NCG1499 & NCG2244

[Budgie1]

I managed to image over two nights in a row, yesterday & Monday! Getting one clear night is a rare thing this winter, let a lone two!

Anyway, I went for California & Rosette. Both imaged over two nights due to trees to my South. Fortunately I can image California and then switch back to Rosette when it clears the trees.

I managed 3h52m on California and and 3h4m on Rosette.

Kit:

• HEQ5
• Evostar 80ED DS Pro with 0.85 FR/FF
• ASI294MC Pro cooled to -10°C
• Askar Duo-Band filter

Images were 240s at gain 200 and offset 30, calibrated with Darks, Flats, Flat-Darks. Stacked and processed in PI with starless enhancement in Topaz DeNoise.

C&C's welcomed, as always.

Note for ASI294MC Pro users: On the recommendation of @PadrePeace I changed the gain & offsets settings to try & solve the issue with the flats when using a duo-band filter, in my case Askar but also L-eXtreme. I'm happy to report that using a gain of 200 & offset of 30 meant the flats calibrated with no problems at all. I was also surprised at how little noise there was in the stacked image, both of these were much cleaner than normal.