first go at deepsky imaging

[blue]

hi all

this is my first go at deepsky imaging, i was using ed80 pro on a heq5 pro mount, with a meade dsi camera.

ive attach part of the double cluster and m76 i used deepsky stacker for stacking.

as i said im new to all this, so any advice would be very welcome

clear skies

blue

[MartinB]

Excellent Blue. You might be new to it but you've made some good choices for your kit. You must be pleased with those. M76 is showing up very nicely. How many exposures and how long were they?

[blue]

hi martinb

yeh im really pleased with the kit i think m76 was 35 x 10 second & double cluster was 20 x 5 seconds, both stacked in deepsky stacker, i'll have to keep a log of my images.

clear skies

blue

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

It seems to be working for you Blue. Does your software let you zoom in before you capture? The focus on these imaging things is very very critical so it's best to zoom in as much as possible. The big stars could also be down to seeing conditions or an artifact from the dsi camera, which I'm not familiar with.

I think K3CCD tools now does the dsi, so that migt help - it has multiple zoom levels and keeps a log file of the exposure times.

Looking good mate, looking good.

Captain Chaos

[geppetto]

That's a great start Blue 8)

Keep em coming

[geppetto]

That reminds me...

Was it you who was asking about a faulty DSI a while back?

If it was you, what happened, did you get it fixed or replaced?

[blue]

hi

yep that was me, the ccd chip was burnt out so meade uk replaced it for free

im glad it got sorted,

thanks and clear skies

blue :wave:

[MartinB]

Had a go at tidying up the stars a little Blue.

[SteelRat]

Nice stuff Blue 8)

[blue]

thanks steelrat,

nice one martin, how do you do that?

blue

[barkis]

That looks good Blue. You got a difficult planetary there. I think it is probably imagination, but the star that is responsible for this neb, which is about mag. 16.

It is smack in the middle of the bar, and there seems to be a brightness in the centre. Nah. it can't be.

The thing that pleases me most, is you're using a DSI, a piece of kit I have myself, and not had a chance to use yet.

Good on ya Blue.

[blue]

thanks barkis,

the dsi camera is a nice bit of kit, very easy to use as well, hope you have fun with yours mate

catfish

[Caz]

Very nice blue, its a cracking start...

Caz

[MartinB]

nice one martin, how do you do that?

It's all part of the dark arts of photoshop Blue. The imprortant point is that it has only uncovered a bit more of what you have captured. there's some nice star colour there.

[blue]

thanks caz,hi martin

i'll have a play around with that next time,

blue

[CELESCOPE]

very good start there Blue , got some good kit there ,keep at it you are doing fine

Rog

[blue]

thanks rog,

clear skies

blue