Crescent Neb - Part 2

[daz]

Finally got some clear skies after taking delivery of the OAG (and having time to properly set it up)

Ah - the beauty of an observatory...

Switch on everything - 1 minute

4 star alignment - 5 minutes

Focus check - 2 minutes

Ready to go less than 10 minutes!

Anyway, this was the first opportunity to run the SX OAG and see how long I could push the exposure.... 30 minutes it seems!!

This is taken with my ED80 + SXVF-H9, guided with the lodestar on the OAG.

No calibrations, just aligned, DDP'd, levels and curves. I shall be taking the calibrations tonight and will get some proper processing time at it...

So 8 x 1800 seconds....

[Deneb]

Beautiful Image Daz, i've got this in the making, over the last couple of nights...

Nadeem..

[ncjunk]

Lovely capture, what length of sub do you need to capture that faint stuff? with 500sec I only seem to get the main crescent.

[MikeD]

The 30 min subs have paid off with the depth of the background Daz.

Very tight too, result.

Mike.

[Ford Prefect]

Finally got some clear skies after taking delivery of the OAG (and having time to properly set it up)

Ah - the beauty of an observatory...

Switch on everything - 1 minute

4 star alignment - 5 minutes

Focus check - 2 minutes

Ready to go less than 10 minutes!

So 8 x 1800 seconds....

you can go off some people you know

Really great image, mate

Jon

[themos]

Ooh, that's a bit special, well done. I'm green with obsy-envy.

[daz]

Thanks all!

Am looking forward to processing properly. Will be getting the flats and darks tonight with any luck...

@Neil - What camera?

@Jon -

[daz]

Could also be collecting some colour data tonight, if the forecast is to be believed!

[ncjunk]

Its an art285 on an ed80.... I never realised how faint it was. Your sub lengths are impressive.

[daz]

Off-axis guiding mate - it's a winner!!

[NickH]

One of my favourite objects Daz, and beautifully executed!

[Neil I]

Fantastic image Daz. Looking forward to seeing it when you add more data.

And only 10mins setup time ......I really need to get a permanent setup

Cheers

Neil

[Psychobilly]

Cracking Data Daz.. all the fine detail is clearly visible...

Happy Chappy then?

Peter...

[Coco]

very nice indeed Daz...

8 x 30 minutes? phew! thats a fair old poke..

Guy