A couple of first light images from my new
Point Grey Chameleon 3 IMX264 equipped camera. Note that this camera is (currently) uncooled. I plan to fit a small peltier cooler to the camera body in coming weeks.
NGC5139 - 100 x 5 secs subs, gain 15 dB, Astronomik R filter (clouds prevented capture of a full colour set)
M20 - 200 x 5 sec subs, gain 15 dB, Astronomik L filter
scope = Long Perng 80mm f6 achromat, no field flattener used (FOV is small enough that i gambled on not needing to use one)
sensor temp ~ 28 C
Captured with Firecapture v2.5.05. No processing apart from a histogram stretch. Processed with PI.
Am currently trialling some other gain/sub exposure combos, and will post results for those interested.