a very small ring

[astrokat]

got 3h last night on the ring nebula all in 5 min subs guiding

hope you guys like it thanks for looking

toby

[Doc]

Nice one.

You can see why some people mistake it for a star.

[astrokat]

croped image

[jgs001]

It sure is a small beasty isn't it. Well done Toby... have you tried drizzling it in DSS Stacking ? The 2x works well, might be worth trying the 3x with this.

[astrokat]

no i havent bud il give it ago what will it do...

thanks toby

[jgs001]

it uses some algorithms to increase the image, at the expense of a loss of the outer portions of the image, but it's not the same as just cropping it, as the image is increased in size as well as just cropped. When you open the stack in DSS, click on one of the images, I used the one with the highest score. On the right hand side, 4 options will appear, select the red box, and draw one onto the image. Pull the lines out to the 3x drizzle point. Then make sure you select the 3x drizzle option in the stack parameters. If you don't draw the box, DSS will crash with an out of memory condition as 3x uses 9x as much memory as normal...Good luck.

[astrokat]

ive done this do i have to save or some thing what do i do once ive got the red box and settings right .. sorry

[astrokat]

thanks bud what you think

[jgs001]

That worked nicely... it's still teeny tiny though isn't it ...

[astrokat]

thats what my mrs said lol il have a go with the ten inch some time see if i can pull out some good detail thank you for that handy tip

toby

[lukebl]

Nice image, with really rich colours. What camera and scope did you use for it?

[SlipperySquid]

I lol'd at the title....god I'm such a child....

Nice colours mate!

[astrokat]

i used a 70mm william optics and a canon dslr bud

thanks

[astrokat]

lol your not the only one