First Light Atik 314L+ Helix test image

[Coolhandjo]

After issues with goto accuracy, and clouds , I finally got to test my Atik 314L last night.

Took 1 x 600sec L, 4 x 300 sec L, 4 x 300 sec R, 3 x 300 sec G, B

No Darks, No Flats , No bias.

I can tell that the cooling (35 Deg below ambient) makes this camera easier to use in terms of noise and processing.

Next time I will put it through its paces and up the sub time and do full calibration.

EQ6 8" Newt Atik 314L guided

Comments welcomed

[peter shah]

very nice first light.....good colour nice and smooth

[Coco]

That is an exquisite image, very nice indeed..

Have you cropped it or is this the actual size?

[Whippy]

Very nice , I'm sure you'll get loads of joy out of the Atik.

Tony..

[Beyond_Vision]

What a fantastic first light great colour and detail. I bet you are chuffed with that one . It's one object I would love to have a go at but it's only visible for a very short time between the neighbours houses.

Regards

Kevin

[ollypenrice]

Holy moly, some first light. Have a care with the Helix not to lose the secondary loop which is towards the top of your image. You are already deep enough to show it. Splendid picture all round!

Olly

[Coolhandjo]

Thanks all for feedback. Very happy with cameras initial run. The image was not cropped apart from a slight sharp edge to the right caused by a misaligned frame. Yes the outer loop was clipped a bit when I tried to remove some vignetting. Flats should help. Thanks.

[Black Knight]

I love that image. I'm considering the 314L+ as a future puchase as well, so I was very interested to see what it could do

[FranckiM06]

Hello Paul,

It is great shot for your first light. Really nice image and very good processing.

Franck

[Coolhandjo]

Thanks Franck and Andy for your comments.

[Tim]

Great image, really vibrant, definitely worth re-looking at with slightly different framing to catch that outer loop.

I wish I could get this one

[fatwoul]

Maybe I don't need a 383L+ afterall...