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Old 17-05-2017, 01:11 PM
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A Centaur horsing around

Well, here is my current take on what seems to be the subject of the month.

Cent A.

I was pleased to see some of the faint outer shell structures emerge from the data.

During the capture I also noticed on a night of reasonable seeing that the Alluna's collimation was a tad out...which was promptly fixed. I have to say I am now very pleased with the RC's data.

Some mild decon was applied to give the image some extra snap, which I'm sure will be noticed by those who like to examine the data under a microscope

Now all I need is some colour data to put this 2017 version away.

Hope you like the progress so far.
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Old 17-05-2017, 01:14 PM
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Well you're raising the bar again Peter. That Alluna is some scope but I think there is a certain amount of user skill involved too.

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Old 17-05-2017, 02:21 PM
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That is going to be an absolute corker once completed. :O

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Old 17-05-2017, 04:16 PM
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Beautiful job. Cant wait to see the final version.
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Old 17-05-2017, 06:15 PM
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You can always tell quality optics, combined with precise focus, and no doubt use of an AOX.

Very detailed, very nice.

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Old 17-05-2017, 06:46 PM
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Certainty impressive work Peter, love it.

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Old 17-05-2017, 08:32 PM
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Yep, I'd expect 19 hrs of Lum to do the trick! Sure looks like a great start there Peter! Very nice!

Can't tell whether the crispness is a result of the down scaling or the decon though .
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Old 17-05-2017, 08:42 PM
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Fantastic Peter! That RC certainly produces good results.
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Old 17-05-2017, 08:59 PM
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That's a seriously sharp image! Curious minds wonder what it's like without the AO-X and decon?
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Old 17-05-2017, 09:08 PM
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Fantastic Peter! That RC certainly produces good results.
Thanks...I consider myself very fortunate to be able to use such great scope. It just works.

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Yep, I'd expect 19 hrs of Lum to do the trick! Sure looks like a great start there Peter! Very nice!

Can't tell whether the crispness is a result of the down scaling or the decon though .
Ta Marcus...the sharpness is a bit of both I had high hopes for more colour data tonight....

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Certainty impressive work Peter, love it.

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Thanks Leon...it's getting there, but I figured I needed a reality check before I pushed further, hence my putting the L data up on the web to get some feedback.

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You can always tell quality optics, combined with precise focus, and no doubt use of an AOX.

Very detailed, very nice.

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Thanks Martin...indeed the AOX pulls in the data well. Pristine stars at 3300mm FL are otherwise a tad more of a challenge !

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That is going to be an absolute corker once completed. :O

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Thanks guys... the forecast will give me a chance to tinker with the colour data gathered so far (only about 5 hours worth all up)

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Well you're raising the bar again Peter. That Alluna is some scope but I think there is a certain amount of user skill involved too.

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Ta Steve. With the volume of data so far (77 x 15 minute subs) I'm warming to Pixinsight's handling of registration and stacking. Well worth the pain of getting to know PI's quirky interface.
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Old 17-05-2017, 09:10 PM
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That's very good Peter nice and sharp.

Glad to see the shell structure. I noticed that was showing in my image as well but it made me wonder if was a processing artefact. Obviously its real.

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Old 17-05-2017, 10:58 PM
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Hi Peter,
what a tack sharp image.
The AO on such a premium scope really makes such a difference.

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Old 18-05-2017, 08:30 AM
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Hi Peter,
what a tack sharp image.
The AO on such a premium scope really makes such a difference.

cheers
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Ta. AO certainly helps, but I look at high resolution images as a suite of incremental steps you can take to improve images. Thermal control is also high on my list.

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That's very good Peter nice and sharp.

Glad to see the shell structure. I noticed that was showing in my image as well but it made me wonder if was a processing artefact. Obviously its real.

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Thanks Greg, yes I wondered the same thing...particularly due the fact I image from light pollution central.... hence accurate sky-flats are a must for me.
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Old 18-05-2017, 06:50 PM
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An excellent image, Peter. Lovely to see the overlapping ring structures starting to emerge. They are very, very difficult. Also lots of distant galaxies.
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An excellent image, Peter. Lovely to see the overlapping ring structures starting to emerge. They are very, very difficult. Also lots of distant galaxies.
Thanks M&T...I'm finding it very hard these days to compensate for the gigawatts of light spill into Sydney skies....anyway...as a glutton for punishment

Now in Colour (same URL)

I would have liked much more colour data...but hey, with the new moon, predictably comes some rain.

What was the surprise was in the h-alpha data....lots of cool regions popped up as a result
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Old 19-05-2017, 08:32 PM
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Fantabulous colour result Peter!!
Congratulations!
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Old 19-05-2017, 08:50 PM
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Nice pic in colour Peter.
It looks so natural & those red areas of Ha have really made it interesting.

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Nothing more to say but amazing
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Superlative photo ...
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Old 20-05-2017, 09:19 AM
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Nice pic in colour Peter.
It looks so natural & those red areas of Ha have really made it interesting.

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Fantabulous colour result Peter!!
Congratulations!
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Thanks guys...but I think it still needs some work.

Got some weird shaped stars with the green data, hence there is some fringing in places. Plus in my exuberance to extract fine dust-lane details I also extracted a good deal of noise.

That said, still very happy to have persisted with the h-alpha data....soda without a twist would have been boring
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