Budgie1 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 This is my first real project using the ASIAir Plus instead of a laptop and I'm quite pleased with it. I chose M31 due to the near full Moon and it was nicely placed over the two nights I was imaging it. This is a total of 7h 34m of integration time using 45s, 60s & 120s exposures, 344 of them in all. Stacked and processed in PI, with de-noise & sharpen using Topaz AI. The kit was HEQ5, Sky Watcher Evostar ED80 with FF/RF and the ZWO ASI294MC Pro cooled to -10°C, gain 120. C&C's welcomed. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allinthehead Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 With the moon about that really is lovely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomato Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 That’s really nice, another OSC set up performing well. I suppose your FOV could just do with being a little bit larger to frame it nicely, or how about a 4 panel mosaic? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgie1 Posted November 25, 2021 Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Allinthehead said: With the moon about that really is lovely. Thanks, I did have issues with Sky Glow from the Moon when I stacked it with the Flats using DSS which gave some brown gradients which I couldn't seem to shift. Ditching the Flats and only calibrating with Darks using WeightedBatchProcessing in PI seems to have reduced the Sky Glow and allowed a more even background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budgie1 Posted November 25, 2021 Author Share Posted November 25, 2021 1 hour ago, tomato said: That’s really nice, another OSC set up performing well. I suppose your FOV could just do with being a little bit larger to frame it nicely, or how about a 4 panel mosaic? I've not tried any mosaics yet, mainly because of the lack of clear nights. August was good but I only had 3 clear nights in September, 1 in October and 2 this month. I could give M31 a go with ASI294MC connected to my Samyang 135mm F2 but the FOV would go the other way with that. Maybe something to try when I get around to building my Obsy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callisto Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 Well that isn't bad at all is it...well done Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotim Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Wow amazing shot! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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