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miki63au
03-08-2018, 07:46 PM
Hello everyone

Lot to learn, but this is my first narrow-band bi-color image :D
Not enough data, but weather is not kind this winter in SA :mad2:
Used Atik's 314L+ (@-18deg) with GSO 6RC with CCDT67, Astrodon Ha 5nm and Oiii 3nm on a CGEM-DX.
Lot's of frustration with hardware... the CCD not happy with USB3 ... initially tried Celestron's off-axis guider, no luck to get it to focus with the CCDT67 .... hrrrr :mad2::sadeyes: ...stay with guide scope :thumbsup:
Freeze my particles before I had things going ... 3x10min subs for each filter ... clearly not enough, but it's a start.
Processing is with DSS and PS with Annie's Astro Actions plug to help with PS processing (not much skills here).


Cheers for looking and comment :thumbsup:


Mick

Slawomir
07-08-2018, 05:34 PM
Nice work Mick and a good and colourful result given such short integration.

miki63au
07-08-2018, 05:53 PM
Thank you Suavi :)

Ryderscope
07-08-2018, 09:41 PM
A good outcome given the few subs Mick. It should encourage to stick with sorting out the technical bugs. It will be worth it in the long run.

miki63au
07-08-2018, 10:00 PM
Yes indeed Rodney, I've got the narrow-band imaging bug now :rofl:


It's raining here so the EQ mount is in the shed for a bit of worm-gear adjustment... hopefully for the better.

Not sure if it worth pursuing the Helix Nebula with SII for Hubble Palette?



M

Ryderscope
07-08-2018, 10:12 PM
Yes, good point. Generally PNs don't present much in SII. I imaged this object a couple of years back and only grabbed the Ha and OIII channels.