 

Here is the C8 one with lots more integration time:

Here's a wee animation fading between the two. The Ha looks identical to me. 180 mins vs 45 mins.