First Light Askar 120 APO + 0.8x reducer

[fwm891]

This is a quickie just to get the feel of things.

Askar 120 APO with 0.8x reducer, mounted on iOptron CEM 60. Camera ASI 2600 MC Duo. Manual focusing. Guided subs 3x 300s.

Filter: Askar HaOIII 6nm dual band (D1)

This was grabbed between cloud cover and one of the frame has suffered from cloud ingress.

Processing in PI only NO RC BXT. Stars and background processed separately, RC Noise reduction has been used.

 

 

 

Edited February 13 by fwm891
IC 434 & NGC2244 images added

[fwm891]

IC434 image added.

3x 300s subs details as IC 443 above.

IC434 was the scopes First light image.

[vmh104]

Did you use flats on these? I have the same telescope but have mainly been using the 1.0 flattener and I've loved it so far. Yesterday I tried the 0.8 reducer to get more of the tail of Comet 12P/Pons–Brooks but it causes a diffuse bright central area. No signs of condensation, switched out to the 1.0 flattener and it looked fine again. Main hypothesis now is that there is something wrong with my particular reducer.... come to think of it I did also put in the L-Pro filter for the first time so have to rule that out... maybe it's the more likely culprit....

Askar 120 APO with 0.8 reducer, ZWO ASI533MC @-20C, Optolong L-Pro 1.25", 60sec unprocessed sub