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Old 21-05-2014, 08:21 AM
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Ha filter for OSC CCD

Hi everyone,

I realize this is best done on a mono camera, but until the finance minister approves that i'd like to get an Ha filter to do some HaRGB blended images.

I have a 42mm threaded IDAS LP filter that screws into either the SBIG 8300c nosepiece or the end of my flattener/reducer and works well from my light polluted backyard. I'm planning on swapping it out to do the ha subs.

Any recommendations for brands? Baader, Astrodon? Do the big bucks make a real difference? Will a 7nm be sufficient or overkill?

Appreciate your input.
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Old 21-05-2014, 10:48 AM
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I happily used a Baader 7nm filter for this shot using a QHY8 OSC ccd

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...chmentid=71919

Worked fine for me....

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Old 21-05-2014, 04:44 PM
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Hi have the 6nm Astronomik Ha filter and I'm blown away but the contrast I get with it. I'm using an STF-8300m.
I'd get as narrow as you can afford, it will have better light rejection and contrast.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandy073/9634651496/

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This was shot with an Astronomic 12nm Ha and a Canon:
http://www.astrobin.com/90125/
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how do you add ha to a normal rgb fron a dslr in dss?
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I happily used a Baader 7nm filter for this shot using a QHY8 OSC ccd

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...chmentid=71919

Worked fine for me....

cheers
Gary
Nice one! Do you recall your sub exposure times for that shot?

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Hi have the 6nm Astronomik Ha filter and I'm blown away but the contrast I get with it. I'm using an STF-8300m.
I'd get as narrow as you can afford, it will have better light rejection and contrast.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandy073/9634651496/

Cheers.
Good advice, your M8 shot is awesome, what length of subs were they on the mono camera? cheers

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This was shot with an Astronomic 12nm Ha and a Canon:
http://www.astrobin.com/90125/
Cool, that's a lot of detail from 12nm Ha, you should be happy with that

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how do you add ha to a normal rgb fron a dslr in dss?
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if I understand this correctly, you stack and process the Ha and RGB subs separately, then use the red channel from the ha image when merging the RGB image in PS.

http://starizona.com/acb/ccd/software/ps_hargb.aspx????

Thanks for your input folks, does anyone have examples of HaRGB merged images from their OSC or DSLR to show?

Cheers

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[QUOTE=Andy01;1084858]Nice one! Do you recall your sub exposure times for that shot?


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Old 22-05-2014, 12:23 PM
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Cool, that's a lot of detail from 12nm Ha, you should be happy with that
Cheers
It was only a test shot to see how the 12nm would fare with 10min subs in heavy suburban and industrial light pollution and an almost full moon, I think it passed the test

Time to get serious with it after I adjust the flattener spacing and correct the focuser tilt.... If only the clouds would bugger off!
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Hi Andy

They were 10 min subs, lots of them. I think from memory about 8 hrs worth..
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Hi have the 6nm Astronomik Ha filter and I'm blown away but the contrast I get with it. I'm using an STF-8300m.
I'd get as narrow as you can afford, it will have better light rejection and contrast.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandy073/9634651496/

Cheers.
Dont go too tight (3nm) or you will exclude N11, a mistake I made although 3nm gives the best Ha detail. min 6-7 min is fine and gives more signal.
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I use Prostar 2" H-a and an IDAS LP on my Atik 4000 OSC with a custom made 2" holder/spacer.

Just need to extract the red channel from the H-a subs and layer them on the RGB debayered subs. Works fine.

Craig Stark wrote a good article on NB line work with an OSC, as did Starizona.
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