As it's xmas...you must have some Wizzard!! :-)

[NickH]

Roy Wood fans...apologies in advance!

NGC7380 - SII, H-A, OIII, SII mapped to red...and then balanced in CS2

ED80 at F7.5

EQ6 mount guided by PHD/DSI-C

3 hours in 8 minute subs

SII/OIII binned 2x2

Forgot to turn on the cooling on the 314L...(doh!)... so it's a bit noisier than it should be...still, it's pretty cold out..

[dark knight]

Wow that's lovely Nick, it must have been a real treat when that popped onto your screen.

Showing my age here, I thought you mean't Wizard as in the pop group....dohhhh

[dark knight]

Nick could you tell me what settings you use in the capture software please, ie gain, brightness etc...

[peter shah]

thats lovely nick, good detail

[NickH]

Dark Knight...I use Art Capture, default settings, automatic scripted filter changes, mapped to SII, H-A and OIII for 8 minutes per channel (around 20 for H-A and 10 each for SII/OIII binned 2x2)

[dark knight]

Cheers Nick, I'm new to all this DSO stuff but have an Atik 1HSII mono. I use K3ccd for capture but am unsure of all the brightness, gain etc settings, maybe I should just try it on full auto, what do you think..

[ncjunk]

Nice one, shame you forgot the cooling! So is that Rincewind then?

[NickH]

Dumbledore? :-)

Yup...just in a rush after getting back home to see a clear sky...have now put a big note on the imaging laptop bakground..."don't forget the cooling!"

[barkis]

It's surely a Wizard production Nick.Worked out well without the Fridge on.

Ron.

[NickH]

314L is a great camera... low noise for sure.. gonna miss it if I sell it to get a bigger chip

[RobH]

Nice image Nick. I didn't realise this was a good target for the Hubble pallette.

Dumbledore eh?

Being brownish I thought it was Radagast

Cheers

Rob

[NickH]

It's not ideal in Hubble...needs a massive hit in SII and OIII ideally unbinned, but it was high up, and not something I had tried before..

Potter movies....I slept through the first one...not seen any since

[daz]

Rincewind - Discworld (I *think*)

Radagast - Lord of The Rings

Dumbledore - Harry Potter

You only need Jafar for a full set :)

Cracking piccie Nick!

[RobH]

Potter movies....I slept through the first one...not seen any since

We never made it to the last one.....enjoyed the books though.

Radagast is mentioned very briefly in LOTR....one of Gandalfs buddies

Cheers

Rob

[NickH]

Aha...

Never read discworld.... kind of passed me by...

LOTR...nice films.. good CGI