The 8" images to go with the widefields

[Psychobilly]

Agian Roughs as left the darks, flats bias in the house... 1000D Baader ACF CLS-CCD CPC800 XLT @ f6.3

Globs are 5 exposures each at 30,60,120 and 240s at ISO1600

M3

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M13

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IC5416 Cocoon Nebula 10x300s ISO 1600...

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M51 14x300s ISO1600

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Peter...

[jgs001]

Very nice results Peter for roughs.

[Psychobilly]

Thanks john... will add the flats bias darks etc into the mix tonight... although I am getting much better results with the version of DSS I am running in work than the one I have got inthe house?

The one in the house has a CFA column and it's lost the exposure one etc...which is a PITA when your tryign to do HDR substacks

Hmmm....

It was just nice to have got the guiding issues sorted which was the main thing last night... a few images area bonus

Peter

[philj]

A nice bag of images youve got there Peter. I like the globs, teh propeller is very clear on M13

Look forward to the full process

Philj

[Psychobilly]

Thanks phil,

Getting the propellor was one of my objectives for last night... I am thinking of using a layering approach in CS3 to try and improve the detail in the core... this is just the result of letting DSS stack all the different length subs...

Will have a crack at it this afternoon but havent got the flats , bias and darks...

Peter...

[CELESCOPE]

Very nice set of images Peter , looks like you are well on your way now and ready for the summer Nebs

[Psychobilly]

Thanks Rog.. you know what it's like when something "slips" and you seem to be going backwards...

I made the "fatal" mistake changed 2 things at the same time.. I "improved" the alignment of the pier now that the scopes are setup permanently in the obs and I "tweaked" the PHD settings ... result 2 nights of throwing away half my subs...

I had made a note of all the settings before changing them so was able to reset them to these that I had been using "successfully" for the last few months and the pics are the result...

I am sure something else will creep up gain just when you think eveything is going swimmingly...

Peter....

[Taff]

Very nice captures Billy' all are great with you nice details.Mark

[trudie]

Lovely selections Peter, I especially like the globs,

[Doc]

M13 does look impressive Peter.